A normal teenage boy named Virgil Hawkins hangs out with the wrong crowd and goes to a gang fight but, police break it up by throwing an experimental gas called bang baby gas. The gangs and the people near the fight had gotten powers, including Virgil. Some used there powers for evil, good, and some tried to ignore there powers. But Virgil used his powers for good and became the hero called Static Shock. He had the power of static electricity, hence the name Static. He fought the bad bang babies that would terrorize the city of Dakota.