Tyroc
{{short description|DC Comics character}}
{{Infobox comics character
|image=Tyroclosh.jpg
|caption=Tyroc as depicted in All-New Collectors' Edition C-55 (March 1978). Art by James Sherman and Jack Abel.
|character_name=Tyroc
|publisher=DC Comics
|debut=Superboy #216 (April 1976)
|creators=Cary Bates (writer)
Mike Grell (artist)
|real_name=Troy Stewart
|species = Metahuman
|homeworld = Earth
|alliances=Legion of Super-Heroes
|aliases =
|supports =
|powers=Reality warping scream
}}
Tyroc (Troy Stewart) is a fictional character appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. Created by writer Cary Bates and artist Mike Grell, he first appeared in Superboy #216 (April 1976), and is one of DC's first black superheroes.Mal Duncan is introduced in Teen Titans #26 (March/April 1970), but does not become a superhero until issue #44 (November 1976). John Stewart is introduced as a Green Lantern in Green Lantern #87 (December 1971/January 1972), but does not become a main character until issue #182 (November 1984).
Publication history
Tyroc first appeared in Superboy #216 (April 1976), and was created by Cary Bates and Mike Grell.
Jim Shooter, who had been prevented from introducing black characters into the Legion in the 1960s,Glen Cadigan, The Legion Companion, TwoMorrows Publishing, 2003; p. 53. objected to Tyroc's characterization, criticizing the concept of his people being racial separatists and isolationists.Cadigan, p.61.
Grell had previously tried to introduce black characters into the series, but was prevented by editor Murray Boltinoff.Cadigan, p. 89. He criticized the concept of Tyroc's society as well as his powers.Cadigan, p. 90. Grell's dislike of Tyroc was strong enough that he gave him a deliberately ridiculous costume, which he compared to Elvis Presley and pimp attire. Furthermore, Tyroc was modeled after football player Fred Williamson.
Some writers, including long-time Legion scribe Paul Levitz, claimed that Tyroc's sound-based powers made him difficult to depict in the silent comic book medium.Cadigan, p. 111. Despite his initial stance on the character, Levitz included Tyroc in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 6).{{cite web |title=PAUL LEVITZ Talks LEGION OF SUPERHEROES @ C2E2 2010 |url=http://www.newsarama.com/common/media/video/player.php?aid=35048 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507201214/http://www.newsarama.com/common/media/video/player.php?aid=35048 |archive-date=May 7, 2010 |work=Newsarama}}
Fictional character biography
Tyroc is a resident of Marzal, an island which usually exists in another dimension and occasionally appears on Earth. Its people are descended from African slaves who revolted while being transported to North America in the 1700s and developed an advanced civilization with extreme isolationist tendencies.File:Tyroclosh.png.]]
The Legion of Super-Heroes first meets Tyroc while responding to an emergency on Marzal. He initially refuses their help before working with them to save the island and joining the group.Superboy #216 (April 1976)Superboy #218 (July 1976)Legion of Super-Heroes #265 (July 1980)
Later, Marzal is destroyed by the Dominators.Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #16 (March 1991) Invisible Kid (Jacques Foccart) and Tyroc join a rebellion against them and are rewarded by respectively becoming Earth's president and vice president.Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #34 (November 1992)Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #38 (December 1992) Eventually, Jacques resigns to rejoin the Legion and Troy ascends to the presidency.Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #41 (March 1993)
=Post-Infinite Crisis=
Following Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!, which rebooted the Legion's continuity, Tyroc did not appear for many years, making brief appearances in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 5) #15 and Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #1. He returns in The New 52 title Legion Lost, where he, Wildfire, Gates, Dawnstar, Timber Wolf, Chameleon Girl, and Tellus are trapped in the 21st century while pursuing a time-traveling genetic terrorist.
Powers and abilities
Tyroc is a metahuman with reality-warping screams that possess various effects. He can create dimensional portals and force fields, transmute matter, generate fire and wind, telekinetically manipulate objects, manipulate weather and plants, induce vertigo, and view the past.Legion of Superheroes (vol. 7) #7 (May 2012)
As a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, he is provided with a Legion Flight Ring, which allows him to fly, survive in space, and communicate with his teammates.
In other media
- Tyroc makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Legion of Super Heroes.
- Tyroc makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://worldofblackheroes.com/2011/08/06/tyroc-troy-stewart/ World of Black Heroes: Tyroc Biography]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060719155418/http://www.blacksuperhero.com/exhibithtml/detail.cfm?id=91 Museum of Black Superheroes entry]
- [http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=tyroc DCU Guide Tyroc chronology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211043212/http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=tyroc |date=2007-02-11 }}
- [http://www.fanzing.com/mag/fanzing35/feature6.shtml Fanzing #35: 30th Century Government]
{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}
{{Superman characters}}
Category:African-American characters in comics
Category:Characters created by Cary Bates
Category:Characters created by Mike Grell
Category:Comics characters introduced in 1976
Category:DC Comics politicians
Category:DC Comics superheroes
Category:DC Comics telekinetics
Category:Fictional characters who can manipulate sound
Category:Fictional characters who can teleport
Category:Fictional characters with air or wind abilities
Category:Fictional characters with elemental transmutation abilities
Category:Fictional characters with fire or heat abilities
Category:Fictional characters with plant abilities