and Christine Gilliam, head of corporate communications. By January 1993, Noelle Giddings, who had previously worked in comics as a colorist, became Milestone's color editor, supervising the line's painted art; and Joe James, an experienced graphic designer, served as designer and creative associate. Later the production staff would expand to include Erica Helene, Jason Medley, Jacqueline Ching, Joe Daniello, Andrew Burrell, Marcus Bennett, and Michelline Hess. Allen Epps was the CFO and Bob Stein was the legal counsel. In addition to using the talents of established creative professionals such as Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, M.D. Bright, Madeleine Blaustein, and Mike Gustovich, Milestone hired new talent, many of whom went on to successful careers. Among them are John Paul Leon, Christopher Sotomayor, Christopher Williams (aka ChrisCross), Ivan Velez Jr., Shawn Martinbrough, Tommy Lee Edwards, Jason Scott Jones (aka J.Scott.J), Prentis Rollins, J.H. Williams III, Humberto Ramos, John Rozum, Eric Battle, Joseph Illidge, Jamal Igle, Chris Batista, Harvey Richards, and Robert L. Washington III. Publications Comic titles published by Milestone include: Monthly series Hardware – 50 issues. A trade paperback Hardware: The Man in the Machine was published in 2010, collecting issues #1–8. Blood Syndicate – 35 issues Icon – 42 issues. The first eight issues were collected in the trade paperback, Icon: A Hero's Welcome in 1996, and a second edition was released in 2009. The issues that feature Buck Wild, Icon's return to his home planet, and the rampage of Icon's enemy Oblivion have been collected as Icon: Mothership Connection in 2010, collecting issues #13, 19–22, 24–26 and 30. Static – 45 issues. Also made into an animated series Static Shock. The first four issues were collected in a graphic novel: Static Shock: Trial by Fire in 2000; and a new mini-series was published in 2001 called Static Shock: The Rebirth of the Cool, running for four issues. Shadow Cabinet – 18 issues Xombi – 22 issues Kobalt – 16 issues Heroes – 6 issues Miniseries Deathwish – 4 issues (Hardware spin-off) My Name Is Holocaust – 5 issues (Blood Syndicate spin-off) Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool – 4 issues Wise Son: The White Wolf – 4 issues (Blood Syndicate spin-off) Crossovers Shadow War - company-wide crossover, it involved all comics, including the newly premiered Xombi and Shadow Cabinet. Long Hot Summer - company-wide crossover: three issues of the comic by the same title, plus tie-ins in every Milestone