Rocket Red
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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
Dmitri Pushkin
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.
In the 2005 series The OMAC Project, Pushkin is killed while protecting the Justice League's members.[2] He has remained dead since, but was temporarily resurrected as a Black Lantern during the Blackest Night event in 2009.[3]
Gavril Ivanovich
The second Rocket Red, Gavril Ivanovich, is a renegade member of the group who sports outdated armor and beliefs.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.[4][5][6][7]
In The New 52 continuity reboot, Ivanovich is part of a superhero team founded by the United Nations and led by Booster Gold.[8][9] He is later killed in an explosion during a press conference introducing the team.[10]
Powers and abilities
The 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
Television
- An unidentified Rocket Red resembling Dmitri Pushkin makes non-speaking appearances in Justice League Unlimited as a member of the Justice League.[11]
- 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.[12] This version is a new member of the Rocket Red Brigade.
Merchandise
- Rocket Red received an action figure in Mattel's DC Universe: Justice League Unlimited Fan Collection toy line.
- Rocket Red received an action figure in Mattel's Signature Series, available through Mattel's online outlet at MattyCollector.com.
References
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- ↑ The OMAC Project #5 (October 2005)
- ↑ 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)
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