"The Tornado's Path (Part III of VI) - Tornado Outbreak!/The Brave & The Bold"

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Justice League of America Vol 2 #3
December, 2006

Executive Editor

Dan DiDio

Cover Artists

Michael Turner, Chris Sprouse, Peter Steigerwald, Karl Story, Alex Sinclair

Writers

Brad Meltzer

Pencilers

Ed Benes

Inkers

Sandra Hope, Mariah Benes

Colourists

Alex Sinclair

Letterers

Rob Leigh

Editors

Jeanine Schaefer, Eddie Berganza

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Appearing in "The Tornado's Path (Part III of VI) - Tornado Outbreak!/The Brave & The Bold"

Featured Characters:

• Justice League of America

• Arsenal
• Batman
• Black Canary
• Black Lightning
• Green Lantern
• Hawkgirl
• Red Tornado
• Superman
• Vixen
• Wonder Woman

Supporting Characters:

•  Phantom Stranger 

Villains:

• Doctor Impossible
• Electrocutioner
• Parasite
• Plastique
• Professor Ivo
• Solomon Grundy (Behind the scenes)
• Starro
• Trident

Other Characters:

• Deadman (Behind the scenes)
• Kathy Sutton
• Traya Sutton

Locations:

• Gotham City

• Batcave

• New York City

• John Smith/Kathy Sutton Residence (Apartment 5D)

• Colorado

• Rocky Mountains
• Professor Ivo's Laboratory/Base

• Hub City

• Unnamed Bar

• Louisiana

• St. Roch
• Parasite's Current HQ

• Unknown State/City

• Unnamed Cemetery (Resting place of Boston Brand)
  

Items:

• Trick arrows
• Utility Belt
• Mother Box
• Boom Tube
• Green Lantern Ring
• Nth Metal Wings
• Mace
• Tantu Totem
• Indestructible Gauntlets
• Lasso of Truth
• Boomerang Tiara

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Tornado's Path (Part III of VI) - Tornado Outbreak!/The Brave & The Bold"

Trident, flanked by Dr. Impossible, attacks and freezes the Parasite but, fortunately neither villain recognizes Jefferson Pierce who attacks and takes down Trident.

Red Tornado goes to Deadman's grave to find out why he tricked Tornado into abandoning his android body. Boston doesn't appear but Phantom Stranger does advising Tornado to "find himself." Deducing this means to find his stolen body, Tornado heads to the Rocky Mountain base.

At the base, Black Canary, Arsenal, and Green Lantern fight the army of Red Tornado-based androids. Dinah and Hal simultaneously discover the androids' 'Achilles heel' and take them all down.

Dr. Impossible teleports away from the fight with Jefferson when another hero arrives. He brings the frozen Parasite to the Rocky Mountain base where the villains add Parasite's frozen and now crumbled arm into Red Tornado's android body. The head is returned to the body, now with flesh-colored skin and pointy ears.

Vixen had survived the explosion (last issue) by tunneling underground like a mole. Without the Tantu Totem the morphogenic field begins a constant assault on her mind.

At Reddy and Kathy's apartment, both Kathy and Traya can't sleep. Traya asks Kathy about how Red is now human, if he can dream, sleep, and bleed. Traya asks if this means that Red Tornado could die. Kathy assures her that he wont, but it is clear she hadn't thought of this.

Hawkgirl and Jefferson discover something on Trident's neck and they take the unconscious villain to the Batcave where Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman have been discussing new recruits for the Justice League. Jefferson shows the heroes that Trident has a small Starro attached to his neck.

Notes

• This issue shipped with an alternate cover illustrated by Chris Sprouse, Karl Story and Alex Sinclair.

• This issue is reprinted in the Justice League of America: The Tornado's Path trade paperback and Justice League Legends #3.

• Heroes discussed and/or voted on for inclusion in the League this issue include: Black Lightning with a mention that a secret vote on Wonder Woman occurred.

• The shadowy mastermind in this issue is ultimately revealed in Justice League of America (Volume 2) #4.

• Red Tornado's stolen android body is being modified/reprogrammed into a new villain whose name is revealed in Justice League of America (Volume 2) #4.

• Duplicate androids of Red Tornado have been designed by Professor Ivo in Red, Yellow, Blue, Green and Black varieties. All are shown having the wind/tornado power of flight. In addition, blue ones can conjure wind, green ones can fire lightning bolts, and yellow ones fire light/heat energy beams (Arsenal calls the powers "the sun"). The black one is only shown punching. A red one (in a background shot) is shown projecting light/heat energy but this may just be a mis-coloring error.

• The duplicate androids are shown as having a fail-safe mechanism in their subtalar joint (Achilles heel). The original Red Tornado body is said to have that failsafe in his neck.

• The events depicted in Issues #1 through #6 appear to be occurring during a single day.

Trivia

• The epitaph on Boston Brand's gravestone is, ironically, "Forever With Us."

• To speak to Boston Brand, Red Tornado goes to his grave site. Author Brad Meltzer used this same technique to summon a spirit in Identity Crisis when Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) summoned the spirit of the Spectre (Hal Jordan) by going to his grave site.

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Recommended Reading

• Justice League of America (Volume 1)
• Justice League of America (Volume 2)

Links and References

• Justice League of America (Volume 2) series index at Comicbookdb.com
• Justice League of America (Volume 2) series index at the Grand Comics Database

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