The CW’s latest DC superhero TV show, Black Lightning isn’t even out yet, but its producers are already airing their hopes that more characters from the DC pantheon will find their way onto the series in the future.
Speaking at the Atx TV Festival in Austin, Texas, co-showrunner Salim Akil talked about his love for the character Static Shock and how much he would like to have him on the show.
“I love the idea of Static Shock, and in success, hopefully, we’ll be able to pull other characters in in that way. So I’m holding out hope because I love that character.”
Originally created for Milestone Comics, Static Shock – also known as plain old Static – was later incorporated into the mainline DC universe. The character’s alter ego is Virgil Hawkins, a regular teenager who gains electromagnetic powers in a metahuman-creating event called “The Big Bang.
Speaking at the Atx TV Festival in Austin, Texas, co-showrunner Salim Akil talked about his love for the character Static Shock and how much he would like to have him on the show.
“I love the idea of Static Shock, and in success, hopefully, we’ll be able to pull other characters in in that way. So I’m holding out hope because I love that character.”
Originally created for Milestone Comics, Static Shock – also known as plain old Static – was later incorporated into the mainline DC universe. The character’s alter ego is Virgil Hawkins, a regular teenager who gains electromagnetic powers in a metahuman-creating event called “The Big Bang.
- 6/16/2017
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
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