Religion: not determined yet
Name: Static
Alter Ego: Virgil Hawkins
Other Names: Virgil Ovid Hawkins
First Appearance: Static #1 (June 1993): "Burning Sensation"
Creators: Dwayne McDuffie, Robert L. Washington III, John Paul Leon, Steve Mitchell
Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes
Number of Appearances: 148
Comic Book Appearances: 97
TV, Film Appearances: 51
Teams/Affiliations: Heroes; The Teen Titans
Enemy of: Hotstreak
Race: black
Gender: male
From: Steven M. Bergson, "Jewish Comics Exhibit Notes", 5 December 2004 on the Hadassahfink's Home Page website (http://www.geocities.com/hadassahfink/comicexhnotes.htm; viewed 4 July 2007):
Static #5
When a synagogue is bombed by a black supremacist, a riot breaks out between the local Jews and blacks. African-American superhero Static manages to quell the riot, with the help of Rabbi Kelman and an unnamed black pastor.
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Static.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_(comics)
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0039120/
- http://www.comicvine.com/static/29-26578/