After all this time, it’s finally happening: Milestone is back.

Check out exclusive pages from the issue, featuring art by Doug Braithwaite, below.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:What’s your relationship to Milestone and its legacy?

How does it feel to be ushering in the new era for these characters?

Those guys really taught me the business and introduced me to so many great people.

So I passed on the opportunity, to my great regret.

Ever since then, I was always a friend to the guys at Milestone, and also a fan.

After the company shut down, I was always checking in with DC like, ‘what are you doing?

it’s crucial that you relaunch the company, how can I help?"

I was always an enthusiastic supporter.

I was very honored to be invited.

We’ve been working nonstop ever since then for this moment to occur.

LEON CHILLS:Milestone was one of the first times I ever saw a superhero that looked like me.

I feel incredibly honored and grateful to be part of bringing it back to life.

Representation is at the forefront of a lot of superhero fans’ minds these days.

HUDLIN:Like you say it’s not either/or in terms of representation.

But when we revived the company, we were determined not to be a nostalgic company.

That combination of great new voices and experience makes for a very unique working environment.

HUDLIN:And also acknowledging the wide range of what it means to be Black.

That’s the fun of Icon and Rocket.

There’s a beautiful phrase that Dwayne used to use to describe them.

He called it the “unity of opposites”: male/female, alien/human, old/human, conservative/progressive.

They’re as different as they can be, which is why they’re the perfect pair.

What do Icon and Rocket bring to each other?

HUDLIN:Icon has a historical perspective.

He’s been on Earth for over 150 years.

He’s seen and done a lot of things that a 16-year-old girl hasn’t done.

That’s what she does.

We’re gonna make changes on Earth right now.

You and I are gonna make it happen."

It’s an infectious naivete that makes all the difference.

And he’s actually like “no I’ve actually lived the Black experience for over 100 years.

I might know a little more than you do.”

What are the meanings you read into Icon’s name?

How is he struggling with his own status as an icon?

HUDLIN:I think it’s easy to be cynical.

But Rocket is a booster; she makes things go!

Most of your life, you’ve been doing all kinds of things over the decades.

It’s time to go to the next level with it."

She makes him see who he really is.

It’s easy to lose perspective.

Her perspective is as legitimate as anyone.

CHILLS:There’s aNipsey Husslequote: “The highest human act is to inspire.”

Icon is extremely literal.

Then the world really will be saved.

HUDLIN:The answer is yes!

We’re gonna be bringing back old favorites and creating new characters.

And, we’ll be taking some of those old favorites in unexpected directions.

What is Doug Braithwaite bringing to the art?

HUDLIN:He’s so good!

CHILLS:That’s been a huge thing for me.

I’d put it on the same level as watching a TV script get filmed.

Any updates on theStatic Shockmovie that was announced at DC FanDome last year?

I know it hasn’t been the easiest year for movie development.

HUDLIN:It’s going very well.

Our writer Randy McKinnon is hard at work.

I’m excited as I wait for the pages coming in.

We’re very pumped about it.