Wednesday, September 7, 2011

DC Comics reboots 'Static Shock,' putting African American teen hero in Harlem

Static, the superhero popularized in a Saturday morning cartoon, gets his own book with Wednesday's 'Static Shock' #1.
This week DC Comics' "Static Shock" #1 hit stands this week - introducing African American teen turned electromagnetism-wielding superhero Virgil Hawkins into the same universe as Superman, Wonder Woman and The Flash.

Static - created by the now defunct Milestone Comics in 1993 and turned into a Saturday morning cartoon a few years later - was originally based in the fictional Midwestern city of Dakota.

But after acquiring the character a few years ago, DC Comics decided to reboot the hero with a more realistic setting.  Read more...


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