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Post by majestic on Jul 30, 2021 10:20:17 GMT -5
I passed on Milestone Comics back in the 90s. I have been going back and trying to read some of the titles I skipped back then like Images Spawn. Now I want to try Milestone. I see with the relaunch they will be re-releasing some collections. For readers of 90s Milestone what are your recommendations?
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 30, 2021 10:23:15 GMT -5
I really liked Hardware a whole bunch, but then again, I tend to like any book that features a high-tech suit of armor (Prototype From The Ultraverse, X-O Manowar from Valiant) that isn't worn by Tony Stark
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Post by tarkintino on Jul 30, 2021 11:13:08 GMT -5
For readers of 90s Milestone what are your recommendations? From my view, Icon and Static were the strongest, best developed Milestone titles with a social structure that seamlessly fit into their superhero worlds without reading like a PSA, but then again writers such as McDuffie & Washington III were unique talents with a voice never captured as effectively by others at DC (or Marvel), so that's why the suggested titles worked so well.
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Post by tonebone on Jul 30, 2021 12:29:55 GMT -5
I didn't really care for the Milestone books when they were released. I gave Static, Hardware and Icon a try, but didn't really like the characters (derivative of Spider-Man, Iron Man and Superman, respectively), and the books felt too preachy for me. I REALLY didn't care for the character of Static. I felt like he was too bitter and caustic and was only a hero in spite of himself. I also didn't care for the mushy, muddy coloring.
I bought a trade paperback of Static recently, and gave it another try and not only "didn't care for it" but actively hated it.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 30, 2021 18:36:15 GMT -5
I sampled....Icon was good, don't recall much about the Static comic, vs the animated series.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 30, 2021 22:31:58 GMT -5
I sampled....Icon was good, don't recall much about the Static comic, vs the animated series. I loved the Static Shock cartoon growing up, I think a lot of people in my age range (very late 20's/early to mid 30's) did
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Post by arfetto on Jul 30, 2021 23:37:29 GMT -5
I think the big ones were Static, Icon, and Hardware.
My favorites when I read them were Xombi, Kobalt, and Shadow Cabinet (I liked the John Paul Leon art on this team book). But I have not read any Milestone books in years. I will look through some issues.
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Post by DubipR on Jul 31, 2021 7:54:39 GMT -5
I enjoyed Icon, Static and Xombi. A majority of their runs are worth a read.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2021 15:25:57 GMT -5
I passed on Milestone Comics back in the 90s. I have been going back and trying to read some of the titles I skipped back then like Images Spawn. Now I want to try Milestone. I see with the relaunch they will be re-releasing some collections. For readers of 90s Milestone what are your recommendations? HUGE Milestone fan back then, and have been loving the relaunch. for my particular tastes?
the Books I go back to still and think are really fantastic (in order of best to least. . . but remember, even least are good, since they are on my list):
1) Static 2) Icon / Rocket 3) Blood Syndicate (they aren't a team, they're a gang) 4) Shadow Cabinet 5) Xombi 6) Hardware - but keep in mind, not really an Iron Man fan either, so wasn't predisposed to enjoy. . but it is pretty good
then everything else kinda falls from "meh" to "waste of $$"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2021 15:29:01 GMT -5
^ oh. .the "bad" guy from Blood Syndicate (worse than the rest, since he was a team member, and he becomes their enemy) got a solo miniseries that was quite good. the character name started out as Holocaust,but they changed it after an uproar. . . . can't recall if the mini was under that name or not tho. . .
ok, checked. .yeah, the 5 issue mini was under that name too: "My Name is Holocaust"
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Aug 2, 2021 17:42:41 GMT -5
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Post by majestic on Aug 2, 2021 17:42:41 GMT -5
Who is the villain stalking couples in the Milestone Returns Special?
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Post by majestic on Aug 2, 2021 17:44:45 GMT -5
I realized my one daughter read Static. I think I saw one or 2 of the tv shows.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2021 18:05:21 GMT -5
Who is the villain stalking couples in the Milestone Returns Special? That's Hotstreak.
he was a minor, gang affiliated, villain in the comics. . . but they rebooted him into a fellow student who hates Virgil in the Static Shock! cartoon.
the Milestone Returns Special seems to be using the comic version tho.
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Aug 2, 2021 18:14:07 GMT -5
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Post by majestic on Aug 2, 2021 18:14:07 GMT -5
Who is the villain stalking couples in the Milestone Returns Special? That's Hotstreak. the Milestone Returns Special seems to be using the comic version tho.
no the guy toward the end of the story dressed in all black with red wings/cape. Icon is showing Rocket him on a TV screen.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2021 18:24:03 GMT -5
That's Hotstreak. the Milestone Returns Special seems to be using the comic version tho.
no the guy toward the end of the story dressed in all black. Icon is showing Rocket him on a TV screen. hang on. .lemme go look at my copy.
ok. .you're talking about this guy?
if so, he's a new character, created for the relaunch.
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