- Pyroman
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caption=Pyroman on the cover of "Startling Stories" #18
comic_color=background:#c0c0c0
character_name=Pyroman
real_name=Dick Martin
publisher=Nedor Comics AC Comics America's Best Comics (DC)
debut="Startling Comics" #18 (December 1942)
creators=Jack Binder
alliance_color=background:#ffc0c0
alliances=SMASH
aliases=
powers=Can summon electricity and transmit electrical bolts. Can magnetize metal, create electrical force fields and electromagnetic pulses. Flight by magnetic currents and radio waves. |Pyroman is a fictional
superhero that appeared incomic books published byNedor Comics . His first appearance was in "Startling Comics" #18 (December 1942), with art by Jack Binder. His character was latter revived by bothAC Comics , andAlan Moore for America's Best Comics.Nedor Comics
Pyroman was the secret identity of research student Dick Martin. Due to his work with high voltage electricity, his body developed the ability to store current. He discovered this ability after he was wrongly charged with murder; sentenced to die in the
electric chair , he instead found himself possessed with electrical based powers. After clearing his name, he decided to use his powers to fight crime.Pyroman appeared in numerous Nedor Comics titles during the 1940s. His last Golden Age Appearance was in "America's Best Comics" (no relation to the
DC Comics imprint) #29 (January, 1949). Many of his cover appearances were drawn by artistAlex Schomburg .AC Comics
Pyroman was one of the many Nedor Comics' characters revived by AC comics in the late 1990s. AC Comics reprinted "Startling Comics" #23 as "Golden-Age Men of Mystery" #9 (August 1998) [ [http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=62015] Grand Comics Database, last accessed 02/14/2007] . His sole original appearance was in a new story written for "All-Hero Retro Comics Annual" #1 (1998).
America's Best Comics
Alan Moore revived Pyroman, along with many other Nedor Comics characters that had entered the
public domain , for hisTom Strong series. In "Tom Strong" #12 (June 2001), Pyroman was revealed to have been a member of SMASH, a superhero team that had been placed in suspended animation after an alien invasion from the moon in 1969. He was revived 30 years later thanks to the efforts of Tom Strong. SMASH disbanded shortly thereafter. When SMASH reformed three years later, Pyroman rejoined the team.Dynamite Entertainment
The publisher
Dynamite Entertainment said in 2007 that Pyroman would be one severalpublic domain Golden Age characters that would appear in the comic-book series "Project Superpowers ", by writerJim Krueger and artistAlex Ross . [ [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=121397 Newsarama.com (July 18, 2007): "Ross and Krueger on "Superpowers", by Matt Brady] ] [comicbookdb|type=team|id=1317|title=Superpowers (team)]Age of Adventure
In 2008, the first issue of the Age of Adventure comic "Legendary Heroes" featured reprints of Golden Age Pyroman stories. [comicbookdb|type=issue|id=138074|title=Legendary Heroes #1]
Footnotes
References
* [http://www.geocities.com/herowatcher/Pyroman.html Pyroman] at SMASH fansite
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/pyroman.htm Pyroman] atDon Markstein's Toonopedia
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