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|caption = Gavril Ivanovich, the current Rocket Red; art by [[Aaron Lopresti]].
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|character_name = Rocket Red
|publisher = [[DC Comics]]
|debut = '''Pushkin'''<br />''Justice League'' #3 (July 1987)<br />'''Ivanovich'''<br />''Justice League: Generation Lost'' #4 (August 2010)
|creators = '''Pushkin'''<br />[[Steve Englehart]] (writer)<br />[[Joe Staton]]  (artist)<br />'''Ivanovich'''<br />[[Judd Winick]] (writer)<br />[[Joe Bennett (artist)|Joe Bennett]] (artist)
|full_name = Dimitri Pushkin<br />Gavril Ivanovich
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|alliances=[[Justice League]]<br/>[[Rocket Red Brigade]]<br/>[[Justice League International]]<br/>[[Justice League Europe]]
|aliases = Rocket Red #4
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|powers = * Superhuman strength and durability
* Flight
* Energy blasts
* Technology manipulation
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'''Rocket Red''' ({{langx|ru|Ракетно-Красный|Raketno-Krasnyy}}) is a [[superhero]] appearing in the [[DC Comics]] [[DC Universe|universe]]. Created by [[Steve Englehart]] and [[Joe Staton]], he first appeared in ''[[Green Lantern Corps]] ''#208 (January 1987),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=McAvennie |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |title=DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-8578-6 |page=217}}</ref> appearing shortly afterward in ''[[Justice League]]'' in issue #3 (July 1987); Rocket Red was inducted into the Justice League in ''Justice League'' #7 (November 1987).

The term "Rocket Reds" refers to any member of the [[Rocket Red Brigade]]; the name in the singular is used to refer to the three individual characters named Rocket Red who were members of the Justice League. These comprise the original Rocket Red #7 (later revealed as an android), '''Dmitri Pushkin''' (Rocket Red #4), and '''Gavril Ivanovich'''.

==Fictional character biography==
===Dmitri Pushkin===
[[Image:Dmitrirr.png|thumb|left|200px|Dmitri in his second armor, art by [[Ty Templeton]].]]
Dmitri Pushkin (Rocket Red #4) joins the [[Justice League International]] after Rocket Red #7 is revealed to be a [[Manhunter (comics)|Manhunter]]. A kind-hearted and jolly man with a taste for American culture, Pushkin serves with the Justice League International for many years.

During this time, Pushkin befriends [[Animal Man]] and lives with [[Maxwell Lord]] at the League's Paris embassy.<ref>''Captain Atom Annual'' #2 (1988)</ref><ref>''Justice League Europe'' #52 (December 1992)</ref> He later retires, but returns to heroics in ''[[The OMAC Project]]'', where he is killed protecting the League's members.

''[[Booster Gold (comic book)|Booster Gold]]'' reveals that Rocket Red's grandfather Sergei was a Russian scientist who developed the Rocket Red armor during the [[Cold War]].<ref>''Booster Gold'' (vol. 2) #20 (July 2009)</ref>

In ''[[Blackest Night]]'', Rocket Red returns as a [[Black Lantern]].<ref>''Blackest Night'' #3 (September 2009)</ref>

===Gavril Ivanovich===
The second Rocket Red, Gavril Ivanovich, is a renegade member of the group who sports outdated armor and beliefs. Despite this, he joins the Justice League after helping them battle [[Checkmate (comics)|Checkmate]].<ref>''[[Justice League: Generation Lost]]'' #4 (August 2010)</ref><ref>''Justice League: Generation Lost'' #8 (September 2010)</ref><ref>''Justice League: Generation Lost'' #21 (March 2011)</ref><ref>''Justice League: Generation Lost'' #24 (April 2011)</ref>

In ''[[The New 52]]'' continuity reboot, Ivanovich is part of a [[United Nations]]-assembled superhero team led by [[Booster Gold]].<ref>''Justice League International'' (vol. 3) #1 (September 2011)</ref><ref>''Justice League International'' (vol. 3) #5 (January 2012)</ref> He is later killed in an explosion during a press conference introducing the team.<ref>''Justice League International'' (vol. 3) #7 (March 2012)</ref>

==Powers and abilities==
The Rocket Reds were originally created for the [[Soviet Union]] by [[Kilowog]] and the Rocket Red Brigade — normal human beings enhanced using "forced evolution" and armored battle suits — proudly defended the USSR.

Their abilities included super strength, invulnerability, flight, the ability to project powerful energy blasts, and "mecha-empathy", the ability to sense and control computers and machines.

==In other media==
===Television===
* An unidentified Rocket Red resembling Dmitri Pushkin makes non-speaking appearances in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' as a member of the [[Justice League]].<ref name="btva2">{{cite web |title=Rocket Red Voice - ''Justice League Unlimited'' (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Justice-League-Unlimited/Rocket-Red/ |access-date=December 2, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}}</ref>
* The Dmitri Pushkin incarnation of Rocket Red makes a non-speaking appearance in the ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' episode "Crisis: 22,300 Miles Above Earth!" as a member of [[Justice League International]].
* The Dmitri Pushkin incarnation of Rocket Red appears in the ''[[Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice]]'' episode "Leverage", voiced by [[Steve Blum]].<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Red Rocket #4 / Dmitri Pushkin Voice - ''Young Justice'' (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Young-Justice/Red-Rocket-4-Dmitri-Pushkin/ |access-date=December 2, 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 is a new member of the Rocket Red Brigade.

===Merchandise===
* Rocket Red received an action figure in [[Mattel]]'s [[DC Superheroes: Justice League Unlimited (toy)|''Justice League Unlimited'' DC Superheroes]] toy line.
* Rocket Red received an action figure in Mattel's Signature Series, available through Mattel's online outlet at MattyCollector.com.

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