On The Shelf: DC puts their primetime shows on Earth-Prime

 Season 3 of Batwoman ended a few weeks back, but the current Batwoman on TV, Ryan Wilder, suits up in the pages of DC Comics for the first time.

Earth-Prime is a 6-issue, twice monthly miniseries that fits into the TV continuities of Batwoman, Superman & Lois, Legends of Tomorrow, Stargirl, & The Flash, with the final issue, due in June, to be a team-up issue.

Courtesy DC Comics.

Each issue is 48 pages for roughly $5, a dollar more for gimmick covers. One of the backup features in the Batwoman volume is written by series co-star Camrus Johnson (Luke/Batwing), who made his comics debut a year ago. The lead story covers a bit of ground, but if you're not following the show, you may have to catch up. Batwoman has not yet been formally renewed for season 4, but it would have to go some to get viewers back who abandoned the series the last two seasons.

Rating: B--.

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The hometown shop was hyping up Aftershock's 1-shot, Midnight Rose, not because of the writer, 70's icon Jim Starlin, but rather artist Nikkol Jelenic, who reportedly has settled in the area. The artwork on this horror story is a blend of Starlin with some Jim Lee influence as well. The key plot centers on a young woman with strange powers that turn men into plants. Didn't Poison Ivy try that once? Anyway, it is moody, dark, and disturbing all at once. The story is easy to follow, and is a true done-in-one. I wonder if Starlin's shopping this around for a movie adaptation....!

Rating: A-.

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After making her writing debut last year, actress Nicole Maines (ex-Supergirl) will write the introduction to this year's DC Pride special, out in June. Not only that, but in July, Dreamer, played by Maines on Supergirl, becomes the latest TV character to transition into the mainstream DC Universe. She'll debut in the pages of Superman: Son of Kal-El, in a story co-authored by Maines and series writer Tom Taylor. A miniseries is almost sure to follow.

Speaking of Pride, veteran actor Kevin Conroy, long regarded as the definitive cartoon voice of Batman over the last 30 years, is penning a Bat-short for the volume. If that doesn't get ya to lay a $10 on the counter, I don't know what does.