Milestone's Blood Syndicate Season One launches in May
Blood Syndicate is back.
At the 2021 edition of DC Fandome Milestone co-founder Denys Cowan and Milestone partner Reggie Hudlin announced the 2022 return of the series and now DC has announced Blood Syndicate: Season One will launch on May 10.
This six-issue series is written by Geoffrey Thorne (Green Lantern) and illustrated by Milestone veteran ChrisCrossand Juan Castro.
According to Hudlin, Blood Syndicate is the "fourth pillar" of the recently revived Milestone Dakotaverse (joining Static, Hardware, and Icon & Rocket) and was "just a matter of time" says Hudlin in the announcement.
"Holocaust's recruitment of 'Bang Babies' in Static Season One was a big hint that we'd eventually address the impact of the 'Big Bang' on Paris Island," Hudlin continues. "Landing Geoffrey Thorne and ChrisCross as writer and artists for the series was pretty much the icing on the cake; they're the perfect team for telling this story."
Blood Syndicate: Season One reunites original Blood Syndicate members Tech-9, Wise Son, and Fade and returns to Paris Island, which DC describes as Dakota’s "densest and most impoverished borough," and in what feels like a dynamic taken straight from real-world headlines is the community hardest hit by the "sickness, death, superpowers, and social upheavals" caused by the 'Big Bang.'
Check out new character designs for Tech-9, Wise Son, and Fade:
Originally published for 35 issues from 1993 to 1996 and created by the late Milestone co-founder Dwayne McDuffie, writer Ivan Velez Jr., and Cowan, the original Blood Syndicate team book starred a loosely affiliated 'gang' of superheroes, most of whom were former street gang members who gained powers during the Milestone 'Big Bang' origin event and used their
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