Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-47881-20130131215135/@comment-1895174-20130202174358

Tupka217 wrote:

LoveWaffle wrote:

Tupka217 wrote: This character is just as much Black Vulcan as he is Static. It's a composite character. That's because Black Vulcan was just an African-American with electrokinesis. Jamie Foxx's Electro in the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man sequel is as much Black Vulcan as Virgil is here. Tye is Apache Chief. Ed is El Dorado. Sam is Samurai. How can Virgil then not be Black Vulcan? Just because he's the only one whose name is not made up for the show, doesn't make him any less Black Vulcan.

He's not Black Vulcan simply because he's not Black Vulcan. There's all the references to Static (including the line referencing "static shocks" and levitating the trashcan lid), and the simple fact that Black Lightning also exists in this show.