While Milestone may have had a short run, their accomplishments in that time are nothing short of spectacular. In addition to introducing new talent to the industry, they provided fans with stories of a quality rarely seen in comics. Not to mention that, publishing in the early days of Image when timeliness was less and less a factor for publishers, they managed to put out every book on time for the first year or two of publication. The end of Milestone was unfortunate, but the imperfect finish doesn't diminish the interesting stories and solid artwork that can be found in their comics. Despite the end of their comic-book publishing endeavor, Milestone Media remains a viable company today.
Rumors continue about a rebirth of the characters they created.
In fact, while this retrospective was being written, news broke that some of the creators are hard at work on a new Milestone series.