"Black Lightning" Season 2 Casts "Supergirl" Foil as DC Comics' Looker
by Matt Webb Mitovich
September 5, 2018


"Black Lightning" Season 2 has cast "Medium" alum/recent "Supergirl" nemesis Sofia Vassilieva in the role of the DC Comics hero dubbed Looker, TVLine has learned exclusively.

In comic book lore, Looker has had various incarnations — from a mousy bank teller who following a metahuman (and glam) transformation joined the Outsiders superhero team, to, yes, a vampire.




"Black Lightning" showrunner Salim Akil is mum on how exactly the CW series has conceived of the character, though he did share with TVLine, “It’s really going to be interesting, the way we approach that story…. I think people will enjoy it, but also be challenged by it.”

Looker’s introduction makes sense given TVLine’s previous reporting that the superhero’s sometime-friend and scientist, DC Comics’ Dr. Jace, is also being cast for Season 2.




"Black Lightning" returns Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 9/8c, again leading out of "The Flash".

https://tvline.com/2018/09/05/black-lightning-season-2-casts-looker-sofia-vassilieva/