Milestone Returns

Milestone Returns or Earth-M is a relaunch of American comic books published by DC Comics that began in September 2020. The line features reimagined versions of the fictional characters and shared universe of Milestone Media by Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, Derek T. Dingle and Dwayne McDuffie.

Background
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. 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 announced 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. 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.

Development
In 2020, Earth-M was retitled as Milestone Returns, with the initial issue being published in September. An extended version was published in February 2021. The issues are available in print, digitally, and on DC Universe Infinite since April 2021.

Setting
Milestone Returns is set in Earth-M, which is officially non-canon to the DC Universe. According to Dark Crisis: Big Bang, it is designated as Earth-93 in the Multiverse.

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. While they still do not know each other, the enigmatic Dharma prepares them in secret for a war to come.

List of titles
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" !Title !Issue(s) !Writer(s) !Artist(s) !Colorist(s) !Premiere date !Finale date !Ref. ! colspan="8" |

Prelude
!Milestone Returns Greg Pak Denys Cowan Scott Hanna Don Ho Jim Lee Jimmy Palmiotti Khoi Pham Bill Sienkiewicz Alex Sinclair Chris Sotomayor !Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition Denys Cowan Nikolas Draper-Ivey Bill Sienkiewicz Juan Castro Wil Quintana Chris Sotomayor ! colspan="8" |
 * rowspan="2" |#0
 * Reginald Hudlin
 * Ryan Benjamin
 * Hi-Fi
 * colspan="2" |September 13, 2020
 * Reginald Hudlin
 * ChrisCross
 * Nikolas Draper-Ivey
 * colspan="2" |February 24, 2021

Year 1
!Static: Season One !Icon and Rocket: Season One Andrew Currie Scott Hanna !Hardware: Season One Bill Sienkiewicz ! colspan="8" |
 * rowspan="3" |#1–6
 * Vita Ayala
 * ChrisCross
 * Nikolas Draper-Ivey
 * June 15, 2021
 * March 1, 2022
 * Reginald Hudlin
 * Doug Braithwaite
 * Brad Anderson
 * July 27, 2021
 * March 22, 2022
 * Brandon Thomas
 * Denys Cowan
 * Chris Sotomayor
 * August 10, 2021
 * May 31, 2022

Year 2
!Blood Syndicate: Season One ChrisCross !Duo Khoi Pham !Milestones in History Pat Charles Amy Chu Melody Cooper Tananarive Due Karyn Parsons Alice Randall Touré 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 Dan Brown Andrew Dalhouse Eva de la Cruz Francesco Francavilla Hi-Fi Emilio Lopez Chris Sotomayor ! colspan="8" |
 * rowspan="2" |#1–6
 * Geoffrey Thorne
 * Juan Castro
 * Wil Quintana
 * May 10, 2022
 * October 25, 2022
 * Greg Pak
 * Scott Hanna
 * Chris Sotomayor
 * May 17, 2022
 * October 18, 2022
 * 1
 * Steve Barnes
 * Eric Battle
 * Michael Atiyeh
 * colspan="2" |June 21, 2022

Year 3
!Static: Shadows of Dakota !Icon vs. Hardware Reginald Hudlin Yasmin Flores Montanez Chris Sotomayor !Milestone 30th Anniversary Special Evan Narcisse Geoffrey Thorne Stephanie Williams ChrisCross Nikolas Draper-Ivey Anthony Fowler Jr. Sean Damien Hill Atagun Ilhan Yasmin Flores Montanez Norm Rapmund Dexter Vines Romulo Fajardo Jr. Noelle Giddings Wil Quintana Chris Sotomayor !New Talent Showcase: The Milestone Initiative 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 Andrew Dalhouse Nick Filardi Luis Guerrero Alex Guimarães Hi-Fi Chris Sotomayor Bryan Valenza !Static Team-Up: Anansi Charles Stewart III
 * 1–7
 * Vita Ayala
 * ChrisCross
 * Nikolas Draper-Ivey
 * February 7, 2023
 * November 28, 2023
 * 1–5
 * Leon Chills
 * Denys Cowan
 * John Floyd
 * February 14, 2023
 * November 7, 2023
 * rowspan="3" |#1
 * Nikolas Draper-Ivey
 * Juan Castro
 * Nikolas Draper-Ivey
 * colspan="2" |March 21, 2023
 * Ashley Allen
 * Michael Atiyeh
 * colspan="2" |June 6, 2023
 * Evan Narcisse
 * Jose Marzan, Jr.
 * Luis Guerrero
 * colspan="2" |June 13, 2023
 * }
 * }