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Static #8 (Jan. 1994):
“Needless to Say, the Party Broke Up”
by Robert L. Washington III, John Paul Leon, Shawn Martinbrough

Static #8

Title: “Needless to Say, the Party Broke Up”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1994

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


15 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
Funyl Funyl villain
  The Star Chamber DC Milestone Media 2
Rick Stone Rick Stone supporting character
CBR Scale: S LGBT
Ernest Hemingway High School
[Static's longtime friend]
DC Milestone Media 82
Dharma Dharma (Harry Chawney) villain hero
CBR Scale: M prophet
The Shadow Cabinet (leader) DC Milestone Media 32
Plus Plus (Bina and Apurna Chawney) hero
  Asian; The Shadow Cabinet DC Milestone Media 15
Frieda Goren Frieda Goren supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[Static's girlfriend/partner] DC Milestone Media, etc. 74
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
Daisy Watkins Daisy Watkins supporting character
  black; Ernest Hemingway High School
[Static's girlfriend]
DC Milestone Media 41
The Star Chamber The Star Chamber villain group
  [operative] DC Milestone Media 7
The Shadow Cabinet The Shadow Cabinet hero group
  [1st app: Hardware #11 (Jan. 1994)] DC Milestone Media 33
The Botanist The Botanist villain
  [botanist] DC Milestone Media 2
Narnie Narnie (Apurna Chawney) hero
  Asian; The Shadow Cabinet DC Milestone Media 2
Arthur Goren Arthur Goren
(mentioned) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[father of Static's girlfriend Frieda] DC Milestone Media 2
Mrs. Goren Mrs. Goren
(mentioned) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[mother of Static's girlfriend Frieda] DC Milestone Media 2

Summary (from http://milestone.luthor.com/comics_detail.asp?ID=236&):

Dharma and Plus watch Static take out a two-bit criminal call the Botanist. Frieda gets tricked into holding a party at her house, while her parents are gone. Virgil and friends decide to help Frieda control the mob scene the eventually results. Static meets Funyl, who tries to recruit him for the Star Chamber. Static arrives at Frieda's party, which is packed. Plus barges in on Static and tries to make him join the Shadow Cabinet. Daisy walks in on Plus and Virgil and thinks that something fishy is going on. Funyl arrives to confront Plus. Static leaves to save Frieda's party from some hoods and Plus helps him out. Because Plus helped him out, he decides to go with the Shadow Cabinet.