Comments on: Potential Energy in a Static Shock

by: West

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:43:41 +0000

Ragnell may have a point.

by: Ragnell

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:30:59 +0000

Well, they have to be at least on speaking terms. Isn’t McDuffie writing the Firestorm finale?

There’s always one option for needy fans, and I’ll suggest it because I’m just letter crazy lately. Why don’t we get an organized campaign to flood the desk of Paul Levitz with requests for this character. If he sees enough of a demand, then maybe he’d be more willing to go through the legal hoops necessary to use the character.

by: Garth

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:22:40 +0000

With the DC multiple Earths returning I hope they make a Milestone Earth (Earth-M?). Then DC could have a limited series revisiting all the Milestone characters and bring some (like Static) into the main Earth continuity.
Maybe DC could launch it some February for Black History Month.

by: Jeff Munson

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:44:40 +0000

Okay folks, here’s the deal on ownership. Milestone Media, of which Milestone Comics was a branch, own all the copywrights for all their characters. Therefore, DC could not use the characters without purchasing them from Milestone. Dwayne McDuffie is a co-founder of that company and has gone on record in some interviews as saying that there has been no real movement on Static or any other Milestone character being integrated into the DC Universe proper. However people like Geoff Johns have also gone on record as saying how much they love those characters, and how he really wanted to have Static in the Teen Titans after One Year Later. Now, here’s the thing, DC has had two occasions to bring the characters into the DCU in the past year, Once right after Infinite Crisis with the birth of the new earth, and their second chance appears to be coming up soon. If the recent DC Nation column Dan DiDio wrote (cryptically of course) is true then the Multiverse is returning. So, all we need is for DC to take their heads out of their butts and get together with McDuffie and Co. to get this done. Who knows, they might get it done but with McDuffie doing a lot of Marvel work it might never happen. BUT, thanks to the wonderful internet Milestone can live on! Right here on this very website folks where Munson’s Milestone Mondays comes at you live every Monday! (End of plug!)

by: bahlactus

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:28:21 +0000

Is that the hustle on the real? I am under the impression that if DC truly wanted to get down with splicing Static into continuity, McDuffie would not fight that. Why would he stifle that? Has he come out and said otherwise?

by: Matthew

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:14:22 +0000

DC dosen’t own Static. Dwayne McDuffie does.

And it seems he’s not willing to let DC use the character.

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Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:40:13 +0000

[…] Potential Energy in a Static Shock - Bahlactus from Always Bet On Bahlactus reflects on the Milestone character Static and says he’s the “single most underutilized Comics icon to not actually be used in the DCU.” (from Always Bet On Bahlactus) […]

by: bahlactus

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:33:23 +0000

Lucky for you I've seen all of the JLU animated on DVD, otherwise that last bit would be a SPOILER now, wouldn't it? Seriously though, I dug Static in the futures episode he appeared in. I would have liked to see him more, but, you can only play that Booster card so many times. I don't believe Warhawk had actually appeared anywhere except on the animated series, which doubly excludes him and someone like Black Vulcan from the SuperFriends. Thanks for comin' through and droppin' some science. Maybe DC will consider adding Static to the current continuity format. You never know..

by: Casey

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:49:56 +0000

Bahlactus,

Have you gotten to the episode of the JL animated where they go to the Batman Begins future, and an older Virgil is a member of the Justice League? He looks pretty bad-ass with a beard and grey dreads.

As my first introduction ot the character, the animated series was a great way to showcase Static. It ran for four pretty excelent seasons, but sadly hasn’t had the great “Season-By-Season” style DVD release that the Bruce Timm stuff has recieved.

Also kind of going into “Dark Stars”, I know you said you didn’t want to count Elseworlds or Alternate Futures, but in the Batman Begins future timeline I mentioned above, Warhawk was a member of the JLU, and he’s the son of Hawkgirl and Jon Stewart.

-casey-

by: Max

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:02:39 +0000

I agree Bahlactus. Static has the potential to be a great relaunch for DC, especially with all the stuff going on with multiple universes and such again.