During last night’s episode of Supergirl, entitled ‘Human for a Day’, Hank Henshaw (David Harewood) revealed his true identity, and no – it isn’t Cyborg Superman. Naturally spoilers for the episode follow…
So, as speculated by some, Henshaw is actually J’onn J’onzz a.k.a. the Martian Manhunter. Here’s the scene in question…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOLlGN0OtoE&feature=youtu.be
“It’s the secret of Supergirl: Within the body of the series of Supergirl, there is a Martian Manhunter series rolling throughout it,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s the thing that makes us giggle the most. “[DC Comics CCO] Geoff Johns, [executive producer] Greg Berlanti and I were saying, ‘It’s so funny we cast David because he’s got those weird ears. Like alien ears.’ I don’t remember which one of us said it, but it was like, ‘If we were ever going to make a Martian Manhunter show, David would have been the perfect Martian Manhunter.’ And Geoff said, ‘Well, why can’t he be?’ We already had it set up that Hank was keeping this bad secret, and then we started thinking about well, what if it was a good secret? You think he’s bad but then he turns out to be not only good, but the most good person in the DC universe.”
Supergirl airs on CBS on Monday nights. Follow all of our coverage here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL18yMRIfoszEaHYNDTy5C-cH9Oa2gN5ng&v=3AMx7tPsXgQ
Originally published December 8, 2015. Updated April 15, 2018.
