CBR: Static Was Almost A Member of Bendis' Young Justice Team

[The S0/\/\@7ic Si/\/\[]Dl370n]

Did this need it's own thread? That was some old news some more discussion in the STATIC forum- https://community.cbr.com/showthread...=1#post3970855

Didn't see this. It's kind of hidden in there along with many other things.

Also, the discussion in there still leaves many unanswered questions.

Milestone heads probably ok'ed it and are in contract to receive some form of royalty from the Young Justice show. I would imagine the same was done with the comic.

The Young Justice cartoon I get, but a charity comic based on an obscure character that, unfortunately, probably didn't sell that many copies was okay, while a new comic featuring popular characters and done by a star creative team, including a very popular superstar writer, or the sequel to an extremely popular video game featuring every A-list DC character (including Superman and Batman) with the ability to sell MILLIONS of copies, many times over than any Batman comic, at a much higher price point, weren't?

Cartoon and comic are separate license.

With Milestone relaunching the comic incarnation in it's own universe, they likely wanted full control over the direction of the character and an exclusive version out there, so their relaunch is the focal point of where to follow the character. (at least at first)

Sadly what happened is the actual comic RELAUNCH hasn't happened.
So what was them trying to properly guide their character in the comic, now people bringing this up, looks like they are withholding the character from the comics. Which isn't the case.

But these things could have resulted in massive amounts of promotion, at least in Static's case, for the upcoming relaunch and garner more interest and more potential readers where there wasn't before.

And again, how were some things okay, like the Young Justice cartoon and the random La Boriqueña comic, but other things, like Injustice 2 and the Young Justice comic by Bendis, weren't?

[The S0/\/\@7ic Si/\/\[]Dl370n]

I'd rather have the Milestone and DC universe separated to be honest with you. There are so many great, neglected characters that originally sprung up in the DC continuity, that it seems heinous to waste those properties on characters that migrated from another company, and don't really meld well with the DC Universe to begin with. This is the same problem that occurred during the conception of the New Fifty Two with bringing forth the Wild Storm characters into the wider DCU. They don't belong.

Just curious, in what way do they not "meld" with the DCU? What makes them, especially characters like Static, any different from any other DC character?

Plus, it's not like it's either/or. Milestone characters don't prevent other DC characters from receiving spotlight.

Don't wish that. Look at how DC treats it black characters. They can't be bothered to do anything beyond the minimal no matter what.

He would probably be lying dead in Heroes in Crisis or trashed like the rest of the Titans. He is where he needs to be out of DC's hands.

While the main losers in all this are the fans-think of how much MONEY DC & Milestone are losing.

At a time where folks are screaming for black heroes and merchandise. Too bad Marvel is getting all of it.

Like many of their non-colored characters, DC has treated some of their characters of color well, while others they haven't.

This is an issue publishers even outside of the Big 2 struggle with.

What do you mean by that?
It's Milestone who get to pick and choose where (and under what circumstances) their characters appear.


Milestone is free to develop thier characters where they want.
They can (and should) develop a Static movie (animated or live action)themselves or at any studio who wants them, including Marvel if they want it.
How is this DC/WB fault?

Not quite. IICR, I think McDuffie said somewhere that DC had first rights of refusal over the characters at least published under the original company.