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In Static: Season One #3, Virgil again learns how to turn the most mundane of everyday objects into shocking getaway vehicles.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Static: Season One #3, available now from DC.
The Milestone Universe’s Static is most known for his electrical powers that are sure to put a shock to any villain’s system. These manifest mainly in blasts of lightning and electrical energy, but they also allow him to fly. Static’s form of airborne locomotion is a bit different than the type employed by Superman or even Black Lightning, however.
Static is known in both the comics and the cartoon for riding around on some pretty strange “vehicles,” which ranged from magnetized manhole covers to trashcan lids. In Vita Ayala, Nikolas Draper-Ivey and Chriscross’ Static: Season One #3, Virgil again learns how to turn the most mundane of everyday objects into shocking getaway vehicles. Here’s a history of Static’s most magnetic way of getting around Dakota, and how the new comic introduces this concept.
How Static Learned to Fly
In the original Milestone Universe, Static learned how to fly even before the official start of his superhero career. In Dwayne McDuffie, Robert L. Washington and John Paul Leon’s Static #2 in 1993, he relays his origin story to his friend Frieda, thinking back to the night of the Big Bang. Caught in the crossfire of the gang battle, Virgil Hawkins was one of several to inhale vast amounts of Quantum Juice that turned several people there that night into Bang Babies.
His electrical powers manifested pretty much immediately, which was a good thing. After all, the police were quick to swoop in and try to apprehend those that were present. Thankfully for Virgil, a trashcan lid was flying around in the blistering wind, and he suddenly got the idea to electrify it and ride off into safety. Of course, he can do this with any metallic object, but one that’s lightweight while still large enough for him to ride work best for this.
The Static Shock cartoon changed this, having Virgil’s powers not show up until after he’d made it back home and fallen asleep. Awakening to find himself imbued with electromagnetism, he shows off his new skills to his friend Richie. He does so at a junkyard, effortlessly using his powers to move huge car chassis and riding upon them. Thereafter, doing the same thing with mere manhole covers and trashcan lids is second nature to him.
In the New 52, Hardware, an armored Milestone hero, would become a mentor of sorts to Static, even upgrading his preferred mode of transportation. He gives him a hi-tech disc to fly around on, making this version of Static much different from his original incarnation.
How the New Static Learned to Fly
In the newest issue of Static: Season One, Virgil finds himself trapped and confused for the fugitive Curtis Metcalf, a.k.a. Hardware. He attempts to get away from the cops trying to take him in, disguising himself with a gas mask and a hoodie. His powers begin to protect him as he makes his escape, keeping the bullets fired his way at bay.
Virgil draws the cops’ weapons away from them through magnetism. Unfortunately, he’s soon cornered by police cars with seemingly no way to escape. That’s until, of course, his powers reach out to a nearby manhole cover, which Virgil rides away victoriously. He returns home safely, having flown effortlessly on his rather unassuming circular vehicle. Given his genius, he’s sure to make a more technologically advanced disc like what Hardware gave him in the New 52, but for right now, the cover is an effective way for Static to take to the skies.
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