Static Shock is an American

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 animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation

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. It premiered in September 2000 on the Kids' WB! block

Block programming

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 and ran for four seasons, with a total of 52 half-hour episodes.

The series centers around the adventures of DC Comics

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 superhero

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 Virgil Ovid Hawkins/Static. The series predates the re-appearance of Static in the main DC continuity by several years.