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[AquaCityBoy]

How they managed that?

Spoiler

 

[Jmare007]

Spoiler

That dude is the eternal asspull they always use to explain anything

 

[loyola llothta]

Milestone Universe Relaunch Reveals New Static Shock Origin

When Milestone returns to DC, there will be a new Static Shock origin as part of it.

As part of day two of DC’s big comic con pandemic substitute, DC Comics has made a metric ton of comics available for free online. Included in that passel of books are several from Milestone Comics – some classic issues of Icon, Hardware, and Static Shock, along with Milestone Returns #0, the kickoff to the big return of the Black-owned comic company slated for February. And there’s a pretty big surprise contained within.

The book is written by Reggie Hudlin and Greg Pak, with art from DC Publisher Jim Lee, Brothers Bond artist Ryan Benjamin; Teen Titans artist Khoi Pham; and Milestone co-founder Denys Cowan. Each artist gets a different introduction, and Benjamin and Hudlin rework Static’s origin to be a touch more timely.

In this new Milestone, Static gets his powers by being teargassed at a Black Lives Matter protest. On its face, this is a fairly big shift from his comics origin. He was initially given his superheroic abilities from sinister scientific experiments, back when Milestone first launched. But that was almost 30 years and one infinitely ceaseless pandemic March ago – the world has changed quite a bit since then, and it’s going to be interesting to see how Static, already an especially relatable teenage superhero that comics seems to do so well, also shifts with the times.


It’s also not impossible to imagine Static’s new origin dovetailing with his old one, with the Dakota City PD using an experimental formulation of tear gas that they bought as cheap surplus military equipment from an inattentive federal government and made by an evil arms company on the government dime.

Link:
Milestone Universe Relaunch Reveals New Static Shock Origin | Den of Geek

 

[loyola llothta]

I’m sorry I can’t... it’s like they don’t get it

 

[KravenMorehead™]

In this new Milestone, Static gets his powers by being teargassed at a Black Lives Matter protest.

 

[TheGodling]

That's the kind of super forced origin I would expect Reginald Hudlin would come up with.

 

[23Barrettcity]

I firmly believe only Peter Tomasi and Grant Morrison can write Damian well. He's the most insufferable little shyt under basically anyone else.

Doesn't help that writers act like him being Batman's biological son automatically makes him more important than the other Bat kids. Nevermind that kind of thinking ruins the entire concept of the Bat family.

To me I like Damian and feel like most writers can write him however for the storyline the use him in most are just about ohhh is he gonna then evil or ohh Damian doing something bad Bruce won’t like it . The focus on him and Jon in supersons I loved . I like when he’s the little prep time Batman in attitude overly cocky aNd self assured but usually makes mistakes due to his arrogance . What may help as I get it that a lot don’t like him is to have him go the Tim drake /impulse / miles morales route and live with someone else or go to boarding school and get his own cast of characters and have to deal with the hiding his identity and being a kid with a cast of supporting characters who are unique to him . Have him focus on being a hero a actual hero and combine that with his upbringing. It does get tiring that he chose to stay with Batman an be a hero and yet always is on the verge of or crossing the line

 

[BXKingPin82]

 

[Dillah810]

Milestone Universe Relaunch Reveals New Static Shock Origin

When Milestone returns to DC, there will be a new Static Shock origin as part of it.




Link:
Milestone Universe Relaunch Reveals New Static Shock Origin | Den of Geek

I don't have a problem with this retcon. I'm assuming there's more to it since teargassing in of itself can't plausibly give superpowers. I'm guessing maybe the police were using teargas that had experimental chemicals infused in it or something like that.

 

[Emoryal]

Milestone Universe Relaunch Reveals New Static Shock Origin

When Milestone returns to DC, there will be a new Static Shock origin as part of it.




Link:
Milestone Universe Relaunch Reveals New Static Shock Origin | Den of Geek

 

[Jello Biafra]

He originally got his powers by being teargassed at a gang fight where he was planning to shoot the gang member who was bullying him at school.

Being at a BLM protest updates his origin pretty well.

 

[Jello Biafra]

I don't have a problem with this retcon. I'm assuming there's more to it since teargassing in of itself can't plausibly give superpowers. I'm guessing maybe the police were using teargas that had experimental chemicals infused in it or something like that.

That's exactly what happened in the original origin story. Tear gas that had been experimented on by a shadowy organization resulted in the "Big Bang" that created all of the super-powered people in the Milestone Universe.

 

[Wild self]

That's exactly what happened in the original origin story. Tear gas that had been experimented on by a shadowy organization resulted in the "Big Bang" that created all of the super-powered people in the Milestone Universe.

Yeah, and the cartoon was the best example of it.

 

[Dillah810]

That's exactly what happened in the original origin story. Tear gas that had been experimented on by a shadowy organization resulted in the "Big Bang" that created all of the super-powered people in the Milestone Universe.

Okay. My memory of how he got his powers is murky. I thought it was in a gang fight near a chemical plant that exploded. Since this retcon is pretty much the same just a gang fight setting swapped out for a BLM protest, then that is actually better.

 

[Neuromancer]

Milestone Universe Relaunch Reveals New Static Shock Origin

When Milestone returns to DC, there will be a new Static Shock origin as part of it.




Link:
Milestone Universe Relaunch Reveals New Static Shock Origin | Den of Geek

Where the fukk was Hardware?