Red Torpedo

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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

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Jim Lockhart

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Red Torpedo
Publication information
PublisherQuality Comics (1940–1956); DC Comics
First appearanceCrack Comics #1 (May 1940)
In-story information
Alter egoJim Lockhart
Team affiliationsUnited States Navy
All-Star Squadron
Freedom Fighters
Notable aliasesRobin Hood of the deep
AbilitiesNone, his submarine can fly, travel on land and fire energy beams

Jim Lockhart is a navy captain until he retires in 1940. Unable to settle down, he builds a one-man submarine known as the Red Torpedo and becomes a self-proclaimed peacekeeper of the seas.[2] His run as a hero for Quality Comics consisted of Crack Comics 1–20. His most common enemy was the Black Shark, a pirate in scuba gear.[3] Lockhart discovers the Atlantean city of Merezonia and falls in love with its ruler, his former nemesis Queen Klitra.[4][5]

Hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Red Torpedo is recruited by Uncle Sam to join the Freedom Fighters in defending the base.[6] However, he is overwhelmed and left for dead. Lockhart survives, but chooses to retire.[7]

Red Torpedo was seen aiding the Starman of 1951 in building his spaceship, the Flying Star. He later appears in Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis as the administrator of the Windward Home, a mobile seafaring city.[8]

Android

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A new female android Red Torpedo debuted in Red Tornado (vol. 2) #1 (November 2009). This Red Torpedo is the first elemental android created by T. O. Morrow during the days of the Soviet Union, years before the conception of Red Tornado. Much like Red Tornado, Torpedo rebelled against Morrow's control, leading him to deactivate her and hide her inside the sunken wreck of a battleship in the waters of Pearl Harbor. Torpedo spent years inside the ship before managing to send a beacon to Tornado and her two other "siblings", Red Volcano and Red Inferno. She is eventually found and reactivated by Tornado, and while she readjusts to the world, she informs Tornado about the existence of the other two elementals.[9]

In other media

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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

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  1. ^ Koolman, Mike; Amash, Jim (2011). The Quality Companion. TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 180–182. ISBN 978-1605490373.
  2. ^ Morris, Jon (2015). The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half Baked Heroes from Comic Book History. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Quirk Books. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-1-59474-763-2.
  3. ^ Nevins, Jess (2013). Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes. High Rock Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-61318-023-5.
  4. ^ "Red Torpedo". Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  5. ^ "The Unofficial Queen Klitra Biography". Dcuguide.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2005. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  6. ^ Thomas, Roy (2006). The All-Star Companion: Vol 2. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 95. ISBN 978-1893905375.
  7. ^ Greenberger, Robert (2008). "Freedom Fighters". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The DC Comics Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1. OCLC 213309017.
  8. ^ Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #42 (July 2006)
  9. ^ Red Tornado (vol. 2) #1–3 (November 2009 - January 2010)
  10. ^ "Red Torpedo Voice - Young Justice (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 28, 2024. 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.
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