Season 3 of Netflix's GLOW dropped last week. A couple of weeks earlier, the comics version of the series came to an end at IDW.
There was so much promise when the miniseries launched at the end of April. However, artist Hannah Templer fell behind schedule, delaying issue 2 to mid-June. As a result, issues 2-3 came out on back-to-back weeks, and so did issue 4 and the Summer Special last month.
I was willing to forgive Templer's neo-Manga art style, the same used on Cartoon Network shows such as Steven Universe, for example. Then, considering that writer Tini Howard has been busy as well, writing for Marvel and other publishers, maybe part of the problem was hers as well. In any case, the miniseries ended with a thud.
The GLOW Summer Special, written by comics vet Devin Grayson, who is making a bit of a comeback on the independent circuit, is a little bit better. The artwork looks a little more realistic and serious, but not given enough space. Why? Because IDW needed the space to promote another miniseries, Marilyn Manor, which is a tabloid journalist's dream.
Marilyn Manor purports the notion that Marilyn Monroe & President John F. Kennedy not only had a steamy affair back in the 60's, but also had a daughter, who's a bit of a party girl. Meh.
Final rating for the GLOW miniseries: Down to B--.
Rating for Marilyn Manor: C.
Rating for GLOW Summer Special: B+.
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DC had an abundance of super-teams back in the 60's, and, one by one, those teams are returning.
Brian Michael Bendis is adding a new, monthly Legion of Superheroes to his work load. After the two part miniseries running through September & October, the monthly kicks off in November. Ryan Sook is doing both the miniseries and the ongoing. Add this to the previously announced revivals of Metal Men (October) & Inferior Five (September) as 12 issue maxiseries, and you wonder if DC will go for the downs and add, oh, I don't know, the Sea Devils at some point.
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As expected, Bendis is adding his breakout star, Naomi, to Young Justice, beginning with issue 10, out in November, following a two-part appearance in Action Comics. Meanwhile, Jamal Campbell is working on another project for DC, so any continuation of Naomi's own book will wait until 2020 at the earliest.
Along that same tack, Grant Morrison will begin "season 2" of The Green Lantern in 2020. To tie fans over, a 3 part miniseries, Green Lantern: The Darkstars, debuts in November. Remember when the Darkstars were actually perceived as heroes? You don't? Get thee to a bargain bin, effendi! In recent times, the Darkstars have been reimagined as being rogues. Ehh, whatever.
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DC continues to solicit Shazam! despite the continuing delays with the series. I get that the solicitations are written in advance, but writer Geoff Johns is SO busy with movie & TV work, as we talked about last time, and co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio don't quite get the idea that there's no point in soliciting a book until it gets back on schedule.
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NBC-Universal-Comcast has some beancounters who may have gotten lessons in economics from watching Jack Benny's sitcom back in the day. How else to explain SyFy reversing field and passing on a pilot for Lobo, which was to spin off from Krypton? Instead, Krypton, which ended its 2nd season on Wednesday, has been cancelled, leaving Wynonna Earp as the last comics-related series left at SyFy, which already deep-sixed Deadly Class after 1 season and Grant Morrison's Happy! after 2. Warner Horizon is looking to either DC Universe or HBO Max to be the next destination for the two series. Stay tuned.
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