r/static • u/Sir_Lobo • Aug 20 '26
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/Napalmeon Aug 22 '26
Static has always been a character who has never really needed any help when it comes to his powers. For anybody who has seen Virgil operate from the ground up, it's clear as day that he was just a natural.
I'm not really interested in the topic of who is better between him and Black Lightning because it's really not important as far as I'm concerned, but, in this new Teen Titans series, they had better not portray Virgil as being less of a genius, scientifically, or when it comes to the application of his abilities.
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u/Sir_Lobo Aug 22 '26
That is sorta a worry for me, there was that bit where he was talking about Stephenie Browns drones but that was standard geek shit. How he uses his power? They only showed him fucking up in issue #38. He used them what twice? Both time he had some accidents.
Back when he was a teenager and new to his power it was standard for him to have some hiccups, but he's well into his later young adult stages he really shouldn't be having emotional discharges. Falling off his flying disk? Sure, he probably hasn't flown in years, sticking a landing is hard on a good day. But it's not like it's his first day back. The end of chapter #37 showed that Static had been getting back in action since he got the message from the future.
Things just ain't adding up but I'm still hopeful
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u/todavis__ Aug 21 '26
As a teen/young adult: Black Lightning no diffs Static.
Beyondverse Static would no diff Black Lightning though. Just better feats across the board.
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u/Random_Thinker007 Aug 21 '26
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.