With the ability to control electromagnetism, static joined the teen titans and. Static shock features the character static, originally created in 1993 by dwayne mcduffie, robert l. He was the inspiration for the character richie in the animated series static shock. There were a few crossovers between static shock and other dc animated. Static shock is an animated series in the dc animated universe based on the milestone comics series static albeit with several deviations. If you came here from a link, please go back and correct the link for one of the heroes listed below. Static shock is the kind of book that i desperately want to do well, but i worry about its fate among bigger names with so many books releasing at once. But some classics include hot streak, talon, puff, rubberband man, and ebon. A mysterious tragedy forces the hawkins family to relocate from dakota to new york city. High school, with a fetish for comic books and roleplaying board games. Washington iii, with art by brian oconnell and shawn martinbrough. Washington iii and a young john paul leon, static was for many the flagship title of the 90s publisher milestone. He is voiced by jason marsden, who also max goof as a. Mar 31, 2019 the jaden he refers to, is will smiths after earth costar and reallife son jaden.
The complete third season is a short but great collection of allages superheroing that provides some welcome diversity to the dc animated universe. As a part of the acclaimed dc comicsthe new 52 event of septe. Sep 02, 2010 this is the cast of live action movie static shock. Static and hardware attempt to save sharon hawkins from the dangerous criminal mastermind who is responsible for the hawkins family tragedy. Static shock is an american animated television series produced by warner bros. Static shocks frieda, on the other hand, has no idea virgil is static. He was voiced by gary anthony sturgis, who also voiced the phantom virus in scooby doo and the cyber chase and trogaar in teen titans. Static shock wiki static shock or sometimes known as just static is a comic book series by milestone comics and later by dc comics. Along with the electrical hero and his hightech sidekick gear, the nba is coming to play, as superstars karl malone, yao ming, steve nash and vince carter will all guest star, and get super powers. Virgil hawkins is static shock dc comics heroes, dc comics art, comic book heroes. Kyle baker offers a sneak peek at static, wholl return in static shock as part of a relaunch of the milestone characters dubbed earth m. Gear is my favorite character from the cartoon static shock. As a kid, robert was a big admirer of the superhero soul power and bought the heros comic book.
You also wont want to miss the exclusive interview with birds of prey composer daniel pemberton. Feb 16, 2012 static shock fancast by the souleater this is a revised fancast for static shock ive put together for a feature film based on his character. He previously miles morales in the 120th episode of death battle, miles morales vs static. Virgil gained electrokinetic powers and told richie of it. That is until he was given new life in the static shock.
Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Its rare when the best episodes of a show are those with guest stars, but thats true in this case, as the other heroes expand statics universe and make clear his unique position. Recently, static has crossed over into the main dc comics universe with a costume very similar to the one he. It premiered on september 23, 2000, on the wb television networks kids wb programming block. The timedisplaced young static commented on his girth, and upon returning to his own time, suggested to his best friend to. I like criticism and im on the lookout for a beta too. Static and gear get drawn in when sharon is kidnapped.
And honestly, to my ever lasting shame, i cant remember the majority of their names. During them, his mother, an emergency worker alfre woodard, was killed. They find sharon at the heart of a war raging between this sinister mastermind, the brutal piranha and the unpredictable pale man, all battling for the secret of the darkstar defense force. Static shock was the only program on cartoon network to be among the top 30 most watched kids shows in a week of october 2004. After five years, we had a subway value meal, two scholastic book adaptations, one dvd and a gameboy advance game.
I decided id draw him in this form rather than his gear costume. With the ability to control electromagnetism, static joined the. Ugh, his name is freaking static, not static shock. Dc comics, marvel comics and indie alike, nothing is free from our dramatic readings. It is the characters first solo series outside of the milestone imprint which originally ended in 1997 and was. Mangels declared that static shock provides solid superheroic entertainment and a role model and promotion of diversity for not only africanamerican viewers, but for audiences of all colors and ages. But when the suitor turns out to be puff, of the villainous duo puff and coil, static is drawn into a trap when puff transforms herself into a corrosive gas. As static, he dons a new uniform and establishes a new secret headquarters. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Static shock had a lot of great moments, but there were several in future shock. Static shock tshirts on redbubble are expertly printed on ethically sourced, sweatshopfree apparel and available in a huge range of styles, colors and sizes.
Rebirth of the cool, it is shown that at that point in time, virgil is into collecting. But this precocious, quippy teen powerhouse actually has his roots in milestone media, that maverick comic book company launched by a group of talented black. Drawing from their admiration of comic book heroes, richie suggested to his friend he. Liveaction static shock series coming from django unchained. Yearning for powers of his own, he temporarily became push, and later static s crimefighting partner gear. In the cartoon, it is later revealed that richie is a bang baby as well. Ivan evans, better known as ebon, is one of the main antagonists of the static shock animated series, the other being hotstreak. The brilliant, slightly awkward high school student virgil hawkins transforms into the cocky electromagnetic hero static. The brilliant, yet slightly awkward high school student virgil hawkins transforms into the cocky electromagnetic hero static. Man, i know there are a lot of villains in the comic book worlds but i will say right now, static had some of the most interesting. Whilst on a mission abroad at the request of bruce wayne, kobra faked a holographic message in which he told static to meet him at platform 247. The spider artifact was never seen again afterward, as anansi made sure to hide it. The latest comic book project announced by the studio is static shock, a liveaction series to be produced by warner bros. Animation and based on the comic book series static.
Virgil hawkins was exposed to a mutagenic gas that swept his city of dakota, which gave him and other bang babies superpowers. With all his abilities, static felt powerless when his best friend richie was shot. Today, at new york comic con, dc publisher jim lee. If youre uncertain which one youre looking for, take a wild guess. The static shock liveaction movie posted on 0225 at 10. Static shock enjoyed massive ratings throughout its run. He greatly regretted the day his mother made him throw them away. Static and gear run across a young girl named nina who was being chased by ebon. A new 52 series starring static, first written by scott mcdaniel and john rozum. On her first day of school she meets our favorite hot head and they have a strange attraction to one another. Static shock ran for four seasons, with 52 halfhour episodes in total.
See more ideas about static shock, wally west and cartoon. In the superhero book, andy mangels praised static shock s multicultural approach, while emily ashby from common sense media lauded it for encouraging diversity. Static shock, an ongoing series from hudlin and kyle baker, focusing on 14yearold virgil hawkins, a kid with a love of comics and. Comics continuum sat in on a chat with veteran animator rick hoberg, who was all atwitter about new episodes at static shock. With a little assistance, static and gear proved their worth by taking on. In the end, anansi reclaims the artifact, but not before sharon used it to make all of the dirty dishes disappear, took it for a spin for a while, and got kidnapped. Comic books dramatically read by the eligible monster team. The character was created by milestone comics founders dwayne mcduffie, denys cowan, michael davis, and derek t. Data manipulation static is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by dc comics.
He the leader of the metabreed and one of static and gears arch enemies along with hotstreak. When static and gear meet a bang baby who can go back in time, he winds up with the chance to meet her once more. Mcduffie saw a severe underrepresentation in comic books for minorities. Static shock is an american animated television series based on the milestone mediadc comics superhero static. Jan 06, 2016 and the gear basically completes the shock trooper as a viable enemy in a pathfinder3. Dc announces bernardi on static shock, nocenti on green arrow. Gearrichie foley static shock dc comics heroes, marvel dc comics. The early 2000s was a shining moment for comic book content as dc was responsible for producing some of the best television shows the genres ever had in justice league, justice league unlimited. Created by dwayne mcduffie, it is one of the rare instances where a comic books creator was also the main creative force behind the animated adaptation the series follows virgil hawkins, the son of a local youth center manager in. It first aired on february 1, 2003, and features the transformation of richie foley into a superhero. Animation and its creators, i do not own any rights of static shock or its charact. Robert hawkins was the father of virgil hawkins, dakotas superhero static. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
While looking for static and gear, she bumps into ebon, who wants to use her. The son of social worker robert hawkins, losing his mother to gang violence, virgil ovid hawkins is high school student in dakota city. Gear is the second episode of the third season of static shock. Price new from used from comics, 1993 please retry. Price and other details may vary based on size and color. The surprising success of the static shock cartoon renewed interest in the original static comic book. Hes also capable of using the disk as a make shift weapon. I was wanting to know how you guy out there would make a character for the gear from the tv show static shock. Static shock 2000 animated static and gear a normal teenage boy named virgil hawkins hangs out with the wrong crowd and goes to a gang fight but, police break it up by throwing an experimental. Jul 02, 2017 comic books dramatically read by the eligible monster team. Richie shows virgil some projects hes been working on. He is a bang baby from dakota city, who has immensely advanced powers of electromagnetism. Back in october, smith was rumored for static shock, which warner bros. The producers should cast dawayne jordan as static virgil hawkins and rafi gavron as gear.
This north philly comic book event is a con on a mission. Static shock is the ultimate comic book nostalgia top 5. Static shock s last season was only surpassed by the childrens anime pokemon, and the shows reruns on cartoon network were only surpassed by the adult animated sitcom family guy. In response, milestone via dc comics published a 2001 miniseries, static shock. An ordinary innercity kid gains extraordinary powers and becomes an urban legend as the first teenage africanamerican superhero.
Statics most common item used in comics is a metallic disk he designed that allows him to fly using his powers. Virgil embarks upon new adventures in a new high school and a new internship at s. Ricanstruction anthology to feature an iconstatic shock. The history section for this article is either absent or contains very little information.
While highly gifted student with a particular interest in. Rebirth of the cool, a sequel to the original series. Postzero hour a i g q legion of superheroes richie foley dcau a i g q static shock tv series add a photo to this gallery add a photo to this gallery legion of superheroes legions original legion reboot legion prime legion. Gearrichie foley static shock dc comics heroes, static shock. A list of friends, allies and associates of the dc comics superhero static. Villains from the cartoon and comic series, static shock. His friend richie also transforms into a superhero, known as gear. Washington iii, and john paul leon for milestone comics, the shortlived dc comics imprint. Gear is a superhero and the deuteragonist in static shock. Created by dwayne mcduffie, it is one of the rare instances where a comic book s creator was also the main creative force behind the animated adaptation.
Its like calling batman batman the animated series. He had grown considerably, specifically in belt size. Id recommend limiting their use in a low magic setting, though the addition of power cels being required for the armour and weapons could be used by particularly skinflint dms feats are something i missed off the last data sheet. Static shock fancast by the souleater comic book movie. Illidge discusses the upcoming static shock series from warner bros. Milestone will relaunch as earthm, a new dc comics popup imprint launching this spring, beginning with four titles including static shock. Static shock, tv series gear edit gear, real name richard richie osgood foley, is an ally of lead character static, and virgil hawkins best friend. For its part, static shock is pretty much walltowall action, even in the two pages in which static is at home with his family.
Static is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Richard osgood richie foley was the best friend and confidant of virgil hawkins, and one of the few to know of his double life. We couldnt even get dc to do a static adventurestyle comic book. Static shock, justice league, xmen evolution, namor, more. The timedisplaced young static commented on his girth, and upon returning to his own time, suggested to his. Hang your posters in dorms, bedrooms, offices, or anywhere blank walls arent welcome. The early 2000s was a shining moment for comic book content as dc. Static shock wiki static shock or sometimes known as just static is a comic book series by. It was animated at the slightly offbeat productions studios in penrose, auckland, new zealand. What you are about to read is the definitive list of the 100 greatest black comic book superheroesvillains of alltimeall ranked. You get right back here and finish this article, young man. Static, real name virgil hawkins, is a character from milestone media that was later published by dc comics. Dc collectibles comics icons static shock deluxe action figure.
Gear gears of war gear static shock gear may be referring to two or more different heroes. Static shock is the ultimate comic book nostalgia in this recap by hector navarro. The series premiered in september of 2000 on the kids wb. As a part of the acclaimed dc comicsthe new 52 event of september 2011, scott mcdaniel and john rozum bring static shock back to the dc universe. List of static supporting characters news newspapers books scholar jstor may 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message. Richie was always near virgil so he got powers of his own to be super intelligent. Enthusiastic comic book fans are dressed as black panther, static shock, blade, misty knight and more. Join and today well be exploring the comic book origins of virgil ovid hawkins, othe. Virgil hawkins, more commonly known as static, is a superhero originally published by milestone media. Right when static is teleported to the future, he ends up in the batcave and is attacked by terry mcginnis. Slim fit, order a size up if youd like it less fitting. Genre savvy virgil and richie are into comic books and live in the dcu. However, richie is a late boomer bang baby as he gained super intelligence. Static learns that someones been spraying mash notes to him throughout dakota.