JL #26 'The Stormy Return of the Red Tornado!" Afterward

So...what did you think?

JL #26 Profiles and Background Info

Brainiac is incredibly arrogant. He considers all other living things to be stupid. He thinks he is the greatest creature in the universe. For example, when he talks about Red Tornado he doesn't call him a "he," he calls him an "it." He doesn't believe in Red Tornado's humanity.  Red himself believes he is a machine

until the very end of this adventure. He speaks in a computerized voice whenever he is in costume. Then he realizes that he has friends and feels affection for them. He realizes that he is indeed human. On the last page, he begins to speak in a non-mechanical voice. 

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JL #26 "The Stormy Return of the Red Tornado!"

JL #26 "The Stormy Return of the Red Tornado!" Forward

This is another one of my favorite issues.

JL #26 "The Stormy Return of the Red Tornado!"

This issue is one of my favorites for a few reasons. Basically, it's a huge love letter to three separate Red Tornado stories: the first (his debut) in JLA #64 by Gardner Fox, his initial return to the JLA in #106 by Len Wein, and his return to the main stage in JLA #146 by Steve Englehart. I'll have more to say about these bits and pieces in the afterward, but first up: this cover, based on the cover to JLA #64, drawn by Dick Dillin and Jack Abel. I put my credit on Hawkwoman's back, there in the lower left corner.