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Rozum and Arvell Jones, Shadow Cabinet by Washington and Leon, and Xombi by
John Rozum and Cowan.
When the whole comics industry went into a slump, Milestone similarly suff ered.
In 1995, they had to cancel some of their lowest selling titles, a trend that continued
in 1996 despite the cross-over Worlds Collide , which included several major DC comic
books, and a number of separate miniseries. Milestone fi nally shut down their whole
comic book line in 1997, ending many of the books in mid-story.
In the aftermath of the closing of all the titles, Milestone Media kept going, mostly
as a licensing company, and has had some success, such as the re-launching of the title
Static in conjunction with the animated TV series Static Shock , which ran for 52 episodes
between the years 2000 and 2004. A Static trade paperback was released in 2009.
In 2008, Milestone announced that the characters from Milestone Comics would
be integrated into the DC universe, and this was initiated in 2009, beginning with the
introduction of the Shadow Cabinet in the title Justice League of America , which at the
time was written by McDuffi e, and adding Static to the roster of Te e n T i t a n s.
Selected Bibliography: Brown, Jeff rey A. Black Superheroes, Milestone Comics, and
Th eir Fans. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2001.
Fredrik Strömberg
MILLAR, MARK (1969–). Born in S cotland , UK , Mark Millar is a comics w riter whose
signifi cant works include Th e Authority , Ultimates , and Wa n t e d. He has won mul-
tiple Eagle Awards amongst others. His work is characterized by religious themes, a
polemical style and a postmodernist mix of superheroics and satire.
Millar’s fi rst comics work was for Trident Comics on Saviour (1989 – 90). During
the next decade he worked on titles including Crisis (#31, 1989), Judge Dredd Mega-
zine (“Red Razors” series 1991–95) Sonic the Comic , and 2000 AD (including Th args
Future Shocks, Robo-Hunter, Tales from Beyond Science and Maniac 5, 1989 – 93).
His work for 2000 AD also involved the notorious collaboration with Grant Morrison
on Big Dave (1993).
His work for DC Comics began to appear in 1994 with Swamp Th ing (issues
#140–71; issues #140– 43 were co-written with Morrison) to great critical acclaim,
although the title did not gain enough sales to avoid subsequent cancellation. He
also published the miniseries Skrull Kill Krew with Morrison for Marvel in 1995.
He subsequently continued working for DC on titles such as JLA , Th e Flash , and
Superman Adventures.
In 2000 he took over Th e Authority for DC Wildstorm, but creative diff erences and
delays led him to quit in 2001, although DC would subsequently publish his Else-
worlds style one-shot Superman: Red Son (2003). His Ultimate X-Men was released
from 2001 to 2003 for Ultimate Marvel and he also published Th e Ultimates (a new
version of Marvel’s Th e Avengers ) under this imprint from 2002 to 2007. To date,
he has continued to work on titles for Marvel including Marvel Knights Spider-man
