‘Icon & Rocket #1: Season One’ Review

Writer: Reginald Hudlin / Artists: Doug Braithwaite, Scott Hanna, Andrew Currie, and Brad Anderson / DC Comics Icon & Rocket are back! Yup, Static isn’t the only hero from Dakota returning to comic shelves in 2021 and beyond. We’re getting a bunch of OG Milestone staples and then some. But for now, Icon & Rocket got next, and they have the smoke to stay on the court for more than one game.  This was a solid reintroduction for these characters, and unlike Static’s book, this one doesn’t veer too far from the original origin of Icon & Rocket. Static recreated The Big Bang happening during a Black Lives Matter protest instead of a gang war. But Rocket’s introduction to Icon revolves around her breaking and entering into his home. There isn’t really much you’d need to update with that. What I did appreciate about how this issue was structured was that it jumped around in time quite a bit. The main story took place in the present where Icon & Rocket meet. But we also got glimpses into Icon’s origin as a shapeshifting alien that crash-landed on Earth during slavery, as well as a peek into his life in the past more than a hundred years ago. I hope we get more jumping around like this. I prefer it to building the mystery for twenty issues and then giving us a tell-all book. I want to see more about how Icon became who he is, how he adopted his values, and the scuffles he’s had to get involved in or ignore over the years. 

In real life, Icon has caught a l…