John Smith appeared on Earth-One in August of 1973, a man with no past yet an eventful future. Originally an android known as Red Tornado, Smith found himself on a new world with a new humanoid appearance.
Previously, the Tornado protected his home of Earth-Two from the Iron Hand and his massive energy hand, which was beginning to crush the planet, by launching a nebuloid rod at its core. This jettisoned Reddy into a universe where a portion of his essence had originated. This composite being, sentient air-elemental named Ulthoon the Tornado Champion and the android Red Tornado, now had a new life on Earth-One.
On Earth-Two, young genius Little Arthur developed a prototype suit based on the Red Tornado. Known as the Tornado Tot, Arthur's costumed career was short-lived as the outfit was claimed by his frenemies, the babies Sugar and Spike.
Smith discovered that upon entry into this new world, Reddy was found by his creator T.O. Morrow, who refashioned his faceless form to give him human features. T.O. installed a secret program into the android's mainframe, with the intent of unleashing Tornado on Morrow's foes the Justice League. However, Reddy as John Smith found love when he met Kathy Sutton, whom he met at an unemployment office. And he would reunite with her later, after Smith's body was reassembled by the artificial intelligent known as the Construct, following Reddy's destruction by an alien creature.
Eventually, tragedy struck as John Smith's psuedo-life among humanity ended, following his capture by the Anti-Monitor. The evil entity of the Anti-Matter Universe stripped the Tornado Tyrant persona from the android Smith form, ending Red Tornado's career, with the Tyrant now used as a pawn by Anti-Monitor against Reddy's former teammates in the Justice Society and Justice League. What became of Arthur, who would now have been a young adult, is unknown.
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