PYROMANIA

Real Name: Unreveales

Identity/Class: Human (mutant?)

Occupation: Pyromaniac, patient

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Gale, Mayhem, Shriek, Webber

Enemies: John Jameson, Spider-Man

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Ravencroft Institute, upstate New York

First Appearance: Web of Spider-Man Annual#10 (1994)
{Edizione Italiana: L'Uomo Ragno#174 Marvel Italia (30 agosto 1995)}

Powers/Abilities: Pyrokinesis (generating fire with his mind). He can project flames and fly. His fire can burn Mayhem's toxic mist without any effect on him.

History: (Web of Spider-Man Annual#10 - BTS) - Pyromania was a pyromaniac, and was declared mad by the law. He had super-powers so he was sent to the Ravencroft to be studied and, possibly, cured or rehabilitated.

(Web of Spider-Man Annual#10) - Webber was in one of the security cells when Shriek was brought to the Institute. Thanks to Barker's emotions, Shriek fed enough to free herself and other "guests" of the Institute: Pyromania, Gale, Mayhem and Webber, manipulating them with her powers. However Mayhem didn't wanted to ally with assassins like them so attacked them with her toxic gas. Pyromania burn the toxic gas, saving Webber, and Gale knocked Mayhem down. Soon after, Pyromania joined his fire to Shriek and Gale's powers and smashed the titanium door that cut them off from the rest of the institute.

They found Spider-Man and John Jameson. Spider-Man webbed Pyromania who burned the web in two seconds. Then Pyromania flew behind Jameson and melted his narcotic gun with his fire. Spider-Man webbed again Pyromania, but this time he used the pyrokinetic as a whip against Mayhem. Pyromania again freed himself from the web and tried to attack Spider-Man but he was hit in his "low" parts from Spider-Man, who had been warned by his Spider-Sense.

A few minutes later, Pyromania, Gale, and Webber were being manipulated again by Shriek, who changed ideas and directed her energy powers against them. Spider-Man saved them andm after having defeated the shrieking criminal with the help of Jameson, took Pyromania and the other criminals in their cells.

Comments: Created by Terry Kavanagh/Mike Lackey, Jerry Bingham and Tom Palmer.

Profile by Spidermay

Clarifications:

Pyromania has no known connections to

• Pyro, St. John Allerdyce, of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, @ Uncanny X-Men#141
• Pyro-Bomb 2006, sabotage device used by Cosmic Raiders
      --Speed Carter #4/3
• Pyron the Thermal Man, industrial saboteur, Avengers foe, @ Avengers I#206
• Pyro-Pistols - 2075, Saturnian weapons, given to pirates, @ Speed Carter #1
• Pyro-Projector, used by Factor Three to start fires, @ X-Men I#28
• or to anyone else with a similar name.

Images:
Web of Spider-Man Annual#10, p14, pan2
Web of Spider-Man Annual#10, p17, pan1

Other appearances: None

Last updated: 06/11/05

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