Red Volcano

The earth-elemental android, brother of Red Tornado, who tried to erupt Yellowstone.

Red Volcano is an android supervillain published by DC Comics, created by Kevin VanHook, Grant Morrison, Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti from a concept by Greg Weisman. He first appeared in DC Universe #0 in April 2008 and returned in the 2009 Red Tornado mini-series.

In Young Justice, voiced by Jeff Bennett, he tries to make the Yellowstone Caldera erupt in the episode Humanity.

Quick Facts

Publisher

DC Comics

Debut

DC Universe #0 (April 2008)

Creators

Greg Weisman (concept)
Kevin VanHook (writer)
Grant Morrison (writer)
Gail Simone (writer)
Aaron Lopresti (artist)

Species

Android

Alliances

Secret Society of Super Villains

Powers

Superhuman strength and durability
Genius-level intellect
Heat generation
Large and medium-scale geokinesis

Facts from the source article.

Background

Built by Professor Ivo and T. O. Morrow, Red Volcano helps Ivo during his time in the Secret Society of Super Villains, gathering soil from sites of genocide for a plot to build a golem called Genocide. The Red Tornado miniseries reveals him as one of four androids representing the classical elements, alongside Red Tornado, Red Torpedo and Red Inferno.

Unlike his siblings he has no humanity or conscience, torturing his creator to find the others and murdering Red Inferno's adopted parents. He generates heat, wears a cape of molten rock, and has super-strength, flight and geokinesis.

In the show, Red Tornado, Red Inferno and Red Torpedo stop his Yellowstone plan and he is melted; in Runaways, Lex Luthor rebuilds him to manipulate the runaways into helping the Light before Blue Beetle destroys him.