"Blood Syndicate" is back, and Milestone Comics' most hardcore and at times controversial series is pulling no punches in its updated revival of a group of gang-affiliated people who gain various superpowers and form a rough-edged alliance in order to protect their neighborhood from criminals.
"'Blood Syndicate' has always been the bastard child of comics. People were always afraid to touch that book," said ChrisCross, artist on "Blood Syndicate" and one of the company's originators during Milestone's '90s heyday.
"People like Static and Icon, but Blood Syndicate is its own thing — you cannot sidestep it. It's basically like looking at some black hip-hop artists that people try to get away from, but they keep showing up with even better hits. It's like, 'I want to deal with this guy, but he's just so rough. Just the tone of his voice.'"
