LAUNCHED AT DC BY a coalition of African-American creators including Denys Cowan and the late Dwayne McDuffie, Milestone Media celebrates its 30th anniversary this February with a range of new offerings, including the return of Static in new miniseries Shadows Of Dakota.
Originally modelled on Spider-Man, the teenage Virgil Hawkins has proved to be one of the imprint’s most enduring characters, starring in the animated Static Shock TV show nearly 20 years before Black Panther first graced the big screen.
“It’s funny, because people are with co-scripter Vita Ayala. “I remember watching the cartoon when I was younger and there were a lot of mature themes in there that you didn’t really expect, and then when I went back and looked at the original Milestone Static, those themes are even stronger.
