Loading AI tools
Comics character From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Garryn Bek is a fictional extraterrestrial superhero character published by DC Comics. Created by Keith Giffen, Bill Mantlo, and Todd McFarlane, the character first appeared in Invasion! #1 (January 1989), and went on to become a founding member of L.E.G.I.O.N.[1]
| Garryn Bek | |
|---|---|
Garryn Bek as depicted in L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #15 (May 1990). Art by Kevin Maguire. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Invasion! #1 (Jan. 1989) |
| Created by | Keith Giffen (writer) Bill Mantlo (writer) Todd McFarlane (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Cairn |
| Place of origin | Cairn |
| Team affiliations | L.E.G.I.O.N. R.E.B.E.L.S. |
| Abilities | Strategic management and military administration |
As a member of the titular group, Garryn appeared in L.E.G.I.O.N. '89 (February 1989) through L.E.G.I.O.N. '94 (September 1994) by Keith Giffen, Alan Grant, and Kevin Maguire returning several issues later in the follow-up series R.E.B.E.L.S. '94 (October 1994) through R.E.B.E.L.S. '96 (March 1996) by Tom Peyer and Arnie Jorgensen. Bek makes two minor unnamed appearances in Infinite Crisis #1 (December 2005) and Rann-Thanagar War: Infinite Crisis Special #1 (April 2006).
Garryn Bek is a police officer on his home planet of Cairn before being imprisoned by the Dominators. He, Vril Dox, and several other inmates escape and form the group L.E.G.I.O.N.
While orbiting the planet Rista, Bek encounters the Emerald Eye of Ekron, a sentient mystical artifact. The Eye chooses Bek and his estranged wife Marij'n as its wielders, but abandons them both.[2][3][4]
When Dox's son Lyrl usurps control of L.E.G.I.O.N., Bek joins Dox's newly formed opposition group R.E.B.E.L.S. After Lyrl is defeated, Bek and his comrades once again assume control of L.E.G.I.O.N., where he becomes an administrator.[5][6]
On his own, Garryn Bek has no extra-human abilities and shows lackluster combat skills. He is an exemplary administrator and pilot.
Through his connection with the Emerald Eye of Ekron, Bek had access to near limitless power. Responding to (and also affecting) Bek's will, the Eye exhibited abilities to produce force fields, emit energy blasts, and manipulate the mind.
Bek organizes a resistance cell to Dox's tyranny in the Armageddon 2001 crossover. He recruits a band of former L.E.G.I.O.N. members, but it ends badly.[7]
Garryn Bek appears in DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games, voiced by John DiMaggio.[8]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
