The compendium is part of DC’s Milestone program, announced last summer (see “Milestone Return to DC Comics Scheduled”). Milestone was founded in 1993 by four Black creators, McDuffie, Cowan, Michael Davis, and Derek T. Dingle. DC published and distributed the comics. When Milestone stopped publishing new material, in 1997, DC tried to incorporate the characters into their existing universe, but in 2017 they announced that they would bring Milestone back as a separate imprint.

Massive Tome Collects Debut Arcs of Significant Characters
Posted by Brigid Alverson on June 23, 2021 @ 6:30 pm CT

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 will collect Blood Syndicate #1-12, Hardware #1-12, Icon #1-10, Static #1-8, Xombi #0-11, and Shadow Cabinet #0; some of these have not been collected in trades before. Featured creators include writers Dwayne McDuffie, Ivan Velez Jr., John Rozum, Robert L. Washington III, Brian McDonald, and Erica Helene and artists Denys Cowan, M.D. Bright, John Paul Leon (who passed away in May; see “R.I.P. John Paul Leon”), J.J. Birch, and others, with a cover by Denys Cowan. The softcover book will go on sale on October 26 with an MSRP of $59.99.
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