It's coming. February 1, 2022. A mere 166 days from now. Looks to be somewhere around $60...which seems kind of pricey for a comic book, I suppose, but keep in mind it's 1,320 pages' worth of comic book...and we're not talking about your average, dopey comic book, either. We're talking about Blood Syndicate #1-12, Hardware #1-12, Icon #1-10, Static #1-8, Xombi #0-11, Shadow Cabinet #0. That's 55 comic books. So now we're talking just a little bit over $1 per book, which is a most excellent price.
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Yep. And you know, as my love for the New Milestone titles has evidenced itself, I've been longing for more of the Old Milestone. In fact, I've just finished reading two collections of Static (Shock) 1 , courtesy of the Louisville Free Public Library. (They were really good, btw.) And I'd gone on walkabout to gather together the old issues that I have on hand (which does include complete runs of Shadow Cabinet and Xombi).
And just as I was thinking, "I really need to fill in the gaps on the other series that I have partial collections of...and find the books that I have not yet encountered," I happened upon this forthcoming Compendium.
And, of course, there's the chance / hope that this is just the first of a series of Compendiums which will collect all of those Milestone titles.
Of the 55 issues in this first Compendium, I already have 36 (and have read a few more), but I'm still ready, willing, and excited about throwing down my $60.
Just for the record: so far as I can tell, the first go-round of Milestone produced a total of 250 comic books 2 , so this Compendium represents a pretty impressive percentage of the complete line.
As Stan Lee used to say, "Start saving your shekels!"
1 Static Shock: Trial by Fire (2000), which collects issues 1 -4 of the comic book, and Static Shock: The Rebirth of the Cool (2001), which collects the post-Milestone collapse mini-series.
2 According to our friends at Wikipedia, here's the complete list of publications from Milestone Version One:
Monthly series (8)
Hardware – 50 issues. A trade paperback Hardware: The Man in The Machine was published in 2010, collecting issues #1-8.
Blood Syndicate – 35 issues.
Icon – 42 issues. The first eight issues were collected in the trade paperback, Icon: A Hero's Welcome in 1996, and a second edition was released in 2009. The issues that feature Buck Wild, Icon's return to his home planet, and the rampage of Icon's enemy Oblivion have been collected as Icon: Mothership Connection in 2010, collecting issues #13, 19-22, 24-26 and 30.
Static – 45 issues. Also made into an animated series Static Shock. The first four issues were collected in a graphic novel: Static Shock: Trial by Fire in 2000; and a new mini-series was published in 2001 called Static Shock: The Rebirth of the Cool, it ran for four issues.
Shadow Cabinet – 17 issues.
Xombi – 21 issues.
Kobalt – 16 issues.
Heroes – 6 issues.
Miniseries (4)
Deathwish – 4 issues (Hardware Spin-off)
My Name is Holocaust – 5 issues (Blood Syndicate Spin-off)
Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool – 4 issues
Wise Son: The White Wolf – 4 issues (Blood Syndicate Spin-off)
Crossovers (3)
Shadow War – Company-wide crossover. Involved all comics, including the newly premiered Xombi and Shadow Cabinet.
Long Hot Summer – Company-wide crossover: three issues of the comic by the same title, plus tie-ins in every Milestone title. – July–September 1995.
Worlds Collide – 1 issue (crossover with Blood Syndicate, Hardware, Icon, Static, and DC's Steel, Superman and Superboy).
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