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Icon & Rocket is published by DC Comics under the Milestone imprint. Current price per issue is $4.99.

Last Issue

 * Icon vs. Hardware #2: 04 Apr 2023

Current Issue

 * Icon vs. Hardware #3: 23 May 2023

Next Issue

 * Icon vs. Hardware #4: 01 Aug 2023

Status
The five-issue Icon vs. Hardware started February 2023.

Main Characters

 * Arnus/Augustus Freeman/Icon


 * Racquel Ervin/Rocket

Hardcovers

 * Icon & Rocket Season One - Collects Season One #1-6. "When Raquel Ervin discovered a centuries-old alien living in her city, she had no idea she would be awakening a power that would make the world tremble…and transform the pair of them into the superheroes Icon and Rocket! When they declare all-out war on the drug trade, their actions topple a chain of dominoes that nearly unravels the global economy, and brings a sadistic extraterrestrial killer into their own homes!" - -

Trade Paperbacks

 * Icon: A Hero's Welcome - Collects Icon #1-8. "In 1869, the life pod of an adult alien crashed in the cotton fields of the South. Discovered by a slave woman, the extraterrestrial's genetic structure was reconfigured and he was transformed into an African American baby. Now, over a hundred and twenty years later, Augustus Freeman is a successful lawyer who covertly uses his alien super-powers to help those in need. But when a teenaged girl from the streets convinces him to use his abilities to inspire his people, the affluent Augustus embraces his true destiny and becomes Icon, the hero of Dakota.." - -


 * Icon: Mothership Connection - Collects Icon #13, 19-22, 24-26 & 30. "With the secret of his origin in danger, Icon must abandon Dakota, leaving Rocket in charge. Plus: Don't miss the amazing exploits of Buck Wild!" - -


 * Icon & Rocket Season One - Collects Season One #1-6. - -  - (forthcoming, July 2023)


 * Milestone Compendium One - Collects vol. 1 #1-10, plus Blood Syndicate #1-12, Hardware vol. 1 #1-12, Static vol. 1 #1-8, Xombi vol. 1 #0-11, and Shadow Cabinet #0. -


 * Milestone Compendium Two - Collects vol. 1 #11-21, plus Blood Syndicate #13-23, Hardware vol. 1 #13-21, Static vol. 1 #9-20, Shadow Cabinet #1-4, Superboy #6-7, Superman: The Man of Steel #35-36, Steel #6-7, and Worlds Collide #1. -

Creative Team
Icon & Rocket created by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, and Mark Bright.

Season One
Writer: Reginald Hudlin. Artists: Doug Braithwaite & Andrew Currie. Covers: Taurin Clarke.

Publishing History

 * Icon: #1-42, 1993-1997 (Milestone)
 * Season One: #1-6, 2021-2022 (Milestone)
 * Icon vs. Hardware: #1-5, 2023 (Milestone)

Future Publication Dates

 * Icon & Rocket Season One TP: 25 Jul 2023
 * Icon vs. Hardware #4: 01 Aug 2023
 * Icon vs. Hardware #5: 22 Aug 2023

Links

 * DC Comics - Publisher's Website