Remembering artist
George Perez on his birthday (June 9, 1954 - May 6, 2022) with a pair of his
Justice League of America covers (
#192 and
#193, July and August, 1981) where in the JLA faces T. O. Morrow, and learn just a little extra about the Red Tornado (and his ties to the Tornado Tyrant and the Tornado Champion).
Justice League of America #192 (July, 1981)
In "Quest For Genesis" written by
Gerry Conway, with art by
George Perez and
John Beatty, Red Tornado attacks the JLA in their satellite...forcing them to destroy him. While debating this, Red Tornado attacks again...with the team stopping that Red Tornado as well. This makes the team think of Reddy's android status, and his creator, T. O. Morrow and
Red Tornado's origins.
Meanwhile, Red Tornado is at home with Kathy Sutton and Traya, until his mind is attacked by....T. O. Morrow, who summons Reddy to his secret mountain base. Red Tornado had told the JLA that Morrow was dead, but Morrow explains that, after his being thrown out of reality when Red Tornado
joined the JLA, one version of him ended up
on a planet, while another mutated into the Future Man (who was the one who died). So, Morrow tried to recreate Red Tornado....but neither worked.
Why?
Justice League of America #193 (July, 1981)
In "Secret Of Genesis" written by
Gerry Conway, with art by
George Perez and
John Beatty, as T. O. Morrow attempted to deconstruct Red Tornado, he found so much more than he was looking for. A being called the Tornado Tyrant came out of Red Tornado, and, thanks to the arrival of the JLA team, Firestorm had time to search around, and found the Tornado Champion (two beings from Rann, where faced
Adam Strange, but then came to Earth to admire the JLA, and then, on its own created world, had to create a JLA to stop its evil side).
Still, imitating the JLA wasn't enough for the Tornado Champion, so, ending up on Earth-2, found T. O. Morrow creating his android, and attempted to take control of it...he did, but at the cost of his memory. So, Tornado Tyrant and Tornado Champion were hold up inside of Red Tornado, without Reddy's knowledge. To contain the Tornado Tyrant, Firestorm recreated Red Tornado's android body, and with the help of the Tornado Champion, recreated Red Tornado (without memories of his two warring factions, a secret which Firestorm would keep....at least until the Crisis).
