Blood Syndicate: Season One #3
Written by: Geoffrey Thorne
Art by: ChrisCross, Tom Raney
With Wise Son framed for the attack on the Blue Street Syndicate HQ, the Paris Island police are looking for answers…but Wise doesn’t break easily. He’s got secrets to keep-including the story of just what went down in Sadaqah and how he, Tech-9, and Iron Butterfly got their powers!
Milestones in History #1
(W) Reginald Hudlin, Alice Randall, Amy Chu, Steve Barnes, Alice Randall, Tananarive Due, Pat Charles, Karyn Parsons, Touré, Melody Cooper (A) Jahnoy Lindsay, Eric Battle, Maria Laura Sanapo, Ron Wilson, Don Hudson, Jamal Yaseem Igle, Arvell Jones, Francesco Francavilla, Ray-Anthony Height, Dominike “Domo” Stanton (CA) ChrisCross
In Shops: Jun 21, 2022
SRP: $9.99
Written by Reginald Hudlin, Alice Randall, Toure, Michael Harriot, and more Art by Various Celebrate Black History Month the Milestone way, as the superpowered citizens of Dakota (including Static, Icon, Rocket, Hardware, and more) narrate the true stories of Black trailblazers from across human history! Witness the military campaigns of Hannibal and the Queen of Sheba, the literary accomplishments of Alexandre Dumas, the World War One dogfights of Eugene Bullard against the legendary Red Baron, and many, many more, all written and drawn by a who’s-who of comics and literary talent!
Blood Syndicate: Season One #2
Written by: Geoffrey Thorne
Art by: ChrisCross
The leader of one of Paris Island’s most powerful gangs needs to add some soldiers to his army…and has his sights set on Wise Son! The heroes might’ve “cleaned up” the streets, but in the shadows there’s utter chaos as rival gangs battle for control. Wise could have a seat at the table, but he’s been out of the game for so long…does he want back in? He came back from Afghanistan a changed man…
Blood Syndicate: Season One #2
Written by: Geoffrey Thorne
Art by: ChrisCross
The leader of one of Paris Island’s most powerful gangs needs to add some soldiers to his army…and has his sights set on Wise Son! The heroes might’ve “cleaned up” the streets, but in the shadows there’s utter chaos as rival gangs battle for control. Wise could have a seat at the table, but he’s been out of the game for so long…does he want back in? He came back from Afghanistan a changed man…
Blood Syndicate: Season One #1
(W) Geoffrey Thorne (A) ChrisCross (CA) Dexter Soy
In Shops: May 10, 2022
SRP: $3.99
You asked, and we delivered…the Blood Syndicate is back! Wise Son and Tech-9 have returned from their military tours in Afghanistan-and life in Dakota City could not be more different. While Icon and Rocket have been busy cleaning up the streets, Bang Babies have been forming rival gang factions. With Holocaust’s influence-and super-powered army-growing, who will look out for the people of Paris Island when the capes aren’t watching? What secrets do Wise and Tech hide from their time overseas? As the struggle for power on the chaotic streets spills into war…who will emerge victorious as the new kingpin of Paris Island? Original Blood Syndicate series artist ChrisCross teams up with rising-star writer Geoffrey Thorne in this reimagining of the fan-favorite Milestone series, which blows open the next wild chapter in the Milestone Universe!
Blood Syndicate: Season One #1
(W) Geoffrey Thorne (A) ChrisCross (CA) Dexter Soy
In Shops: May 10, 2022
SRP: $3.99
You asked, and we delivered…the Blood Syndicate is back! Wise Son and Tech-9 have returned from their military tours in Afghanistan-and life in Dakota City could not be more different. While Icon and Rocket have been busy cleaning up the streets, Bang Babies have been forming rival gang factions. With Holocaust’s influence-and super-powered army-growing, who will look out for the people of Paris Island when the capes aren’t watching? What secrets do Wise and Tech hide from their time overseas? As the struggle for power on the chaotic streets spills into war…who will emerge victorious as the new kingpin of Paris Island? Original Blood Syndicate series artist ChrisCross teams up with rising-star writer Geoffrey Thorne in this reimagining of the fan-favorite Milestone series, which blows open the next wild chapter in the Milestone Universe!
DC and Milestone have revealed new images for Blood Syndicate: Season One #1 by original Milestone artist ChrisCross and Juan Castro, plus new available variant covers, available for pre-order now! In addition to these stunning interior pages, In addition to the main cover by Dexter Soy and the “old school” open to order variant by ChrisCross, two new covers are available for pre-order: A “new school” open-to-order variant by Static: Season One breakout artist Nikolas Draper-Ivey, plus an awesome 1:25 ratio variant spotlighting Holocaust, by Rahzzah. Check local comic book shops for availability and pre-order details.
On May 10, rising star writer Geoffrey Thorne joins one of Milestone’s original talents in blowing open the next chapter in the Dakotaverse!
Wise Son and Tech-9 have returned from their military tours in Afghanistan, reuniting with their comrade Fade and returning to a very different Dakota and Paris Island. As super heroes like Icon, Rocket and Static have become part of the crimefighting landscape, other “Bang Babies” have been forming rival gang factions.
And then there’s Holocaust; his influence is growing on Paris Island, and with his own super-powered army growing, who will look out for the people of Dakota’s most dangerous neighborhood while the capes aren’t watching?
And what secrets have Wise Son and Tech-9 brought back to Paris Island from their tour overseas? As the struggle for control of the neighborhood spirals into all-out war, who will control Paris Island, and at what cost?
Aztec Ace, the cult classic from the mind of comics legend Doug Moench, is reprinted for the first time in Aztec Ace: The Complete Collection. A collaboration between Dark Horse Comics and IT’S ALIVE!, Aztec Ace: The Complete Collection is an archival hardcover that restores all 500+ pages of Moench’s fan-favorite time travel adventure series.
First published by Eclipse Comics in 1984, Aztec Ace is an action-packed, intellectual, time-travel adventure starring Caza (AKA Ace) as he travels between the Aztec Empire and his home in the 23rd century. Ace, along with his pupil Bridget Chronopolis and his navigator Head (the floating disembodied head of Sigmund Freud), struggles to save his dimension from time paradoxes created by his enemy, the mysterious Nine-Crocodile.
Aztec Ace: The Complete Collection hardcover collects the full fifteen-issue run for the first time, and includes a bonus Aztec Ace short story by Moench and Tim Sale, a pin-up gallery featuring new artwork by Bill Sienkiewicz, ChrisCross, Dan Day, Jeff Lemire, Joe Staton, Jok, Kelley Jones, Matt Kindt, Michael Avon Oeming, Michael Wm Kaluta, Paul Gulacy, Paul Pope, Ron Harris, and more!
Aztec Ace: The Complete Collection hardcover will be available at comic shops on July 20, 2022, and from bookstores August 2, 2022. It is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your local comic shop and bookstore. Aztec Ace: The Complete Collection hardcover will retail for $79.99.
DC and Milestone Media have revealed new details about Milestones in History, a 96-page anthology coming June 14th. Theone-shot spotlights real world icons from Black history across the ages. These stories will combine well-known comic book artists with writers from the fields of entertainment, literature, and social activism. The anthology embraces the Milestone universe with these stories being told through the eyes of the heroes of Dakota.
Featured history-making subjects and storytellers for Milestones In History include:
More than just an anthology, Milestone In History also serves as a springboard into the next phase of this new iteration of the Dakotaverse; the book features an ending that will serve as the catalyst for the first big “event” in Milestone, something most fans will never see coming.
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson‘s G-Unit Film & Television has optioned DC Comics‘ Xerø for development along with Color Farm Media. Xerø was created by writer Christopher Priest and artist ChrisCross. The series debuted in 1997 and ran for twelve issues.
The comic series was about an African-American professional basketball player, Coltrane Walker, who is secretly a tech-enhanced “closer”, an agent who ties up loose ends. As an assassin he disguised himself as a blond and blue eyed White operative.
G-Unit Film & Television will produce along with Erika Alexander and Ben Arnon for Color Farm, and Joseph Illidge who is the CEO of the newly-launched production and publishing company Illuminous.
