Airdate: Doom Patrol, Pennyworth, Swamp Thing
It's an action packed week on FOX8 in October, with these new titles.
- Published by David Knox
- on
- Filed under Subscription
Three further US titles premiere on FOX8 in an action week in October: Doom Patrol, Pennyworth, Swamp Thing.
The same week sees the premiere of Batwoman and return of Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow
Premiering Thursday October 10 at 8:30pm, Doom Patrol is a team of traumatised and downtrodden superheroes, each of whom has suffered a horrible accident that gave them superhuman abilities but also left them scarred and disfigured. The members of the team have found their purpose through The Chief and have come together to investigate some of the world’s weirdest phenomena. After The Chief mysteriously disappears, though, the reluctant heroes find themselves called to action by Cyborg, who comes to them with a mission that they cannot refuse. Doom Patrol — part support group, part superhero team — is a band of super powered freaks fighting for a world that wants nothing to do with them.
Set in a dystopian version of Sixties London, Pennyworth premiering Thursday October 10 at 9:30pm, follows the life of Alfred Pennyworth, as a former British SAS soldier in his 20s who forms a security company and goes to work with Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge) in 1960s London. Not yet Bruce’s father, Thomas is a young billionaire from the East Coast of the United States, who finds himself in need of Alfred’s services, especially with a mysterious organisation, known as the Raven Society, out there and causing all sorts of trouble. The series comes from Gotham creator Bruno Heller and that show’s chief director Danny Cannon, based on the DC characters created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger.
Premiering on Friday October 11 at 8:30pm, Swamp Thing delves into a mysterious and deadly epidemic in Louisiana. Based on the DC Comics characters created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, and executive produced by James Wan (Aquaman, The Conjuring, Saw), Swamp Thing follows Abby Arcane as she investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but soon discovers that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets. When unexplainable and chilling horrors emerge from the murky marsh, no one is safe.