Frisbee with a sticker of Static Shock owned by Dwayne McDuffie: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A yellow plastic frisbee owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The frisbee has a sticker adhered to the center of the top. The sticker depicts the comic book character Static Shock. He is crouched on a silver, circular disk with his right hand outstretched. He is earing a black costume and a blue coat. He has a white mask with goggles on. Electricity surrounds him. The word “CHARGED” is at the bottom of the sticker. On the edges of the frisbee the words [STATIC SHOCK] is repeated with the Static Shock logo. Imprinted on the bottom of the frisbee near the center is [SUBWAY ® / © 2004 DA[illegible] / STATIC SHOCK tm DC COMICS / © Milestone Media, Inc. / (s04) / UGI. Mpls. MN / MADE IN CHINA 08.]

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2004
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Distributed by: Subway, American, founded 1965
• Owned by: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011
• Subject of: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993
• Subject of: DC Comics, Inc., American, founded 1934
• Type: toys (recreational artifacts)
• Medium: plastic
• Dimensions: H x W: 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 3/8 in. (15.9 × 15.9 × 1 cm)
• Place made: China, Asia
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Topic: Recreation
• Object number: 2019.96.7
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charlotte (Fullerton) McDuffie
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Milestone Media LLC Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.