John Rozum, “Why I Quit Static”
“Back when Static Shock and several other DC titles had their cancellations announced, the obvious reason for all of them to be cancelled was blamed first: their sales rates were too low. But there was also more hinted at behind the cancellations of two specific titles: Mister Terrific and Static Shock. Both series feature African-American protagonists, and this has lead to streams of people yelling at DC and accusing them of being ‘racist.’ “
The controversy surrounding these cancellations is surprising, and I wonder if those accusations are founded at all, but overall it does not change the fact that Static will be ending in May, along with several other DC titles that, sadly, could not make it to the second wave of New 52 books.
Read the full news story here.
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