DC Comics and July 2021 Solicitations Spoilers follows.
Milestone Returns With Static, But No Shock, Plus Icon and Rocket!
Solicitations and covers below.
Static Season One #1
written by VITA AYALA
layouts by CHRISCROSS
finishes by NIKOLAS DRAPER-IVEY
cover by KHARY RANDOLPH
ON SALE : 6/15/21 $3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC 1 of 6
old school variant cover by SHAWN MARTINBROUGH
$4.99 US
new school variant cover by NIKOLAS DRAPER-IVEY $4.99 US
1:25 variant cover by DENYS COWAN $4.99 US
team variant cover by OLIVIER COIPEL $4.99 US
At long last, the most famous face of the Milestone Universe is making his shocking return!
Bullied nerd Virgil Hawkins wasn’t the kind of kid you’d normally find on the streets at a protest—but like everyone else in the city of Dakota, he was fed up. Unfortunately, the first time he stood up to raise his voice, the world turned upside down. The experimental tear gas released that day left some of his classmates maimed or dead…but it left Virgil, and others, with stunning new abilities. Virgil has power inside him now—real power, the ability to channel and manipulate electromagnetic fields.
But there’s anger burning inside him, too.What is he supposed to do about all of this? And first and foremost—what is he supposed to do about his bullies, now that they’ve got superpowers too?
A dynamic creative team of new comics voices and Milestone Media veterans join forces to open up a new chapter in the story of the most iconic Black teen superhero in comics history.
Static Season One #2
written by VITA AYALA
layouts by CHRISCROSS
finishes by NIKOLAS DRAPER-IVEY
cover by KHARY RANDOLPH
ON SALE : 7/20/21 $3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC 2 of 6
card stock variant cover by NIKOLAS DRAPER-IVEY $4.99 USVirgil Hawkins learns that a secret identity is a tricky thing when his high school bully gets upgraded to his super-powered archnemesis! But if he thinks the fires of Hotstreak burn hot, then he definitely isn’t ready for the white-hot anger of his parents, when they learn what he’s brought to their front door…
Icon & Rocket Season One #1
story by REGINALD HUDLIN
art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
inks by ANDREW CURRIE
cover by TAURIN CLARKE
ON SALE 7/27/21
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC
1 of 6
old school variant cover by DARRYL BANKS $4.99 US
new school variant cover by DOUG BRAITHWAITE $4.99 US
1:25 variant cover by REINA KOYANO $4.99 US
Long ago, the stranded alien known as Arnus gave up hope of returning to his home planet. Tragically, he’d also realized that his adopted home of Earth was beyond saving. Content to waste away his long life in a human guise, Arnus was past caring…until the day a young woman named Raquel Ervin crashed into his life. Soon she’d convinced him to put his incredible power to work again as the heroic Icon…and to transform her into his sidekick, Rocket! But an innocent question on Rocket’s part—”Why can’t we do something about the drugs on my corner?”—quickly set a chain of events in motion leading to the pair becoming the most hunted beings on Earth…and they’re not just being pursued by Earthlings, either!
Writer, director, and producer Reginald Hudlin (Black Panther: Who Is the Black Panther?) and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite unleash a tale of power and responsibility that will stretch from the boardrooms of corporate America to the jungles of South America and the depths of deep space! If you’ve ever thought there were certain things that a superhero story just couldn’t do, it might be time to start thinking different…
Awesome.
