Wanting to impress his brother, Johnson stole the radio from the car himself but then ran into Billy who disapproved of his little brother's actions. Billy, however, was hesitant noting he could not get involved in any more illegal activities or he would face his father's punishment. One day, Johnson ear-dropped on a conversation between his brother and his friends, Rockwell and Duane Porter, on stealing a radio from someone's car. He was close to his brother Billy and idolized him. The youngest child of Otis and Adina Johnson, Tyrone Johnson was named after his mother's grandfather.

Johnson attempting to assist Billy Johnson I just feel scared.' ― Billy Johnson and Tyrone Johnson 'So, you thugging now? What? You feel like a big man now?' This eventually caused them to meet and ally with the Runaways, helping them to rescue Alex Wilder from the Dark Dimension. With this new victory achieved, Johnson and Bowen decided to leave New Orleans to help others who might need their assistance.

Now believing the city was in good hands without them, Johnson and Bowen left New Orleans together to help out others in need. The drug trade managed to abide Johnson's need for rules and regulations and his name was cleared. They all found out that Andre Deschaine was behind it all and managed to defeat him with Bowen to once again save New Orleans. Mayhem and Johnson, later on, helped out each other in the cases of the young women disappearing throughout the city. Connors, who was trapped in the Dark Dimension for months, was freed and had a change of heart and wanted to help Johnson clear his name and end his own family's corruption. He soon comes into conflict with Mayhem, O'Reilly's aggression and rage personified. While living on his own, he intervened in the city's drug trade much to the annoyance of Brigid O'Reilly and the concern of Bowen. Johnson was framed for the murder of Kenneth Fuchs by Connors and was forced to go on the run but not before he and Bowen saved New Orleans from a spawn of Terrors with their conjoint powers. Despite having vastly different backgrounds, both share similar experiences. His powers are connected to Tandy Bowen, who was also exposed to the energy from the explosion. Sebastian's Preparatory School and a former player of its basketball team with the ability to manipulate Darkforce, a power he gained after being exposed to an explosion of energy caused by the Roxxon Gulf Platform's collapse on the same night his brother, Billy, was killed by James Connors. Tyrone Johnson is a former student at the St. He's not aiming for some ideal a bunch of assholes who don't understand him set for him, because that line moves. 'My best friend was strong enough to hold himself up in a world hell-bent on knocking him down.

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