Red Torpedo is the name of two fictional characters, one originally published by Quality Comics and another currently owned by DC Comics.[1] The original is a superhero named Jim Lockhart while the second is an android created by T. O. Morrow. Jim Lockhart debuted in Crack Comics #1 (May 1940).
Fictional character biography
Jim Lockhart
Template:Infobox comics character Jim Lockhart is a navy captain until he retires in 1940. Unable to settle down, he builds an advanced submarine known as the Red Torpedo and becomes a self-proclaimed peacekeeper of the seas.[2][3] In the process, he discovers the Atlantean city of Merezonia and falls in love with its ruler, Queen Klitra.[4][5]
Lockhart retires following the attack on Pearl Harbor and helps Starman build his spaceship, the Flying Star.[6][7] He later appears in Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis as the administrator of the Windward Home, a mobile seafaring city.[8]
Android
A new incarnation of Red Torpedo debuts in Red Tornado (vol. 2) #1 (November 2009). She is a hydrokinetic android created by T. O. Morrow who was intended to serve him, but rebelled and became a superhero.[9]
In other media
An amalgamated incarnation of Red Torpedo appears in the Young Justice episode "Humanity", voiced by Jeff Bennett.[10] This version is a male hydrokinetic android that used the alias of "Jim Lockhart" and was created by T. O. Morrow to infiltrate the Justice League sometime prior to the series, though its programming failed. In the present, Morrow reprograms Red Torpedo and sends him and Red Inferno to capture Red Tornado. However, Red Tornado convinces his fellow androids to stop Red Volcano from causing the Yellowstone Caldera to erupt, during which they are killed.
References
External links
- Cosmic Teams: Red Torpedo Template:Webarchive
- Golden Age Heroes Directory: Red Torpedo
- International Catalogue of Superheroes: Red Torpedo
- DCU Guide: Red Torpedo
- DCU Guide: Queen Klitra
- Mike’s Amazing World of DC Comics: Crack Comics #1Template:Dead link
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- ↑ Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #42
- ↑ Red Tornado (vol. 2) #1–3
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