Publisher DC Comics Abilities Bionic gun arm Creators Cary Bates, Dave Cockrum | Full name Tyr the Hunter Place of origin Tyrraz (31st Century) Fictional universe DC Universe | |
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Created by Cary Bates (script)
Dave Cockrum (artist) Team affiliations Legion of Super-Villains First appearance Superboy Vol. 1 #197 (Sept. 1973) Similar Magno, Cosmic King, Nemesis Kid, Blok, Ron‑Karr | ||
Tyr is a fictional supervillain in the DC Universe. He first appeared in Superboy Vol. 1, #197 (September 1973), and was created by Dave Cockrum. His name is taken from Týr, the one-handed Norse god of war.
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Pre-Zero Hour
Tyr is a native of Tyrraz, a mobile planet devoted to the practice of war. Due to an unspecified accident, one of his arms was replaced with a cybernetic gun. In his first appearance in Superboy #197, Tyr kidnaps Legion of Super-Heroes member Timber Wolf (who was believed killed by his fellow Legionnaires), and brainwashes him into becoming an assassin. After an unsuccessful attempt to kill Earth's president, Timber Wolf manages to overcome Tyr and break his conditioning.
Tyr returns in Superboy #199. In this appearance, his gun hand gains the power to control Superboy and, later, Mon-El. He was also briefly a member of the Legion of Super-Villains.
Post-Zero Hour
Following the Zero Hour reboot, Tyr appears as the Tyrrazian representative to the Dark Circle that ruled the Affiliated Planets. He is killed, along with the other members of the Circle, by Brainiac 4 for questioning her decision to declare war on the United Planets.
In Final Crisis, he was among the supervillains in Superman-Prime's Legion of Super-Villains.
Powers and abilities
Tyr is equipped with a powerful bionic gun in place of one of his real arms. The gun can fire powerful energy blasts, and can somehow control the minds of others. The gun can detach itself from Tyr's body and fly away, in the event he is captured.