![]() ![]() Milestone gave you a nice, broad view of the entire Black experience." They had to stand for everything the Black experience. As comics journalist Jermaine McLaughlin told me in an interview for our two-part video retrospective on Milestone, "The characters that existed at Marvel and DC were monoliths. With diversity and inclusiveness at the center of many of our national conversations, a comic that was well ahead of the curve on both counts deserves a chance to find its audience again.īlood Syndicate, co-created by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, and Ivan Velez, Jr., was simply unlike any comic book of its time when it debuted in 1993. ![]() Because while the return of Milestone and all its memorable characters is long overdue, Blood Syndicate seems almost a necessity at this point in time. That's all good news, but I'm greedy and want more. To be fair, the superhuman gang did show up in Infinite Editions #0, and the story suggests future appearances, perhaps in the big Milestone event DC teased in its press release. What was interesting about the press release DC Comics put out was what it didn't say: Namely, where the heck is the most daring and in many ways, the most relevant book in the Milestone catalog? Where is Blood Syndicate? Mini-series starring Static, Icon and Rocket, and Hardware will debut exclusively as digital comics beginning in April. The issue, written by Reginald Hudlin with art by Denys Cowan, Bill Sienkiewicz, and others, will be available in print format on May 25, but digital is where the Milestone renaissance is taking shape. Credit: DC Comics Art: Denys Cowan/Chris Sotomayor ![]()
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