The Concept and Characters: Sporting a Spike-Lee-style Malcom X hat, Virgil Hawkins became the hero known as Static all the way back in the early days of 1993, in a series created by Dwayne McDuffie and John Paul Leon. McDuffie, who tragically passed away earlier this year, was one of the major forces behind the Milestone line of comics, an imprint published in collaboration with DC that attempted to bring more minority characters and creators to the comic book marketplace. The original Static series was one of the launch titles, and with it’s strong voice and the chiaroscuro angularity of Leon’s artwork, it immediately presented itself as the cream of the Milestone crop.
The series would later hit the airwaves on the Kids WB! For four years in the early 2000s, in a significantly more sanitized-for-kids version.
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