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A review by ashkitty93
Static Shock, Vol. 1: Supercharged by Scott McDaniel, John Rozum, Marc Bernardin
3.0
The majority of the tone felt right (at least compared to what I remember from the Static Shock tv show when I was a kid) but the opening was jarring. As a reboot, I was expecting if not an origin story then some kind of foundation in the beginning but we don't get that with this. Readers get thrown straight into the deep end and left to figure out things like why Virgil's sister has a clone and, if you're unfamiliar with most Static villains, who all these people are. I also wondered why Richie doesn't make an appearance. Sigh.
The unfortunate thing, aside from the fact that this version of Static was canceled after 8 issues (all of which are collected herein), is that while I followed along pretty well for the first few issues, later on it got a bit disjointed and confusing. Meh. And the pseudo-Joker guy: is it the Joker or not? We'll never know. Thanks, cancellation.
The unfortunate thing, aside from the fact that this version of Static was canceled after 8 issues (all of which are collected herein), is that while I followed along pretty well for the first few issues, later on it got a bit disjointed and confusing. Meh. And the pseudo-Joker guy: is it the Joker or not? We'll never know. Thanks, cancellation.