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Black History Month 2021

I'm starting this month off a little differently, rather than focusing on the characters, I want to tell you all about the Dakotaverse and Milestone Comics.

Founded in 1993, Milestone Comics was founded by a coalition of black writers and artists, with the goal of representing minorities that otherwise were very underrepresented. Interestingly, Milestone Comics were published through DC, but Milestone retained almost all creative freedom with their comics. While it was not originally part of the main DC universe, in 2008, they announced that Milestone would be joining the main DC universe, and in September 2020, the Milestone line was revived in "Milestone Returns".

If you have the time, I recommend reading more about Milestone's history. There was a lot of information I just wasn't able to condense and easily put into this post

Black History Month 2021

Curtis Metcalf a.k.a. Hardware

One of the first titles of Milestone comics, Curt is a genius inventor who uses a variety of gadgets and weapons to fight crime. Ironically, his employer is secretly a crime boss, and he uses the resources from his employer to take down his boss. Like other Dakotaverse heroes, Hardware joined the main DC universe following the events of Final Crisis. Hardware as even appeared in media as recently as the post-flashpoint Static comics, as well as making an animated Cameo in season 3 of Young Justice