Red Torpedo

Red Torpedo is a robot capable of controlling water.

Physical appearance
Red Torpedo bears a striking resemblance to Red Tornado. He is a tall red android with no ears or nose. Both his mouth and eye sockets are red. He has a yellow T symbol on his chest, and a yellow arrow on his forehead. He is the oldest brother of his siblings.

Early life


Red Torpedo was the first of T.O. Morrow's androids. He was designed and programmed to think he was a human in an attempt to infiltrate the Justice Society of America, but because the programming was crude, he could not work alongside others enough for Morrow's plans to succeed.

Present
Red Torpedo and his "sister" Red Inferno were responsible for an attack on Mount Justice and the Team. They were able to overwhelm and capture Superboy, Aqualad, Miss Martian, and Kid Flash in the first attack but because Artemis and Robin weren't present, they didn't get the entire team.

As those two lacked power, their ingenuity made them significantly harder targets for the androids. The Reds were eventually defeated by a EMP from Robin and Artemis, but it quickly wore off and when Red Tornado examined his so-called "siblings", he was apparently reprogrammed and attacked the Team.

Red Torpedo, Red Inferno and Red Tornado returned to Morrow's hideout in Teton County, Wyoming, where they witnessed the birth of Red Volcano, the ultimate android. Volcano was unstoppable, and not stopped by any of the prohibitions his siblings had. He wanted to wipe out humanity with Yellowstone's volcano, but Red Tornado reminded his siblings that though they might not have been human, they were heroes once. Torpedo and Inferno dragged Volcano into the magma, where they melted into molten slag.

Powers
Hydrokinesis: Red Torpedo can manipulate water and is extremely skilled and dangerous at doing so. Red Torpedo almost flooded the whole of Mount Justice and nearly drowned Robin by engulfing him with water.

Background in other media
Red Torpedo was introduced in Red Tornado's 2009 miniseries, written by Kevin VanHook. However, Torpedo was given a female personality, and Red Inferno a male.

The name "Red Torpedo" was in use well before that. The Golden Age Quality Comics hero James Lockhart used the name. Red Torpedo's human guise is based on Lockhart.