

Yet, while the Dead Boy Detectives began as part of Gaiman’s seminal fantasy series, they didn’t stay there. Edwin and Charles first made their debut in 1991’s The Sandman #25, written by Neil Gaiman and drawn by Matt Wagner and Malcolm Jones III, and have been a part of the overall Sandman universe since then. SACHIKO aka THE QUIZ played by Gina Hiraizumi – P art of the Sisterhood of Dada. An enigmatic germaphobe whose crippling phobias mask awe-inspiring powers.įor fans familiar with the characters, the debut of the Dead Boy Detectives will no doubt be exciting, even if the show it’s happening on likely probably the one that they expected. After a wild night of partying, she usually takes a nice long nap in the ice cream truck where she works, and if she is awoken mid-nap, there is hell to pay. HOLLY aka SLEEPWALK played by Anita Kalathara – P art of the Sisterhood of Dada. A light-hearted ne'er do well, Holly knows where the best parties are. He is cryptic and stoic with a capacity for extreme devastation. LLOYD JEFFERSON aka FRENZY played by Miles Mussenden – P art of the Sisterhood of Dada. A sculptor of strange life-like masks who is covered with tattoos and scars-the memories and injustices that immortalize his life. SHELLEY BYRON aka THE FOG played by Wynn Everett – P art of the Sisterhood of Dada. Supposedly a deadly terrorist, Shelley is charming, seductive, poetic and a bit mad. A quiet, sensitive and thoughtful soul who would often rather be invisible then face this unforgiving world. MALCOLM played by Micah Joe Parker– Part of the Sisterhood of Dada. A cool, sarcastic teen who is also a psychic medium, her only friends are Charles and Edwin, the two dead boys who freed her from demonic possession. Affable, charming and dead since 1989, he always does his best to be chipper, but his death by hypothermia and neglect haunts him.ĬRYSTAL PALACE played by Madalyn Horcher – Part of the Dead Boy Detective Agency. Dead since 1916, Edwin spent 80 years in hell due to a “clerical error” and has seen horrors no one could imagine.ĬHARLES ROWLAND played by Sebastian Croft – Part of the Dead Boy Detective Agency. You can read descriptions of the eight characters below…ĮDWIN PAYNE played by Ty Tennant– Part of the Dead Boy Detective Agency. They were announced alongside their living friend Crystal Palace as well as some colorful recurring super-villains who may be familiar to fans of the Doom Patrol comics. The spectral sleuths will be brought to life by actors Ty Tennant and Sebastian Croft, who will be playing Edwin Payne and Charles Rowland, respectively. The show revealed some new additions today, including a pair that’s genuinely surprising-the Dead Boy Detectives.
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What’s worse than being doomed? Try being dead.ĭoom Patrol, DC’s surreal HBO Max series featuring the famous team of damaged heroes, is currently filming its third season, which along with finally unwaxing our poor team (a year is a long time to be stuck inside a candle, guys) will apparently be adding some new characters to the mix.
