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He fits all the criteria of such Superfriend stalwarts as El Dorado, Samurai, Apache Chief and Black Vulcan.
Seriously:
Non-white - check!
Poorly defined do anything super powers - check!
Makes very few actual appearance, or ever does anything important - check!
The only thing the guy's missing is a silly name alluding to his ethnicity
Was there some sort of meeting over at hanna-babara where it was decided that Tyroc wasn't funky enough? Was he deemed to be not enough of a black stereotype?
An inquiring mind wants to know!
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Wasn't "Tyroc" translated as "scream of the devil"? They could have just called him Black Devil! That probably would have made Paul Levitz like the character.
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Isn't it weird that the only other female character (not counting Zayna of the Wonder Twins) in Super Friends was Hawkgirl? It would have been nice to see (if only in a cameo) Supergirl, Black Canary, Zatanna or some other female character. Being the only female in a group of otherwise diverse males must have accounted for some major sexual tension. Of course, you can't have heroes kissing in cartoons...what would the stock-holders say?
From: Adelaide, Australia | Registered: Jun 2005
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Geez i am an idiot. Tyroc...i thought was the villain Tyr. My bad guys. Legion lore sometimes gets jumbled in the brain.
Yes totally a bad stereotype. I've read some of his old issues. Bad stuff. I loved him in v4 though especially as vice president and later president.
From: Tampa | Registered: Mar 2004
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