DC Comics have announced “Naomi Season Two,” a second six-issue limited series for Naomi McDuffie, the newest member of the Justice League. Writers Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker will return with artist Jamal Campbell for the character’s sophomore run, which promises “to answer all the questions that surround Naomi, her legacy, and her place in the DC Universe pantheon,” as well as the return of her nemesis Zumbado. Black Adam, Superman, and the Justice League will also guest star in the book.
Walker said, “The first story we wrote was about Naomi learning who she really is, and now this story is all about unpacking the realities of what it means to be a Super Hero.” Bendis elaborated, “Naomi has been thrown into the deep end of life and the series is about that. What Naomi is going through in the superhero universe is what a lot of people go through in the real world. All the sudden you’re in over your head and things are expected of you and there are still so many questions and mysteries about her parents, birth world, powers and the world she grew up in.”
Campbell commented that the extended break since the first volume (which ran in 2019) has been beneficial for the creative team. “We’ve all used that time to think about where we want to take Naomi and her story after ‘Season One,'” he said. “And now we can hit the ground running, creatively refreshed and ready to continue where we left off.”
“Naomi Season Two” #1 will retail in comic book stores for $3.99 on March 8, 2022. It will arrive two months after the premiere of the CW series Naomi, developed by Ava DuVernay and starring Kaci Walfall, on January 11.
