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Tyroc is a fictional character in the DC Universe, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. He first appeared in ''Superboy'' #216 (April 1976), and was created by Cary Bates and Mike Grell. Debuting a year before Black Lightning, he is one of DC's first black costumed superheroes.〔While Mal Duncan was introduced in ''Teen Titans'' #26 (March–April 1970), he did not have any powers, devices or costume until issue #44 (November 1976). John Stewart was introduced as a Green Lantern (and the designated substitute for Hal Jordan) in ''Green Lantern'' #87 (December 1971), but his appearances were sporadic until issue #182 (November 1984), when he temporarily became that title's primary character.〕 ==Publication history== Jim Shooter, who had been prevented from introducing black characters into the Legion in the 1960s,〔Cadigan, p. 53.〕 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."〔Cadigan, p.61.〕 According to Mike Grell, who co-created Tyroc with Cary Bates, the character of Tyroc was "sort of a sore spot with me."〔Glen Cadigan, ''The Legion Companion'', TwoMorrows Publishing, 2003; p. 89.〕 He had previously tried to introduce black characters into the series, but had been prevented by then-editor Murray Boltinoff.〔Cadigan, p. 89.〕 "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 (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."〔Cadigan, p. 90.〕 Grell's dislike of Tyroc was strong enough that he deliberately made him look ridiculous, saying, "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."〔 Some writers like long-time Legion scribe Paul Levitz claimed that Tyroc's powers, based upon sound, made him too difficult a character to depict in a comic book . Tyroc was the only Legionnaire introduced prior to 1989 that never appeared during Levitz's initial 15-year run on the ''Legion'' (even the deceased Ferro Lad, Invisible Kid, and Chemical King appeared in flashback stories).〔An alternate universe version of Tyroc appears, and dies, in ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' (vol. 2) #300 (June 1983).〕 Levitz says this was because he thought Tyroc was "just such a stupid character....a sound-based character is, I think, intrinsically futile in a silent medium. He just never worked for me, so I did my best to dodge him."〔Cadigan, p. 111.〕 Despite his initial stance on the character, Levitz announced in a Newsarama interview that Tyroc will be in his new ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' series.〔http://www.newsarama.com/common/media/video/player.php?aid=35048〕 Tyroc appears in ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' (vol. 6) #2 (August 2010), marking the first time that the character has appeared in an in-continuity tale written by Levitz. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tyroc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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