Pyro (Marvel Comics)

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Pyro
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Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance The Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981) [1]
Created by Chris Claremont (writer)
John Byrne (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoSt. John Allerdyce
Species Human mutant
Team affiliations Brotherhood of Mutants
Freedom Force
Lethal Legion
Marauders
Abilities Pyrokinesis
Pyro
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance X-Men Gold (Vol. 2) #1 (April, 2017)
Created by Marc Guggenheim
Ardian Syaf
In-story information
Alter egoSimon Lasker
Species Human mutant
Team affiliations Brotherhood of Mutants
X-Men
Abilities Pyrokinesis
  • Flame generation

Pyro is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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The first character known as Pyro is St. John Allerdyce, a recurring enemy of the X-Men and later an agent of the U.S. government. He was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne and introduced in The Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981) as part of the Brotherhood of Mutants. [2] Pyro has the mutant power to control fire, but not create it. Pyro and the Brotherhood of Mutants are the antagonists in the X-Men story Days of Future Past as they attempt to assassinate Senator Robert Kelly, which in an alternate timeline leads to a dystopic future where Mutants are hunted, killed or captured by the Sentinel robots. The assassination is thwarted, and at a later date the Brotherhood become agents of the US government in exchange for a full pardon, and the team becomes known as the Freedom Force.

The second character known as Pyro is Simon Lasker, an American teenage mutant with the ability to create and control fire. Lasker was created by Marc Guggenheim and Ardian Syaf and introduced in X-Men Gold (Vol. 2) #1 (April, 2017). He was initially hynotised by Mesmero into joining his Brotherhood of Mutants, but later joined the X-Men.

An Americanized version of Pyro named John Allerdyce appeared in the X-Men film franchise produced by 20th Century Fox. He was portrayed by Alexander Burton in X-Men (2000), and was subsequently replaced by Aaron Stanford for its sequels X2 (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).

Publication history

St. John Allerdyce

Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, the St. John Allerdyce version of Pyro first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981). [3]

As part of the Dawn of X initiative, Pyro subsequently starred in the Marauders series in October 2019 alongside Kitty Pryde, Iceman, Emma Frost, Storm, and Bishop.[ citation needed ]

Simon Lasker

Simon Lasker as Pyro was introduced in the first three issues of X-Men Gold as a member of Mesmero's Brotherhood, leaving the team in issue 22 and joining the X-Men in the next issue. He stayed with the team until the titles end with issue 36, appearing in X-Men: The Wedding Special before this. He appeared in Marvel's Voices (Vol. 1) #1 before appearing dead in X-Force (Vol. 6) #11 (August, 2020).

Fictional character biography

St. John Allerdyce

Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, St. John Allerdyce is a mutant who possesses the elemental power to control fire and flame, though not generate it. As such, he wields a flamethrower to provide heat for him to control. After years of working in Southeast Asia as a journalist and novelist, Pyro met the mutant Mystique, who later recruited him to the Brotherhood of Mutants as a professional criminal and subversive. With the Brotherhood of Mutants, he attempted to assassinate Senator Robert Kelly, and first battled the X-Men. [4] With the Brotherhood, he later battled the Avengers, [5] and then the X-Men again. [6] Though he never served under the team's original leader, Magneto, Pyro did work with the Brotherhood under the command of several of Magneto's subordinates who alternately supervised the group.

Mystique's Brotherhood later offered the team's services to the United States government in exchange for protection and an official pardon for its crimes, and was renamed Freedom Force. As part of their first mission, the team captured Magneto. [7] With Freedom Force, he next captured the Avengers on behalf of the federal government. [8]

During Freedom Force's final mission, the team confronts a group of Iraqi operatives known as Desert Sword in Kuwait. Pyro and Blob are abandoned in Kuwait and captured. Blob and Pyro are forced to serve as bodyguards to the Kuwaiti military. Later, Toad buys their release. Blob and Pyro join Toad's new Brotherhood of Mutants. [9]

Some years later, Pyro contracts the Legacy Virus, a fatal disease affecting mainly mutants. [10] He goes to great lengths to find a cure, but is unsuccessful and dies from the virus. [11] Pyro dies shortly after helping rescue Robert Kelly from his former allies in the Brotherhood of Mutants, with his actions being instrumental in changing Kelly's opinion on mutants as a whole. [11]

During the "Necrosha" storyline, Pyro is resurrected by means of the Transmode Virus to serve as part of Selene's army of deceased mutants. [12] He later joins a new Brotherhood of Mutants led by Magneto's clone Joseph, who claims to be Magneto. [13]

Simon Lasker

Simon Lasker is an American teenage mutant who manifested pyrokinesis by accidentally burning down his high school building and killing everyone inside it. Suddenly appearing before him in the form of Professor X, Mesmero brainwashed him into becoming the new Pyro and to join his Brotherhood of Mutants, which was secretly funded by anti-mutant activist Lydia Nance. After learning of Nance's anti-mutant agenda, Pyro leaves the Brotherhood of Mutants and joins the X-Men. [14]

Pyro is revealed to be gay in X-Men Gold (vol. 2) #32, where he is romantically involved with Iceman. [15]

Pyro joins the mutant nation of Krakoa, but is killed in an invasion by Russian armed forces. [16]

Powers and abilities

St. John Allerdyce is a mutant with the ability to manipulate flame by shaping it as he desires, increasing or decreasing its heat, intensity and size. As he cannot create fire himself, he wears a specially insulated costume with a built-in flamethrower that can throw a stream of flame a maximum distance of 25 feet (7.6 m). He can manipulate the flame to do whatever he desires and sometimes induces it to take semi-solid form as a non-sentient flame being that he commands. Though he cannot be burned by a flame which he is manipulating, Pyro can be harmed by any fire that he does not mentally control. After his return, Pyro's powers have increased in some ways, showing he can prevent the gunpowder in a loaded pistol from igniting as well as generate fire on his own. [17]

Simon Lasker has the mutant ability to elementally generate, control and manipulate fire; similar to the original Pyro. But unlike Allerdyce, he seems capable of igniting fire on his own and does not require outside sources of existing flame to manipulate.

Other versions

Age of Apocalypse

An alternate universe version of St. John Allerdyce / Pyro appears in Age of Apocalypse . He is one of many mutants imprisoned by Mister Sinister after refusing to join his Elite Mutant Force and is later killed during an escape attempt. [18]

House of M

An alternate universe version of St. John Allerdyce / Pyro appears in House of M . This version is a member of the mutant supremacist government in Australia. [19]

Marvel Adventures

An alternate universe version of St. John Allerdyce / Pyro appears in Marvel Adventures Spider-Man .[ volume & issue needed ]

Marvel Zombies

A zombified alternate universe version of St. John Allerdyce / Pyro appears in Marvel Zombies . [20]

Ronin

Pyro works as a murderous mutant ninja for the Japanese-based Hellfire Club. He battles the X-Men alongside fellow ninja Iceman and Avalanche.[ volume & issue needed ]

Ultimate Marvel

An alternate universe version of Pyro from Earth-1610 appears in Ultimate X-Men . This version is a member of the Morlocks and a supporter of Charles Xavier's cause. He later joins the X-Men before defecting to Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants. [21] Additionally, he is able to generate fire rather than manipulating it. [22]

In other media

Television

Film

Aaron Stanford as Pyro in X-Men: The Last Stand. X-Men Movie Pyro.jpg
Aaron Stanford as Pyro in X-Men: The Last Stand .

Video games

References

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  2. ↑ DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 283. ISBN   978-1-4654-7890-0.
  3. ↑ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains . New York: Facts on File. p. 283. ISBN   0-8160-1356-X.
  4. ↑ Uncanny X-Men #141–142 (January - February 1981)
  5. ↑ Avengers Annual #10 (October 1981)
  6. ↑ Uncanny X-Men #177-178 (January - February 1984)
  7. ↑ Uncanny X-Men #199 (November 1985)
  8. ↑ Avengers Annual #15 (October 1986)
  9. ↑ X-Force #6-7 (January - February 1992)
  10. ↑ X-Men Annual (vol. 2) #2 (October 1993)
  11. 1 2 Cable #87 (January 2001)
  12. ↑ X-Necrosha #1 (December 2010)
  13. ↑ Uncanny X-Men (vol. 5) #16 (April 2019)
  14. ↑ X-Men Gold (vol. 2) #21 - 23 (April - May 2018)
  15. ↑ Randall, Devin. "Marvel Comics Reveal Former X-Men Villain's Gay Through Post-Sex Scene With Iceman". Instinct Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  16. ↑ X-Force (vol. 6) #11 (August 2020)
  17. ↑ Marauders #27 (March 2022)
  18. ↑ Factor X #1 (March 1995)
  19. ↑ The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #83 (September 2005)
  20. ↑ Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness #2 (June 2007)
  21. ↑ The Ultimates 3 #4 (August 2008)
  22. ↑ Ultimate X-Men #80 (May 2007)
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Pyro Voices (X-Men)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 27, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  24. ↑ MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD VOICE CAST
  25. ↑ Jensen, Jeff (July 21, 2000). "Generating X". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
  26. ↑ "Malos tratos, excentricidades y abusos: El oscuro legado de X-Men". 4 August 2020.
  27. ↑ "Why Bryan Singer's X-Men Cast Reportedly Threatened to Quit the Movie". Vanity Fair . 31 July 2020.
  28. ↑ Goslin, Austen (February 11, 2024). "Deadpool & Wolverine's first trailer has a lot more Loki in it than you'd expect". Polygon. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
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