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Milestone Media’s Icon and DC Comics’ Superman, while sharing some similarities as iconic superheroes, also have notable differences that set them apart. Here are ten ways in which Icon differs from Superman…
Happy New Year BH fans! I started this website in 2010. Social Media has changed dramatically since then. Facebook is no longer king. Cosplayers are now “influencers”. Reviewers have become Glyph award nominated writers. Black Panther has moved from an ever cancelled
Milestone Compendium is a can’t-miss collection for any Milestone Comics or 90’s comics fan! DC has announced it will release Milestone Compendium One, a new collection that brings together the debut story arcs of the original Milestone characters from the 1990s. The 1,320-page volume
Bullied nerd Virgil Hawkins wasn’t the kind of kid you’d normally find on the streets at a protest—but like everyone else in the city of Dakota, he was fed up. Unfortunately, the first time he stood up to raise his voice, the world turned upside down. The experimental tear gas released that day left some of his classmates maimed or dead…but it left Virgil, and others, with stunning new abilities. Virgil has the power inside him now—real power, the ability to channel and manipulate electromagnetic fields…
Very early in my career, I wasn’t getting work, couldn’t get anyone to pay attention to my stuff. Not until meeting Howard Chaykin, who in a single hour at a con became my advocate at the DC booth. He got eyes on
This year is the tenth anniversary of this website. It’s been a wild ride. From being the only place that celebrated the 20th anniversary of a Milestone to being the first place to even have biographies for many of these characters it
“We’re thrilled to announce the comics will be returning in February and we’ve made sure that the stories are just as timely and provocative as fans have come to expect from Milestone.”- Reginald Hudlin During DC FanDome: Explore the Multiverse on Sept.
“A leader…is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.”- Nelson Mandela Icon #1 opens with an Alien crash land
Hate is a choice. Sexual orientation is not… Comics and superheroes have taught me a lot over the years. Before we dive in let us clear the air, I’m from a homophobic culture and a homophobic family. My fans have taught me
Coming in from across the airwaves this morning is news that Milestone Media llc. is set for a comeback/revival similar to Valiant’s simply stunning takeover of comics a few years back. Denys Cowan, Derek Dingle and former Black Panther writer and
First Appearance: Blood Syndicate #11, February 1994 Created by: Ivan Velez Jr., Chris Cross and Ivan Velez Real Name: Bubba Brown Nationality: American Team Affiliations: Blood Syndicate Legal Status: U.S citizen with criminal record Weight: 170 lbs (human) Height: 5’8 (human)
You read that headline right! Comics legend and Milestone comics co-founder Denys Cowan‘s original art pieces, twenty seven (27) in in total have gone missing! Said pieces were to be used in the “Milestones: African Americans In Comics, Pop Culture and Beyond”
This is the list of my top 20 black superheroes/villains from Milestone comics. Why 20? Well 2013 is Milestone comic’s 20th anniversary so it would be an injustice to countdown any more or any less. Now many of you don’t know anything
Created by: Dwayne McDuffie 1st appearance: Icon #19, 1994 Real Name: unknown Nationality: American Relatives: unknown Group Affiliations: none Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Skills and abilities: none Powers: Superhuman strength and near-invulnerability gained from the event known as the “Big Bang”, which
In a followup to one of our most controversial news pieces ever [check it out here] comes this follow-up from Michael Davis, one of the founders of Milestone comics in response to Dawud, creator of Brotherman. Again this is verbatim, nothing added or
Publisher: Milestone Comics Created by: Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan 1st appearance: Static #40, October 1996 Nationality: Inapplicable Team Affiliations: None Legal Status: Unknown Height: 5’9 Weight: 210 lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Relatives: Unknown Skills and abilities: Unknown Powers: A Bang
Created by Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan. 1st appearance: Icon #22, May 1993 Nationality: Unknown Alias: Kali’kak Team Affiliations: no Legal Status: Inter-galactic criminal wanted across the galaxy. Weight: Variable Height: Variable Eyes: Variable
Rival members of Dakota’s most powerful gangs, they were exposed to an experimental tear gas that left them more than human. Forced by extraordinary circumstance to band together, they now face Society’s problems on their own terms, by their own rules-the the
The Big Bang should have been the Gotterdammerung of Dakota’s gangs. A Finale Battle to decide turf; but police intervention killed most of its participants, leaving the rest with bodies and/or abilities tailored to their wildest dreams…and beyond. The full list of
First Appearance: Icon #2, 1993 Biography The Mayor of Dakota. She’s most well known for being the mother of Holocaust and for being the one who approached Alva technologies for the experimental gas used at the Big Bang event resulting in many