NEW MILESTONE NEWS FROM DC: SAME DAY PRINT/DIGITAL LAUNCHES FOR STATIC: SEASON ONE , ICON AND ROCKET: SEASON ONE AND HARDWARE: SEASON ONE , PLUS EXCITING VARIANT COVER
Static Season One Debuts in Comic Book Stores and Digitally Tuesday, June 15
Icon and Rocket: Season One Debuts in Comic Book Stores and Digitally Tuesday, July 27
Hardware: Season One Debuts in Comic Book Stores and Digitally on Tuesday, August 10
Each Six-Issue Limited Series Available Day and Date to DC Universe Infinite Subscribers
From fans to retailers and press, the excitement surrounding the return of Milestone to DC is at a fever pitch, and DC is releasing more news about the return of the imprint and its groundbreaking characters Static, Icon and Rocket, and Hardware.
While the Milestone Returns #0: Infinite Edition is available now digitally and in comic book stores on May 25, the three series spinning out from it will now release simultaneously on participating digital platforms and in comic book stores. This new release schedule will now enable both digital and print comic readers to experience these great new stories and storytellers at the same time.
Static: Season One, written by Vita Ayala, with layouts by CHRISCROSS, finishes by Nikolas Draper-Ivey with covers by Khary Randolph launches in print and digital on June 15
Icon and Rocket : Season One, co-written by Reggie Hudlin and Leon Chills, with art by Doug Braithwaite and covers by Taurin Clarke launches in print and digital on July 27
Hardware: Season One, written by Brandon Thomas, with art by Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz with covers by Mateus Mahanini, launches in print and digital on August 10
Each series will be supported by a robust variant-cover plan; the launch of Static Season One will include a retailer-exclusive variant cover program, plus a “team” variant by artist Olivier Coipel. The full variant cover program details will be revealed in future issues of DC CONNECT, beginning with issue #12, available online on or before April 23, 2021.
This is awesome! Getting to read all of these books the day they are released, without having to pay a cent extra, is a great perk for us DCUI subscribers. I don’t know a lot about Hardware, Icon or Rocket but I’m looking forward to reading these books and getting to know them.
Question - do these have anything to do with Future State/Infinite Frontier? I haven’t read any of those yet as I’m waiting until they arrive on here this summer so if these are standalone books/stories I’ll dig in the day they come out but if they are related to the events of those two events I may hold off until I’ve had a chance to read them first.
So excited for this. Loved how they adjusted everything to modern times for Milestone Returns, and can’t wait for more. Bummed about the April to June bump, but I’ll probably make it.
Long ago, the stranded alien known as Arnus gave up hope of returning to his home planet. Tragically, he’d also realized that his adopted home of Earth was beyond saving. Content to waste away his long life in a human guise, Arnus was past caring… until the day a young woman named Raquel Ervin crashed into his life. Soon she’d convinced him to put his incredible power to work again as the heroic Icon… and to transform her into his sidekick, Rocket! But an innocent question on Rocket’s part — “Why can’t we do something about the drugs on my corner?” — quickly set a chain of events in motion leading to the pair becoming the most hunted beings on Earth… and they’re not just being pursued by Earthlings, either!
Unleashing a tale of power and responsibility that will stretch from the boardrooms of corporate America to the jungles of South America and the depths of deep space! If you’ve ever thought there were certain things that a superhero story just couldn’t do, it might be time to start thinking different…
So far, so good.
The full July solicitations are due by April 23rd, I guess – as was said in the original post.
