Who Is Sheriff Root? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Sheriff Root is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Hugo Root, with over 17 comic issue appearances. The sheriff of Annville who engendered fear and pity.

Who is Sheriff Root?

Hugo Root was the sheriff in Annville, Texas . He had a wife and a son, and was both feared and loathed by the population. His abrasive, antagonistic character won him no friends, which was perfectly fine by him. His wife didn't love him - she was an alcoholic and a Valium addict - and his son was a rock and roll-loving stoner whom Root regularly beat. The sheriff himself was prone to bouts of drunken rage and shooting into the sky in his eternal vigil for "Martian niggers." The only thing he wanted was the town's respect, and with a family like his, that wasn't coming anytime soon. Of course, everything came crashing down around him. His son shot his face off with a shotgun, trying to commit suicide in the fashion of Kurt Cobain. The boy's friend succeeded, but Root's son lived, requiring massive reconstructive surgery and months of therapy, and the eventual nickname Arseface .

Key facts

Sheriff Root is of human origin and first appeared in "The Time of the Preacher". The character is published by DC Comics. With 17 recorded issue appearances, Sheriff Root ranks among the most featured characters in comics.