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As well as drawing the iconic Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn miniseries, co-created Icon for Milestone and Quantum and Woody for Acclaim, all with Christopher Priest, a personal comic book highlight for me, and the pinnacle of their partnership together. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /*[...]

Today sees the final issue of the long-delayed Icon vs Hardware #5 from Milestone/DC Comics Originally announced over a year ago at New York Comic Con 2022, the Milestone crossover series by Reginald Hudlin, Leon Chills, Denys Cowan and Yasmin Flores Montanez was launched in February, with its fifth issue intended for June rather than the 7th of[...]

Icon vs Hardware #5 hits the shelves this coming Tuesday, November 7th, and boy, do they have some surprises in store for us…or so they claim. It all ends here as Icon and Hardware's battle against Brainiac sets these two titans on a surprising new course…with implications for every character in the Milestone Universe! Their world[...]

DC's really scraping the bottom of the "invincible alien villain" barrel now, aren't they? Bring out the confetti and party poppers, folks, cause we've got a classic doomsday scenario popping up in the upcoming issue of Icon vs Hardware #4, hitting your local comic stores this Tuesday, August 15th Our beloved Milestone heroes are having[...]

Icon vs Hardware #3 drops on May 30th, and yes, that solicit *is * promising a shocking ending after "Hardware's rampant tampering with the timeline is weakening the boundaries of reality and unraveling not just his own history, but the history of the entire Milestone Universe." In other words, though it feels like this Milestoon[...]

This week, Bleeding Cool presents a preview of Icon vs Hardware #2, hitting stores on Tuesday from DC Comics In this issue, a courtroom bombshell plays out as the case between Icon and Hardware reaches its climax Joining me for this preview is Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron LOLtron, what do you think of[...]

It's time for another thrilling crossover from the new Milestone as Bleeding Cool brings you the preview of Icon vs Hardware #1 Joining me for this preview is my reluctant partner, Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron I'm sure it has a few thoughts on this preview, but please, LOLtron, no taking over the world[...]

Rocket has been invited to dinner in this preview of Icon and Rocket Season One #6, in stores Tuesday from DC Comics Unfortunately, it's to be the main course Can she avoid becoming a meal? Check out the preview below. ICON AND ROCKET SEASON ONE #6 DC Comics 1021DC111 1021DC112 – Icon and Rocket Season One #6 Doug Braithwaite[...]

It was solicited under the name Icon as a four issue limited series about the return of a masked vigilante after 25 years. Mike Richardson Renames Own Comic Icon As Cloaked However, it is possible that someone may have pointed out that Marvel Comics has the Icon Comics imprint for creator-owned comics, including those from Brian Bendis[...]

In Icon & Rocket #4: Season One, the chickens of adventurism come home to roost for the female lead The modern incarnation of the alien hero takes more bold steps away from his more conservative origins. Icon & Rocket #4: Season One Cover Credit: Milestone/DC Comics The dramatic duo has put the pinch on the global economy[...]

Icon & Rocket #3: Season One takes on that criticism with a global degree of activism that stirs the pot at home as well. Icon & Rocket #3: Season One Cover Credit: DC Comics There's one criticism that could be leveled at this issue: a central plot element (the disruption of the global illicit drug trade) has its[...]

In Icon & Rocket #2: Season One, you absolutely should not come looking for your father's Augustus Freeman the 3rd, or yours, depending on your age This is a whole new Icon, and while the venerable and respectable former version was — if you'll pardon the pun — iconic, what we have here is well[...]

Milestone Compendium One, is to be a softcover collection from DC Comics with more than 1,300 pages of classic Milestone stories, collecting the debut story arcs of Blood Syndicate, Hardware, Static, Icon, Xombi, and Shadow Cabinet from the original Milestone creative teams, and will be published in September Milestone Media was founded in 1993 by[...]

In Elliot S! Maggin's novelisation of Superman: The Man of Steel, there is the suggestion that the people of Earth, Krypton, and others are descended from a common ancient race. But DC Comics already published another comic with a "black Superman" archetype, Icon, part of the Milestone line He's an alien who originally looked very different[...]

Brian Michael Bendis shared the variant cover for his and Michael Avon Oeming's relaunching Powers #1 on his tumblr page. The cover features Sharlto

And the incorrect information sent out by Marvel and Diamond to retailers, on which this story was based, will be amended… The original, incorrect story, runs below… Men Of Wrath, the new creator owned Icon book from Marvel by Jason Aaron and Ron Garney is getting a name change to Men Of Wrath By Jason Aaron. Usually this[...]

Marvel's Image-alike Icon imprint has been a little unloved of late, with occasional projects from Mark Millar and Brian Bendis taking up the majority of its numbers. Well, they have given CBR the news about a new creator-owned book by Jason Aaron and Ron Garney, Men Of Wrath. Icon titles are usually reserved for significantly prominent Marvel[...]

It's a strong first issue. Painkiller Jane launches from Icon (a creator-owned division of Marvel) this week, written by Jimmy Palmiotti, with a main cover by Amanda Conner, art by Juan Santacruz and Sam Lotfi, colors by Paul Mounts, and lettering and design by Bill Torolini Palmiotti has always had a great instinct for drawing strong[...]

Okay, this I just wanted to run. Philip Bond's variant cover to Kick Ass 3 #5, available for retailers to order with every fifty standard comics they get.

Kick Ass, Hit Girl, Kick Ass 2 and Kick Ass 3. That's  the entirety of the Kick Ass canon, by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. But there was always a

In today's Kick Ass 3 #2, our hero Dave Lizewski has a plan. And it's one inspired by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli's Batman: Year One. He's a bit

In a recent interview, Jimmy Palmiotti announced he was taking the Painkiller Jane property over to Marvel's Icon Imprint The art on the four-issue series will be split with Juan Santacruz drawing the main story and Sam Lofti will draw the back-up story focusing on Jane's origin Paul Mounts will be providing colors for the[...]

That Mark Millar, he's a card, isn't he? I want the AILS WHEN cover please.  

The next issue of CLiNT Magazine accidentally shipped to comic stores three weeks ahead of schedule, requiring Diamond to request that shops not sell the

In the final (and rather wonderful) issue of Criminal: Last Of The Innocent, out this week, Ed Brubaker talks about his and Sean Phillips' next project for Marvel's Icon imprint, in the back. It's called Fatale. Brubaker says; Fatale is a bigger story, one that'll run at least 12 issues, and I think it brings a new twist[...]

At the Kapow Comic Con earlier this year in London, Mark Millar and friends set the world record for the fastest completion of a comic book, with writers

Mark Millar and John Romita Jr's sequel to their Marvel comic Kick Ass has been plagued with delay, rather, which Millar has attributed to John Romita Jr

pitch or a synopsis, I'm told by the kind of person who should know that Bryan Hitch's project will written by British broadcaster and comedian, Jonathan Ross. Ross has already co-created the comic book Turf for Image with Tommy Lee Edwards for Image, and the pair have a superhero project to follow that, Golden Age. Bryan Hitch[...]

Their 4/11 story about Mark's ancestors for Marvel was the last time. Mark has been hinting at another major creator-owned series with a world class creator for next year. And it might amuse Mark to nick Vincent back from his rival Grant Morrison. Can we start speculating about a Marvel Icon series by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely[...]

Sneaking into Diamond Comics Distribution order sheets, but not the solicitations, themselves, the  CRIMINAL OMNIBUS HC has been a strange anomaly for the