At New York Comic Con, David Harbour - the powerful slab of old-fashioned justice that played police chief Jim Hopper - addressed one of the internet's most lingering, stinging questions about Stranger Things

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Yes, the shadow of Barb will be cast over proceedings - but die-hard believers in the character might not have their wishes for her fully granted.Barb's introduction as a seemingly major character, her subsequent brutal death, and other characters' seeming total lack of interest in mourning her became an Internet touchstone following the show's success.Show co-creator Matt Duffer previously told us that Season 2 would "make sure there's some justice for Barb" , and Harbour has clarified that a little at an NYCC panel about the show."We do deal with the loose ends in season 2," he explained (thanks Polygon ), "and we do deal with some of the internet rage over Barbs' death."However, with some fans convinced that Barb, like her schoolmates, could actually have survived her time in the Upside-Down will not be getting their wish:"I can assure you Barb is very much dead," Harbour said. Even the Internet can't swing that one, it seems.Stranger Things will return for its second season in 2017, with at least four new characters coming along for the Spielbergian bicycle ride.

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