| Red Torpedo | |
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 Cover to Crack Comics #2 (Quality Comics, June 1940) |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Quality Comics(1940-1956); DC Comics |
| First appearance | Crack Comics #1 (May 1940) |
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| Alter ego | Jim Lockhart |
| Team affiliations | United States Navy All-Star Squadron Freedom Fighters |
| Notable aliases | Robin Hood of the deep |
| Abilities | None, his submarine can fly, travel on land and fire energy beams |
Red Torpedo is a fictional character published by DC Comics. He debuted in Crack Comics #1 (May 1940).
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Fictional character biography
Jim Lockhart was a navy captain until he retired in 1940. Unable to settle down, he began building a one-man submarine known as "The Red Torpedo." Using the devices onboard, he became the peacekeeper of the seas, the Robin Hood of the deep. His run as a hero for Quality comics consisted of Crack Comics 1-20. His most common enemy was the Black Shark, a pirate of sorts.
Hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Red Torpedo was recruited by Uncle Sam to join the Freedom Fighters in defending the base. He fell with the other heroes and was left for dead. Later, it was revealed that he was not dead, but he did retire after this.[1]
After the War
Red Torpedo was seen aiding the Starman of 1951 in building his spaceship, The Flying Star. He was most recently seen as one of the administrators of Windward Home in Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis, along with Elsa Magnusson, widow of Mark Merlin.
Android
A new female android Red Torpedo debuted in Red Tornado (vol. 2) #1 (November, 2009). This Red Torpedo was revealed to be the first elemental android created by T.O. Morrow during the days of the Soviet Union, years before the conception of the Red Tornado. But much like her younger "sibling" the Tornado, the Torpedo rebelled against Morrow's control and he deactivated her, hiding her inside the sunken wreck of a battleship in the waters of Pearl Harbor as a type of sick joke. The Torpedo spent years inside the ship when she managed to send out a beacon to the Tornado and her two other "siblings", the Red Volcano and the Red Inferno. She is eventually found and reactivated by the Tornado, and while she readjusts to the world, she informs the Tornado about the existence of the other two elementals and the Red Volcano's cruelty. At the same time, the Tornado is having a hard time keeping the Torpedo in check, as she exhibits somewhat more lethal methods, although she claims that she doesn't intend to kill people when she tries to defend herself.[2]
External References
- Golden Age Heroes Directory
- International Catalogue of Superheroes
- Unofficial Red Torpedo Biography
- Mike’s Amazing World of DC Comics
References
- ^ Greenberger, Robert (2008), "Freedom Fighters", in Dougall, Alastair, The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 131, ISBN 0-7566-4119-5, OCLC 213309017
- ^ Red Tornado (vol.2) #1-3
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