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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*Tyroc was created by Cary Bates and Mike Grell where he made his first appearance in Superboy v1 #216 (April, 1976). | *Tyroc was created by Cary Bates and Mike Grell where he made his first appearance in Superboy v1 #216 (April, 1976). | ||
| + | *Jim Shooter, who had been prevented from introducing black characters into the Legion in the 1960s, objected to the characterization of Tyroc: ''"...I always wanted to have a character who was African-American, and years later, when they did that, they did it in the worst way possible....instead of just incidentally having a character who happens to be black...they made a big fuss about it. He's a racial separatist....I just found it pathetic and appalling".'' | ||
| + | *According to Mike Grell, who co-created Tyroc with Cary Bates, the character of Tyroc was "sort of a sore spot with me".[4] He had previously tried to introduce black characters into the series, but had been prevented by then-editor Murray Boltinoff. Grell recalled: ''"I kept getting stalled off...and finally comes Tyroc. They might as well have named him Tyrone. Their explanation for why there were no black people [in the Legion] was that all the black people had gone to live on an island. It's possibly the most racist concept I've ever heard in my life...I mean, it's a segregationist's dream, right? So they named him Tyroc, and gave him the world's stupidest super-power"''. | ||
| + | *Grell's dislike of Tyroc was strong enough that he deliberately made him look ridiculous: ''"I gave him a silly costume. It was somewhere between Elvis' Las Vegas costume and something you would imagine a pimp on the street corner wearing".'' | ||
| + | *Grell notes that physically, Tyroc is based on the football player Fred Williamson: ''"I modeled him somewhat on Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, who was a movie star at the time...and gave him this "Elvis Presley goes to Las Vegas" kind of a costume, and that's pretty much it. That was the extent of my contribution to Tyroc"''. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
| − | *''Superboy v1'': | + | *''Superboy v1'': (1976) |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Tyroc DC Database Entry] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyroc Wikipedia Entry] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyroc Wikipedia Entry] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:40, 27 June 2024
Tyroc is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
Contents |
Biography
Origin
Tyroc
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Tyroc
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Tyroc was created by Cary Bates and Mike Grell where he made his first appearance in Superboy v1 #216 (April, 1976).
- Jim Shooter, who had been prevented from introducing black characters into the Legion in the 1960s, objected to the characterization of Tyroc: "...I always wanted to have a character who was African-American, and years later, when they did that, they did it in the worst way possible....instead of just incidentally having a character who happens to be black...they made a big fuss about it. He's a racial separatist....I just found it pathetic and appalling".
- According to Mike Grell, who co-created Tyroc with Cary Bates, the character of Tyroc was "sort of a sore spot with me".[4] He had previously tried to introduce black characters into the series, but had been prevented by then-editor Murray Boltinoff. Grell recalled: "I kept getting stalled off...and finally comes Tyroc. They might as well have named him Tyrone. Their explanation for why there were no black people [in the Legion] was that all the black people had gone to live on an island. It's possibly the most racist concept I've ever heard in my life...I mean, it's a segregationist's dream, right? So they named him Tyroc, and gave him the world's stupidest super-power".
- Grell's dislike of Tyroc was strong enough that he deliberately made him look ridiculous: "I gave him a silly costume. It was somewhere between Elvis' Las Vegas costume and something you would imagine a pimp on the street corner wearing".
- Grell notes that physically, Tyroc is based on the football player Fred Williamson: "I modeled him somewhat on Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, who was a movie star at the time...and gave him this "Elvis Presley goes to Las Vegas" kind of a costume, and that's pretty much it. That was the extent of my contribution to Tyroc".
Appearances
- Superboy v1: (1976)
External Links
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