Milestone 30th Anniversary Special (2023) #1

"Universal Beginnings": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"Universal Beginnings"
Milestone 30th Anniversary Special
May, 2023
Rated T for Teen (12+)
Publisher	Milestone Media
Executive Editor	Marie Javins
Cover Artists	Denys Cowan John Floyd
Variant Cover Artists
Cover Variant #1	Nikolas Draper-Ivey
Cover Variant #2	Scott Jeralds
Cover Variant #3	Christopher Jones Jason Wright
Cover Variant #4	Bill Sienkiewicz
Universal Beginnings
Writers	Evan Narcisse
Pencilers	Atagun Ilhan (pg. 1-7, 19-30) ChrisCross (pg. 8-18)
Inkers	Dexter Vines (pg. 3-7, 20, 30) Juan Castro (pg. 10-18) Norm Rapmund (pg. 19, 21-29) Atagun Ilhan (pg. 1-2) ChrisCross (pg. 8-9)
Colorists	Chris Sotomayor (pg. 1-7, 30) Noelle Giddings (pg. 8-29)
Letterers	Andworld Design
Editors	Chris Conroy Marquis Draper
Static Beyond
Writers	Nikolas Draper-Ivey
Pencilers	Nikolas Draper-Ivey
Inkers	Nikolas Draper-Ivey
Colorists	Nikolas Draper-Ivey
Letterers	Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Editors	Marquis Draper
Icon Forever
Writers	Stephanie Williams
Pencilers	Yasmín Flores Montañez
Inkers	Yasmín Flores Montañez
Colorists	Romulo Fajardo, Jr.
Letterers	Andworld Design
Editors	Marquis Draper
Blood Syndicate: Epilogue
Writers	Geoffrey Thorne
Pencilers	Sean Damien Hill
Inkers	Anthony Fowler, Jr. (pg. 1-3, 9-10) Juan Castro (pg. 4-8)
Colorists	Wil Quintana
Letterers	Andworld Design
Editors	Chris Conroy Marquis Draper
Static: Up All Night: Preview
Writers	Lamar Giles

White supremacists need to get beat down? Say less...

— Wise Son

Milestone 30th Anniversary Special #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of May, 2023. It was published on March 21, 2023.

Appearing in "Universal Beginnings"

Featured Characters:

• Blood Syndicate (Earth 93)
  • Aquamaria
  • Brickhouse
  • Fade
  • Flashback
  • Tech-9
  • Third Rail
  • Wise Son
• Blood Syndicate (Earth 1993)
  • Boogieman
  • Brickhouse
  • DMZ
  • Fade
  • Wise Son
• Icon/Augustus Freeman (Earth 93)
• Icon/Augustus Freeman (Earth 1993)
• Rift/Fred Bentson (Earth 93) (First appearance)
• Rocket/Raquel Ervin (Earth 93)
• Rocket/Raquel Ervin (Earth 1993)
• Static/Virgil Hawkins (Earth 93)
• Static/Virgil Hawkins (Earth 1993)

Supporting Characters:

• Daisy Watkins (Earth 93)
• Edwin Alva (Earth 1993)
• Hardware/Curtis Metcalf (Earth 93)
• Richie Foley (Earth 93)
• Shadow Cabinet (Earth 1993)
  • Dharma
  • Hardware (Curtis Metcalf)
  • Iron Butterfly

Antagonists:

• Boogieman/Martin Berger (Earth 93)
• Bubbasaur (Earth 93)
• Holocaust/Leonard Smalls, Jr. (Earth 1993)
• Rift/Fred Bentson (Earth 1993) (Flashback only)
• S.Y.S.T.E.M. (Earth-1993)
  • Onslaught
• Sons of Odin (Earth-1993)
  • Snakefinger
• Vee R. (Earth 93)

Other Characters:

• Amistad Ervin (Earth 1993) (In a photograph only)
• Black Racer/Tanda (Future State) (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Black Racer/Willie Walker (Earth 0) (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Darkseid (Post-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Darkseid (Future State) (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Justice Society of America (Earth-Two) (In a vision) (Cameo)
  • The Flash (Jay Garrick)
  • Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
  • Power Girl (Kara Zor-L)
  • Superman
• The Outsiders (Earth 0) (In a vision) (Cameo)
  • Batgirl
  • Black Lightning
  • Katana
  • The Signal
• The Outsiders (Earth-One) (In a vision) (Cameo)
  • Batman
  • Black Lightning
  • Halo
  • Katana
• StormWatch (Earth-50) (In a vision) (Cameo)
  • Apollo
  • Battalion (Jackson King)
  • Midnighter
• WildC.A.T.s (Earth 0) (In a vision) (Cameo)
  • Deathblow
  • Grifter (Cole Cash)
  • Ladytron
  • Zealot
• Wonders of the World (Earth 2) (In a vision) (Cameo)
  • The Flash (Jay Garrick)
  • Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
  • Power Girl (Kara Zor-El)
  • Superman (Val-Zod)
• The Cooperative (Earth 93) (Mentioned only)
• Flashback/Sara Quinones (Earth 1993) (Mentioned only)
• Hardware/Curtis Metcalf (Earth 93) (Mentioned only)
• Holocaust/Leonard Smalls, Jr. (Earth 93) (Mentioned only)
• Tech-9/Rolando Texador (Earth 1993) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Hypertime
  • Future State (In a vision) (Cameo)
  • Timestream (Mentioned only)
• Infinite Frontier
  • Multiverse-1
    • Earth 0/Prime Earth (In a vision) (Cameo)
    • Earth 2
      • Earth-2 (In a vision) (Cameo)
    • Earth 93/"Earth-93"
      • Solar System (In a vision)
        • Earth
          • United States of America
            • Dakota City
              • Paris Island
            • Rocky Mountains
              • Roeper Observatory
            • Washington, D.C.
              • White House (Flashback only)
        • Saturn (In a vision)
    • Earth 1993/"Earth-1993" (Real name revealed)
      • United States of America
        • Dakota City
          • Alva Industries
          • Paris Island
          • Shadowspire
    • Speed Force (In a vision) (Behind the scenes)
  • Multiverse-2
    • Earth-One (In a vision) (Cameo)
    • Earth-Two (In a vision) (Cameo)
  • Pre-Flashpoint Multiverse (Unnamed)
    • Earth-50 (In a vision) (Cameo)

Items:

• Batsuit (In a vision) (Cameo)
  • Utility Belt (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Cosmic Skis (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Green Lantern Ring (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Hardware Armor
• Hermes' Helmet (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Inertia Belt
• Mother Box (In a vision)
• Soultaker Swords (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Starheart (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Zealot's Sword (In a vision) (Cameo)

Events:

• Big Bang (Flashback only) (Also in a vision)

Concepts:

• Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum (In a vision)
• Magic (In a vision)
• Metahumans
• Omega Beams (In a vision)
  

Appearing in "Static Beyond"

Featured Characters:

• Batman (Terry McGinnis)
• Static (Virgil Hawkins) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Ace the Bat-Hound
• Bruce Wayne (Flashback and main story)

Antagonists:

• The Joker (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Onslaught (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• The Flash (Wally West) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Mister Terrific (Michael Holt) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Robin (Tim Drake) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Brainiac (Mentioned only)
• Gear (Mentioned only)
• Justice League (Mentioned only)
• Mary McGinnis (Mentioned only)
• Matt McGinnis (Mentioned only)
• Warren McGinnis (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth 12
  • 2020s (Flashback only)
    • United States of America
      • Gotham City (Cameo)
  • 2040
    • Neo-Gotham
      • Batcave
      • Wayne Enterprises (Mentioned only)
    • Dakota City (Mentioned only)
      • Metcalf Industries (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Batcomputer
• Batsuit
  • Batarang
• T-Spheres (Flashback only)

Vehicles:

• Batmobile

Concepts:

• Metahumans
  

Appearing in "Icon Forever"

Featured Characters:

• Icon (Raquel Ervin)

Supporting Characters:

• Amistad Ervin
• Augustus Freeman
• Darnice

Antagonists:

• Giant spider (Single appearance) (Unnamed)

Other Characters:

• 
  

Locations:

• Earth 1993
  • United States of America
    • Dakota City
      • McDuffie University
      • Paris Island

Items:

• 
  

Concepts:

• Metahumans
  

Appearing in "Blood Syndicate: Epilogue"

Featured Characters:

• Blood Syndicate
  • Aquamaria
  • Brickhouse
  • Fade
  • Flashback
  • Masquerade
  • Tech-9
  • Third Rail
  • Wise Son

Supporting Characters:

• Dharma
• Iron Butterfly

Antagonists:

• Boogieman (Dies)
• Bubbasaur (Dies)
• Holocaust (Appears only as a corpse)
• Vee R. (Dies)

Other Characters:

• Hardware (Cameo)
• Icon (Cameo)
• Rocket (Cameo)
• Static (Cameo)

Locations:

• Earth 93
  • United States of America
    • Dakota City
      • Paris Island
        • Shadowspire

Items:

• 
  

Concepts:

• Metahumans
  

Appearing in "Static: Up All Night: Preview"

Featured Characters:

• Static (Virgil Hawkins) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Daisy Watkins (Flashback only)
• Gear (Richie Foley) (Flashback only)

Antagonists:

• Hotstreak

Other Characters:

• Icon
• Rocket
• Mr. Foley (First appearance)
• Mrs. Foley (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth 93
  • United States of America
    • Dakota City

Items:

• Gear's Backpack (First appearance)

Events:

• Big Bang (Flashback only)

Concepts:

• Metahumans

Notes

• The "Universal Beginnings" story reveals that the original and the modern Milestone Media continuities respectively take place on Earth 1993 and Earth 93.
  • According to the heroes of Earth 93, the Post-Flashpoint iteration of the Dakotaverse/Earth 1993 is still in the 90s.
  • Earth 93 was originally revealed to be the setting of the modern Milestone continuity in Dark Crisis: Big Bang #1.
• The "Static Beyond" story is continued in Batman/Static Beyond (Volume 1).
  • This story reveals that Earth 12 underwent certain changes as a consequence of the rebirth of the Multiverse:
    • Static claims to be 35, placing his birth in 2005. This is further explained in Batman/Static Beyond #1, which shows that in the current continuity he gained his powers during the 2020 BLM protests– twenty years before the current events.
    • Static's flashbacks show that the events of "The Big Leagues" and "A League of Their Own" still happened in the current continuity, placing them in the early 2020s. This also means that Tim Drake's transformation into Joker Junior and Bruce Wayne's retirement as Batman occurred much later than in the original continuity.
• The "Blood Syndicate: Epilogue" story takes place one week after the events of Blood Syndicate: Season One #6 and continues in Milestone Universe: The Shadow Cabinet (Volume 1).
  • This story is reprinted in Milestone Universe: The Shadow Cabinet.

Trivia

• The main cover– featuring the original and modern counterparts of Static– is a homage to the cover of The Flash #123, which featured the The Flash of Two Worlds story and the first full appearance of the Multiverse.
  • The plot of the first story also mirrors the plot of The Flash #123.

See Also

• Images from Milestone 30th Anniversary Special Vol 1 1

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