Virgil Ovid Hawkins a.k.a. Static the electromagnetic legend/hero of the City of Dakota of the animated series Static Shock is based on Static, a comic book character and series by Milestone Comics (an independently-owned imprint published by DC Comics). The title character of the series is Virgil Hawkins, an African-American high school student in the fictional city of Dakota. He was named after the first black American to go to law school (who was himself named for the Greek/Latin poets Virgil and Ovid). As one of the victims of an accidental exposure to an experimental mutagen, he gained superhuman electromagnetic powers, and being a comic book fan used them to become a superhero. An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Static Shock is an animated television series based on Static, a comic book series by Milestone Comics (an independently-owned imprint published by DC Comics). ... Static was one of the first four titles of comic books published by Milestone Comics (an independently-owned imprint of DC Comics). ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Milestone Media is a company best known for creating the Milestone comics imprint (that was published through DC Comics) and the Static Shock cartoon series. ... DC Comics is one of the largest companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... For other uses see Virgil (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Ovid (disambiguation) Engraved frontispiece of George Sandyss 1640 London edition of Ovids Metamorphoses Publius Ovidius Naso, ( March 20, 43 BC – AD 17) Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women, and mythological transformations. ... A superhuman is something exceeding normal human standards. ... Electromagnetism is the physics of the electromagnetic field: a field, encompassing all of space, composed of the electric field and the magnetic field. ... A superhero is a fictional character who is noted for feats of courage and nobility and who usually has a colorful name and costume and abilities beyond those of normal human beings. ...

He has the power to control and produce electromagnetic energy in a wide variety of manifestations, limited only by his knowledge and imagination. Throughout the animated series, Static has learned the scope of his powers, as well as increased his strength and cleverness in using them.

Electromagnetic Powers

Static's powers are best described as Super-Conducter Electromagnitism. Through practice and inventive uses of his powers during confrontations with other Meta-Humans Static has improved. So far in the animated series, Static has exibited the following abilities: Electromagnetism is the physics of the electromagnetic field: a field, encompassing all of space, composed of the electric field and the magnetic field. ... Metahuman is a term, coined by the fictitious alien Dominators (in DC Comics Invasion! miniseries), used to describe any human being with what are commonly described as super powers. The justification for this alternate phrase is that super implies a value judgement – is super-strength somehow better than normal strength...

• Electromagnetic Generation, Manipulation, and Control - Static's body can generate Raw Electromagnetic Energy, which he has learned to manipulate, control, to sense sources of electromagnetic energy, electricity and magnitism and administer as a range of attacks with a range of uses; he can charge devices (such as the Justice League's Watchtower) with electricity, and alternatively drain the energy from them into himself, magnitise and unmagnitise metals. Static can hear Radiowaves meaning he can listen in on the police broadband and music stations. Virgil/Static can choose to keep the electromagnetic energy that he currently holds in his body by controling the Current and Voltage for whenever he wants to use it.

• Jets, Bolts, and Bursts of Electromagnetic Force - The means by which Static can fire-off Electromagnetic Energy, Virgil/Static can fire Jets of electromagnetic energy from his fingers for simple things like turning off electrical devices from stereos to light switches to knocking small things down unnoticed, or even to used to light up his finger/hand so he can see in the dark or administering a Static-Cling and even direct electromagnetic energy like a laser to cut and/or weld. Virgil/Static can fire Bolts of electromagnetic energy for offensive manoeuvres like Nova-Ball or Ball-Lightning when in a fight against Bang-Babies from Ebon to the Meta-Microbe in Grounded. Virgil/Static can fire Bursts of electromagnetic energy from his hands for uses like electrifying objects, administering large scale Static-Clings, generating shields and barriers and with a piece of wire he can generate a Nova-Burst.

• Electromagnetic Shields and Barriers - shields and barriers that Static can generate with Electromagnitism to block, repel, hold back attacks and defend himself in battle.

• Electromagnetic Fields - the size of the area that Static's power can have effect/manipulate; Virgil/Static generates an Electromagnetic field just like the earth & the sun generate their own Electromagnetic fields - in the episode Sunspots, sunspot activity on the sun effected the ebb & flow of power passing through out the Electromagnetic fields in the solar system "effecting microwaves, radiowaves & even certin electromagnetic devices here on earth" including Virgil/Static powers and the ways he able to his powers in situations, first they substantialy increased in power & intensity becoming very hard to control or not running out; and soon later decreased so badly that all Virgil/Static could doe with his power was causing sparks between his fingers - effectly putting him on the proverbial bench. When Hot-Streak went on a rampage, surrounding the Dakota Union High School in a high wall of flames, Virgil/Static confronted Hot-Streak with Zap-Caps (Mark 1), Hot-Streak gives chase ending up on top of a building rooftop with a large metal fan & a wooden water tower; having an idea that his body could still conduct Electromagnetic energy, Virgil/Static drains power from the electrically powered fan, blasts the wooden water tower, which soaks Hot-Streak & knocks him unconscious; after the sunspot activity ceases, Virgil/Static's powers are back to normal & under his control.

• Electromagnetic Levitation - Static can cause objects to fly (metal is the easiest material to manipulate and wood is the most difficult)

• Static Cling - Static can adhere most objects/people/Bang-Babies to surfaces and other objects, plus Static can magnetize surfaces

• Taser Punch - an electrified punch administered during combat to send opponents flying; also adaptable to use as a Taser Noogie (seen in They're Playing My Song.)

• Electromagnetic Displays - Electromagnetic Light Displays that Static can shoot into the sky in the forms of pictures and words. With more power behind it, Static can make these into Electromagnetic Nets &/or Cages like seen in Winds of Change when Static tried containing Slipstream and when he slowed down the desent of the the News Helocoptor that Slipstream had damaged. In Shock to the System, after his "First Bad-Guy Beat-Down" Static sends a hugh arrow in the sky above the warehouse saying "Bad Guys This Exit". In Consequences, after Daisy wakes up in the Hospital, Static sends her a hugh flower in the sky. In The Big Leagues, Static (having lost the small device Batman given him), sends his own Bat-Signal into the Sky.

• Taser Shots - shots of electromagnetic force aimed and shot out of Static's fists

• Double Taser Shot - a shot of electromagnetic force aimed & shot out of both Static's fists at the same time

• Ball Lightning - Electromagnetic Energy compressed into a large ball & thrown at targets; an offensive manoeuvre in a combat situation.

• Nova Ball - seen only in Sons of the Fathers, an attack of electromagnetic force, customized by Static to work especially on Ebon (Quote "I call that my Nova-Ball Ebon, it takes a lot out of me, but more out of you"); after being hit by the Nova-Ball, Ebon's physical shadowy form came apart from the light, Ebon was forced to disappear to somewhere else.

• Nova Burst - seen only in Bad Stretch, an attack of light & electromagnetic force run through some normal wire, customised by Static to work especially on Ebon, but useful to use on most opponents (Talon, Shiv & Carmen-Dillo) to blind them for a short while; but did not work on Aqua-Maria, it just passed right through her.

• Electromagnetic Pulse - Used in "'Junior '" knocking out all local electrical devices, to power down a bunch of security men's high-tech battle Exo-Skeletons to defend from teaming up on Edwin Alva Jr/Omnifarious.

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Villains

The majority of the villians and superhuman characters featured in the Static Shock cartoons are teenagers (mainly), peers and even classmates of Virgil's who were also subject to the Dakota City explosion. Collectively, they are referred to as Bang Babies.

• The Meta-Breed - a group/gang of mischievous Bang Babies
• Hot-Streak - pyrokinesis
• Ebon - umbrakinesis, teleportation (through portals) leader of the Meta-Breed

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