Reviews

Static Shock!: Rebirth of the Cool by Dwayne McDuffie, Melissa Edwards, John Paul Leon

romanjones's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

kiarrasayshi's review against another edition

4.0

I really loved this so much. I hesitate to give it 5 stars because it doesn't have that obsessive reread it a million times quality I usually reserve that five star rating for, but it definitely has me wanting to read more Static! Like many, I watched the cartoon when k was a kid and loved it. This comic hit that nostalgia hard, but it was also great in it's own right. Virgil is a totally believable teenage superhero. He even almost gets hair chopped off for not brushing it all summer! That happened to me when I was a kid only I wasn't able to talk my way out of it

mash1138's review against another edition

2.0

Meh. This collection didn’t do much for me. I got a little over halfway through it and gave up on it.

ashkitty93's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 stars!

The volume I found on hoopla combined Rebirth of the Cool with Trial by Fire, which would've been nice to know a few weeks ago before I read Trial by Fire separately. Anyway, this was a ton of fun! I love Virgil's pop culture references (hello, Pokemon) and I need a Static/Spidey crossover PLEASE.

jhstack's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

yellow_star's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This was advertised as a tie in with the Static Shock tv show from the early 2000's. It is very different from the show though. 

The benefit of the show is that it talks about real issues while being an entertaining show. 

This comic has different characters, including the set up of Virgil having a stable family while his white best friend has a poor and chaotic home life to challenge stereotypes is gone. The teens only deal with silly stuff instead of real issues, the characters are less diverse, the setting was dated and felt like the 80's instead of 2009, and this comic feeds stereotypes instead of fighting them. 

Overall this has nothing in common with the TV show because even Virgil/ Static Shock has a different personality. 

val_z's review against another edition

adventurous funny

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

kryten4k's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

emeelee's review against another edition

DNF'ed. I LOVED the Static Shock animated TV show as a kid (actually, I still do), so I wanted to give the comics a try. Though this edition was published in 2009, I didn't realize that the issues were from the early '90s. The storyline and artwork were too dated for me to enjoy, personally. I'll try the New 52 version.

birdmanseven's review against another edition

4.0

This only made me want to read the classic run of Static even more. I wish DC had more on the app!

We covered Static over on Comic Book Coffee Break: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/from-the-stacks-its-comic-book-coffee-break