Rocket Red (Russian: Ракетно-Красный, romanized: Raketno-Krasnyy) is a superhero appearing in the DC Comics universe. Created by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton, he first appeared in Green Lantern Corps #208 (January 1987),[1] 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).
| Rocket Red | |
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.jpg) Gavril Ivanovich, the current Rocket Red; art by Aaron Lopresti. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Pushkin Justice League #3 (July 1987) Ivanovich Justice League: Generation Lost #4 (August 2010) |
| Created by | Pushkin Steve Englehart (writer) Joe Staton (artist) Ivanovich Judd Winick (writer) Joe Bennett (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Dimitri Pushkin Gavril Ivanovich |
| Team affiliations | Justice League Rocket Red Brigade Justice League International Justice League Europe |
| Notable aliases | Rocket Red #4 |
| Abilities |
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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
editDmitri Pushkin
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Dmitri Pushkin (Rocket Red #4) joins the Justice League International after Rocket Red #7 is revealed to be a 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.[2][3] He later retires, but returns to heroics in The OMAC Project, where he is killed protecting the League's members.
Booster Gold reveals that Rocket Red's grandfather Sergei was a Russian scientist who developed the Rocket Red armor during the Cold War.[4]
In Blackest Night, Rocket Red returns as a Black Lantern.[5]
Gavril Ivanovich
editThe second Rocket Red, Gavril Ivanovich, is a renegade member of the group who sports outdated armor and beliefs.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.[6][7][8][9]
In The New 52 continuity reboot, Ivanovich is part of a United Nations-assembled superhero team led by Booster Gold.[10][11] He is later killed in an explosion during a press conference introducing the team.[12]
Powers and abilities
editThe 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
editTelevision
edit- An unidentified Rocket Red resembling Dmitri Pushkin makes non-speaking appearances in Justice League Unlimited as a member of the Justice League.[13]
- 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 episode "Leverage", voiced by Steve Blum.[14] This version is a new member of the Rocket Red Brigade.
Merchandise
edit- Rocket Red received an action figure in Mattel's 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.
References
edit- ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 217. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.
- ^ Captain Atom Annual #2 (1988)
- ^ Justice League Europe #52 (December 1992)
- ^ Booster Gold (vol. 2) #20 (July 2009)
- ^ Blackest Night #3 (September 2009)
- ^ Justice League: Generation Lost #4 (August 2010)
- ^ Justice League: Generation Lost #8 (September 2010)
- ^ Justice League: Generation Lost #21 (March 2011)
- ^ Justice League: Generation Lost #24 (April 2011)
- ^ Justice League International (vol. 3) #1 (September 2011)
- ^ Justice League International (vol. 3) #5 (January 2012)
- ^ Justice League International (vol. 3) #7 (March 2012)
- ^ "Rocket Red Voice - Justice League Unlimited (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
- ^ "Red Rocket #4 / Dmitri Pushkin Voice - Young Justice (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 2, 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.
