Pyro (Marvel Comics)

Pyro
St. John Allerdyce (a.k.a. Pyro)
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981)[1]
Created byChris Claremont (writer)
John Byrne (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoSt. John Allerdyce
SpeciesHuman mutant
Team affiliationsBrotherhood of Mutants
Freedom Force
Lethal Legion
Marauders
AbilitiesPyrokinesis

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

Known as St. John Allerdyce, Pyro is depicted as a recurring enemy of the X-Men and later becomes 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 Evil Mutants.[2] Pyro has the mutant power to control fire. Pyro and the Brotherhood of Evil 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.

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).

  1. ^ Misiroglu, Gina Renée; Eury, Michael (2006). The Supervillain Book: The Evil Side of Comics and Hollywood. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9780780809772.
  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.

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