that they need to work together. Sending forces to stop him, Jones uses an intercom to warn Virgil to surrender, but Richie discovers the location of Jones' servers, allowing Virgil to overload them while the others escape. Days later, the Hawkins family reluctantly approve of Virgil becoming a superhero, with Sharon providing him with an updated suit. As the media attempt to spin a story about the Bang Babies attacking the government, Virgil hijacks the signals and tells the truth of what happened. Powers and abilities Static's powers allow him to control electromagnetic phenomena, in particular manifesting and manipulating both electrical and magnetic energy. Static's powers could be best described as superconductor electromagnetism; the latter being one of the four fundamental forces of the universe. Static's powers center around electromagnetism, making him part of both the Earth' and the Sun's respective electromagnetic fields, as well as capable of generating, attracting, absorbing, repelling, channeling, storing, releasing, manipulating, and projecting electromagnetic energy. He can choose to keep the electromagnetic energy that he currently holds in his body by controlling the electric current and voltage for whenever and whatever he wants to use it for. Static's body can also generate raw electromagnetic energy, in any form within the electromagnetic spectrum (i.e. regular EM energy into electrical energy) via transduction and the photovoltaic effect, which he can control at will for various purposes. Static can also manipulate positive and negative electrical charges on a small or large scale. For example, in Static Shock, he made use of this ability during a lightning storm against telekinetic Bang Baby, Madelyn Spaulding, by giving the scrap metal surrounding them a positive charge to attract lightning to her. Such uses commonly include magnetizing objects, electrocuting opponents, levitating objects (such as manhole-covers or his self-built metal saucer for use in flight) and people, restraining or adhering people/objects to various surfaces in the form of "static cling", generating "taser punches-&-kicks" with effects similar to a stun gun and at times enough power to send opponents flying during close combat, various electromagnetic displays as well as electromagnetic constructs, like nets or cages, blinding flashes, generating thrown "ball lightning", producing electromagnetic pulses to incapacitate electronic devices, and generating electromagnetic force shields or assembling magnetized metals into physical barriers (see Electromagnetic induction)) to shield himself from attacks, even stopping bullets in mid-air. In the comic book series, Static has displayed the ability to