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|debut = '''As Ulthoon''':<br> ''Mystery in Space'' #61<br>(August 10th 1960)<br> '''As Red Tornado''':<br> ''Justice League of America'' #64 (August 10th 1968) 
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'''Red Tornado''' is a fictional character appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[DC Comics]]. As the second character to assume the identity of '''[[Red Tornado (character)|Red Tornado]]''', he is the result of an android being merged with a sentient tornado by [[T. O. Morrow|T.O. Morrow]].

Red Tornado appears in the TV series ''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]'', portrayed by [[Iddo Goldberg]].

==Creation==
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Fox was interviewed about the characters creation stating, "The Red Tornado was a takeoff on a character ([[Ma Hunkel]]) from way back in the early '40s but she was a woman and we thought we'd bring a new version of the character in to get a new angle on a plot. I am certain that this idea was [[Julius Schwartz|Julie]]'s.”

==Publication history==
Created by writer [[Gardner Fox]] and artist [[Dick Dillin]], the sentient android Red Tornado first appeared in ''[[Justice League of America]]'' #64 (August 1968).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=247}}</ref> The [[Red Tornado (identity)|Red Tornado]] name had previously been used for comical superheroine [[Red Tornado (Ma Hunkel)|Ma Hunkel]], who was introduced in ''[[All-American Comics]]'' in 1939 as a supporting character in ''[[Scribbly the Boy Cartoonist]]''. She started using the Red Tornado name in 1940.

The 1968 Red Tornado was a sentient android able to generate tornado-speed winds enabling it to fly and perform other wind-related feats. Originally a member of the [[Justice Society of America]], it moved to [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|another dimension]] and joined the [[Justice League of America]]. The Red Tornado's body was characteristically damaged or destroyed. It was [[Retroactive continuity|retconned]] in 1981, briefly programmed with Ma Hunkel's memory (rather than being sentient) until an older alien supervillain (the Tornado Champion) inhabits the android body. In a 1984 retcon, the Tornado Champion never inhabited the android body. Instead, [[Classical element|elemental air]] occupied the android. A 2011 [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] of the DC Comics universe, [[The New 52]], eliminated the Red Tornado from DC Comics (although other characters have hinted at its existence).

==Fictional character biography==
===Silver Age Red Tornado===
====Ulthoon, the Tornado Tyrant, and the Tornado Champion====
The Red Tornado was formed with the merger of two entities: an android body created by [[supervillain]] [[T. O. Morrow]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wells |first1=John |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965-1969 |date=2014 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490557 |page=200}}</ref> and the Tornado Champion from the planet Rann. The Tornado Champion was the morally good part of a sentient tornado on Rann. Known as Ulthoon, the Tornado Tyrant of Rann, this being was defeated by [[Adam Strange]]<ref>''Mystery in Space'' #61 (August 1960). DC Comics.</ref> and "contemplated the nature of good and evil and decided that good was the superior force".<ref name=vine>{{cite web|title=Tornado Tyrant|url=http://www.comicvine.com/tornado-tyrant/4005-25417/|website=ComicVine.com|access-date=30 August 2014}}</ref> Ulthoon is aware of Strange's adventure with the Justice League of America (JLA), and in a 1963 story decides to move to an uninhabited replica of Earth. Ulthoon takes on the form of the Justice League. Its evil side, later known as the Tornado Tyrant, emerges and defeats Ulthoon-Justice League. Determined to understand its failure, the Tornado Champion goes to Earth (where the Tornado Tyrant emerges again and defeats the real Justice League). In a second attack, the Justice League banishes the Tornado Tyrant to an "anti-matter universe" and (they believe) is destroyed. The Tornado Champion ends his experiment with a duplicate Earth and JLA, and decides to continue being a hero.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #17 (February 1963). DC Comics.</ref> This story is retconned in ''Justice League of America'' #193, where the Tornado Champion tells JLA member [[Ronnie Raymond|Firestorm]] that it alone traveled to Earth in 1963 to "recreate" its failed battle against the Tornado Tyrant. After learning how to defeat its evil half it returned to the replica Earth, defeated its evil half and banished it "forever".<ref name=jla193 />

The next step in the Red Tornado's evolution came in summer 1968, although the story was not published until 1981.<ref name=jla193 /> The Tornado Champion, seeking an Earth where no one recognizes it, goes to the alternate dimension known in the DC Comics universe as [[Earth-Two]]. It encounters T.O. Morrow, a supervillain from [[Earth-One]] who is creating an android to use against the Justice Society of America. Morrow, attempting to dupe the JSA, gives the android Ma Hunkel's memory. The Tornado Champion enters the android's body, causing a short circuit in Morrow's computer which erases its memory.<ref name=jla193 />{{Efn|The Red Tornado's body is destroyed in ''Justice League of America'' #193, releasing the Tornado Champion. Tornado Champion tells this story to Firestorm, who agrees to keep it a secret.<ref name=jla193 /> The existence of the Tornado Champion inside the android body is not revealed until a story published in ''Justice League of America'' Annual #3 in 1985.<ref name=jlaanual3 />}}

====Justice Society of America adventures====
In 1968, Red Tornado appears at JSA headquarters on Earth-Two claiming to be the [[Red Tornado (Ma Hunkel)|"original" Red Tornado]]. Although the JSA is suspicious, Red Tornado has all of Hunkel's memories. Morrow has other robots attack a museum and vaporize relics, and the JSA responds. Red Tornado, programmed to appear inept (and keep the JSA from realizing its true nature), exposes the JSA to the dust created by the vaporization and all except [[Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)|Doctor Fate]] fall into a coma. It then returns to Morrow's lair as programmed. Morrow's computer predicts that keeping Red Tornado active will allow Morrow to continue his criminal activity. Doctor Fate awakens the remaining JSA members from their coma, and Red Tornado betrays his fellow JSA members by telling them to use Morrow's energy weapons. The devices, rigged to explode, put the JSA and Red Tornado into a coma and Morrow returns to Earth-One to attack the Justice League.<ref name=jla64>''Justice League of America'' #64 (August 1968). DC Comics.</ref> He puts the JLA into comas twice: once with energy duplicates and a second time with energy duplicates of their deadliest enemies. Red Tornado (who was not incapacitated by the energy backfire on Earth-Two) travels to Earth-One and revives the JLA members, who capture Morrow. It returns to Earth-Two and revives the JSA, which admits Red Tornado to full membership in gratitude.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #65 (September 1968).</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Red Tornado|url=http://www.comicvine.com/red-tornado/4005-1688/|website=ComicVine.com|access-date=30 August 2014}}</ref>

With no Justice Society comic book published at the time, Red Tornado's appearances were limited to JSA-JLA collaborations. These were popular, and DC Comics usually published one a year.{{sfn|Misiroglu|2012|page=209}} Red Tornado appeared again in 1969, traveling alone to Earth-One with a warning. The JLA ignores him as they battle a gang and try to save [[Hawkman (Katar Hol)|Hawkman]], who has been turned into a pillar of salt. As the JLA battles the demons responsible, Red Tornado (investigating where they came from) unleashes a gas which restores Hawkman.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #72 (June 1969). DC Comics.</ref> It then delivers its message: [[Aquarius (DC Comics)|Aquarius]], a "living star", has wiped out the Earth-Two universe. Two weeks earlier, Doctor Fate protected the JSA and [[Black Canary (Dinah Drake)|Black Canary]]'s husband (police detective [[Larry Lance]]) in a magic bubble.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #73 (August 1969). DC Comics.</ref> The JLA rush into the Earth-Two universe and finding themselves in Doctor Fate's bubble. Aquarius forces the mind-controlled JSA to do battle against the JLA, but his hold over them is broken when Larry Lance sacrifices himself to save Black Canary. The JLA tricks Aquarius into entering an [[antimatter]] universe, where he is destroyed.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #74 (September 1969). DC Comics.</ref>

In the next JLA-JSA collaboration, Red Tornado is captured by an alien known as Creator<sup>2</sup>. Creator<sup>2</sup>, who wants to merge Earth-One and Earth-Two into a paradise, uses Red Tornado (who has been in both dimensions) to "anchor" this effort. Creator<sup>2</sup>'s servants incapacitate several JSA members, but the dimensions are already merging and several JLA members are rendered comatose. The Earth-One [[Hal Jordan|Green Lantern]] and the [[Atom (Ray Palmer)|Atom]] realize that Red Tornado is controlled by Creator<sup>2</sup>. With the help of [[Spectre (comics)|Spectre]] (not a JSA member), Doctor Fate, [[Johnny Thunder]] and [[Thunderbolt (DC Comics)|Thunderbolt]] free Red Tornado and end the threat (although Spectre is presumed dead).<ref>''Justice League of America'' #82 (August 1970). DC Comics.</ref>

Red Tornado has a final mission with the JSA in 1972. The JLA is being visited by [[Elongated Man]], [[Metamorpho]], [[Zatanna]] and [[Wonder Woman]] when the JSA calls for help. The JLA discovers that [[Nebula Man]] has created a planet-sized magic metal fist which is crushing Earth-Two. The heroes contact [[Aurakles|Oracle]], a super-being with vast knowledge, who tells them that only the [[Seven Soldiers of Victory]] (SSV) can defeat Nebula Man. However, he scattered them through time and the JSA and JLA begin rescuing them.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #100 (August 1972). DC Comics.</ref> An old SSV opponent, Iron Hand (also known as The Hand), is behind Nebula Man's attack.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #101 (September 1972). DC Comics.</ref> When the last of the Seven Soldiers is retrieved, the JSA and JLA learn that [[Wing (DC Comics)|Wing]] (the [[Crimson Avenger]]'s sidekick) died saving the SSV from Nebula Man with a secret weapon. JLA's Wonder Woman defeats Iron Hand, but the device controlling Nebula Man is smashed and he cannot prevent Earth-Two's destruction. After the SSV recreate their weapon, Red Tornado takes the device into orbit; it detonates, killing him.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #102 (September 1972). DC Comics.</ref>{{Efn|Many of the details of this event were subsequently retconned in 2000.<ref>''Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.'' #9 (April 2000). DC Comics.</ref>}}

====Early Justice League of America adventures====
Red Tornado makes his first appearance on Earth-One in April 1973, a year after the character's apparent death. Elongated Man joins the JLA and leads the league in investigating a group of pliable, putty-like men who are assembling a super-weapon. Several JLA members are saved by a mysterious individual who turns out to be Red Tornado.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #105 (April 1973). DC Comics.</ref> Red Tornado did not die in the explosion, but was hurled into the Earth-One dimension. His face was damaged, and his memory temporarily lost. He believes that a blind hermit remolded his face (which penciller [[Dick Dillin]] made more human-like), regained his memories after several months. He cannot return to the Earth-Two universe. The "blind hermit" turns out to be T.O. Morrow, who has implanted a device in Red Tornado which will kill the JLA when Red Tornado first uses his JLA signaling device. The JLA discovers the plot and deactivates the device, and Morrow (who can only exist in the absence of Red Tornado) fades away.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #106 (July 1973). DC Comics.</ref> Red Tornado tries to return to Earth-Two by stowing away in the JLA's Trans-Matter Cube (which allows interdimensional travel), but his presence causes the JLA and JSA to go to [[List of DC Multiverse worlds#Catalogued|Earth X]]: a world in which [[Nazi Germany]] won [[World War II]]. The two superhero teams meet a third: the [[Freedom Fighters (comics)|Freedom Fighters]]. Learning that Nazi Germany rules the world with mind-control devices, they destroy one.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #107 (October 1973). DC Comics.</ref> Three more devices are located and destroyed, but a fourth cannot be found. As the JSA and JLA come under Nazi control and begin to attack the Freedom Fighters, Red Tornado (immune to the device's effects) finds and destroys the fourth device.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #108 (November 1973). DC Comics.</ref>

During the next few years, Red Tornado has a number of adventures with the Justice League; many end with the character damaged or destroyed. In February 1974, Red Tornado accidentally frees alien supervillain [[Eclipso]] from imprisonment inside [[Eclipso#Bruce Gordon|Bruce Gordon]] and is damaged in the following explosion.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #109 (February 1974). DC Comics.</ref> In "The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus!", the JLA's old nemesis [[Key (comics)|The Key]] threatens to destroy [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. The JLA must run a gauntlet of traps to reach his bomb; although Red Tornado is apparently killed in one of the snares, the [[Phantom Stranger]] saves him. As a Christmas gift, the JLA gives Red Tornado a new, more colorful costume.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #110 (March 1974). DC Comics.</ref> He is again severely damaged when the Adaptoids mistake the JLA for tyrants.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #118 (May 1975). DC Comics.</ref>

Red Tornado is apparently killed again in 1976, when [[Nekron]] gives the JLA an extreme fear of death which causes it to disband.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #128 (March 1976). DC Comics.</ref> Nekron then threatens to destroy Midway City with a [[solar flare]], ordering Hawkman (one of the league's weakest members) to try to halt the flare. Red Tornado (disguised as Hawkman) is destroyed stopping the flare, giving the real Hawkman and Wonder Woman—who is immune to Nekron's fear-inducing power—time to evacuate the city, and Nekron is defeated with an overdose of intense fear.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #129 (April 1976). DC Comics.</ref>

On Earth-One Red Tornado slowly becomes more human-like, develops a distinct personality and adopts the name [[Placeholder name|John Smith]]. He becomes a teacher, meeting (and becoming fond of) employment counselor Kathy Sutton.

===={{anchor|The Construct}}Construct====
A Justice League villain composed of radio and other electromagnetic waves, Construct, appeared in ''Justice League of America'' comic books in 1977. At the beginning of the first story involving Construct, he is apparently defeated by the Atom.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #142 (May 1977). DC Comics.</ref> Construct remains alive, however, and takes up residence in the Injustice Gang satellite. Although it reforms the Injustice Gang, the JLA defeats them and destroys the satellite but is unaware that Construct controlled the supervillains.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #143 (June 1977). DC Comics.</ref>

Red Tornado reappears at the end of ''Justice League of America'' #145, apparently brought back to life with Hawkman and [[Superman]] by the death of Count Crystal.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #145 (August 1977). DC Comics.</ref> When tested by Superman, however, Red Tornado attacks his comrades. When the Injustice Gang satellite blows up, Construct flees into the nearest android body: the orbiting remains of Red Tornado. Defeated by Hawkman and [[Shayera Hol|Hawkgirl]], Construct leaves Red Tornado's body. Reassembled, Red Tornado revives and rejoins the Justice League. Although most JLA members think he is still under Construct's control, Black Canary, Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman support him. Red Tornado confronts Construct, and while they are locked in a battle of wills Wonder Woman activates [[Amazons (DC Comics)|Amazonian]] technology which disrupts Construct.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #146 (September 1977). DC Comics.</ref>

Construct becomes Red Tornado's nemesis,<ref name=redtminiseries /> playing a major role in a 2005 story by helping the Justice League rout the [[Qward|Weaponers of Qward]], the Earth-devouring Void Hound and the [[Crime Syndicate of America]].<ref>''JLA'' #107 (December 2004); ''JLA'' #113 (June 2005); ''JLA'' #114 (July 2005). DC Comics.</ref> A portion of Construct (merged with the Void Hound) helped save [[Enigma (DC Comics)#Second Enigma|Enigma]], reincarnate Engima's daughter and help the antihero fight the [[Crime Syndicate of America]].<ref>''Trinity'' #41 (March 11, 2009); ''Trinity'' #48 (April 29, 2009); ''Trinity'' #51 (May 20, 2009). DC Comics.</ref>

====Later Justice League adventures====
Red Tornado helps the JLA defeat the Star-Tsar. Former [[Manhunter (comics)|Manhunter]] Mark Shaw adopts a new heroic identity, the pirate-themed Privateer. [[Doctor Light (Arthur Light)|Doctor Light]] defeats the JLA, but the Star-Tsar frees the League because he sees Light as a competitor. [[Snapper Carr]] is revealed as the Star-Tsar,<ref>''Justice League of America'' #149 (December 1977). DC Comics.</ref> supported by JLA foe the Key. The Key, defeated, has a physical deformity eliminating him as the Star-Tsar. Red Tornado uses his robotic memory to demonstrate that Shaw went missing during crucial moments of the adventure, and Shaw is unmasked as the Star-Tsar.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #150 (January 1978). DC Comics.</ref>

Red Tornado meets his future adopted daughter, Traya, in ''Justice League of America'' #152 (March 1978) after she finds a powerful alien orb and gains super-powers. He and [[Phantom Stranger]] save the JLA from oceanic gods in ''Justice League of America'' #157 (August 1978). Red Tornado assists new JLA member [[Zatanna]] in locating her mother, Sindella, in the multi-issue "Homo magi" storyline in 1979 (when he is seriously injured).<ref>''Justice League of America'' #162 (January 1979); ''Justice League of America'' #163 (February 1979); ''Justice League of America'' #164 (March 1979); ''Justice League of America'' #165 (April 1979). DC Comics.</ref> While recovering, he is attacked by the [[Secret Society of Super-Villains]] and defeated twice: once by the villains themselves and again by the villains whose minds are those of other JLA members.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #166 (May 1979); ''Justice League of America'' #167 (June 1979); ''Justice League of America'' #168 (July 1979). DC Comics.</ref> Red Tornado is tried at the [[International Court of Justice|World Court]] for human-rights violations by [[Ultraa]], who is manipulated by the alien known as the Over-Complex; Ultraa ends the trial when he learns he is being duped.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #169 (August 1979). DC Comics.</ref>

In ''DC Comics Presents'' #7 (March 1979), Red Tornado saves the world from the [[Qward|Weaponers of Qward]]. The Qwardians capture [[Superman]] and take him to Qward, where they intend to use his Kryptonian body as a lens to concentrate Q-rays and immobilize Earth's inhabitants before invading the planet. Red Tornado, immune because of his android nature, traces the Q-rays to their source in the Qward dimension and frees Superman by concentrating too much Q-energy through the Man of Steel's body (closing the rift between the dimensions).

Despite his success in saving Earth, Red Tornado resigns from the League in ''Justice League of America'' #175 (February 1980) after deciding that he is unreliable in combat. He becomes Traya's [[Legal guardian|foster father]] and resumes his relationship with Kathy Sutton. Longtime JLA foe [[Doctor Destiny]] escapes from prison and wreaks havoc by materializing people's nightmares; Red Tornado defeats his own dream-demon and stops the villain. His confidence restored, he rejoins the League (which again defeats Doctor Destiny).<ref>''Justice League of America'' #175 (February 1980); ''Justice League of America'' #176 (March 1980). DC Comics.</ref> Red Tornado is one of two league members who discover that [[Starro]] has returned. Although Starro takes over the minds of millions of people in [[New York City]] (including most of the Justice League) with small duplicates of himself, Red Tornado's android mind is not affected and he causes a citywide [[Power outage|blackout]] depriving Starro of the energy needed to dominate so many people.<ref>''Justice League of America'' #189 (April 1981); ''Justice League of America'' #190 (May 1981). DC Comics.</ref>

===={{anchor|Revelation of the Tornado Champion}}Tornado Champion====
In ''Justice League of America'' #192 (July 1981), Red Tornado attacks his fellow league members without warning; after severely injuring several, he is destroyed. A second Red Tornado also attacks and is destroyed. The androids were duplicates created by T.O. Morrow, back after his disappearance in JLA #106, who uses a program to summon the real Red Tornado. Morrow developed a device to steal technology from the future, including a supercomputer which taught him how to build a "humaniztron" device to make Red Tornado sentient and capable of destroying the JSA. However, the computer does not predict that Red Tornado would become independent and Morrow is defeated. He flees to Earth-One, where the supercomputer predicts that he will "fade away" in 28 days if the Justice League is not destroyed. When the damaged Red Tornado also crosses dimensions and falls to earth near Morrow's hideout, he again tries unsuccessfully to program him to destroy the JLA.<ref>There is the Red Tornado origin story that T.O. Morrow/"Future Man" gives in ''World's Finest'' #265 (November 1980). DC Comics.</ref>

Morrow reveals that the supercomputer wrongfully predicted his death. When Morrow does not die at the end of the 28-day period, the computer uses future technology in an attempt to dematerialize him. Faulty programming divides Morrow into two beings; one (the "original" Morrow) materializes on an alien world, where he discovers a [[sceptre]]-like device allowing him to control the planet's ecosystem. He kidnapped Atom's wife, [[Jean Loring]]; the [[Flash (Barry Allen)|Flash]]'s wife, [[Iris West]], and [[Supergirl (Linda Danvers)|Linda Danvers]] (Supergirl), transporting them to this world in the hope of luring the Atom and the Flash. Although Morrow defeats Atom and Flash, he had not counted on Supergirl's presence and is defeated.<ref>''Super-Team Family'' #11 (July 1977). DC Comics.</ref>

The other Morrow remained on Earth. This version, which Morrow believed was a future version of himself (known as Future Man), was a mutation. He attempted to switch minds and take over Red Tornado's body. Red Tornado reversed the switch, and Future Man died of his mutations.<ref>''World's Finest'' #266 (January 1981); ''World's Finest'' #267 (March 1981); ''World's Finest'' #268 (May 1981); ''World's Finest'' #269 (July 1981). DC Comics.</ref>{{Efn|Red Tornado began appearing as a back-up feature in ''[[World's Finest Comics]]'' in a supporting role in Hawkman stories in May 1980 and September 1980.<ref>''World's Finest'' #262 (May 1980); ''World's Finest'' #264 (September 1980). DC Comics.</ref> Beginning with ''World's Finest'', #265 (November 1980) and continuing through ''World's Finest'' #270 (August 1981), Red Tornado had his own back-up feature in ''World's Finest''. His fight against the android-hating Robot Killer concluded (after a one-issue hiatus) in ''World's Finest'' #272 (October 1981), and the Red Tornado back-up feature ended.}}
After Future Man's death the original Morrow escaped from prison, consulted his supercomputer and learned how he had been split in two. With the computer's help, he attempted to determine what flaw had allowed Red Tornado to become independent and concluded that an outside force was responsible.

In ''Justice League of America'' #193 (August 1981), [[Aquaman]] discovers Morrow's hideout and is nearly killed when Morrow uses his alien sceptre. Morrow attempts to dissect Red Tornado to discover the outside influence, and releases Tornado Champion-Tornado Tyrant in the android shell. Tornado Tyrant defeats the JLA, except for [[Ronnie Raymond|Firestorm]]. Tornado Champion tells Firestorm about how he and his alter ego were fused with the Red Tornado android, and Firestorm replaces both sentient beings in the android body. Red Tornado awakens, and only Firestorm knows his true nature.<ref name=jla193>''Justice League of America'' #193 (August 1981). DC Comics.</ref> His dual origin is not fully revealed until Morrow recaptures him to learn how he became sentient. When Morrow opens Red Tornado, Tornado Champion and Tornado Tyrant come out of the body. After a battle with the JLA, Red Tornado is reassembled by Firestorm; the Tyrant and the Champion are returned to the android with their memories erased.<ref name=vine/> Later, Firestorm reveals his secret identity to the Justice League and works with Red Tornado to stop [[Killer Frost]] after she freezes New York City.<ref>''Firestorm'' (vol. 2) #4 (September 1982)</ref>

====Final years====
Red Tornado discovers where Larry Lance's body has been brought and the secret origin of the Black Canary in ''Justice League of America'' #219 (October 1983) and ''Justice League of America'' #220 (November 1983), and discovers that he is one of the few heroes who can defeat the power-mimicking supervillain [[Paragon (DC Comics)|Paragon]] in ''Justice League of America'' #224 (March 1984). In the aftermath of the Mars-Earth war,<ref>''Justice League of America'' #228 (July 1984); ''Justice League of America'' #229 (August 1984); ''Justice League of America'' #230 (September 1984). DC Comics.</ref> Aquaman disbands the Justice League. He reforms it, limiting it to members willing to devote themselves full-time to JLA business; Red Tornado is not among them.<ref>''Justice League of America'' Annual #2 (October 1984); ''Justice League of America'' #233 (December 1984). DC Comics.</ref>

Before the 1985–1986 multi-title crossover storyline ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', Red Tornado had his last adventure as John Smith; Construct later faced Red Tornado in his first miniseries. In the limited series Construct takes over the world, brainwashing everyone with energy emissions from electronic objects. Red Tornado tries to resist as much as he can, given that he cannot be brainwashed, and defeats Construct in a virtual world.<ref name=redtminiseries>''Red Tornado'' #1 (July 1985); ''Red Tornado'' #2 (August 1985); ''Red Tornado'' #3 (September 1985); ''Red Tornado'' #4 (October 1985).</ref>

====Crisis on Infinite Earths====
Red Tornado makes his final appearances in his original form in the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' mini-series. According to books published by DC Comics, the multiverse was created when an alien scientist named [[Krona (comics)|Krona]] attempted to meddle with the creation of the universe. An embodiment of the power of the Earth-One universe, the nearly all-powerful [[Monitor (Mar Novu)|Monitor]], discovered that an antimatter version (the [[Anti-Monitor]]) lived in the Qward universe. When a scientist named Kell Mossa (later known as [[Pariah (character)|Pariah]]) destroyed his dimension, the Anti-Monitor became more powerful than the Monitor; this led the Monitor to begin assembling his galaxy's greatest heroes and villains to aid his cause.<ref>''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #1 (April 1985); ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #7 (October 1985). DC Comics.</ref> The Monitor's assistant, [[Harbinger (DC Comics)|Harbinger]], has been possessed by one of the Anti-Monitor's shadow demons; she kills the Monitor as groups of heroes fan out throughout space and time to turn on devices ("cosmic tuning forks") the Monitor has placed to stop the advancing antimatter wave from destroying the multiverse.<ref>''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #4 (July 1985). DC Comics.</ref>

Red Tornado makes his first appearance in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #4 (July 1985). The [[Psycho-Pirate]] has been whisked away from his mission to protect a cosmic tuning fork, and Red Tornado and the Flash are similarly teleported away. The Anti-Monitor has kidnapped them and refashions Red Tornado's body into a weapon, telling him that he is more than a machine and even more than a man (which Red Tornado does not understand). Under the Anti-Monitor's control, he wreaks destruction on a massive scale across Earth-One and Earth-Two (which have been temporarily saved from destruction) before he is torn apart by a number of heroes.<ref>''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #5 (August 1985). DC Comics.</ref> Supergirl seriously injures the Anti-Monitor and destroys the machine which was tearing the remaining universes apart before she dies.<ref>''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #7 (October 1985). DC Comics.</ref> Red Tornado again appears in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #8 (November 1985), when Firestorm, the Atom and [[Blue Devil (DC Comics)|Blue Devil]] bring his remains to the Justice League satellite and bring T.O. Morrow there to repair him. A bomb inside Red Tornado goes off, destroying the satellite.

However, Red Tornado is still alive in the satellite's wreckage. In ''Justice League of America'' Annual #3 (August 1985), he links with the still-functioning JLA computer to learn more about himself. A bolt of energy sends the wreckage down to Earth (where the [[Martian Manhunter]] finds Red Tornado's head), but Red Tornado sends his consciousness into a nearby [[S.T.A.R. Labs]] weather-control satellite. Gathering energy to give himself physical form, he uses the satellites to wreak havoc on Earth. The JLA destroys the satellites one by one, eventually freeing the now-corporeal Tornado Champion. Red Tornado tries to contacting Kathy Sutton with several electronic devices. The JLA brings her to Tornado Champion, who says that he now has the power to remake worlds. Kathy convinces him that he needs to be more human to be accepted. Although he seems to believe Kathy, an attack by Superman angers him and he heads off into the universe.<ref name=jlaanual3>''Justice League of America Annual'' #3 (August 1985).</ref> The ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' ends when the Spectre confronts the Anti-Monitor at the moment when Krona creates the multiverse;<ref>''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #11 (February 1986).</ref> [[Darkseid]] and the [[Superman (Earth-Two)|Earth-Two Superman]] then destroy the weakened Anti-Monitor.<ref>''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #12 (March 1986). DC Comics.</ref>

==={{anchor|Post-Crisis Red Tornado}}Post-Crisis===
===={{anchor|Air Elemental}}Air elemental====
Although Red Tornado's android origin remained almost the same after the Crisis, he was never again the Tornado Champion; he was an air elemental, created by Maya (the spirit of Earth) to protect the environment. Like other elementals such as [[Swamp Thing]], this spirit needed to have a human host. The host was intended to be [[Professor Ivo]]'s infant son, but the boy died at an early age and the elemental went into an android body created by Ivo.

====The Elemental War====
Air pollution has an adverse effect on the Red Tornado-Tornado Champion, driving him half-mad and into conflict with [[Naiad (character)|Naiad]] against Firestorm and the [[Swamp Thing]] in "The Elemental War". Firestorm calms them both, and makes a new body shell for Red Tornado. The new body is imperfect, and he begins to malfunction. His humanity is almost lost as he looks increasingly damaged, dirty and defective. During a period of near-total malfunction, Red Tornado is a member of the [[Primal Force|Leymen]]. He experiences jerks and spasms as he moves, sounds from malfunctioning gears and mechanisms emanate from his body and he speaks in a halting, emotionless, mechanical monotone. During his association with the Leymen, the original Red Tornado personality reemerges with his emotions and humanity.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

====Young Justice====
Red Tornado spends time, silent and still, in the empty JLA headquarters in [[Happy Harbor]], Rhode Island, feeling isolated from humanity. When [[Tim Drake|Robin]], [[Superboy (Kon-El)|Superboy]] and [[Bart Allen|Impulse]] have a sleepover there, Impulse's behavior revives Red Tornado and reassures him that he is not as removed from humanity as he had thought, albeit because he realized that all three of them were annoying him.

Regaining his abilities to move and communicate, Red Tornado reestablishes his connections with the Justice League and the superhero community. He advises [[Young Justice]], assisting them on their missions as needed, and is an auxiliary member of the JLA. Red Tornado tries to reconcile with his wife, Kathy Sutton. Although he does not fully succeed, their adopted daughter Traya accepts Red Tornado regardless of his appearance or state of repair. Because of Traya's attachment, Kathy allows Red Tornado regular visitation and contact. He does not return to his John Smith identity, but acts as Traya's adoptive father in his superheroic-robotic identity, even after a court attempted to deny him access after Kathy was left in a coma and the Tornado was ruled as having no more legal rights than a standard machine, Tornado regaining his legal standing as Traya's father when government officials restored his legal authority in return for his help in a crisis (Tornado admitted that he would have helped them regardless, but took the offer as he was practical). Red Tornado also assists with Superman's defeat of [[Brainiac 13]]; when Brainiac takes control of the robotic heroes until they are shut down by an electromagnetic pulse generated by [[Lex Luthor]] in a stolen Kryptonian battlesuit, [[Kelex]] reactivates Red Tornado to use his wind manipulation abilities to break Brainiac 13 down into his component nanobots and trap him in Luthor's battlesuit.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

====Crisis of Conscience====
After DC's ''Crisis of Conscience'' miniseries, Red Tornado is attacked by the surviving members of the original Secret Society of Super Villains and his body is destroyed before the JLA arrives. [[Batman]] brings his remains to the Batcave and builds an upgraded, android body. When the League is attacked by [[Despero]], Red Tornado helps defeat him since he is immune to Despero's telepathy and mind control.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

====''Infinite Crisis'' and ''52''====
Red Tornado is recruited by [[Donna Troy]] to fight the menace in space during ''[[Infinite Crisis]]''. According to a conversation between Doc Magnus and his creator, T.O. Morrow, in ''[[52 (comics)|52]]'', Red Tornado sacrifices himself during the Crisis. Morrow's response to the news is to ask how many times the Tornado has died and he alludes to the [[Firebrand (DC Comics)|Red Inferno]], another android he created.

During the fifth week of the ''52'' event, after the other heroes are beamed back down to Earth at [[Uluru]], the Tornado's speaker (embedded in [[Mal Duncan]]'s chest) plays a warning message for his comrades: "It's coming! 52! 52!".

Twelve weeks later, in ''52'' week 17, the Red Tornado (now in pieces) is beamed back down to Earth with the other heroes and overlooked by the search team. Conscious but unable to say anything but "52", the Tornado is discovered by a group of young [[Indigenous Australians|aborigines]] in the [[Australia]]n [[outback]]. At the end of week 21, he is being reassembled with auto parts by an Australian mechanic. Malfunctioning but able to access his [[Psychokinesis|psychokinetic]] powers, in week 28 he is defeated by a group of [[Intergang]] enforcers evicting a tribe of aborigines from their shanty town. Disassembled and trashed, his head becomes part of a [[contemporary art]] sculpture. T.O. Morrow buys his head, hoping to discover his secrets. As Morrow is used as bait to trap [[Mr. Mind]], Red Tornado's head falls into [[Rip Hunter]]'s hands and Hunter combines his head with his own Time Bubble to navigate to the restored universe.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

====One Year Later====
[[One Year Later]], Red Tornado's android body is repaired. Kathy Sutton spends time with it, talking with Platinum, thinking that she has done this seven times before and waiting for John to come back to his body.<ref>''Justice League America'' (vol. 2) #1 (November 2006). DC Comics.</ref> His soul enters a human body offered by [[Felix Faust]], posing as [[Deadman (DC Comics)|Deadman]]. When the Justice League of America calls him back as a member, John Smith returns as a human being. He has the same wind powers as his robotic form, but lacks his android body's stamina and resilience.<ref>''Justice League America'' (vol. 2) #2 (December 2006). DC Comics.</ref>

His android body is stolen from [[Will Magnus]]' lab by Doctor Impossible. Magnus notifies Red Tornado, who leaves to find his stolen android body.<ref>''Justice League America'' (vol. 2) #3 (January 2007). DC Comics.</ref> [[Roy Harper (comics)|Arsenal]] (later known as Red Arrow), [[Black Canary]] and [[Hal Jordan|Green Lantern]] join the search, tracking a beacon planted by Magnus in Red Tornado's android body. They track the signal to a remote mountain base and confront [[Professor Ivo]], who has regained his human appearance and releases a swarm of activated Tornado androids against them. After the androids are defeated and Red Tornado arrives, it is revealed that this was orchestrated by a revived, intelligent [[Solomon Grundy (character)|Solomon Grundy]].<ref>''Justice League America'' (vol. 2) #4 (February 2007). DC Comics.</ref>

Grundy admits masterminding the plan to place Red Tornado in a human shell meant to cripple him and slowly rob him of his health and aerokinesis, although a mishap let Tornado keep his powers in his weakened form. Grundy has Red Tornado android body infused with super-powered objects and one of Ivo's [[Amazo]] chips, creating an invincible shell to house his soul so he can never die again. The heroes and others pursue the Red Tornado-Amazo android, who (thinking himself John Smith) went to see his family. As they leave, Grundy keeps the now-weak human Red Tornado separate in an attempt to kill him. Tornado, no longer a match for Grundy's superhuman strength, is beaten and mutilated. Despite his injuries, however, he summons winds which snap Grundy like a tree.

The Amazo form is slowed down by Apokoliptian technology given to Kathy Sutton by [[Big Barda]] (after [[Identity Crisis (DC Comics)|recent tragedies]], the JLA had armed their loved ones), and the heroes neutralize him.<ref>''Justice League America'' (vol. 2) #5 (March 2007). DC Comics.</ref> Dying, he asks his wife to rebuild the Red Tornado android and allow him to return. [[Zatanna]] lifts the spell trapping his soul, allowing Red Tornado to again inhabit his android shell at his "death".<ref>''Justice League America'' (vol. 2) #6 (April 2007). DC Comics.</ref> Although he can keep Ivo's enhancements, Red Tornado divests himself of all augmentation and joins the Justice League of America with his usual powers. Since returning to his robotic body, Red Tornado has begun behaving oddly, losing control of his powers and nearly killing Red Arrow. He becomes increasingly cold and detached from his friends and family, acting more like a machine than a sentient being.

After the team's battle with the [[Injustice League]],<ref>''Justice League America'' (vol. 2) #13 (November 2007). DC Comics.</ref> Red Tornado's body is badly damaged<ref>''Justice League America'' (vol. 2) #15 (January 2008). DC Comics.</ref> and his consciousness is placed in the Hall of Justice's computer system.<ref>''Justice League America'' (vol. 2) #16 (February 2008). DC Comics.</ref> When his feelings slowly return, he warns that a jump into a new host body could damage his soul; even if Magnus' new shell mimics a human body, its computational abilities are inferior to his cybernetic mind. However, he accepts the deal for a new chance at life with his family.

The Justice League, calling on Zatanna and [[John Henry Irons]], initiates the transfer. Amazo, still present in Red Tornado's previous body of as a dormant program, seizes the self-repairing processes, fights Irons, steals the Magnus shell and battles the league.<ref>''Justice League America'' (vol. 2) #22 (August 2008). DC Comics.</ref><ref>''Justice League America'' (vol. 2) #23 (September 2008). DC Comics.</ref> Zatanna unleashes the only force Amazo cannot mimic: the soul of Red Tornado in its primal, elemental form. Red Tornado is then restored in a spare body,<ref>''Justice League America'' (vol. 2) #24 (October 2008). DC Comics.</ref> and Kathy agrees to marry him. After helping capture Professor Ivo, Red Tornado takes a leave of absence from the league.<ref>''Justice League America'' (vol. 2) #25 (November 2008). DC Comics.</ref> In 2009, DC comics announced a Red Tornado miniseries chronicling his origin and revealing an "android family" which may conflict with Tornado, his wife and adopted daughter after ''[[Final Crisis]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/06/11/dc-announces-red-tornado-mini-series/ |title=Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » DC announces Red Tornado mini-series |publisher=Blog.newsarama.com |date=2009-06-11 |access-date=2011-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229194612/http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/06/11/dc-announces-red-tornado-mini-series/ |archive-date=2012-02-29 }}</ref>

====Blackest Night and Brightest Day====
After the miniseries, Red Tornado is again destroyed in a battle with [[Black Lantern]] versions of deceased JLA members [[Vibe (character)|Vibe]] and [[Commander Steel|Steel]].<ref>''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #39. DC Comics.</ref> When ''[[Blackest Night]]'' ends, the JLA reorganizes. Former [[Teen Titans|Titan]] [[Cyborg (comics)|Cyborg]] is among the new members of the League, setting out to rebuild Red Tornado and claiming to be able to make him indestructible.<ref>''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #42. DC Comics.</ref> With his new body under construction, Red Tornado's severed (but sentient) head is left behind by Cyborg when the team leaves the [[JLA Watchtower]] to face down a group of villains on [[Blackhawk (DC Comics)|Blackhawk Island]]. Despite his body being unfinished, Red Tornado rescues [[Green Arrow]] from Doctor Impossible.<ref>''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #43. DC Comics.</ref>

Cyborg takes a leave of absence from the JLA to finish John's new body. With the repairs completed (thanks to self-replicating nanites), he invites Kathy to [[S.T.A.R. Labs]] to rejoin her husband. Red Tornado attacks Cyborg, begging his friend to kill him before he hurts someone. Unknown to Cyborg or Red Tornado, his insanity is the result of [[Alan Scott]]'s Starheart power which can give [[metahumans]] magical or elemental abilities.<ref>''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #46. DC Comics.</ref> Cyborg frees Red Tornado with his matrix.<ref>''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #48 (August 2010). DC Comics.</ref> Red Tornado accompanies the JLA in a mission to [[Hell (DC Comics)|Hell]], where he helps Superman defeat [[Minos]].<ref>''Justice League of America 80-Page Giant 2011''. DC Comics.</ref>

===The New 52===
In 2011, DC rebooted its continuity as part of [[The New 52]]. During the battle between the Justice League and Atlantis, T.O. Morrow says that his weather machine can take control of the weather from the invading Atlanteans, but Silas Stone rejects the idea because the technology is from another dimension (Earth-Two) and unstable.<ref>''Justice League'' (vol. 2) #16 (Jan. 2013). DC Comics.</ref> Morrow later says, "But the Tornado could ...".<ref>''Aquaman'' #16 (Jan. 2013). DC Comics.</ref> An unfinished Red Tornado is seen in the Red Room while Cyborg is being rebuilt after Grid takes his robotic parts. Red Tornado faces the [[Metal Men]].<ref>''Legends of Tomorrow'' #2 (April 2016). DC Comics.</ref>

===DC Rebirth===
In ''[[DC Rebirth]]'', Red Tornado returned to the main continuity in the 2017 event ''[[Dark Nights: Metal]]'' being held captive by the [[Blackhawk (DC Comics)|Blackhawks]].<ref>''Dark Nights: Metal'' #1. DC Comics.</ref>

In ''[[Dark Nights: Death Metal]]'', Red Tornado is killed by Robin King before Batman resurrects him with a Black Lantern ring.<ref>''Dark Nights: Death Metal: Robin King'' #1. DC Comics.</ref><ref>''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' #5. DC Comics.</ref>

==Powers and abilities==
Red Tornado is an android, and his creator, T.O. Morrow, designed him with strength, durability, and thought-processing powers many orders of magnitude greater than a human. In terms of raw physical strength, his artificial body has been depicted moving objects weighing 20 tons under optimal conditions, and his body has survived both the extremes of space and deep-sea pressures. It additionally possesses the ability to self-repair anything less than catastrophic damage. His senses are similarly computerized, allowing him to hear and see events far exceeding human perception; in an extreme example he used his vision to observe Justice League teammates attempting a low orbit rescue of ''Challenger'' astronauts inside a damaged space shuttle from sea level, though the images were out of focus and at the limit of his range. Red Tornado also frequently monitors wireless communication frequencies for signs of distress, though he has likened this to listening to background chatter in a crowd, remaining indistinct until someone or something draws his attention to it.

As a gestalt entity born of the Tornado Tyrant merging with Morrow's programming, he possesses attributes of both natural and artificial intelligence; he is both self-aware and growing intellectually, with feelings and emotions analogous to human consciousness. In comparison to the [[Metal Men]], another group of AI heroes, Kathy Sutton notes that Red Tornado's emotional depth and personality were much more sophisticated than theirs since he possessed a sense of humor and ability to appreciate puns. In terms of emotional depth, Red Tornado has been capable of forming and maintaining a romantic relationship with Kathy Sutton, as well as a foster father relationship with Traya. T.O. Morrow noted, with both chagrin and admiration, that Red Tornado's processing power was strong enough to both develop free will and promptly reject his programming in favor of becoming a hero; this same spontaneous generation of a rudimentary ethical code became the foundation for his gynoid 'sister', [[Tomorrow Woman|Tomorrow Woman's]] transformation into a hero as well, who was similarly programmed by Morrow. With the Justice League, Red Tornado has used his computing power on occasion, though this requires diverting internal resources away from physical and interactive participation, giving the impression of intense 'concentration'. While his raw computing power exceeds any known supercomputer available to the league, the majority of his internal resources are devoted to autonomic physical functions and his depth of personality. Both his artificial structure and unique combination of complex reasoning and empathy have made him immune to overt telepathic mind control. Even so, he has on occasion been susceptible to malicious coding which has attacked his computerized 'subconscious' and to standard psychological attacks that target his affections and aspirations.

Unlike the Flash or Superman who can create high speed winds through physical motion (such as running or spinning), Red Tornado is aerokinetic, with the ability to spontaneously and regularly generate wind motion in excess of a Category 5 [[Tropical cyclone#Classification|tropical storm]] ("Hurricane force"), for winds exceeding 136 knots (157&nbsp;mph; 252&nbsp;km/h) over a sustained period. At lower speeds, these enable levitation of people and objects, personal flight, enhanced speed, and limited storm creation. Within his field of control, these gusts take on a light crimson hue, making them perceivable to the naked eye; this effect is inherent with his signature ability and became the iconic basis for his name. Further, this ability is an immutable part of his being and uniquely connected to his 'soul'; even when transferred into an unused clone of the villain, Multiplex, he retained his aerokinetic abilities and transferred it yet again when reverted to an android body. Regardless of his physical state, his maximum output has never been identified. For example, when under extreme duress and critically injured in a mortal human body, Red Tornado was still able to generate [[Fujita scale|F5]] tornado winds exceeding 276 knots (318&nbsp;mph; 512&nbsp;km/h), which was powerful enough to snap [[Solomon Grundy (character)|Solomon Grundy]] in half. As an android, Red Tornado can generate and maintain his winds at those speeds indefinitely, never tiring physically or mentally from the exertion.

Red Tornado has undergone several major upgrades in his existence, several of which improved his physical form. Most recently, an upgrade infused his body with microscopic [[Molecular machine|nanites]], with the ability to alter his appearance and body composition at will.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

==Enemies==
In his comic books, Red Tornado had enemies of his own:

* '''Construct''' - A villain composed of radio and other electromagnetic waves.<ref name=redtminiseries />
* '''Robot Killer''' - An android-hating villain.<ref>''World's Finest'' #270 (August 1981). DC Comics.</ref>
* '''Red Inferno''' - An android and the "younger sister" of Red Tornado.<ref>''Red Tornado'' (vol. 2) #4. DC Comics.</ref>
* '''[[Red Volcano]]''' - An android and the "brother" of Red Tornado who can manipulate fire and earth.<ref>''Red Tornado'' (vol. 2) #1. DC Comics.</ref>
* '''[[T. O. Morrow|T.O. Morrow]]''' - A mad scientist and the creator of Red Tornado and his counterparts.<ref name=jla193 />

==Other versions==
* Three alternate universe variants of Red Tornado appear in ''[[Kingdom Come (comics)|Kingdom Come]]'': an older, armor-clad [[Ma Hunkel]], her wind-manipulating [[metahuman]] granddaughter [[Cyclone (DC Comics)|Maxine]], and the air spirit Tornado. All three are members of [[Superman (Kingdom Come)|Superman]]'s Justice League.<ref>''Kingdom Come'' #2. DC Comics.</ref>
* A group of Red Tornadoes appear in ''[[Flashpoint (comics)|Flashpoint]]''. These versions were built by T. O. Morrow to defend the Republic of Japan from the Amazons and Atlanteans' war and continue to operate after his death.
* An alternate universe variant of Red Tornado, '''[[Lois Lane]]''', appears in ''[[Earth-Two#Earth 2 in "The New 52"|Earth 2]]''.<ref>Taylor, Tom ([[Script (comics)|w]]), [[Nicola Scott|Scott, Nicola]] ([[Penciller|p]]), Scott, Trevor ([[Inker|i]]). "The Dark Age Begins!" ''Earth 2'', no. 17 (January 2014).
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* An alternate universe variant of Red Tornado appears in ''[[DCeased]]''.

==In other media==
===Television===
[[File:RedTornadoJLA.png|thumb|272x272px|Red Tornado as he appears in ''[[Justice League Action]].'']]
* Red Tornado appears in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', voiced by an uncredited [[Powers Boothe]]. This version is a member of the [[Justice League]].
* Red Tornado appears in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'', voiced by [[Corey Burton]].<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Red Tornado Voices (DC Universe) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/DC-Universe/Red-Tornado/ |access-date=March 23, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version possesses the civilian identity of history professor '''John Ulthoom'''. In his most notable appearance in the episode "Hail the Tornado Tyrant!", his attempts to understand humanity leads him to building a son he names "Tornado Champion", who goes rogue and becomes Tornado Tyrant, forcing Red Tornado and [[Batman]] to destroy him. Additionally, a villainous [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|alternate universe]] version of Red Tornado called '''Silver Cyclone''' (also voiced by Burton) appears in the episode "Deep Cover for Batman!" as a member of the [[Crime Syndicate of America|Injustice Syndicate]] before being destroyed by the [[Joker (character)|Red Hood]].<ref name="btva2">{{cite web |title=Silver Cyclone Voice - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Batman-The-Brave-and-the-Bold/Silver-Cyclone/ |access-date=July 25, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
* Red Tornado appears in ''[[Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice]]'', voiced by [[Jeff Bennett]].<ref name="btva" /> This version was created by [[T. O. Morrow]] to infiltrate the [[Justice Society of America]], but defected and joined the Justice League. Additionally, Red Tornado serves as the [[List of Young Justice characters#"The Team"|Team]]'s "den mother" and possesses a separate android body that allows him to assume his John Smith persona. As of the ''[[Young Justice: Outsiders]]'' episode "Home Fires", Red Tornado has adopted and begun raising Traya Smith.
* Red Tornado appears in the ''[[Mad (TV series)|Mad]]'' segment "That's What Super Friends Are For".
* Red Tornado appears in ''[[Justice League Action]]'', voiced by [[Jason J. Lewis]].<ref name="btva" /> This version is a member of the Justice League.

===Arrowverse===
Red Tornado appears in media set in the [[Arrowverse]]:
* Red Tornado first appears in the live-action TV series ''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]'' episode "Red Faced", portrayed by [[Iddo Goldberg]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Damore |first=Meagan |date=August 10, 2015 |title=CBS' "Supergirl" to Feature Red Tornado, General Lane & More |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813002535/www.comicbookresources.com/article/cbs-supergirl-to-feature-red-tornado-general-lane-more |access-date=August 14, 2015 |publisher=Comic Book Resources}}</ref><ref>http://comicbook.com/2015/09/01/exclusive-supergirl-casts-iddo-goldberg-as-dr-t-o-morrow-the-red-tornado/{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gerding |first=Stephen |date=November 24, 2015 |title=Supergirl Fights a Rogue Red Tornado in New Promo |url=https://www.cbr.com/supergirl-fights-a-rogue-red-tornado-in-new-promo/ |access-date=July 25, 2024 |website=Comic Book Resources |language=en}}</ref> This version is a combat android designed by T. O. Morrow (also portrayed by Goldberg) for General [[Sam Lane (comics)|Sam Lane]] and the [[United States Army]] to kill [[Kryptonian]]s. When [[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]] outmatches the android, Red Tornado escapes from a military camp and causes havoc in [[National City (DC Comics)|National City]] until Supergirl and her allies thwart it. Following Morrow's death, Red Tornado attains sentience, but is destroyed by Supergirl.
* An [[Earth-X (Arrowverse)|Earth-X]] incarnation of Red Tornado appears in the live-action crossover "[[Crisis on Earth-X]]".<ref name="RTMetallo">{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/1728459/two-surprise-arrow-verse-characters-who-will-apparently-get-earth-x-versions-in-the-big-crossover|title=Two Surprise Arrow-verse Characters Who Will Apparently Get Earth-X Versions In The Big Crossover|last=Joest|first=Mick|publisher=Cinema Blend|date=November 21, 2017|access-date=November 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122192912/https://www.cinemablend.com/television/1728459/two-surprise-arrow-verse-characters-who-will-apparently-get-earth-x-versions-in-the-big-crossover|archive-date=November 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Freedom Fighters (comics)|Freedom Fighters]] deploy it in the hopes of destroying a portal to [[Earth-1 (Arrowverse)|Earth-1]] and trapping their Nazi oppressors there, but the [[Barry Allen (Arrowverse)|Flash]] and the [[Ray Terrill (Arrowverse)|Ray]] destroy the android to ensure their allies can return to Earth-1.
* The Earth-X Red Tornado appears in the animated web series ''[[Freedom Fighters: The Ray]]'', voiced by Iddo Goldberg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/freedom-fighters-the-ray/266475/dcs-freedom-fighters-the-ray-is-a-dark-reflection-of-cw-multiverse|title=DC's Freedom Fighters: The Ray is a Dark Reflection of CW Multiverse|last=Cecchini|first=Mike|publisher=[[Den of Geek]]|date=July 21, 2017|access-date=July 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723060922/http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/freedom-fighters-the-ray/266475/dcs-freedom-fighters-the-ray-is-a-dark-reflection-of-cw-multiverse|archive-date=July 23, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="btva" />

===Film===
* Red Tornado makes a non-speaking appearance in ''[[Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths]]'' as an associate of the [[Justice League]].<ref name="btva" /> Additionally, an unnamed, villainous [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|alternate universe]] version of Red Tornado makes a non-speaking cameo appearance as a minor member of the [[Crime Syndicate of America|Crime Syndicate]].
* Red Tornado makes non-speaking cameo appearances in the ''[[DC Super Hero Girls]]'' films ''[[DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High]]'', ''[[DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year]]'', ''[[DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games]]'', ''[[Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain]]'', and ''[[DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis]]''.<ref name="btva" />
* Red Tornado makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in ''[[Teen Titans Go! To the Movies]]''.<ref name="btva" />
* Red Tornado appears in ''[[Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High]]'', voiced by [[Maurice LaMarche]].<ref name="btva" />

===Video games===
* Red Tornado appears as a playable character in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame]]'', voiced again by Corey Burton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ds-gameplay-batman-the/702694 |title=Batman: The Brave And The Bold Video Game, DS Gameplay Featurette &#124; Video Clip &#124; Game Trailers & Videos |publisher=GameTrailers.com |date=2010-08-10 |access-date=2011-01-28}}</ref>
* Red Tornado appears in ''[[DC Universe Online]]'', voiced by Joe Mandia.<ref name="btva" />
* Red Tornado appears in ''[[Young Justice: Legacy]]'', voiced again by Jeff Bennett.<ref name="btva" />
* Red Tornado appears as a character summon in ''[[Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eisen |first=Andrew |date=October 2, 2013 |title=DC Characters and Objects - ''Scribblenauts Unmasked'' Guide |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/scribblenauts-unmasked/DC_Characters_and_Objects |access-date=July 25, 2024 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>
* Red Tornado appears as a playable character in ''[[Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham]]'', voiced by [[Liam O'Brien]].
* Red Tornado appears as a playable character in ''[[Lego DC Super-Villains]]''.

===Miscellaneous===
* Red Tornado appears in ''[[DC Super Hero Girls]]'', voiced by [[Maurice LaMarche]]. This version is a teacher at Super Hero High.
* An original incarnation of Red Tornado, '''[[Tess Mercer]]''', appears in ''[[Smallville Season 11]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Raymond |first=Nicholas Charles |date=April 14, 2020 |title=What Really Happened to Tess After Smallville Ended |url=https://screenrant.com/smallville-tess-mercer-after-ending-red-tornado/ |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref><ref>''Smallville Season 11: Continuity'' #4</ref> 
* Red Tornado makes minor appearances in the ''[[Injustice: Gods Among Us (comics)|Injustice: Gods Among Us]]'' prequel comic.

===Merchandise===
* Red Tornado received a figure in [[Kenner Products|Kenner]]'s 1985 Super Powers collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kennersuperpowers.com/spfigures/red-tornado.html|title=Super Powers Collection|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910102720/http://www.kennersuperpowers.com/spfigures/red-tornado.html|archive-date=September 10, 2010|access-date=September 23, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* Red Tornado received a figure in the [[DC Comics Super Hero Collection]]. 
* Red Tornado received a figure in [[Mattel]]'s [[DC Universe Classics]] line.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Misiroglu|first=Gina|title=The Superhero Book: the Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes|location=Chicago|publisher=Visible Ink Press|date=2012|isbn=9781578593972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RgVlCwAAQBAJ}}

==External links==
* [http://www.dccomics.com/heroes_and_villains/?hv=origin_stories/red_tornado DCcomics.com's Origin on Red Tornado]
* [http://www.dcdatabaseproject.com/Red_Tornado_%28John_Smith%29 DCDP: Red Tornado]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=redtornado2 The Unofficial Red Tornado Chronology]
* [http://toonopedia.com/tornado2.htm Red Tornado (1968)] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20240528010544/https://www.webcitation.org/6nNOf3SRs?url=http://toonopedia.com/tornado2.htm Archived] from the original on January 9, 2017.

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