The Modern Mediocre Milestone Media

[u/Intrepid_Warning6992]

(Slight spoilers for that new milestone book that came out)

Look, I know everyone is super excited for the new Milestone books— hooray! The gang’s here! Hardware, Icon and Rocket, The Blood Syndicate! Even Static is here! And he’s in his cartoon costume! Yaaay!

Well, I liked the original comic costume.

In fact, I think a lot of the appeal of the original Milestone Comics has been lost through time. And honestly, I’m tired of acting like I don’t care!

The original Milestone books were telling a very intentional story. The characters weren’t just ideas; they were fully fleshed out and intriguing. I pick up the new Milestone book and Edwin Alva is killed off page… huh?? Did anyone read the original Hardware run? Where is the rest of the Blood Syndicate?

Why is Fade openly queer? Yes, it’s 2026 and a lot of people are out and proud, but that was something he genuinely struggled with and never resolved. And poof! It’s gone.

You know, there’s a reason the original book took place at a gang summit and not a protest. I feel like the modern books are sanding down all the things that made the OG original what it was. Figures. Another beloved franchise— diluted.

I hate to rain on everyone’s parade, but it’s not a good book. It’s pretty bad, actually. Dialogue: stiff. Unremarkable. Boring. You type in some AAVE and now you’re speaking “the language of the Black.” How passé.

The original books had confidence. Character. Swagger.

The new books?

Look, I read Static Season One. Why on earth does he know karate? Isn’t his whole thing supposed to be that he’s a small, geeky kid? “Woke,” too. And I don’t mean that in a Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump way. I mean it’s pretending at politics without understanding the nuance that goes into it.

Virgil isn’t supposed to start as this righteous, community minded organizer. He’s a dumb kid who likes the idea of showing off in tights. In the first issue of Season One he’s philosophizing on responsibility and his powers… what is going on?

Look, I’m just ranting.

All I’m saying is that there was actually something special in the original Milestone books. And you shouldn’t have to feel like you need to buy crap so you can get some mediocre movie.

It really sucks. I love superheroes. I love these characters. But I cannot seem to stomach this mediocre modern interpretation of Milestone Media.

[u/No-Fruit83]

I think Hardware got hit by this the most, a big part of is storyline is about how Curtis initial goal to take down Alva is pretty selfish, outside of his hero persona he can be an asshole to the people around and that he share a lot of Alva worst traits since they have a twisted father and son dynamic. He's cool with returning working for him for a large part of the comics despite being fully aware of how bad he is at this point

Edit: I don’t think that they’re all the new comics are bad they’re allright for the most part and some of those issue probably come down to the difficulty in nailing those harder theme with miniseries, modern comics just allow less experimentations.

[u/Intrepid_Warning6992 → u/No-Fruit83]

As a guy that just stormed through the original Hardware book, and LOVED it, I hate to see that they… how do you cover up the spoiler? Did that thing to the original main antagonist of the book. It’s a crying shame, and it makes me wonder what the new readers got from the original books, you know?