John Smith

John as Red Tornado (Created by Phil Cho for Roy Westerman, edited by SpiderSniper)

## Gallery

### Aliases

Red Tornado (Codename)Johnny (Nickname)

John Smith Hunkel (Former Name)

Mister, Sir (Titles)

### Relatives

T.O. Morrow (Creator)Red Torpedo ("Sister")

Red Inferno ("Brother")

Red Volcano ("Brother")

Traya Sutton (Adopted Daughter)

Maxine Hunkel (Granddaughter)

### Affiliation

Justice League (Member)Justice Society of America (Former Member)

Young Justice (Overseer)

## Biographical Info

### Marital Status

Married (Kathy Sutton, Wife)(Abigail Hunkel, Ex-Wife)

### Base of Operations

Brownstone, Blue Valley, NE (Formerly)Hall Of Justice

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## Biography: (Written by Oracle)

### Red Tornado: 1971-1973

Red Tornado was created by T.O. Morrow on August 4th, 1971 with the intention to combat and destroy the Justice Society of America. And he was sent to do exactly that. But during the battle, he noticed their acts of heroism and become inspired to switch sides. And as a result, he joined the Society. In 1972, the Society took down Brainwave and Solomon Grundy. T.O. Morrow would create Construct, an evil version of Red Tornado that could control electromagnetic waves. Construct was then sent to destroy and replace Red Tornado (so that he could defeat the Society from the inside). Construct was defeated and and T.O. Morrow was put in jail. Later that year, the Society took down Cheetah and Icicle. In 1973, the Society helped Spectre battle Eclipso. A few months later, during the final battle of the JSA, Red Tornado was injured and shut down.

### The Tornado Champion: 2005-2

In 2005, S.T.A.R. Labs found and activated Red Tornado. When they activated him, he had forgotten everything from before. They began rebuilding his body (and gave it some improvements). Also during this time, he began researching the world, taking in information day after day. And they finished his new body. He began his training to master it. And the following year, in 2006, he joined the Justice League and helped them defeat the Legion of Doom (this triggered a foggy "memory" in Red Tornado). In 2007, when Superman and the League had to fight Doomsday, Red Tornado helped Superman as he considered the League his new family. In 2008, with the creation of Young Justice, the League sent Red Tornado to oversee the team as their "den mother". The League also battled and defeated Steppenwolf and his army of parademons. In 2009, Construct was re-activated and and attacked Red Tornado. During the attack, Construct claimed that their creator was dead. This was how Red Tornado remembered that T.O. Morrow was his creator. After Red Tornado defeated construct, he began to research T.O. Morrow. He also wanted to feel how it is to be human. So he asked S.T.A.R. Labs if there was any way for him to feel human. So S.T.A.R. Labs began making a bionic human body. Later that year, he helped the Team fight Superboy-Prime. And on December 31st, he helped the Team fight against the mind-controlled Justice League. This trigged another foggy memory as the guy behind the attack (Vandal Savage) was an enemy of the original JSA.

### John Smith: 2010-Present

In 2010, with his new body completed, Red Tornado could switch between either body. And he selected the name, John Smith, as he felt the name suited him. Later that year, John helped the Team battle some of the members of the Light. The Team also battled Klarion. In 2011, the JSA re-emerged, and with this John's memories of the JSA returned. He also met Kathy Sutton and they began dating. Soon after, T.O. Morrow was revealed to be alive and created two new robots, Red Inferno and Red Torpedo. While originally meant to battle and destroy John, they in turn became heroes because John convinced them. The Team helped stopped Kobra. In 2012, the Team would begin to search for Terra. John told Kathy that he was an android and she understood. He also met Kathy's daughter, Traya. Later, the Team finally tracked down Terra. In 2013, he helped the League battle the Crime Syndicate. He also got married to Kathy and adopted Traya. The Team would stop the Reach from fulfilling their plans and destroyed the MFDs (Magnetic Field Disruptors). In 2014, T.O. Morrow created a more powerful android, Red Volcano. Since it had immense power, Red Tornado teamed up with Red Inferno and Red Torpedo to take him down. When he wouldn't join them as heroes, they shut him down. Around this time, John began to have "dreams". So S.T.A.R. Labs investigated this and saw that what John called dreams were actually corrupted files in his system. So they created a software to sort and correct these files. John helped the League against the OMACs. He also helped the Team look into Granny Goodness. In 2015, when S.T.A.R. Labs checked on the progress on John's corrupted files, they found out that it wasn't actually corrupted files but instead digital memories... or digitized human memories. So S.T.A.R. Labs got to work on this immediately and they figured it out. With everything done, John figured everything out. Back before he was turned into Red Tornado, John was an aerokinetic metahuman named John Smith Hunkel who was married to Abigail Hunkel. But he was one day kidnapped by T.O. Morrow who turned him into a digital android. With this information, John has felt self-fulfilled. Later that year, he helped the Team stop Granny Goodness. In 2016, the League, the Team, etc all worked together to stop Darkseid and his invasion of Earth. As of now, John is raising Traya along with Kathy and is fighting crime.

## Strengths

* **Aerokinesis:** John can manipulate wind.
	+ **Cyclone Creation:** John's aerokinetic powers allows him to create cyclones.
	+ **Flight:** John can manipulate the wind to fly.
	+ **Force Field:** John can manipulate the wind to create a force field around.
* **Computerized Brain**

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## Tech

* **Red Tornado Body:**
	+ **Material:** John's Red Tornado body is made of a durable carbon fiber body.
* **Bionic Body:** John's human body is very lifelike. It can even process food and the five senses better than normal humans.

## Trivia

* Maxine Hunkel is John's daughter.
* It is most likely that John's father is the reason for his powers.

## Notes

* John being originally human is inspired by Roy Westerman's Earth 27.
* John's "birthday" and address are related to his first appearance and creators: Justice League of America #64 (August, 1968) by Gardner Fox and Dick Dillin.

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