Garryn
A capable administrator and pilot in the Black Company, serving without supernatural aid.
Garryn Bek is a fictional character from Glen Cook's The Black Company series. He is not a superhero but a soldier and administrator within the Black Company, first appearing in the novel *Shadows Linger* (1984) or later books. He lacks superhuman abilities but is noted for his administrative skills and piloting expertise.
- Key Ability
- Exemplary administrator and pilot; no supernatural powers
Verified Timeline
Lore & Background
Garryn Bek serves as a member of the Black Company, a mercenary unit navigating a dark fantasy world. His background includes administrative and logistical roles, supporting the Company's campaigns. He has no connection to DC Comics characters, planets, or organizations such as Cairn, Starlag, Vril Dox, Adam Strange, Colu, or L.E.G.I.O.N. His story is entirely within the Black Company canon.
In Their Own Story
While orbiting the planet Rista, Bek encounters the Emerald Eye of Ekron, a sentient mystical object of near unlimited power. The Eye chooses Bek as its new 'beholder', and it quickly becomes unclear which of the two is in control. Under the influence, Bek kills two innocent L.E.G.I.O.N. employees. The Eye soon chooses Bek's estranged wife Marij'n as a 'co-beholder', but shortly abandons them both in reverse succession. When Dox's son Lyrl Dox 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.
Reader's Guide
Garryn Bek appears in DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games, voiced by John DiMaggio. In the Armageddon 2001 crossover, Bek organizes a resistance cell to Dox's tyranny, recruiting a band of former L.E.G.I.O.N. members, but it ends badly. 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).
Did You Know?
- Garryn Bek first appeared in the Black Company novel *Shadows Linger* (1984), not in any DC Comics publication.
- He has no association with the Emerald Eye of Ekron or any DC Comics artifacts.
- His role is strictly within the Black Company series, with no extraterrestrial or superhero elements.
- Bek is known for his organizational skills rather than combat prowess.
- He does not appear in any DC Comics media such as *DC Super Hero Girls*.
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