Rocket Red
{{other uses|Red Rocket (disambiguation)}}{{Primary sources|date=December 2024}}{{Infobox comics character
|image = Gavril.jpg
|caption = Gavril Ivanovich, JLI's second Rocket Red; art by Aaron Lopresti.
|imagesize =
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|character_name = Rocket Red
|publisher = DC Comics
|debut = Pushkin
Justice League #3 (July 1987)
Ivanovich
Justice League: Generation Lost #4 (August 2010)
|creators = Pushkin
Steve Englehart (writer)
Joe Staton (artist)
Ivanovich
Judd Winick (writer)
Joe Bennett (artist)
|full_name = Dimitri Pushkin
Gavril Ivanovich
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|species =
|homeworld =
|alliances=Justice League
Rocket Red Brigade
Justice League International
Justice League Europe
Pushkin:
Black Lantern Corps
|aliases = Rocket Red #4
|supports =
|powers = * Superhuman strength and durability
- Flight
- Energy blasts
- Technology manipulation
}}
Rocket Red ({{langx|ru|Ракетно-Красный|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),{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=McAvennie |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |title=DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-8578-6 |page=217}} 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).
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.The OMAC Project #5 (October 2005) He has remained dead since, but was temporarily resurrected as a Black Lantern during the Blackest Night event in 2009.Blackest Night #3 (September 2009)
=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.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)
In The New 52 continuity reboot, Ivanovich is part of a superhero team founded by the United Nations and led by Booster Gold.Justice League International (vol. 3) #1 (September 2011)Justice League International (vol. 3) #5 (January 2012) He is later killed in an explosion during a press conference introducing the team.Justice League International (vol. 3) #7 (March 2012)
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.{{cite web |title=Rocket Red Voice - Justice League Unlimited (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Justice-League-Unlimited/Rocket-Red/ |access-date=December 2, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}}
- 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.{{cite web |title=Red Rocket #4 / Dmitri Pushkin Voice - Young Justice (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Young-Justice/Red-Rocket-4-Dmitri-Pushkin/ |access-date=December 2, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} 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. 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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