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Who's Who 24 page 25: Tyroc by Breyfogle

Location: Legion - Who's Who pages
Artist: Norm Breyfogle (All)

Location: Legion - Who's Who pages
Title: Who's Who 24 page 25: Tyroc by Breyfogle
Artist: Norm Breyfogle (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Pin Up
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 250
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Added to Site: 4/15/2025

Published 1987

Tyroc first appeared in Superboy #216 (April 1976), and was created by Cary Bates and Mike Grell.

Tyroc was the first black super-hero in the Legion of Super-Heroes comic. Previously both Jim Shooter and Mike Grell were prevented from introducing black characters in the Legion.

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.
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.
Grell has repeatedly said, although finally introducing a black character in the Legion, he was unhappy with the character's background and powers. So much so that he gave the character what he felt was a ridiculous costume and was amazed when it was accepted by editorial.

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Marcus Wai Member Since 2005

Posted On 4/15/2025

Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na

I guess I'm in lost dimension
I don't know where descent
So I'm gonna ink in glory
I am gonna race intent (woke)
I got a black new attitude and
I'm gonna wear it tonight
I wanna get in disco
I wanna start a fight

Na na na na na na na I want the art tonight
Na na na na na na na I want the art tonight

So, so what?
I'm still Tyroc star
I got Tyroc moves
And I don't need you
And guess Who?
I'm having Norm fun
And now in Legion
I'll Breyfogle Who tonight
I'm alright
I'm just line
And you're a Who?
So, so what?
I am Tyroc star
I got Tyroc moves
And I don't want Who tonight

John C Member Since 2014

Posted On 4/15/2025

DC really missed out on a fine idea. The Adventures of Tyroc and Vartox. Can you dig it?

Miki Annamanthadoo Member Since 2003

Posted On 4/15/2025

John C wrote:

" DC really missed out on a fine idea. The Adventures of Tyroc and Vartox. Can you dig it?
"

Starring Fred Williamson and Sean Connery.

Kavi H Member Since 2018

Posted On 4/15/2025

quite in depth work on that overlay too! very interesting history//backstory to the character editorially.

Derek Crabbe Member Since 2020

Posted On 4/15/2025

Damn, what a great profile!

Ruben DaCollector Member Since 2008

Posted On 4/16/2025

So odd to see Breyfogle doing a Legion character. Have you ever noticed that the inking on this piece resembles that of Tom Mandrake's, but not quite as heavy?

Eric B Member Since 2014

Posted On 4/17/2025

Thanks for that profile. I was always disappointed that DC's rollout of its nonwhite characters showed more about those doing the rollout than the characters – a little less vision than Marvel. Gotta say, though, that Breyfogel makes the character look as intriguing as I've ever seen him.

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