Editing Pyro (Marvel Comics) (section)

{{Short description|Marvel Comics character}}
{{Infobox comics character
|character_name = Pyro
|image          = Pyro (St. John Allerdyce).png
|caption        = St. John Allerdyce (a.k.a. Pyro)
|real_name      = St. John Allerdyce
|species        = [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|Human mutant]]
|publisher      = [[Marvel Comics]]
|debut          = ''[[The Uncanny X-Men]]'' #141 (January 1981)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Misiroglu |first1=Gina Renée |last2=Eury |first2=Michael |title=The Supervillain Book: The Evil Side of Comics and Hollywood |date=2006 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |isbn=9780780809772 |url=https://archive.org/details/supervillainbook0000gina/page/286/mode/2up |language=en}}</ref>
|creators       = [[Chris Claremont]] (writer)<br />[[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]] (artist)
|aliases        = 
|alliances      = [[Brotherhood of Mutants]]<br />[[Freedom Force (comics)|Freedom Force]]<br />[[Lethal Legion]]<br />[[Marauders (comics)|Marauders]]
|powers         = [[Pyrokinesis]]
}}
'''Pyro''' is the name of two fictional [[character (arts)|characters]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s 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 (comics)|John Byrne]] and introduced in ''[[The Uncanny X-Men]]'' #141 (January 1981) as part of the [[Brotherhood of Mutants|Brotherhood of Evil Mutants]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=283}}</ref> 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 [[Robert Kelly (comics)|Senator Robert Kelly]], which in an alternate timeline leads to a dystopic future where Mutants are hunted, killed or captured by the [[Sentinel (comics)|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 (comics)|Freedom Force]].

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