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    Character » Static appears in 185 issues.

    Virgil Hawkins was exposed to a mutagenic gas that swept his city of Dakota, which gave him and other 'bang babies" superpowers. With the ability to control electromagnetism, Static joined the Teen Titans and continues to protect his city while serving on the team.

    Static In New York For Revamp. Thoughts?

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    Static will be in New York instead of Dakota for the DC Revamp, what are your thoughts on this? Personally, I like this. 

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    #2  Edited By BatteredArmor

    I dont like i mean it seems like half of all super heros come from New York it takes a lot of indivisuality and necessity from the charecter not oly that but he was supposed to be shaped by dakota and new york and dakota have diffrent feels it could completely change his personality if its chaped in new york instead of dakota. and does dakota have any other heros theyll be completely defensless

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    #3  Edited By iLLituracy

    I think it's lame.

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    #4  Edited By Nighthunter
    @BlackArmor said:
    I dont like i mean it seems like half of all super heros come from New York it takes a lot of indivisuality and necessity from the charecter not oly that but he was supposed to be shaped by dakota and new york and dakota have diffrent feels it could completely change his personality if its chaped in new york instead of dakota. and does dakota have any other heros theyll be completely defensless
    That's marvel. With Nightwing moving back to Gotham the big apple of the DCU don't have a current protector. And as absurd as it may sound, new york sells better than dakot
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    #5  Edited By BatteredArmor
    @Nighthunter
    My mistake   
    but i still think it destroys a large part of who the charecter is
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    #6  Edited By GundamHeavyarms
    @BlackArmor: Well think of it this way, the late great Dwayne McDuffie modeled Static after Spider-Man.  So putting him in New York instead of Dakota would serve to enhance that feel.  Besides, now that the JSA is being benched, NY needs more heroes so perhaps we'll see more Milestone characters in static's book.  Now would be the perfect time to put them there.
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    #7  Edited By BatteredArmor
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    yeah I heard that more Milestone charachters would be in his book has anyone heard anything about Icon?
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    #8  Edited By RedK
    @Adnan: seems he's becoming more like spider-man if he's using his internship as a way of adding to his superhero activitys the same way spidey has with horizon labs
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    #9  Edited By difficlus
    @RedK said:
    @Adnan: seems he's becoming more like spider-man if he's using his internship as a way of adding to his superhero activitys the same way spidey has with horizon labs
    this is what i'm getting from this change too. I think this will be interesting. Definitely want to see him as a spider-man like figure for DC.
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    #10  Edited By Static Shock
    @BlackArmor said:
    I dont like i mean it seems like half of all super heros come from New York it takes a lot of indivisuality and necessity from the charecter not oly that but he was supposed to be shaped by dakota and new york and dakota have diffrent feels it could completely change his personality if its chaped in new york instead of dakota. and does dakota have any other heros theyll be completely defensless
    There are other heroes from Dakota, and DiDio has already stated that they could be making appearances in Static's ongoing. They are probably going to retcon Dakota out of the DC Universe. Being in New York isn't a problem.... 
     
    @Adnan said:
    In a way, they're sorta bastardizing McDuffie's character. 
    Well, McDuffie's dead. 
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    #11  Edited By Nighthunter

    The writer is also one of Mcduffie's best friends so people shouldn't be afraid of bastardization for Static

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    #12  Edited By ColdSoup

    It definitely could be good depending on how its done and I don't think static will be ruined as much as some people think.

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    #13  Edited By Osiris1428

    I hope they do something great with him. I'm picking this one up from ish #1

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    #14  Edited By Static Shock
    @Nighthunter said:
    The writer is also one of Mcduffie's best friends so people shouldn't be afraid of bastardization for Static
    I think he was employed under McDuffie as well. So, it shouldn't be so bad. Better him than anyone else.
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    #15  Edited By Silver Zeal

    We dont mind d whole reboot thingy...wat really is getting us supa-pissed is dat hideously horrific re-design.
     
    Superman, supergal, batman, Blue beetle all kept d basix of their previous luk....y didnt dey do d same 4 Static.
     
    Static costume from d TT & tv show is d best & koolest & most recognizable.
     
    We'll try & get dis buk but dat re-design is a HUUUUUUGE deterrant on our part yet we LUUUUUUVVVVV Static a very very gr8 deal.

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    #16  Edited By Samimista

    I think it's unfaithful to the character considering Dakota is where Virgil's roots are.

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    #17  Edited By Static Shock
    @Samimista said:
    I think it's unfaithful to the character considering Dakota is where Virgil's roots are.
    Looks like his roots will be changing to that of the Big Apple. DC is severely lacking in heroes from New York.
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    #18  Edited By atom895
    i actually like the idea of static as protector of new york seeing as new york is devoid of attention in the dc universe.he was my favorite superhero as a kid.
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    i wudda picked Chicago personally or maybe Baltimore or Detroit but I guess New York isn't necessarily bad just, its been done to death. You could possibly look at it as a type of right of passage but to me it only comes off as sending him to the absolute most expected place, depending on the writers it could add something because he is out of his element but i cant help but shake this horrible feeling of impending doom for the title.  
     
    P.S. Spider-man, to me, always has and always will be New York's superhero regardless of title

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    #20  Edited By OrpheusTelos

    I'm fine with it. A lot of the changes were Drastic, but then again it's kind of Understandable since they're making Static into a "DC Character." From the looks of it, the new series is going to focus more on the Super Heroics than the social commentary, which I don't have a real problem with. As long as Virgil remains true to his character the location and costume change don't bother me.

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