Editing Pyro (Marvel Comics) (section)

===St. John Allerdyce===
Born and raised in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], St. John Allerdyce is a [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutant]] who possesses the elemental power to control fire and flame, though not generate it. As such, he wields a flamethrower to provide heat for him to control. After years of working in [[Southeast Asia]] as a journalist and novelist, Pyro met the mutant [[Mystique (comics)|Mystique]], who later recruited him to the [[Brotherhood of Mutants|Brotherhood of Evil Mutants]] as a professional criminal and [[subversive]]. With the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, he attempted to assassinate [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Robert Kelly (character)|Robert Kelly]], and first battled the [[X-Men]].<ref>''The Uncanny X-Men'' #141-142. Marvel Comics.</ref> With the Brotherhood, he later battled the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]],<ref>''The Avengers'' Annual #10. Marvel Comics.</ref> and then the X-Men again.<ref>''The Uncanny X-Men'' #177-178. Marvel Comics.</ref> Though he never served under the team's original leader, [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]], Pyro did work with the Brotherhood under the command of several of Magneto's subordinates who alternately supervised the group.

Mystique's Brotherhood later offered the team's services to the United States government in exchange for protection and an official pardon for its crimes, and was renamed [[Freedom Force (comics)|Freedom Force]]. As part of their first mission, the team captured Magneto.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #199. Marvel Comics.</ref> With Freedom Force, he next captured the Avengers on behalf of the federal government.<ref>''Avengers Annual'' #15. Marvel Comics.</ref> Later, he clashed with the original [[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]] in seeking to arrest [[Rusty Collins]].<ref>''X-Factor'' #8-10. Marvel Comics.</ref> With Freedom Force, he fought the X-Men in Dallas, and was present at the X-Men's [[Fall of the Mutants|apparent demise]].<ref>''The Uncanny X-Men'' #223-227. Marvel Comics.</ref> With Freedom Force, he battled [[Cyclops (Marvel Comics)|Cyclops]] and [[Jean Grey|Marvel Girl]],<ref>''X-Factor'' #30-31. Marvel Comics.</ref> sought to arrest Rusty Collins again, battled the [[New Mutants]], and finally arrested both Rusty and [[Skids (comics)|Skids]].<ref>''The New Mutants'' #78-80. Marvel Comics.</ref> He and [[Blob (Marvel Comics)|Blob]] under [[Spiral (character)|Spiral]]'s orders attempted to capture a young mutant girl named Amanda, but were defeated by [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]].<ref>''Daredevil'' #269. Marvel Comics.</ref>

Pyro later teamed with Blob and [[Avalanche (character)|Avalanche]] against the Avengers during the "[[Acts of Vengeance]]" storyline.<ref>''The Avengers'' #312. Marvel Comics.</ref>

During Freedom Force's final mission, the team confronts a group of Iraqi operatives known as [[Desert Sword]] in Kuwait. There are fatalities on both sides. [[Super Sabre (comics)|Super Sabre]] is decapitated and Pyro kills Desert Sword operative Veil. Ultimately, Freedom Force is defeated and Pyro and Blob are abandoned in Kuwait and captured.<ref>''The New Mutants'' Annual #11; ''The New Warriors'' Annual #11; ''The Uncanny X-Men'' Annual #15; ''X-Factor'' Annual #6. Marvel Comics.</ref> Blob and Pyro are forced to serve as bodyguards to the country's military commanders. Later, [[Toad (Marvel Comics)|Toad]] buys their release. Blob and Pyro join the Toad's new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and with them battled [[X-Force]].<ref>''X-Force'' #6-7. Marvel Comics.</ref>

Some years later, Pyro contracted the [[Legacy Virus]], a fatal disease affecting mainly mutants.<ref>''X-Men'' (vol. 2) Annual #2. Marvel Comics.</ref> He went to great lengths to find a cure (encountering [[Cecilia Reyes]] at one point<ref>''The Uncanny X-Men'' #351. Marvel Comics.</ref>), several times at the expense of others, but was unsuccessful in his search and succumbed to the virus.<ref name="cable87">''Cable (vol. 2) #87. Marvel Comics.</ref> This was just after saving Senator Robert Kelly from a new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. This act of heroism was also instrumental in changing Senator Kelly's opinion on mutants as a whole, and led to his decision to work toward peaceful co-existence between humans and mutants.<ref name="cable87" />

During the "[[Necrosha]]" storyline, Pyro is resurrected by means of the [[Techno-organic virus#Transmode virus|Transmode Virus]] to serve as part of [[Selene (comics)|Selene]]'s army of deceased mutants.  Under the control of Selene and [[Eli Bard]], he takes part in the assault on the mutant nation of [[Utopia (comics)|Utopia]].<ref name ="XNecrosha">''X-Necrosha'' #1 (December 2010). Marvel Comics.</ref>

Pyro was confirmed to have remained alive after the events of "Necrosha" as he battled both the original adult Iceman and the time-displaced teenage version in an attack in New York City, the older Bobby Drake confirming to his younger self that Pyro was indeed the original Australian version back from the dead.<ref name="Iceman #8">''Iceman'' (vol. 3) #8. Marvel Comics.</ref>

Pyro then joined a new Brotherhood of Mutants led by Magneto's clone [[Joseph (comics)|Joseph]], though Joseph claimed to be Magneto. He briefly battled the X-Men, though when Joseph's identity had been revealed, Pyro attempted to defend him against his teammate [[Juggernaut (character)|Juggernaut]]. Pyro was swiftly knocked unconscious by a punch from Cyclops.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' (vol. 5) #16 (April 2019). Marvel Comics.</ref>