Static



Static Shock is published by DC Comics under the Milestone imprint. Current price per issue is $3.99.

Last Issue

 * Static: Shadows of Dakota #5: 18 Jul 2023

Current Issue

 * Static: Shadows of Dakota #6: 26 Sep 2023

Next Issue

 * Static: Shadows of Dakota #7: 05 Sep 2023

Status
A seven-issue series, Shadows of Dakota, started February 2023.

Main Characters

 * Virgil Hawkins/Static

Hardcovers

 * Static: Season One - Collects Season One #1-6. "Bullied nerd Virgil Hawkins wasn't the kind of kid you'd normally find on the streets at a protest—but like everyone else in the city of Dakota, he was fed up. Unfortunately, the first time he stood up to raise his voice, the world turned upside down. The experimental tear gas released that day left some of his classmates maimed or dead…but it left Virgil, and others, with stunning new abilities. Virgil has power inside him now—real power, the ability to channel and manipulate electromagnetic fields. But there's anger burning inside him, too. What is he supposed to do about all of this? And first and foremost—what is he supposed to do about his bullies, now that they've got superpowers too?" -


 * Static: Shadows of Dakota - Collects Shadows of Dakota #1-7, plus Static Team-Up: Anansi #1. "Though Virgil and his friends stopped the government’s off-the-books prison operations in Dakota last school year, a powerful new threat lurks in the shadows. The mysterious Ebon is cutting a bloody swath through the underworld on a single-minded quest to find his brother. Against this backdrop of exploding violence, innocent people are finding themselves in the crossfire, with Static facing the most personal challenge he’s seen yet!" - - (forthcoming, February 2024)

Trade Paperbacks

 * Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool - Collects Static #1-4 & Rebirth of the Cool #1-4. "When a mutagenic gas accidentally gave him superhuman abilities, Virgil Hawkins was reborn as Static, the electrically powered teen Super Hero. And while Static tries to balance the pressures of his school work, after-school job and family life, he also protects his inner city neighborhood against villains including Holocaust and Commando X." -


 * Static Shock, vol. 1: Supercharged - Collects Static Shock #1-8. "When high school student Virgil Hawkins relocates to New York City, he’ll have to battle a whole new kind of evil in the form of the Slate Gang, Piranha and more!" -


 * Static: Season One - Collects Season One #1-6. -


 * Milestone Compendium One - Collects vol. 1 #1-8, plus Blood Syndicate #1-12, Icon vol. 1 #1-10, Hardware vol. 1 #1-12, Xombi vol. 1 #0-11, and Shadow Cabinet #0. -


 * Milestone Compendium Two - Collects vol. 1 #9-20, plus Blood Syndicate #13-23, Icon vol. 1 #11-21, Hardware vol. 1 #13-21, Shadow Cabinet #1-4, Superboy #6-7, Superman: The Man of Steel #35-36, Steel #6-7, and Worlds Collide #1. -


 * Milestone Compendium Three - Collects vol. 1 #21-25, plus Blood Syndicate #24-27, Icon vol. 1 #22-27, Hardware vol. 1 #22-28, Shadow Cabinet #5-13, Deathwish #1-4, and Kobalt #1-14. - - (forthcoming, February 2024)

Static Shock
Writers: Scott McDaniel & John Rozum (#1-6); Marc Bernardin (#7-8). Artists/Covers: Scott McDaniel & Jonathan Glapion.

Season One
Writer: Vita Ayala. Artists: Chriscross & Nikolas Draper-Ivey. Covers: Khary Randolph.

Shadows of Dakota
Writer: Vita Ayala. Writer/Artist/Covers: Nikolas Draper-Ivey.

Publishing History

 * Static: #1-45, 1993-1997 (Milestone)
 * Rebirth of the Cool: #1-4, 2001 (Milestone)
 * Static Shock: #1-8, 2011-2012 (New 52)
 * Season One: #1-6, 2021 (Milestone)
 * Shadows of Dakota: #1-7, 2023 (Milestone)

Future Publication Dates

 * Static: Shadows of Dakota #7: 05 Sep 2023
 * Static: Up All Night OGN: 07 Nov 2023
 * Static: Shadows of Dakota HC: 06 Feb 2024
 * Milestone Compendium Three TP: 06 Feb 2024

News & Features

 * 07 Sep 2011 - DC Comics reboots Static Shock, putting African American teen hero in Harlem
 * 07 Sep 2011 - DCnU Take 2: Making Static Shock 'Urban', 'Kinetic'
 * 23 Aug 2011 - Reader’s Guide to the New DC Universe: Static Shock

Links

 * DC Comics - Publisher's Website