Ebon (Static Shock)

Ebon in Static: Shadows of Dakota v1 #3.

Ebon is a male animated supervillain who features in DC Comics.

Biography

Ivan Evans was a male human born in the modern age where he lived in Dakota City on Earth.

Moments after a false-flag operation against Bang Babies held by an unknown organization was thwarted by Static, Ebon kidnapped one of the terrorists, imprisoning him on the edge of town and was later interrogated about their crimes against Bang Babies. As the terrorist instead spouted off hate speech, Ebon promptly killed him and threw his body in front of a subway train. (Static: Shadows of Dakota v1 #1)

Overview

Personality and attributes

In his human form, he appeared to look similar to his brother the Rubberband Man who had black hair, dark tanned skin and black eyes. He still wears the gray vest from his shadow form, with the black sleeveless undershirt, purple jeans with a black belt around his waist and black leather shoes. The single hoop earring on his left ear appear silver. In his shadow form, Ebon's body was a black human shadow in appearance as his eyes are white with no pupils and has short black hair which was tied in five braids almost being bald as his form is in purple hue and has hoop earrings in each sides of his ear. He wears only a gray vest and his pants and shoes are part of his shadow form. Later on, his is hoop earrings were no longer a pair and one single hoop earring is on the left ear.

Powers and abilities

Due to affects of Quantum Juice from the Big Bang event. Ivan gained a metahumanized anatomy that enables him to cloak himself and blend in with shadows & darkness. (Static: Season One v1 #6) Ebon can alternate any and all forms of umbran effect to his desired liking at will, from altering his semblance to creating portals and phasing through solid matter at will. (New Talent Showcase: The Milestone Initiative v1 #1)

Ebon has shadow powers, labeling himself the "Master of shadows and darkness"; a transmorph, he is a living shadow, with the ability to use shadows to his liking: he can slide on wall surfaces, go under doors, through cracks; he can also become an inter-dimensional portal, able to take others with him; he can also make shadow portals to teleport things through, furthermore Ebon's powers are a reference to Obsidian's and Shadow Thief's. He is also a physical shapeshifter capable of twisting at the same level as his brother Rubber-Band Man. But, despite this amount of power, Ebon also has two major weaknesses: he can be physically harmed like any normal person(though he can quickly recover due to his shadow form), and intense light is like Kryptonite to Ebon. It was exploiting this weakness that lead to Static first defeating him, producing light with his electromagnetic power.

After gaining his powers, he came to gather other Bang Babies into a gang called the Meta Breed where he served as their leader.

Notes

• Ebon was created by Christopher Simmons and Denys Cowan where he made his first appearance in the animated Static Shock episode "The Breed".
• As Ebon's brother Rubber-Band Man was named for his creators, Milestone writers Adam Blaustein and Yves Fezzani, Ebon's given name, "Ivan", was likely to be a nod to former Static and Blood Syndicate comic writer Ivan Velez, jr..
• The character was introduced into the comics of the reborn Milestone Comics universe.

In other media

Television

• In Static Shock, Ebon made an appearance as an original creation of the animated television series set in the DC Animated Universe where he was voiced by actor Gary Sturgis. During their escape, Static and D-Struct attempted to depart through an abandoned subway train when they were pursued by the Meta-Breed. Ebon intended to eliminate the pair until Static used his powers to lighten up the subway carriage thus banishing Ivan's shadow form. He was later following and spying on Static after the hero had captured Talon during an attempted robbery at a shopping mall whereupon he was put on a police lock-down. During this time, Ebon abducted Richie Foley in order to blackmail Static to free Talon. Ebon has tried to get his brother, the Rubberband Man, to join up with the Meta-Breed - going as far as to frame him for a prison-break. Whilst in prison, Ebon, Talon and Hotstreak were freed from jail by Madelyn Spaulding who announced herself as the new leader of the Meta-Breed with her recruiting the group into her gang. However, control over the group became fragmented as both Ebon and Spaulding sought to be leader leading to a power struggle. Spaulding was exhausted in defeating Ebon which allowed for Static, Gear and Shebang to make quick work of the Meta-Breed. Ebon has tried to learn Static's secret identity. He was once able to go back in time to try and cause an earlier, larger Big Bang, which would turn Dakota's entire population into Meta-Humans. Static, Gear, and Time-Zone thwarted this plan. He later recruited a group of underground Bang-Babies called the Night-breed to help him take over the city. This plan was also thwarted when the Night-breed turned on him. When the cure was spread throughout the city, Ebon stole the last of the Big-Bang gas and used it with Hotstreak. They then fused together and began causing havoc with Static and Gear fighting the beast by pushing it into the water where its fate was unknown.

Video games

• In DC Universe Online, Ebon appeared as an antagonist in the setting of the MMORPG video game in the mission "Shock: Abandoned Subway". Static would confront Ebon in his lair and convince him to stop his latest attacks against Dakota City.

Appearances

• Static Shock:

External Links

• DC Database Entry

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