CW Developing PROJECT 13, Based on DC Comics' Traci Thirteen

The CW is trying to make 13 its lucky number.

Variety has revealed that The CW is developing another DC Comics drama series centered around the supernatural character Traci Thirteen, a.k.a. Traci 13 and Girl 13.  

According to the article, the series is titled Project 13, and is a one-hour drama that centers on Traci Thirteen, a twenty-something forensic scientist and believer in the paranormal who discovers her own hidden extra-sensory abilities when she joins her estranged, skeptic father to investigate mysterious cases of the paranormal and unexplained phenomena.

Traci's father, Doctor Thirteen, is a parapsychologist and "ghost-breaker" also from DC Comics lore, first appearing in 1951's Star Spangled Comics #122 and created by Leonard Starr.

Daegan Fryklind is the writer and executive producer on the project, with none other than Elizabeth Banks attached as a producer along with Max Handelman through their Brownstone Productions company.  Brownstone will produce the series in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Project 13 would be the seventh DC Comics series on The CW, after Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, iZombie, and the upcoming Black Lightning.

Created in 2003 by Joe Kelly and Dwayne Turner, Traci Thirteen first appeared in Superman (vol.2) #189 as the latest in the long line of "Homo Magi", humans born with innate powers of sorcery.  Traci was forbidden by her father, Doctor Thirteen, to practice magic, since her mother, Meihui Lan, died due as a result of magical influences.  Traci moved to the Suicide Slum area of Metropolis, determined to live on her own.  There, she began to tap into the "urban magic" of Metropolis, and assumed the name of Girl 13, becoming a superhero of sorts.  

Traci soon met Superboy (Kon-El), who was attracted to her, but the feeling was not reciprocated.  She used her magic to defend an injured Superman from a ghostly female ninja, along with two other "Supergirls", Natasha Irons and Cir-El, with whom she formed a friendship.  She later moved back into her father's home, Doomsbury Mansion, the ancestral home of her family and was involved in a brief relationship with the current Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes.  Presently, Traci is active once again as a superhero and is involved in a relationship with Natasha Irons.

Project 13 would be the Traci Thirteen's first appearance in live-action, although the character has appeared in the animated movie Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (voiced by Masasa Moyo) and will be appearing in the upcoming series Young Justice: Outsiders.