“Wonder Man” Renewed for Season 2 with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ben Kingsley Set to Return

Hello again, faithful readers! I’m sure you’ve all had a very busy few weeks since the last digest, so I’ve rounded up some of the big headlines you might have missed.

News From DC and Marvel

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Valerie Perrine, best known to superhero fans for playing the memorable Miss Teschmacher alongside Gene Hackman’s Lex Luthor, passed away on March 23. As of this writing, you can still donate to a GoFundMe page to help pay for her burial. Sam Kieth, the visionary artist known for co-creating Sandman and his highly distinctive work on Wolverine, passed away on March 15. DC has big plans for this year’s Pride Month, including a miniseries starring everyone’s favorite trans superheroines, Galaxy and Dreamer. There will also be a new line-up of Pride POP! Funkos, including an Apollo with his glorious old-school haircut and an Extraño that I need yesterday. Marvel is planning a game-changing event that will change the Avengers forever…again. Anyway, this one is called Avengers: Armageddon, and it starts in June. We got plenty of Supergirl news recently, complete with the release of the official trailer (I am trusting you not to kill Krypto, James Gunn) and the announcement that David Krumholtz will be playing Kara’s father, Zor-El. The movie will hit theaters on June 26! Wonder Man fans have reason to celebrate, as the series has been picked up for a second season. Marvel editor Tom Brevoort discussed how fans’ dwindling budgets have changed how big events like “One World Under Doom” play out. Smallville‘s Aquaman, Alan Ritchson, was the source of controversy in late March after a video showed him allegedly attacking a man, who it turned out attacked Ritchson first. No charges have been filed against anyone.

News From the Wider Comics World

Influential mangaka Tsuge Yoshiharu passed away on March 3, not long before the release of his latest collection. Belgian comics artist Hermann passed away on March 22. Although not as widely appreciated in America as he was in Europe, he leaves behind an extensive body of work, including the series Jeremiah. If you read April’s new release list, you surely noticed that Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga is available now. Well, it might not be too long before one of those lists features Captain Underpants: The Second Epic Manga, as a sequel has already been announced. Smithsonian Magazine did a brief piece about the comic strip Doonesbury and its creator, Gary Trudeau. For more, check out the upcoming biography, Trudeau & Doonesbury by Joshua Kendall.