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Cyborg
Cyborg is one of the few superheroes whose powers are unambiguously a disaster that happened to him. Victor Stone was a promising athlete catastrophically injured in an accident at his father's laboratory, and his father saved his life by replacing most of his body with experimental technology without asking.
- First appearance
- DC Comics Presents #26 (1980), DC Comics
- Created by
- Marv Wolfman, George Pérez
- Also known as
- Victor Stone, Vic
- Universe
- DC Universe
- Appears in
- comics, television, animation, film, games
Who is Cyborg?
Cyborg is one of the few superheroes whose powers are unambiguously a disaster that happened to him. Victor Stone was a promising athlete catastrophically injured in an accident at his father's laboratory, and his father saved his life by replacing most of his body with experimental technology without asking. The stories that work are about that: a young man who did not consent to what he now is, whose relationship with his father is the source of both his survival and his resentment, and who cannot pass as ordinary in the way most heroes can. His 2011 promotion from the Teen Titans to the Justice League made him one of the very few Black characters in DC's founding line-up, which was the point of the move.
Cyborg: the details
- First appearance
- DC Comics Presents #26, October 1980
- Created by
- Marv Wolfman and George Pérez
- He did not consent
- His father rebuilt his body with experimental technology to save his life, without asking
- The powers are the injury
- Unusually in the genre, his abilities are the disaster rather than a gift
- He cannot pass
- Unlike most heroes he has no ordinary appearance to return to
- Promoted in 2011
- Moved from the Teen Titans into the Justice League's founding line-up
- Why that mattered
- It made him one of very few Black characters among DC's core founding team
Why Cyborg endures
One of the genre's few heroes whose abilities are framed entirely as harm done to him, and a deliberate 2011 revision of who counts as a founding member of DC's core team.
What Cyborg looks like on a shirt
Signature motif: Chrome and red cybernetic panelling; a glowing red eye
Circuit and panel-line patterning is the graphic here, which gives him texture rather than an emblem — closer to a technical drawing than a badge. Chrome, red and black, and the designs work large where a small mark would lose the detail.
Circuit and panel-line patterning gives texture rather than an emblem — closer to technical drawing than badge, so designs work large. Chrome, red and black. Teen and adult.
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| Adult | 15+ | S–3XL | Search adult sizes |
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Who has played Cyborg
| Performer | Production | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Fisher | Justice League | 2017 | Live action |
| Khary Payton | Teen Titans | 2003 | Voice |
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Who created Cyborg?
Cyborg was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, first appearing in DC Comics Presents #26 in 1980 (DC Comics).
What does a Cyborg T-shirt usually look like?
Chrome and red cybernetic panelling; a glowing red eye. Circuit and panel-line patterning gives texture rather than an emblem — closer to technical drawing than badge, so designs work large. Chrome, red and black. Teen and adult.
Are Cyborg T-shirts made for children?
No. Cyborg comes from work made for older audiences, so we keep the character off our kids pages even where children's sizes are manufactured.
Who has played Cyborg?
Cyborg has been played on screen by Ray Fisher (Justice League, 2017), and voiced by Khary Payton (Teen Titans, 2003).
How much does a Cyborg T-shirt cost?
Cyborg shirts we currently track start from around $17.99 on amazon.com. Every price on this page is dated, because they move.
This profile was compiled from published reference material about Cyborg — first appearance, creator credits and production history — and is a secondary source rather than a substitute for the original publication. Where a detail could not be corroborated it has been left out. We do not physically test garments; see how we work for what that means and what it does not.
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