This week, we’re looking at “Static Shock” (2000–04), an influential animated series following Virgil Hawkins, a 14-year-old boy who fights crime as “Static,” a superhero with electromagnetic powers.

Sebastian is a pop culture writer with a passion for research, especially when it comes to movies, anime, and games. He holds a Bachelor's degree in History and has written features, movie reviews, ...

Milestone Comics brass shared big news for Static and the rest of the superheroes of Dakota City at this weekend’s DC FanDome. Milestone characters are coming to animation for the first time since ...

Static Shock follows Virgil Hawkins (Phil LaMarr), a 14-year-old kid in Dakota City whose life is changed forever after “The Big Bang”, a clash between police and protesters that leads to various ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Warner Bros. (Warner Bros.) Superheroes and TV have gone hand in hand since the 1950s. While most TV series focused on ...

Comics know nothing if not how to sell you nostalgia, and that's exactly what the upcoming Batman/Static: Beyond is providing. Kids growing up in the 1990s and early 2000s were eating well in terms of ...

There are very few turn-of-the-21st-century cartoons that are still particularly relevant and widely talked about in today's pop culture. There are exceptions like SpongeBob SquarePants, which ...

Although I've read my fair share of comics over the last decade, they weren't my gateway to a love of superheroes. Kids growing up today have all these great movies to be their gateway. But as a child ...