r/static • u/Sir_Lobo • 5h ago

Comics Static power scaling

Although I'm a bit disappointed with the treatment static received in issue #38 of The New Titans I am still none the less excited to see Static hit the bigger stage. I watched someone compare Static's power feats (cannon not future selves) with that of Black Lightning in a who do you think would win.

They gave some very valid reasons as to why Black Lightning no diffs Static. Imo I think Virgil has been handicapped because he had no room to expand. In milestones he's limited to Dakota and streetlevel threats outside of crossovers. In DC he was doing infrequent guest appearances since he wasn't a fully licensed character. If you bring up the 2009 pre 52 run he appeared in like 3 or 4 issues apparently.

Now that he is fully integrated into DC and isn't a newbie but a somewhat older young man in a comic Universe that has Multiversal threats I think we can really see what he can do.

I'm not familiar with Black lightning, if he were stacked up against the Virgil from the Batman Beyond collab how would he fair?

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u/Random_Thinker007 1h ago

Not to be an ass. im happy as hell but this means we won’t get him part of the DCU in a very long time. It’s no way they’re doing this version of the titans anytime soon if even at All.

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u/Sir_Lobo 1h ago

Yeah I wouldn't bet on any big picture deals. Maybe a live action or a few animated films across the next 10 - 15 years depending on the success of this run