THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2022
THE CW'S 2022-2023 SCHEDULE
Despite the recent cancellations of DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman, The CW will still have a distinctive comic-book flavor next season.
The network has announced its 2022-23 lineup, which will include Gotham Knights and a third season of DC's Stargirl.
Gotham Knights will make a mideseaon debut, along with returning shows The Flash (Season 9) and Superman & Lois (Season 3).
Here's how the network describes Gotham Knights:
"Batman is dead, and a powder keg has ignited Gotham City without the Dark Knight to protect it. In the wake of Bruce Wayne's murder, his adopted son Turner Hayes is framed for killing the Caped Crusader, along with the children of some of Batman' enemies: Duela (Olivia Rose Keegan), an unpredictable fighter and skilled thief who was born in Arkham Asylum and abandoned by her father, Harper Row (Fallon Smythe), a streetwise and acerbic engineer who can fix anything, and her brother Cullen Row (Tyler DiChiara), a clever transgender teen who is tired of being polite and agreeable.
With the charismatic and hard-charging District Attorney Harvey Dent (Misha Collins) and the GCPD hot on their trail, Turner will rely on allies, including his best friend and formidable coder Stephanie Brown (Anna Lore), and unlikely Batman sidekick Carrie Kelley (Navia Robinson).
"But our Knights will soon learn there is a larger, more nefarious force at work within Gotham City. This team of mismatched fugitives must band together to become its next generation of saviors known as the Gotham Knights."
From Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, Gotham Knights is written by Chad Fiveash, James Stoteraux and Natalie Abrams. Fiveash and Stoteraux will serve as showrunners and executive produce the series alongside Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter. Abrams also serves as co-executive producer. Danny Cannon directed and served as an executive producer on the pilot, along with David Madden.
DC's Stargirl returns for its third season on Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
Riverdale will return for a seventh -- and final -- season this mideseason.
"The CW looks towards the future, we are evolving and adapting to become more than just a network. We are a brand that drives our passionate and dedicated audiences to engage directly with our programming across all platforms, both linear and digital," said Mark Pedowitz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The CW Network. "In the tradition of The CW's commitment to high-quality programming that features diverse and inclusive storytelling and characters, we are rolling out a fall lineup that features an exciting new crop of series."
MARVEL'S STAR WAR VARIANTS
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Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm have teamed up to celebrate Pride Month with a new collection of Star Wars Pride variant covers. Debuting on all of Marvel's Star Wars titles starting in June, these variant covers showcase LGBTQIA+ characters from throughout the Star Wars galaxy and were created by an incredible lineup of LGBTQIA+ talent. Each cover also features a special Pride version of the series' title along with the official Star Wars Pride logo.
Here are the characters consumers can see in this year's collection:
* Marvel Comics' breakout character and star of her own ongoing series, Doctor Aphra.
Fellow archaeologist and self-proclaimed "arch-nemesis" of Doctor Aphra, Kho Phon Farrus.
Sab, Sach and Yan, former handmaidens of Padme Amidala who currently play a pivotal role in the Star Wars: Darth Vader comic series
T'onga, a former bounty hunter currently being pulled back into action in the Star Wars: Bounty Hunters comic series and her wife, Losha.
Jedi Padawans of the High Republic era, Lula Talisola and Zeen Mrala,
Vi Moradi, the Resistance spy who can often be found by guests visiting Black Spire Outpost at Batuu.
Resistance Commander Larma D'Acy, known for her aappearances in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, and her wife, Resistance Pilot Wrobie Tyce.
The release schedule features:
On sale on June 15:
* Star Wars Bounty Hunters #24 by Jan Bazaldua.
On sale on June 22:
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenboit #2 by Derek Charm and Star Wars: Darth Vader #24 by Kei Zama.
On sale July 6: Star Wars: The Mandalorian #1 by Phil Jimenez.
On sale July 20: Star Wars #24 by J.J. Kirby and Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca #4 by Javier Garron.
On sale July 27: Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #22 by Paulina Ganucheau.
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT'S 007
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Dynamite Entertainment has announced an August launch for 007, by writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Marco Finnegan.
Here's how Dynamite describes the book:
"The most famous spy in fiction returns to heat up the summer comics season with a thrilling tale of double agents, assassins, old flames and heaps of intrigue. James Bond finds himself outplayed with a metaphorical bad hand on a Russian excursion, forced to eliminate an asset he was meant to extract. A shootout with his enemy counterparts leaves Bond with more questions than answers... questions about their American accents, their bleeding-edge technology, and most importantly, how they seem to know so much about him.
"Abandoned by his superiors, facing suspension at MI6, and questioning his waning sense of duty, 007 gets an urgent message from former 00 agent Gwendolyn Gann, a mentor and old flame from his earliest days. Gann's gotten back in the spy game, and needs Bond's help... but will Bond make it on time? And what are her ties to the mysteruous new player known only as Myrmidon?"
"Contributing to the generations-long saga of James Bond is a great honor and a ton of fun,"Johnson said. "Marco and I are going to give readers all the things that make them love Bond -- the action and physicality, the tech, the sense of style, the inherent coolness in Bond's every word and action, but we're also bringing some things they haven't seen before. We've seen plenty of Special Agent James Bond, but we don't often see much spycraft in what he does. That's an element that sometimes gets lost, and I want to bring it back without giving up the car chases or bone-crunching action. We're also introducing some characters that I'm super excited for readers to meet -- characters who put some intriguing new spins on readers' expectations."
Tommy Lee Edwards, Marc Aspinall, Soo Lee, and returning 007 artist Marc Laming all contribute covers.
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BRIEFLY
BOOM! CHANGES: BOOM! Studios has announced that it has made several key changes to the editorial team.
Allyson Gronowitz has been promoted to editor. After interning with DC Comics, Allyson joined BOOM! Studios as assistant editor in 2019, and has since brought her talent to a wide variety of BOOM! Studios and Archaia projects, from single issue series Maw and Jim Henson's The Storyteller to original graphic novels Eighty Days, Better Angels, and The Short While.
Ramiro Portnoy has been promoted to associate editor. He joined BOOM! Studios in 2019 as assistant editor, and during his tenure has been instrumental in the development and production of series such as Something is Killing the Children, BRZRKR, House of Slaughter and The Many Deaths of Laila Starr.
Dafna Pleban will oversee core imprint BOOM! Box as its new lead senior editor. She has been a part of the team since starting at BOOM! Studios in 2008. For over six years, she has edited the entire Power Rangers franchise, which is BOOM! Studio' first and only series to date to reach 100 issues. Dafna has been integral in various original series and graphic novels such as Lumberjanes, Goldie Vance, Fence, The Sacrifice of Darkness and Flavor Girls.
MARVEL FIRST LOOKS: For covers and five-page preview of Star Wars: The Mandalorian #1, available in stores on Wednesday, July 9 from Marvel Comics, CLICK HERE.
BOOM! FIRST LOOKS: For covers and five-page preview of Power Rangers Universe #6, available in stores on Wednesday, May 25 from BOOM! Studios, CLICK HERE.
AUGUST 2022 SOLICITATIONS
Below are solicitations posted for August. Click on the publisher's name for the full listings and check back soon for additional solicitations.
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