Rocket Red Brigade
The Rocket Red Brigade is an organization that features in DC Comics.
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History
The Rocket Red Brigade was an elite force of superhumans created by the Soviet Union with the aid of the Green Lantern Corps member Kilowog. They consisted of genetically enhanced soldiers clad in powerful battlesuits. When the other Earth-based Green Lanterns tracked Kilowog down, the Rocket Reds attacked them, and Kilowog was forced to destroy Rocket Red 1 to release them. Kilowog left in disgust, but the Rocket Reds continued on, with at least nine members.
They later battled the Justice League, until the Soviet government ordered them to join forces with the League to prevent a nuclear meltdown. Still later, Rocket Red 7 joined the Justice League when it became an international peace force.
The Rocket Red Brigade was eventually retired (probably around the time of the fall of the Soviet Union), and the battlesuits were later put up for sale at an illegal arms auction. The suits were purchased by Vandal Savage, who used their nuclear-powered suits as nuclear "missiles" with which he attempted to conquer the world. He also imprisoned the captured and newly reformed Teen Titans in the suits, to kill them in the process. However, at the same time, the Hourman Virus struck, causing the suit with Tempest to go off-course, free the hero, and annihilate the city of Montevideo in Uruguay. The other suits were divested of their unwilling wearers, and destroyed by members of the Justice Legion A, before they could be used to wipe out Metropolis, Brussels, and Singapore.
At some point, Gavril Ivanovich joined the Brigade where he served as a Captain until he declared himself a true Communist who saw that Russian had been corrupted by Western interests. As a result, he was declared an enemy of the state and departed the Brigade where he forged his own makeshift armour and operated as Rocket Red. This brought him into conflict with the Rocket Red Brigade that sought to eliminate him. (Justice League: Generation Lost v1 #4)
Overview
Power cells for the suits were situated within the collars. (Justice League: Generation Lost v1 #4)
Pilots wore an underlay exo-skin that recycled internal heat to prevent any freeze attack. They could project a white noise sonic attack from the palm of the right hand whilst the left could unfurl a cannon. (Supergirl v7 #14)
The suits had a self-destruct mechanism designed to explode to protect proprietary technology. (Supergirl v7 #14)
Members
- Josef Denisovich :
- Dmitri Pushkin :
- Gavril Ivanovich :
- Noi Maxsimovich Komarov : ginger haired male designated as Rocket Red #77 who was shot down over Mongolia. (Supergirl v7 #14)
Notes
- The Rocket Red Brigade was created by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton where they made their first appearance in Green Lantern Corps v1 #208 (January, 1987).
- The history of the Rocket Reds may now be somewhat different, since the DC universe's modern heroic age only stretches back a decade or so.
Appearances
- Green Lantern Corps v1:
- Justice League: Generation Lost:
