Milestone Media Returns to DC Comics as Earth-M
Milestone Media’s revival as “Milestone 2.0” was made official at San Diego Comic-Con, as the announcement came that the Dakota Universe characters will be returning to DC Comics as a part of Earth-M and the multiverse.
CBR says that “characters such as Static Shock, Icon and Hardware will return to DC as residents of “Earth-M,” part of the DC multiverse. New projects are on the way, with creators including Milestone co-founder Denys Cowan, “Milestone 2.0” partner Reginald Hudlin, DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns and DC Comics Co-Publisher Jim Lee. No specific projects or release dates have yet been released.”
“We have to keep this company alive,” Milestone co-founder Derek T. Dingle told the gathered press as to the reasons for bringing back the company. “We have to maintain diversity in this industry.”
“It was a call that we could not ignore. We had to do it,” Hudlin added. “This has been a very complicated deal to put together. Their patience, their perseverance, has been incredible.”
More from CBR……The initial plan is for “Earth-M” stories to be told as up to two hardcover graphic novels a year, plus an “as yet-to-be-determined number” of miniseries and one-shots. Static Shock, Icon, Rocket, Hardware and Xombi are specifically mentioned by DC as returning, with new heroes and villains promised as well.
I remember Milestone debuting back when I read comics as a kid, but I never got a chance to sample their collection. I will definitely check the graphic novels and whatever miniseries they have in store. My only worry is making all these announcements without any plan for when they’ll all come out. Its great to see Geoff Johns and Jim Lee eager to lend a hand, but other are so busy with other duties in television or the publishing side of DC Entertainment. Will their projects see the light of day in 2016?
Either way, we will provide more information as it becomes available.
Timdogg
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