He discovers this ability after he's framed for murder by a saboteur, and sentenced to die in the electric chair.

[3] According to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, "Pyroman fights evil men like Venomi and his Black Boas, Schneubel (who uses a weapon to recreate Mars' environment in America), Dr. Fosfor and his semi-sentient living flame, and would-be world-conqueror Dr. Zucca and his city-destroying Tornado".

[6] His sole original appearance was in a new story written for All-Hero Retro Comics Annual #1 (1998).

Alan Moore used Pyroman, along with many other Nedor Comics characters, for his Tom Strong series.

In 2007, Pyroman was again one of several Golden Age characters used, this time in Dynamite Entertainment's Project Superpowers written by Jim Krueger and drawn by Alex Ross.