Static Shock is an animated series starring Virgil Hawkins as Static, a teenage African American superhero with electromagnetic powers. It is based on a comic book series by Milestone Comics (an independently-owned imprint published by DC Comics). It debuted in September 2000 on Kids WB, and ran for four seasons, a total of 52 half-hour episodes. It was later picked up for rebroadcast by Cartoon Network, and airs on the Miguzi block. The series was itself the basis for a Game Boy Advance game of the same name, ...

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• Static Shock - Background
• Static Shock - Characters
• Static Shock - Virgil Ovid Hawkins
• Static Shock - Supporting characters
• Static Shock - Other heroes
• Static Shock - Villains
• Static Shock - Other Bang-Babies
• Static Shock - Episodes
• Static Shock - Season 1
• Static Shock - Season 2
• Static Shock - Season 3
• Static Shock - Season 4

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Static Shock, Static Shock - Background, Static Shock - Characters, Static Shock - Title Character, Static Shock - Supporting characters, Static Shock - Other heroes, Static Shock - Villains, Static Shock - Other Bang-Babies, Static Shock - Episodes, Static Shock - Season 1, Static Shock - Season 2, Static Shock - Season 3, Static Shock - Season 4

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Static Shock - Virgil Ovid Hawkins. Static (Virgil Ovid Hawkins) - voice: Phil LaMarr - The main character is Virgil Ovid Hawkins, an African American high school student in the fictional city of Dakota. As a result of accidental exposure to an experimental mutagen in an event known as the Big Bang, he gained the ability to control and manipulate electricity, and uses these powers to become a superhero named "Static". Countless others who were also exposed gained a wide variety of mutations and abilities, a ...

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Static Shock, Static Shock - Background, Static Shock - Characters, Static Shock - Virgil Ovid Hawkins, Static Shock - Supporting characters, Static Shock - Other heroes, Static Shock - Villains, Static Shock - Other Bang-Babies, Static Shock - Episodes, Static Shock - Season 1, Static Shock - Season 2, Static Shock - Season 3, Static Shock - Season 4

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Pyrokinesis is the postulated or fictional psi ability to excite the atoms within an object, possibly creating enough energy to ignite the object. Pyrokinesis would be a minor form of psychokinesis, similar to poltergeist activity. Stephen King's story Firestarter prominently features use of pyrokinesis. In fantastic science fiction and superhero comic books, a pyrokinetic is a person capable of generating flames from thin air, not requiring the consumption of oxygen or combustible objects to maintain the flames. Pyrokin ...

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• Pyrokinesis - Fictional pyrokinetics
• Pyrokinesis - Comics
• Pyrokinesis - Films
• Pyrokinesis - Manga and Animation
• Pyrokinesis - Novel
• Pyrokinesis - Television
• Pyrokinesis - Video Games
• Pyrokinesis - Webcomic

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Batman Beyond (Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America and Australia/New Zealand) was an animated television series created by WB Network in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy. The series is part of the DC Animated Universe; kicking off the future time period of Bruce Timm's still continuing universe. The show began in 1999 and ended in 2002 with 52 episodes and one Direct-to-Video movie under its belt, and there are no plans to revive the series in the near future. However, there was a short lived spin-off, The Zeta Pro ...

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• Batman Beyond - Story
• Batman Beyond - Episode Guide
• Batman Beyond - Project Batman Beyond
• Batman Beyond - Movies
• Batman Beyond - DVD releases
• Batman Beyond - Comics
• Batman Beyond - Spinoffs

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Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of beauty and the moral value of art, so the aestheticization of violence is the process of making the act and the product of violence appear attractive. Aestheticization of violence - The power of art. High culture has the capacity to aestheticize violence into a form of autonomous art. "If any human act evokes the aesthetic experience of the sublime, certainly it is the act of murder. And if murder can be experienced aesthetically, the murdere ...

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• Aestheticization of violence - The power of art
• Aestheticization of violence - Aestheticization through art
• Aestheticization of violence - First step towards an answer
• Aestheticization of violence - Semiotic rules in action
• Aestheticization of violence - An example

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A superhero is a fictional character who is noted for feats of courage and nobility, who usually has a colorful name and costume and abilities beyond those of normal human beings. A female superhero is called a superheroine. Since the definitive superhero, Superman, debuted in 1938, the stories of superheroes - ranging from episodic adventures to decades-long sagas - have become an entire genre of fiction that has dominated American comic books and crossed over into several other media. Superhero - Common t ...

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• Superhero - Common traits
• Superhero - Common costume features
• Superhero - Character subtypes
• Superhero - Divergent character examples
• Superhero - History of superheroes in comic books
• Superhero - Antecedents
• Superhero - Golden Age
• Superhero - Silver Age
• Superhero - Deconstruction of the superhero
• Superhero - Struggles of the 1990s
• Superhero - Growth in diversity
• Superhero - Female characters
• Superhero - Non-Caucasian characters
• Superhero - Gay characters
• Superhero - Diversified teams
• Superhero - Treatment in other media
• Superhero - Film
• Superhero - Live-action television series
• Superhero - Animation
• Superhero - Radio
• Superhero - Prose
• Superhero - Computer games
• Superhero - Notes

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Francis Stone, better known as "Biz-Money-B", was the leader of one of the gangs in the Big Bang, he was the leader of the "5-Alarm Crew". After becoming exposed to a mutagen at the Big Bang, Stone gained the abilities of super-speed and pyrokinesis, the latter being fuelled by the accumulated friction heat energy generated by the former. He is also indirectly responsible for Virgil Hawkins becoming the superhero Static - Hawkins had come to the Big Bang intending to kill Stone in the confusion, and, although he had realised he couldn ...

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Hot-Streak, Hot-Streak - Hot-Streak in the Comicbook, Hot-Streak - Hot-Streak in the Animated Series

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Like any other awkward 15 year-old, Virgil Hawkins worries about sex, pocket money, sex, and getting beaten up. But recently, he's had even more on his mind: stuff like his powers, his secret identity, and sex. Because, when innocents are in danger, and Virgil can slip away from class, the geeky youth becomes Static, the dashing, adventurous superhero! Virgil attends Ernest Hemingway High, an example of a good City of Dakota public school, on its way down. In Sadler, a working-class section of Dakota, being a flashy superher ...

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Static superhero, Static superhero - Dwayne McDuffie's Description of Virgil Static Hawkins, Static superhero - Comics, Static superhero - Animated series, Static superhero - Powers, Static superhero - Gadgets used by Static, Static superhero - Trivia

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Teen Titans animated series - Heroes. Teen Titans Titans East Other Titans featured in the animated series Argent Bushido Gnarrk (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) Herald Hot Spot (voiced by Bumper Robinson) Jericho Kid Flash (voiced by Michael Rosenbaum) Killowat Kole (voiced by Tara Strong) Melvin, Timmy Tantrum (both voiced by Russi Taylor) and Teether (voiced by Tara Strong) Pan ...

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Teen Titans animated series, Teen Titans animated series - Synopsis, Teen Titans animated series - Criticism, Teen Titans animated series - Secret identities, Teen Titans animated series - Continuity, Teen Titans animated series - Cast, Teen Titans animated series - Heroes, Teen Titans animated series - Villains

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In 1979, comedian Charlie Callas played Sinestro in the Legends of the Superheroes live action TV specials. Sinestro has made several apperances in the DCAU, first in Superman: The Animated Series. His origins, while not explicitly developed, follow the same dramatic line of his comics origin: Sinestro was a Green Lantern whom the Guardians determined was unfit for the power of the job. His yellow ring is as-of-yet unexplained (since the animated Green Lanterns have no determinable weakness to yellow, the color of Sinest ...

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Sinestro, Sinestro - History, Sinestro - Beginnings, Sinestro - Downfall, Sinestro - Revenge, Sinestro - Rebirth, Sinestro - Other Media, Sinestro - Other Links

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Sinestro - Beginnings. A native of the planet Korugar, Sinestro was initially considered to be one of the greatest Green Lanterns, but as the years passed, he became more and more fixated not simply on protecting the magenta-skinned Korugarians, but on preserving order in their society. Eventually he concluded that the best way to accomplish this was to conquer them, a ...

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Sinestro, Sinestro - History, Sinestro - Beginnings, Sinestro - Downfall, Sinestro - Revenge, Sinestro - Rebirth, Sinestro - Other Media, Sinestro - Other Links

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In his initial dozen or so appearances, starting with Batman #1 (1940), the Joker was a straightforward mass murderer, much like a typical Dick Tracy villain with a bizarre appearance modeled after the playing card, but with only comparatively mild eccentric behavior. He was a master thief who liked to leave smiling corpses in his wake. In these early appearances, he would steal any number of things, but he seemed to have a particular fondness for jewels. It is of note that in his second appearance ("The Joker Returns", also in Bat ...

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Joker comics, Joker comics - Character analysis, Joker comics - Character history, Joker comics - Powers and abilities, Joker comics - Publication history, Joker comics - Appearances in other media, Joker comics - In the animated series, Joker comics - In television, Joker comics - In film, Joker comics - Bibliography, Joker comics - Web Sites, Joker comics - Parodies

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Joker comics - In the animated series. Batman: The Animated Series—mainly in the episode "Beware the Creeper" and the spin-off movie Batman: Mask of the Phantasm—offers another version of the Joker's history: he is portrayed as a former anonymous hitman for the Mafia with ties to the Beaumont family, later responsible for the death of Carl Beaumont. As in the 1989 movie, he was not wearing any disguise when he made his fateful attempt to rob the chemical factory. Unlike the movie, no attempt has ...

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Joker comics, Joker comics - Character analysis, Joker comics - Character history, Joker comics - Powers and abilities, Joker comics - Publication history, Joker comics - Appearances in other media, Joker comics - In the animated series, Joker comics - In television, Joker comics - In film, Joker comics - Bibliography, Joker comics - Web Sites, Joker comics - Parodies

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Pyrokinesis - Comics. The Black Queen of Marvel Comics' Hellfire Club from the X-Men series Fire of DC Comics' Justice League Firebird of Marvel Comics' Avengers Firehawk of DC Comics Firestar of Marvel Comics's Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and X-Men Holocaust (a.k.a. Pyre) of the Milestone Comics title Blood Syndicate. The Human Torch of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four Lee Jackson and Jerry Montrose (Pyre) ...

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Pyrokinesis, Pyrokinesis - Fictional pyrokinetics, Pyrokinesis - Comics, Pyrokinesis - Films, Pyrokinesis - Manga and Animation, Pyrokinesis - Novel, Pyrokinesis - Television, Pyrokinesis - Video Games, Pyrokinesis - Webcomic

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Pyrokinesis - Comics and Manga. The Black Queen of Marvel Comics' Hellfire Club from the X-Men series Corona of DC Comics' Aquaman Effigy of DC Comics' Green Lantern Fire of DC Comics' Justice League Firebird of Marvel Comics' Avengers Firehawk of DC Comics Firestar of Marvel Comics's Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and X-Men Holocaust (a.k.a. Pyre) of the Milestone Comics title Blood Syndicate. The Human ...

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Pyrokinesis, Pyrokinesis - Fictional pyrokinetics, Pyrokinesis - Comics and Manga, Pyrokinesis - Films, Pyrokinesis - Animation, Pyrokinesis - Novel, Pyrokinesis - Television, Pyrokinesis - Video Games, Pyrokinesis - Webcomic

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First appearing in Action Comics #242 (July 1958), Brainiac was a bald, green-skinned humanoid who arrived on Earth and shrank various cities including Metropolis, storing them in bottles with the intent of using them to restore Bryak, the planet he ruled. He was accompanied by a "space monkey" named Koko. While fighting Brainiac, Superman discovered the villain had previously shrunk the Kryptonian city of Kandor. He was able to restore the Earth cities to full size, but the Kandorians sacrificed their restoration to help him. Superman stored the city in his Fortress of Solitu ...

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Brainiac comics, Brainiac comics - Pre-Crisis, Brainiac comics - Post-Crisis, Brainiac comics - Appearances in other media, Brainiac comics - Animation, Brainiac comics - Television

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Despite being popular with many viewers, some fans of the comics criticize the series for its childish nature.[1] The series is also disliked among some cartoon fans and otaku for its hybrid of western and eastern animation. [2] The series's creators unabashedly admit that the focus audience for the show would be younger children. Executive Producer and Cartoon Network V.P. Sam Register has responded: "Justice League is awesome and Samurai Jack is awesome and we buy a lot of anime shows that're great, but those sh ...

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Teen Titans animated series, Teen Titans animated series - Synopsis, Teen Titans animated series - Criticism, Teen Titans animated series - Secret identities, Teen Titans animated series - Continuity, Teen Titans animated series - Cast, Teen Titans animated series - Heroes, Teen Titans animated series - Villains

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Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley, a botanist from Seattle, was once a very intelligent scientist who knew just about everything about plants. That is, until a scientist named Jason Woodrue (aka Floronic Man) conducted experiments upon her. The experiments placed toxins in her blood stream that make her touch deadly and allow her to be immune to all poisons, viruses, bacteria, and fungi. They also made her barren, and she has treated her plants as children, mothering them, ever since. Thus, she became Poison Ivy. She would become more plant-li ...

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Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy - Description and personality, Poison Ivy - Character history, Poison Ivy - In other media, Poison Ivy - Scientific incongruity, Poison Ivy - Trivia

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Spontaneous human combustion is also used in popular culture movies and television shows: In an episode of the BBC's sitcom Red Dwarf titled "Confidence and Paranoia", the main character, Dave Lister, is informed that a previous mayor of Warsaw spontaneously combusted. He then contracts a virus that turns his subconscious thoughts into reality, thus causing the mayor of Warsaw to appear on the ship and then explode. In the song "Pardon Me" by the band Incubus and in the Eminem song "3 verses", the lyrics refer to ...

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Spontaneous human combustion, Spontaneous human combustion - Alleged Characteristics, Spontaneous human combustion - Some alleged SHC fatalities, Spontaneous human combustion - Some survivors of alleged SHC, Spontaneous human combustion - SHC historical controversy, Spontaneous human combustion - Hypotheses, Spontaneous human combustion - General misidentification hypothesis, Spontaneous human combustion - Spontaneous human combustion conjectures, Spontaneous human combustion - Use in written fiction, Spontaneous human combustion - Use in other popular culture, Spontaneous human combustion - Quotes, Spontaneous human combustion - Notes

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