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Virgil Hawkins is Static, a young hero with electromagnetic powers.

Origins

Virgil Hawkins was born in Dakota City as the second child of Robert and Jean Hawkins, and the younger brother of Sharon Hawkins. In high school, he became friends with Frieda Goren, Daisy Watkins and Richie Foley.

At some point, Virgil went to a Black Lives Matter protest in Dakota with Frieda and Daisy, where the Greater Dakota Police Department used a unstable tear gas created by Alva Industries, inadvertently causing the "Big Bang" and creating several metahumans, also known as the Bang Babies. As he was exposed to the gas, Virgil gained a variety of electromagnetic powers. Eventually, he decided to become a superhero, calling himself "Static".[1]

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Powers

  • Bang Baby Physiology: Static's physiology was altered by a mutant-genetic explosion which caused him to adapt unusual powers. Static's body itself can generate raw electrical energy, which he has learned to manipulate, control and enhance.[2]
    • Electrokinesis: Static is able to generate electrical energy from his body that he has learned to manipulate in a variety of ways. By focusing the lightning in his hands, Static is able to enhance his strikes.[2] He even, from a distance, just made eye-contact with another and sent a instantaneous electrical charge into them to incapacitate them, without firing an actual bolt of electricity.[3]
      • Electro-Blast: Static is able to focus his energy to project powerful bolts and arcs of lightning. He is able to generate blasts powerful enough to nearly kill a person[2] and even stagger powerful aliens like Mr Lord.[4]
      • "Taser Punch"[5]
    • Electromagnetism: Due to his electrical abilities, Static is able to manipulate magnetism for a variety or purposes. He can use his electricity to magnetize and demagnetize metal objects at will.[2] Static was able to stop a round of bullets fired at him, due to his electrical aura magnetizing them, stopping them in their tracks.[6] He was also able to change the magnetic properties of the metal in a group of police officer's guns, launching them hundreds of feet into the air.[6] His magnetic powers allow him to flip a moving van and then lift it from the ground.[3]
      • Electromagnetic Fields: Static is able to use his energy to create electromagnetic fields. When battling Hotstreak, Static was able to generate a massive electromagnetic field that was able to smother Hotstreak's fire, by ionizing the oxygen surrounding it.[1] Static's force fields are strong enough to absorb several energy blasts.[3]
      • Static Cling: Static can magnetize surfaces with his electricity, allowing him to adhere himself to surfaces and other objects.[6]
      • Flight: Static can fly by riding metallic objects.[3]

Abilities

Equipment

  • Static's Uniform
    • Safety suit[6] sewn with a chimeric cloth and high-grade protective material[6]; "Fabric made of chimeric chemicals. The stability of normal molecules, interwoven with the mutability of carbene molecules", which is supposed to be theoretical.[7] It is flame retardant and is resistant to most chemicals.[6]
    • Goggles
  • Kinetic Energy Responsive Metal: A metal that looks liquid. However, it is "Definitely metal, and not liquid, but it seems to respond to energy. Kinetic Metal?"[6]

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