New York's New Hero

[arbre_rieur]

Four pages from STATIC SHOCK #1...

Static is interrogating a super-criminal about who he's working for. Before the man can answer, he's suddenly silenced forever by shots fired from nowhere.





After school, Static pays a visit to his new secret headquarters, provided by the superhero Hardware.

Comments

[biod]

"Over half a mile"
hahahahaha. Clearly you haven't hear enough sniper stories.
Nice to see Static still has the brains to go with his powers.

[q99]

Though the part he notes as making it impossible is with all the air currents around the buildings and such; it's not a predictable shot in a calm field or even dealing with wind coming from just one direction.

[biod]

Rereading that, you're right; the currents around tall buildings would make that kind of shot a nightmare. I guess I was too busy laughing my ass off with the words "half a mile" and "Impossible"

[darkknightjrk]

Fun teenaged superhero fighting bad guys with SCIENCE?

...Yep, I may need to pick this one up.

[crabby_lioness]

And a sense of humor, don't forget that.

[icon_uk]

Static was always an awesome character ans series, this looks set to continue the trend.

[crabby_lioness]

If this stays PG it'll be one of the few main-universe titles I can buy for my kids.

I approve.

[detective_deathman08]

It was rated T, it seems like it could appeal to kids. But it still showed a man get killed with blood. And if this is going back to statics roots his books dealt with drugs, homo sexual issues, sex. I do not know the limit you have for your kids but I hope this helps.

[crabby_lioness]

Thanks. My limits are the standard PG stuff: mild gore, talking about sex with nothing onscreen, that sort of thing.

[icon_uk]

I recall the issue where Virgil's dad gives him "the talk" not just on how to have sex, but how a man treats the woman he is wanting to have sex with, as being rather wonderful and perhaps the best handling of the topic I've seen in a comic.

This was my favorite of this weeks 52

[detective_deathman08]

I really enjoyed this, I am a long time static fan and I am glad to see the cool reborn. I will miss gear, but its good virgil has someone watching his back and bounicing starwars jokes off of him. This is static done right, and I am glad that his time with the teen titans is being ignored.

It was awful, and I hope this book gives him the respect he is due(titans screwed blue beetle as well). Also that red hood chick sure has been in a lot of books this month.

[liara_shadowsong]

This looks awesome. A teenage superhero who fights crime with science - while having a sense of humor and generally acting like a very positive example of a relatively normal teenager? May need to see about getting a copy sometime soon.

[rebecky_mo]

Good art, great humor, what looks like an interesting story...

Looks like another title on my pull list scores a win! 8D

[jlbarnett]

it looks like a new version of Supergirl's old enemies "The Gang"

And it sounds like a massive price to pay. Suppose he meets some of these people in the real world in ten years?

[icon_uk]

Interesting thought, I was thinking a new take on the Rainbow Raiders.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Not bad... not bad at all...

But I gotta know: what's "totally worth" the juvie thing?

[icon_uk]

The interactive holographic 3d streetmap projection of New York app he now has in his goggles so he knows where he is in his new city.

[autohobbs]

I used to watch Static Shock everyday after school! I was so excited when they announced this, plus the art is pretty.

[freddylloyd]

These pages bring back the feel of the early Static stories, and McDaniel's style fits well.

Interesting way to address stereotypes of young urban black men in America, though. "Everyone's looking at me like I'm a criminal." "Well, that's because I told them that you are a criminal."

Of course, there are strong narrative reasons to make life more difficult for a superpowered protagonist, but I hope Rozum, McDaniel, and their colleagues come back to dig deeper into that "cover story."

(probably should have read the comments)

[sleepymax]

I totally just wrote what you just said about McDaniel.

Also, until reading this comment and looking at the credits, I had no idea that McDaniel was writing this. Can't remember him writing anything before this.

[sleepymax]

Man, I love Scott McDaniel sometimes. His style is a great match for this book.

Also, is there any news on the rest of the Milestone characters?

[blackruzsa]

I lovelovelove this
but the juvie story rubs me the wrong way... I dunno, is it just me?

[18lemons]

I've never read Static in anything before this, my only knowledge of the character comes from the cartoon, but if I remember correctly, DC wanted to make the characters in the comics more identifiable with their most recognisable incarnations. So is it just me who expected this to be more like the cartoon Static?
I had to look up who Hardware was because I'd never heard of him before. Would it have been so difficult to include Gear in some way?

I did like this issue though, it's got me interested enough to check out the next few issues, especially after that last page.