The android Red Tornado had a long arduous history as a member of the Justice Society, and then Justice League. Born an elemental entity named the Tornado Tyrant that attacked the planet of Rann, this being turned heroic and adopted the name Tornado Champion, creating a synthetic version of the League to battle is evil Tyrant persona. This League with its Champion eventually banished the Tyrant to the Anti-Matter Universe, then learned of the existence of Earth-Two. There he found the android whom the Champion decided to merge with.
Modeled after the original Red Tornado, the costumed alias of Ma Hunkle from decades earlier, this android duplicate was constructed by T.O. Morrow to infiltrate and destroy both teams he would eventually join. Each time, Tornado was loyal to his heroic peers. He joined the Justice Society as a probationary member for a time.
During one adventure, Tornado used the Nebula Rod constructed by the Seven Soldiers of Victory to destroy a Nebula Hand that held Earth-Two in its destructive grasp. Destroying it, Tornado was then exiled to Earth-One.
Soon after joining the Justice League, Reddy was destroyed once more by an alien known as Nekron. He was later reassembled by the cosmic computer labeled Construct III, an electronic entity with a goal of enslaving Earth while itself becoming the revitalized Red Tornado.
Still later, Reddy traveled with Superman to the Anti-Matter Universe to battle the Weaponers of Qward, Red Tornado inadvertently and unknowingly merged once more with his exiled Tornado Tyrant persona (which had resided in that reality for years following its initial defeat at the hands of the Justice League). What activities the Tyrant was engaged in during his time on Qward are inknown, although he silently observed the sinister nature of Qward’s inhabitants, reinforcing his own tenacious tendencies.
Once more in his native universe now on Earth-One, the Tornado Tyrant sought revenge against the League when the android's creator T.O. Morrow tampered with Tornado’s robotic shell. Yet again, the Tornado Champion defeated the Tyrant, although this evil entity remained dormant, awaiting a future occasion when he would be awoken once more.
This opportunity arrived during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, when the Anti-Monitor unleashed the Tyrant once more. This Monitor became aware of this Tornadic creature during its years residing in Qward's universe, and saw it as a key to destroying the positive-matter universes who vexed him.
Although the combined might of the Justice Society were able to subdue the Tornado Tyrant, neither it nor its split persona the Champion ever resumed the Red Tornado identity, seeking to remain as the elemental entity it once was and desiring to be left alone.
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