DC CELEBRATES ITS LEGACY OF BLACK SUPERHEROES AND KICKS OFF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF A GROUNDBREAKING IMPRINT DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2023!
DC POWER: A CELEBRATION, MILESTONE 30TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGIES TO INCLUDE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MILESTONE INITIATIVE COHORTS
MILESTONE’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY ALSO FEATURES THE RETURN OF STATIC, A NEW COMPENDIUM OF CLASSIC MILESTONE STORIES, AND A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN TWO OF MILESTONE’S GREATEST SUPER HEROES
SELECT TITLES TO RECEIVE BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVERS SPOTLIGHTING DC’S BLACK SUPER HEROES, AND THE RELEASE OF A NEW HARDCOVER HONORS ONE OF DC’S GREATEST MODERN STORYTELLERS AND MILESTONE’S COFOUNDER
From the primary appearances of Nubia and Inexperienced Lantern John Stewart within the Seventies to Black Lightning, Cyborg, Vixen, Firestorm, Mr. Terrific, and extra, DC has an extended historical past of Black superheroes taking middle stage in its comedian books. That legacy has been additional bolstered by the introduction (and reintroduction) of Milestone Media’s “Dakotaverse,” with the debuts of Static, {Hardware}, Icon & Rocket, Blood Syndicate, and others.
In time for Black Historical past Month 2023, DC is spotlighting the heritage of its Black Tremendous Heroes along with celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Milestone Media and the creation of the Dakotaverse with a sequence of one-shots, new sequence, collections, and variant covers.
DC Energy: A Celebration and Milestone Compendium Two—January 31, 2023
Within the custom of different cultural anthologies, such because the Ringo Award-winning DC Pleasure and DC Competition of Heroes, DC Pawer: A Celebration showcases tales that includes DC superheroes Inexperienced Lantern (John Stewart), Cyborg, Vixen, Aqualad, Child Flash, Batwing, and others, in tales informed by a few of comics’ finest Black storytellers — writers Chuck Brown (Black Manta, Bitter Root), Stephanie Williams (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons, Trial of the Amazons), and Evan Narcisse (Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded Metropolis, Marvel’s Rise of the Black Panther, Black Panther Wakanda Atlas), plus artists Valentine De Landro (Black Manta, Future State: Superman: Worlds at Warfare), Clayton Henry (Motion Comics, Superman Crimson & Blue, Black Lightning: Chilly Lifeless Palms), and others. The anthology additionally contains the primary DC work from writers Dorado Fast, Morgan Hampton, Jordan Clark, and artist Petterson Oilveira, all of whom participated within the Milestone Initiative Expertise Improvement Program.
Additionally accessible in collaborating comedian e book retailers, bookstores, and mass-market retailers/e-tailers is Milestone Compendium Two. A should for the hardcore Milestone fan, this 1,300-plus-page softcover assortment contains a dynamic cowl by iconic artist and Milestone cofounder Denys Cowan and presents an unimaginable assortment of the unique tales from the unique Milestone expertise. These tales helped form the inspiration of the Dakotaverse, inserting Milestone on the forefront of innovation by introducing tales and characters from Black and different numerous backgrounds to comedian books. This compendium additionally reprints the 1994 Worlds Collide occasion, the place the DC and Dakotaverse characters appeared collectively for the very first time.
Static: Shadows of Dakota and The DC Universe by Dwayne McDuffie—February 7, 2023
The following section of the return of Milestone publishing begins February 7, 2023 with the discharge of Static: Shadows of Dakota. This follow-up to the critically acclaimed Static: Season One options artwork by rising celebrity Nikolas Draper-Ivey, who additionally takes on the function of co-writer with Static: Season One author Vita Ayala. This six-issue restricted sequence is the right jumping-on level for followers who missed the primary sequence—and particularly for followers of the award-winning Static Shock animated sequence, the super-villain Ebon takes middle stage.
The DC Universe by Dwayne McDuffie collects DC tales from this beloved author, who was a each a founding member of Milestone Media and the co-creator of the Static Shock animated sequence. This 280-page collected hardcover options McDuffie-written tales from Motion Comics, The Demon, Impulse, JLA Showcase 80-Web page Big, Batman: Gotham Knights (2002), Sins of Youth: Child Flash/Impulse, and Firestorm: The Nuclear Man.
Icon vs. {Hardware}—February 14, 2023
Eagle-eyed readers who noticed the hints dropped in Icon & Rocket: Season One and Milestones In Historical past knew that it was only a matter of time earlier than two of Milestone’s strongest superheroes could be at odds. This five-issue restricted sequence reunites the Icon & Rocket: Season One writing crew of Reginald Hudlin and Leon Chills, with artwork by Milestone Media cofounder Denys Cowan. In a search to seek out Icon’s crashed spaceship, {Hardware} finds a instrument much more helpful, and doubtlessly extra harmful: a time machine. This units him on a collision course with Dakota’s powerhouse hero, with the way forward for the Milestone universe hanging within the stability.
Milestone thirtieth Anniversary Particular—February 21, 2023
This 96-page Status format anthology celebrates 30 years of Static, Icon, Rocket, {Hardware}, and the remainder of the characters that made Milestone and the Dakotaverse a real game-changer in comedian books.
There’s something for each Milestone and comedian e book fan to take pleasure in. The anthology features a feature-length story written by Evan Narcisse by which the present Milestone superheroes encounter their unique Nineteen Nineties counterparts by way of the powers of a mysterious character identified solely as Rift. It additionally options tales written by Chuck Brown, Stephanie Williams, and Nikolas Draper-Ivey, who can also be offering artwork for his story by which Batman Past groups up with an grownup model of Static, plus a variant cowl highlighting the 2 characters. Together with Denys Cowan and different artists, the anthology options artwork from Yasmín Flores Montañez, who additionally participated within the Milestone Initiative Expertise Improvement Program. Cowan offers the primary cowl to the anthology, an homage to DC’s iconic “Flash of Two Worlds” cowl from 1961’s The Flash #123.
DC Black Historical past Month Variant Covers
Followers can preorder comics from collaborating comedian e book retailers that function particular variant covers spotlighting iconic DC superheroes (see your native shops for particulars and preordering):
The Flash #792 (Wallace West/Child Flash) by Mateus Manhanini, on sale February 7
I Am Batman #18 (Jace Fox/Tiffany Fox/Batwing) by ChrisCross, on sale February 14
Black Adam #8 (Malik White/Bolt) by Taurin Clarke, on sale February 21
Lazarus Planet Omega #1 (Cyborg) by Edwin Galmon, on sale February 21
Marvel Lady #796 (Nubia), by Taj Tenfold on sale February 21
Motion Comics #1052 (John Henry Irons/Natasha Irons), by Khary Randolph, on sale February 28
For the most recent information on DC and Milestone, go to www.dc.com and comply with @DCComics and @TheDCNation on social media. For extra particulars on DC’s Milestone Initiative, go to the Milestone Initiative hub at milestone.dcuniverse.com. For followers desirous about exploring the historical past of DC’s and Milestone’s superheroes, the DC Universe Infinite digital subscription platform has an unimaginable assortment of titles spotlighting the heroes of those universes; for extra data and a free trial (the place relevant), go to www.dcuniverseinfinite.com. Please observe: DC Universe Infinite is just not supposed for kids and isn’t accessible in all international locations.
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