Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-47881-20130131215135/@comment-1895174-20130202175654

Tupka217 wrote: He's Static. In powers, in character, in backstory (from the little glimpses we've caught). But, because of his teammates, he's also partly Black Vulcan. How can you not understand it?

If they used Static, Bombshell, Kid Devil and Hot Spot (for example), instead of the other Super Friends heroes, then he obviously wouldn't be associated with Black Vulcan.

Because he's not Black Vulcan.

Let's look at this another way: his teammates are all named after those Super Friends characters in some way or another. "Ed Dorado" is rather clear, "Asami" is shortened to "Sam", and "Longshadow" was the name of the Apache Chief character from the DCAU.

All Virgil and Black Vulcan have in common is their race and electrokinesis, yet just a few weeks ago you said the "Mal will become Cyborg" theory was baseless because it was predicated on only their race and build. How is it any different?