Blood Syndicate

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Blood Syndicate is a Milestone Media comic book series about a superpowered street gang formed from survivors of a chemical incident, known for its gritty, socially conscious take on urban life and superhero tropes.

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instanceOf comic book series
superhero team
characterNotableFor Masquerade being a transgender superhero
comicBookDebut Blood Syndicate #1 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creators Denys Cowan NERFINISHED
Dwayne McDuffie NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1993
genre action
superhero
urban fiction
hasFormat collected editions
single-issue comic books
imprintOf DC Comics NERFINISHED
inspiredBy real-world gang dynamics
language English
medium print comics
member Boogieman NERFINISHED
Brickhouse NERFINISHED
DMZ NERFINISHED
Fade NERFINISHED
Flashback NERFINISHED
Masquerade NERFINISHED
Tech-9 NERFINISHED
Third Rail NERFINISHED
Wise Son NERFINISHED
narrativeTone dark and gritty
notableTheme LGBTQ representation
gang culture
gritty urban realism
race and class issues
socially conscious storytelling
originalRunApproxEndYear 1996
originEvent Big Bang chemical incident NERFINISHED
primaryArtist ChrisCross NERFINISHED
primaryWriter Ivan Velez Jr. NERFINISHED
publisher Milestone Media NERFINISHED
relaunch Blood Syndicate: Season One NERFINISHED
relaunchApproxYear 2022
relaunchPublisher DC Comics NERFINISHED
setting Dakota City NERFINISHED
sharedUniverse Dakotaverse NERFINISHED
sharedUniverseWith Hardware NERFINISHED
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targetAudience teen and adult readers
teamBase Paris Island NERFINISHED
teamType superpowered street gang

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Milestone Media notableWork Blood Syndicate