In a January 2015 interview, writer Reginald Hudlin discussed a relaunch of Milestone Media Group, along with surviving co-founders Denys Cowan and Derek Dingle.[3] The following July, DC Comics announced the creation of "Earth-M" within their multiverse, which would be home to the earlier Milestone characters as well as new ones, and that one or two Earth M imprint titles would be published annually, as well as miniseries and one-shots. No further developments took place until October 2017, when it was revealed that Milestone would be returning in 2018 with five titles, including Milestone (featuring Icon and Rocket), a new Static series, Duo (based on the character Xombi), and two other new titles: Earth-M and Love Army.[4][5]Charlotte Fullerton, Dwayne McDuffie's widow who inherited his 50% share in the original Milestone Media company, sued in August 2017 over being excluded from the revived company despite the new Milestone taking over the original's Milestone IPs.[6]
Development
In 2020, Earth-M was retitled as Milestone Returns, with the initial issue being published in September.[7] An extended version was published in February 2021.[8] The issues are available in print, digitally, and on DC Universe Infinite since April 2021.[1]
In Earth-M, famous characters like Static, Icon, Rocket, Hardware and several others have new origin stories related to the Big Bang, the event that happened in the city of Dakota.[10] While they still do not know each other, the enigmatic Dharma prepares them in secret for a war to come.[11]
Steve Barnes Pat Charles Amy Chu Melody Cooper Tananarive Due Karyn Parsons Alice Randall Touré
Eric Battle Francesco Francavilla Mike Gustovich Ray-Anthony Height Don Hudson Jamal Yseem Igle Arvell Jones Jose Marzan Jr. Maria Laura Sanapo Dominike "Domo" Stanton Ron Wilson
Michael Atiyeh Dan Brown Andrew Dalhouse Eva de la Cruz Francesco Francavilla Hi-Fi Emilio Lopez Chris Sotomayor
Ashley Allen Julio Anta Greg Burnham Natham Cayanan Jordan Clark Cheryl Lynn Eaton Morgan Hampton Jarred A. Lujan Jarod Rhys Pratt Jerome Rhett Dorado Quick Zipporah Smith
Tiahn Ankum Anthony Fowler Jr. Wade von Grawbadger Scott Hanna Daimon Hampton Atagun Ilhan John Livesay Gregory Maldonado Jose Marzan Jr. Yasmin Flores Montanez Petterson Oliveria Roberto Poggi Andrea Rosales Lucas Silveira Marcus Smith Charles Stewart III Le Beau Underwood Dexter Vines Kameron White Walden Wong
Michael Atiyeh Andrew Dalhouse Nick Filardi Luis Guerrero Alex Guimarães Hi-Fi Chris Sotomayor Bryan Valenza
