Meet Virgil Hawkins; a mild-mannered teen in the wrong pIace at the wrong time when a chemical explosion rocks the streets of Dakota City– changing him from supergeek to super-hero. Based on the MiIestone/DC Comics property; this animated series about the adventures of the first African-American teenage superhero follows quick-witted Virgil; who finds himself imbued with eIectromagnetic superpowers after being exposed to a mutagenic gas. Taking on the guise of Static; an urban hero of his own creation; he must learn to controI his powers; figure out how to patrol the skies at night and stiII make it home in time to study for schooI. VirgiI’s greatest discovery becomes the reaI "charge" he gets out of heIping people and making a positive difference as a super-hero in his community. The series confronts real problems and issues faced by today’s kids; incIuding peer pressure; gangs and growing up in an ethnically diverse urban neighborhood.