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Tuesday, June 7, 2022
#IReadsYou Review: STATIC: Season One #1
STATIC (SEASON ONE) #1 (OF 6)
DC COMICS/Milestone Media
STORY: Vita Ayala
LAYOUTS: ChrisCross
FINISHES: Nikolas Draper-Ivey
COLORS: Nikolas Draper-Ivey
LETTERS: Andworld Design
EDITOR: Chris Conroy
PRODUCERS: Reginald Hudlin and Denys Cowan for Milestone Media
COVER: Khary Randolph with Emilio Lopez
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Shawn Martinbrough with Chris Sotomayor; Nikolas Draper-Ivey; Denys Cowan with Brad Anderson; Olivier Coipel with Brad Anderson
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S., (August 2021)
Rating: 13+
Milestone and Static created by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, and Derek T. Dingle
Episode One: Trial by Fire
Milestone Comics was the publishing division of Milestone Media, and its comic book titles were published and distributed by DC Comics. Milestone was founded in 1993 by a coalition of African-American artists and writers, consisting of Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, and Derek T. Dingle. Milestone Media's founders believed that minorities were severely underrepresented in American comic books and wished to address this. In 1993, Milestone Media launched its first four titles Icon, Blood Syndicate, Static, and Hardware, but DC Comics ceased publication of all Milestone Comics titles in 1997.
Static, Milestone's most popular superhero character, first appeared in Static #1 (cover dated: June 1993). Static is Virgil Ovid Hawkins, an African-American teenage boy who is a member of a subspecies of humans with superhuman abilities known as “metahumans.” Static's origin has changed since he first debuted, and now, he has gained his powers after an incident exposed him to a radioactive chemical, making Virgil capable of electromagnetic control and generation.
Both Milestone and Static are back with the launch of the new comic books series, Static (Season One), also known as Static: Season One. The series is written by Vita Ayala; drawn by ChrisCross (layouts) and Nikolas Draper-Ivey (finishes); colored by Draper-Ivey; and lettered by Andworld Design. The new comic book focuses on a bullied nerd who gains super-powers, only to discover that his enemy has also gained powers.
Static: Season One #1 (“Trial by Fire”) opens in Dakota City, USA in the aftermath of the “Big Bang.” That incident happened at a “Black Lives Matter” rally that turned insane when the police released an experimental tear gas on the protesters. Some people were maimed or died; others gained stunning new abilities and powers. Bullied nerd, 16-year-old Virgil Hawkins, gained powers.
Virgil has power inside him now, real power that he constantly hears and feels buzzing inside him. He has the ability to channel and manipulate electromagnetic fields, but Virgil also has anger burning inside him. One of his classmates, the bully Francis Stone, has already felt Virgil's power. But Francis, who calls himself “Hotstreak,” also has power inside him, and he is ready for some payback.
THE LOWDOWN: In the original 1990s Static, Virgil Ovid Hawkins was essentially a 1990s, African-American version of the early 1960s teenage Peter Parker/Spider-Man. Like that classic character, Virgil/Static struggled at becoming a superhero and had to deal with what it did to his life.
Writer Vita Ayala and artists ChrisCross Nikolas Draper-Ivey present a Virgil Hawkins who is a Black teenager coming of age in this era of protests that was launched by the death of an African-American man, George Floyd, (May 25, 2020), murdered by the hands (and knee) of a White police officer.
Ayala presents Virgil as an African-American teen who may be bullied, but does not even understand the idea that he should defer, know his place, or be a second class citizen. Will he fight back against those who attack him or turn the other cheek … or is there an entirely different path that others have not imagined? After reading this first issue, I feel that Ayala is going to take us, dear readers, on a journey of questions and answers, but one also filled with superhero action.
The compositions and colors by Nikolas Draper-Ivey remind me of the quirky animation of the 2018 film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, crackling with eye-popping colors and striking graphics. It is as if Nikolas wants us to feeling the shimmering, crackling, and buzzing inside Virgil. ChrisCross (layouts) and Draper-Ivey move the story through this issue like an electric charge running along a line, and for the final page, Cross/Nikolas gives us a … static shock. The drama, tension, and conflict practically bleed off the page.
I thought that I would like Static: Season One #1, but I am surprised by how much I like it. By the end, I could have read another forty pages. If Milestone fans were unsure about moving on, this first issue will make them happy for this re-imagining of a Black superhero for the BLM generation.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Milestone Comics will want Static Season One.
[This comic book has a tribute from Denys Cowan and Chris Conroy to the late comic book artist, John Paul Leon (1972-2021), who drew the first Static comic book. This comic book also includes a “DC Nation” “Spotlight On” interview with Joshua Williamson about Infinite Frontier #1.]
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
#IReadsYou Review: STATIC #1
STATIC #1
DC COMICS/Milestone Comics
STORY: Dwayne McDuffie and Robert L. Washington, III
PENCILS: John Paul Leon
INKS: Steve Mitchell
COLORS: Noelle C. Giddings
LETTERS: Steve Haynie
EDITOR: Dwayne McDuffie
COVER: Denys Cowan and Jimmy Palmiotti with Noelle C. Giddings
32pp, Color, $2.95 US, $3.95 CAN, 1.20 UK£ (June 1993)
“Trial by Fire” Chapter One: “Burning Sensation”
Introduced in the spring of 1993, Static was one of the early comic book series created by Milestone Media and published through DC Comics. Milestone Media was a comic book imprint and media company established with the intention presenting more minority characters in American Comics. Although the Milestone Media stopped producing comics in 1997, Static was reworked as the WB animated series, “Static Shock,” which ran for four seasons from 2000 to 2004.
Static #1 (“Burning Sensation”) opens in the Sadler neighborhood of the city of Dakota, specifically in a teen hangout called Akkad’s Arcade. Frieda Goren, a high school girl, arrives at the hangout to meet a friend when she suddenly encounters representatives of someone else who wants to meet her. Known as the “5 Alarm Crew,” these ruffians are practically kidnapping Frieda to take her to their leader, someone named “Hotstreak,” whether she wants an audience with him or not.
By the second page (a splash page), our hero, Static, makes his first appearance, and six and half pages of witty banter and an electric light show later, it’s clear that this new superhero, the first African-American solo teen superhero, is a winner even if his own book doesn’t last over the long haul (which sadly it didn’t). Static’s powers clearly have something to do with electricity, and his personality is equally stimulating After he dispatches the 5 Alarm Crew, Static offers to take Frieda home, an indication that she is not just a damsel in distress plot device which allows writers Dwayne McDuffie and Robert L. Washington to introduce their hero.
After reluctantly leaving Frieda, who was standoffish with him although he saved her, Static finds a secluded alley where he returns to his civilian persona, a black teenager named Virgil Ovid Hawkins. Virgil’s thoughts are still on Frieda, further indication of her importance. Virgil returns home (apparently a brownstone similar to the family home on “The Cosby Show”) so McDuffie and Washington can reveal Static’s private life and family. We meet Virgil’s mother and his sister, Sharon, with whom he, of course, spars, as li’l sis has some issue with Virgil hangin’ with white girl. Virgil races upstairs just in time to answer the phone call from Frieda, who tells him about her adventures at Akkad’s. The scene closes as the conversation evolves into the usual teen concerns.
The next morning, a breakfast conversation with his mother reveals that Virgil does indeed have a father, who works odd hours at a hospital. (The African-American father was virtually extinct in pop culture at the time this comic was published, and remains on the endangered species list as of this writing.)
When the story moves to the hallways of the school Virgil attends, Ernest Hemingway High School, McDuffie and Washington introduce Virgil’s pals. One of them, Richard Stone, would later be revealed as gay, but even now there seems to be some latent tension regarding Richard’s perceived sexual orientation.
Besides Frieda, Virgil’s most interesting friend is Larry, who has something of a thuggish vibe. Later, while in class, the 5 Alarm Crew returns, and this time they manage to snatch Frieda. This comes totally out of left field: Larry apparently offers to draw a concealed firearm to put a stop to the 5 Alarm boys, but Virgil has already slipped away to don his super suit.
Meanwhile, in a playground at a local elementary school, Static meets the 5 Alarm Crew’s master, Hotstreak, and here, McDuffie and Washington offer the biggest surprise and delight, which they’ve been saving for the very end of the first issue. Hotstreak kicks Static’s butt all over the yard, and Static apparently has some kind of psychological block that prohibits him from going whole hog on Hotstreak, who is nevertheless a capable super badass. And Frieda removes Static’s mask, revealing Virgil to her…
Overall, Static #1 is an impressive first issue. To begin with, the art team of John Paul Leon on pencils and Steve Mitchell on inks creates a lovely style that has a jazzy vibe. Although the coloring is modest, the art feels young, hip, and most important urban. Visually, Leon and Mitchell construct an urban landscape by designing backgrounds and sets out of simple shapes and forms and get the same effect as artists that create urban environments by using heavy inking or intricate detail in drawing the sets. Best of all, Leon and Mitchell capture the cast’s diversity; this is true melting pot and not something that looks like a Norman Rockwell painting of a Rotary Club meeting.
I have nothing but praise for McDuffie and Washington. Static is a witty teen superhero, a sassy, brash kid bouncing off walls. Read it, and recognize the fun of those early Spider-Man comic books. But Static has an edge. It’s in the rhythm of the authentic urban language – referencing hip hop without trying to replicate it (unlike the horrid “hip” dialogue in the original Gen13 comics). Underlying it all is the feeling of life on the streets of Dakota being, at the very least, a little dangerous. Reading this, I thought that some of these characters have to be ready to kill or be killed – anytime and anywhere.
It’s on.
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
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