With the characters from the Milestone line of comics becoming more integrated into the DC Universe, it was only a matter of time until one of their villains showed up also. Static has been appearing in the Justice League and Teen Titans books. This issue, he gets a solo story . . of sorts, except for the reluctant team-up with Black Lightning. Jefferson Pierce is the key-note speaker at a graduation in Dakota . . Hemingway High. Which appears to be Virgil's home-town. Holocaust is there also. It appears that while Luthor was in office, Holocaust was trying to ride on the tails of a gambling bill and hoping to open a casino. He had the up-front money and everything. But when Jefferson helped to defeat the bill, remember he was the Secretary of Education at the time, Holocaust now blames him for losing all of that money. Anyways, long story short, they each try to defeat him separately, but they can't. Together they have enough power to bring the guy down. Virgil goes into the story being a little suspicious of Jefferson, and his motives. He was, after all one of Luthor's lackeys. But by the end of the story, he has a new-found respect for him and even goes so far to say "Forget what you heard, Black Lightning's my hero. Um . . and Static's. I'd imagine." Matt Wayne does the story. It's a little simplistic, but . . it's ok. Howard Porter does the art. There's going to be a couple of fill-in issues here as we wait for issue #27. In it, J Michael Straczynski takes over the reins of this book. That's when this title should be back in it's glory again.
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