Milestone cancelled several of its lower-selling series in 1995 and 1996, and aborted plans for several mini-series. "Heroes", a new team book featuring Static and several of its more popular second-tier characters, was launched, but failed to sell well enough to justify an ongoing series. Milestone shut down its comic book division in 1997, with some of the remaining ongoing series discontinued in mid-story. It became primarily a licensing company, focusing on the Emmy Award and Humanitas Prize winning animated series "Static Shock".