An HBO Max superhero show based on a comic book that was long deemed unfilmable deserves a lot of praise, not only for adapting the story into live-action, but also for delivering 46 tremendous episodes of television. Over the years, superhero television shows have become a dime a dozen. Between the myriad of MCU television shows and the many series based on DC Comics, it has been thoroughly established that comics can translate to live-action pretty easily.
Across the 21st century, comic book adaptations have grown more common, CGI and VFX have grown more sophisticated, and audiences have grown more accustomed to weird and outlandish superheroes, like the Guardians of the Galaxy, entering the mainstream. Even with all these advancements, there are a select few comics that are still considered truly unfilmable.
High-concept or heavily metaphorical comics like Absolute Martian Manhunter haven't made it to television yet for obvious reasons. Smaller superhero teams, like the Justice League Dark, don't have the popularity necessary to make a TV adaptation worthwhile. There are still a lot of "unfilmable" comics out there, but one of them got made into an extremely competent live-actio...