I liked Static Shock. 

I don't know why DC does absolutely nothing with the character.

>>136866983 (OP)

He's too tied to black politics to shine anymore and DC has moved onto Blue Beetle III as their not-Spider-Man

>black politics

Sounds like something they would be jumping over themselves trying to reboot.

>>136866983 (OP)

I think it's because of legal issues with the creator despite TV Static being the only one people give a fuck about.

>>136866983 (OP)

Static/Virgil is dangerously underrated.

because they won't let any white writers write him again

Dwayne McDuffie has long since passed on and I suppose its a matter of paying royalties to his family, which I expect every corporation in media production to cheap out on.

He's got a run right now.

Static: Shadows of Dakota.



But other than that nothing really. A few screen shots in Young Justice here and there I think.



I fucking loved the show as a kid, and part of me really wants a new cartoon or movie with him.



But the other part of me looks at writers inability to separate their politics from their writing, or at the very least use those politics to serve the story instead of using the story to push their views.

DC doesn't actually own the character, Milestone media does. They publish through DC and have a good relationship, but at the end of the day they can take their ball and go home if they want so it makes them cautious about committing too much to him.

>>136866983 (OP)

DC only co-owns the character and the rest of Milestone and has barely promoted any Milestone characters since they were shuttered off into their own universe and comic line. I don't expect that to change unless the BET guy sells his share of the rights so DC can put Static on the Teen Titans and the rest of Milestone back on the bus.

>I don't expect that to change unless the BET guy sells his share of the rights so DC can put Static on the Teen Titans and the rest of Milestone back on the bus.



I really hope they wouldn't, cyborg is the second popular black superhero they have. Shuttering him of focus for static would be going in a circle.

>>136866983 (OP)

Be glad they don't at this point

The ideal thing would be to keep Cyborg as a Titan(and have the Titans as the young adult team, or the team that gradually ages from teens to early 20's)

And you have Static with the Young Justice generation guys. Everyone always saw cyborg as slightly older anyway.

Frieda is ready to be Static’d.

and it's terrible

He was fine back in the show. If they did anything with him today he sure as hell would suck royally because of black power and racism shit.

>>136866983 (OP)

Because DC doesn't' fully own him and if they did do something with him, with today's climate, they would "over (politically) correct" him.



Static is unfortunately a character created in and for an era long that is long past.



Although they could do the cartoon route and edit him to be more timeless while still tackle everyday issue but this is DC (and Milestone) nowadays were talking about.



also this came out recently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GavaAe7bM8 [Embed]
