Comments on: DC announces Red Tornado mini-series

By: empty_handed

empty_handed — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:33:33 +0000

this is ridiculous.. first Magog ONGOING! and now THIS!.. we are sick and tired of red tornado in the past 2 years or so in JLA..

i cant imagine anyone getting this except die-hard fans of the character..

By: PyroTwilight

PyroTwilight — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:29:39 +0000

I hope Tomorrow Woman appears in this mini to some degree. She was made by Morrow like Red Tornado’s body was they’re family-ish.

By: Tessa

Tessa — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:07:03 +0000

Considering that Oracle: The Cure was such a catastrophe…

Man, I’m sorry for you Red Tornado fans.

By: Kurt Busiek

Kurt Busiek — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:38:47 +0000

>> Yes, from 1984 with the wretched CARMINE INFANTINO art. >>

The pencil art was gorgeous.

If we’d been able to get an inker who’d have been sensitive to the pencils — particularly the wind and rain effects — it’d have been sweet.

But in any case, Carmine’s part of it was done well.

kdb

By: superfriend

superfriend — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:07:17 +0000

I no longer wear my rose colored glasses for the Satellite JLA. Looking back, I cannot figure out why Elongated Man or Red Tornado were ever on the team when Plastic Man, Metamorpho, and Black Lightning were not.

After having Red Tornado take up the main part of 6 issues during Meltzer’s run and having to revisit the story again during McDuffie’s, I have no interest in another story focused on him.

By: ScottyQuick

ScottyQuick — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:44:20 +0000

As long as they’re giving VanHook characters I don’t care for, go for it DC!

By: cpahl20000

cpahl20000 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:22:46 +0000

Sounds great !

By: Kevin Huxford

Kevin Huxford — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:13:15 +0000

That mini was done by Kurt Busiek back in the day? Oops. I was just saying how that mini bored me. But I haven’t read it since it originally came out, so maybe it was just my 9-10 year old tastes and not the writing.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:58:31 +0000

At least have Gerry Conway write it.

I miss Traya.

By: Jeff Bear

Jeff Bear — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:24:16 +0000

I’ve always been a fan of Red Tornado. My main issue is that nobody seems to be able to write a story about him without him getting blown up. It’s like they consider him a “Cheap Death” where he is constantly getting a new body. Does he get his bodies cheap from Sams Club or something? He seems to get new bodies more often than Batman gets Batmobiles. No wonder his wife loves him. It’s like sleeping with a different man every time!!! Give us something different. He was human briefly in his last arch in JLA. Did he do the deed? His wife could be pregnant! That at least could be cool and give us some good character development!

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:14:57 +0000

Wasn’t Greg Weisman supposed to be writing a Red Tornado mini?

By: Cisco Kid

Cisco Kid — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:08:22 +0000

Mini Series: Nah
Backup Feature: YES, PLEASE!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:41:59 +0000

So why was Greg Weisman and Joe Bennett’s Red Tornado mini canned? I would’ve bought that.

http://s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/archives.php?lid=492

By: Jim Kingman

Jim Kingman — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:36:49 +0000

I remember the Busiek Red Tornado miniseries! I even remember when RT got that colorful costume! Justice League of America #110, published in December, 1973! I even remember when Red Tornado sacrificed his life to save Earth-2 in Justice League of America #102, published in 1972. I even remember when Red Tornado drew Earths 1 and 2 together towards complete destruction in Justice League of America #82, published in 1970! Man, it’s GOOD to be old!

But I have no idea what Red Tornado did last month.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:30:09 +0000

Ugh. that should have read:

Yes, from 1984 with the wretched CARMINE INFANTINO art.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:29:15 +0000

Simon DelMonte Says:
>>Anyone remember the Busiek Red Tornado minseries from right >>before the Crisis?

Yes, from 1984 with the wretched Red Tornado art.

Is DC setting up us Reddy fans for another heartbreak?

By: Johnny Blaze

Johnny Blaze — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:03:53 +0000

They’re probably androids for the other elements:

Air: Red Tornado
Fire: Red Volcano
Earth: Red Geo
Water: Red Hydro

or some such theme.

Actually, it was stated sometime back, that the other 2 Red’s are Earthquake and Monsoon.

They should have stuck with the “ending in the letter ‘o’ motif.
But at least I got the concept correct: elemental androids.

By: Simon DelMonte

Simon DelMonte — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:58:20 +0000

Anyone remember the Busiek Red Tornado minseries from right before the Crisis?

By: SAMURAI36

SAMURAI36 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:51:27 +0000

They’re probably androids for the other elements:

Air: Red Tornado
Fire: Red Volcano
Earth: Red Geo
Water: Red Hydro

or some such theme.

Actually, it was stated sometime back, that the other 2 Red’s are Earthquake and Monsoon.

By: birmy

birmy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:41:06 +0000

I can’t imagine there’s much audience for this. The endless exposure he’s gotten in JLoA, coupled with a must-pass writer (author of Oracle and Superman and Batman vs. Vampires and Werewolves), makes this a non-starter.

By: matchesmalone

matchesmalone — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:37:11 +0000

oops Lopez not Lopes – no TLC fan here that was a typo

By: matchesmalone

matchesmalone — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:36:42 +0000

The answer is… blowing in the wind. Elsewhere too.

Hey DC! More Jose Luis Garcia Lopes, less “Ed Benes protege” Jose Luis.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:08:43 +0000

About time

By: tcjohnson

tcjohnson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:01:45 +0000

Whoops, got the writer mixed up with somebody else. This is the guy who wrote the oracle miniseries….yeah, still not buying it.

By: Johnny Blaze

Johnny Blaze — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:52:56 +0000

They’re probably androids for the other elements:

Air: Red Tornado
Fire: Red Volcano
Earth: Red Geo
Water: Red Hydro

or some such theme.

I hope their is some reference to his Justice Society origins!!!

By: stipula

stipula — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:31:39 +0000

Strictly for Red Tornado fans, I would imagine.

By: Bruce Logan

Bruce Logan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:11:01 +0000

Oh Yea-aaaaaawwwnnn, ZZZZzzzzzzz…

By: gary

gary — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:42:59 +0000

why do i think that the blackened figure below him is tomorrow woman?

By: tralfaz

tralfaz — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:35:41 +0000

yes, because the people demanded this after reading all about him in Justice League of America. yes, this was a great idea Didio. Who would have thought we needed yet another story about Reddy?