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Static #4 (Sep. 1993):
“Playing with Fire”
by Dwayne McDuffie, Robert L. Washington III, John Paul Leon, Shawn Martinbrough

Static #4

Title: “Playing with Fire”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1993

Publisher: DC Milestone Media
Written by: Dwayne McDuffie, Robert L. Washington III
Art by: John Paul Leon, Shawn Martinbrough


12 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Static Static (Virgil Hawkins)
(lead character)
hero
  black; Heroes...  DC Milestone Media 148
Rick Stone Rick Stone supporting character
CBR Scale: S LGBT
Ernest Hemingway High School
[Static's longtime friend]
DC Milestone Media 82
Frieda Goren Frieda Goren supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[Static's girlfriend/partner] DC Milestone Media, etc. 74
Holocaust Holocaust (Leonard Smalls) villain
  black; Blood Syndicate...  DC Milestone Media 43
Jean Hawkins Jean Hawkins supporting character
  black
[Static's mother]
DC Milestone Media 33
Sharon Hawkins Sharon Hawkins supporting character
  black
[Static's sister]
DC Milestone Media 61
Larry Wade Larry Wade supporting character
  black; Ernest Hemingway High School
[one of Static's best friends]
DC Milestone Media 22
Chuck Kane Chuck Kane supporting character
  Ernest Hemingway High School DC Milestone Media 8
Felix Felix supporting character
  Ernest Hemingway High School DC Milestone Media 12
Daisy Watkins Daisy Watkins supporting character
  black; Ernest Hemingway High School
[Static's girlfriend]
DC Milestone Media 41
Tarmack Tarmack (Charles Bell) villain
  [henchman; mercenary] DC Milestone Media 14
Giacomo Cornelius villain
  [a local Don] DC Milestone Media 3

Summary (from http://milestone.luthor.com/comics_detail.asp?ID=232&):

Static is wooed by Holocaust. Static sees the lifestyle of a high profile gangbanger. Static tags along as Holocaust pressures a fellow mobster. Static discovers that Larry and Frieda are romantically involved. Static's mom lays into him for losing his job and then gets Sharon a job. A disillusioned Static considers joining Holocaust's mob. Static and Holocaust go on another hit. Static sees how vicious Holocaust really is and decides to cut his relationship off. Virgil returns to his high school existence.