Red Torpedo
The Red Torpedo is a female robot who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
The Red Torpedo was a female elemental robot that controlled water who was created by the scientist T. O. Morrow. (Red Tornado v2 #1) He was noted to had built her in a automotive plant in Czechoslovakia where she was intended to be his enforcer. At the time, the European Union had formed and Morrow had her steal money from various sites to fund his operations. Though sentient, she agreed to her creators plans as he used them to support their living but in time his ambitions grew and he desired her to steal weapons. At this time in history, the Soviet Union had collapsed and Morrow intended to capitalise on the event to secure an arsenal for himself. However, the Red Torpedo disagreed with her maker and ultimately rebelled against him where she fled from him. Despite leaving him, T.O. Morrow came to eventually track her down where he returned her to his laboratory with her being left paralysed. Her father stated that he intended to deactivate her and start again with a new android to be a more dutiful child. Upon being shut down, he hid her in a wrecked submarine deep underwater near Pearl Harbour with her being placed in a torpedo tube with the intention of never being reactivated again. Despite this being the case, the Red Torpedo re-configured her distress beacon to emit a signal passed on her brain patter where she believed that this would be registered by the other Morrow androids that he created in the future. This was with the hope that one of these siblings would one day reactivate her at a latter date. (Red Tornado v2 #2)
After the Construct was freed, it proceeded with taking control of every mechanical being on the planet. This included Red Torpedo and her siblings within the 'Red Family'. (Justice League of America v2 #60)
Overview
Personality and attributes
She claimed that Morrow did not program her with Asimov Laws which meant that she had no issue with harming humans. (Red Tornado v2 #2)
Powers and abilities
Though a robot, she was an elemental that had the ability to manipulate and control water. (Red Tornado v2 #2)
Notes
- The Red Torpedo was created by Kevin VanHook and Jose Luis where she made her first appearance in Red Tornado v2 #1 (November, 2009).
- An earlier Red Torpedo was created by Quality Comics with this being the superhero name of Jim Lockhart.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Young Justice, an adaptation of the character appeared in the setting of the animated television series. This version was a male Red Torpedo created by T. O. Morrow and given cover identity of Jim Lockhart sent to destroy the Justice Society. However, the android was too human and came to rebel against his programming cause him to go dormant. Morrow continued his experiments creating the female Red Inferno who sacrificed her life to save the Justice Society and then the Red Tornado who turned against his creator. T. O. Morrow then reactivated the former androids and recaptured Red Tornado so that they would join his newest creation Red Volcano. The androids took over the Sanctuary headquarters containing the Team until Red Volcano turned against his creator and intended to destroy all of humanity. Red Tornado managed to convince Red Torpedo and Red Inferno that they were heroic individuals which caused the two to turn against Red Volcano who was seemingly destroyed but at the cost of their lives.
Appearances
- Red Tornado v2: (2009)
- JLA 80-Page Giant 2011 v1: (2011)
- Justice League of America v2:
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