Red Torpedo
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| Red Torpedo | |
 Cover to Crack Comics #2 (Quality Comics, June 1940) |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Quality Comics(1940-1956); DC Comics |
| First appearance | Crack Comics #1 (May 1940) |
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| Alter ego | Jim Lockhart |
| Team affiliations | All-Star Squadron Freedom Fighters |
| Notable aliases | Robin Hood of the deep |
| Abilities | None, his submarine can fly, travel on land and fire energy beams |
Red Torpedo was a fictional superhero owned by Quality Comics until the company sold out to DC Comics in 1956. He was killed off by DC along with other members of the first Freedom Fighters. He has been revealed to be alive, making one other appearance.
Jim Lockhart was a navy captain until he retired in 1940. Unable to settle down, he began building a one-man submarine known as "The Red Torpedo." Using the devices onboard, he became the peacekeeper of the seas, the Robin Hood of the deep. His run as a hero for Quality comics consisted of Crack Comics 1-20. His most common enemy was the Black Shark, a pirate of sorts.
Hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Red Torpedo was recruited by Uncle Sam to join the Freedom Fighters in defending the base. He fell with the other heroes and was left for dead. Later, it was revealed that he was not dead, but he did retire after this.
[edit] After the War
Red Torpedo was seen aiding the Starman of 1951 in building his spaceship, The Flying Star.
He was most recently seen as one of the administrators of Windward Home in Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis, along with Elsa Magnusson, widow of Mark Merlin.
