![]() ![]() Nyxly ( Peta Sergeant), is a fifth-dimensional imp who is the main antagonist through the last season of Supergirl. Couple that with a missed opportunity to expand the character and here we are. The face looks like a bad cosplayer under layers of thick red paint. The suit has little to no other color to break up the red. Not bad if it outclassed its roots, but it doesn’t. Red Tornado looks nothing like it does in the comics. ![]() The biggest sin levied at Red Tornado is its look. ![]() It proved difficult for Supergirl to overcome, and could have turned to the hero we know from the comics. This take on Red Tornado could have been amazing. There would be further confrontations before Supergirl destroys the android for good. Red Tornado starts strong, but Supergirl would turn the tables and damage the android before it escaped. Supergirl ( Melissa Benoist) is asked to fight the android to test its capabilities. Brimming with weaponry, combat skills, and more, Red Tornado was activated. Morrow ( Iddo Goldberg) led the project, and 11 years later would deliver Red Tornado (Iddo Goldberg). But if we have to go that route once again, Savitar is a good option.The US Army invested $1 billion in developing an android, meant to stop any rogue Kryptonians. The idea of yet another evil speedster is something that isn’t exactly the most appealing idea for the CW’s Flash, considering that the Big Bads of the past two seasons have both been evil speedsters. With Savitar, there are a lot of original concepts to dig into, and since his identity was always something of a mystery, he could even be placed onto an entirely new character with similar motivations. The benefit of comic book TV shows and movies is the ability to re-work the origins of these story’s predecessors in the comics, and create something entirely new while still being faithful to the characters and their abilities. We’ve already seen the Alchemy has devoted followers wearing similar garb to himself, so Savitar could either be the force behind the Flashpoint devotees or something entirely new. His origin however leads to a lot of possibilities to what could be in store for Barry Allen in the third season of the Flash, especially with the idea of a cult backing Savitar. Even with his television appearance on the CW, we don’t know a ton about what his motivations are or even if he’ll appear close to his comic book characteristics. No movies, television shows, radio dramas even have ever seen hide nor hair of the leader of the speed force cult. Comic books!Īs mentioned earlier, Savitar has not really appeared in the comics that much, and hasn’t appeared in any media outside of them. Savitar was gone for a long time until finally re-emerging from the Speed Force, only to be inadvertently killed by Barry Allen, who had briefly become the Black Flash, the Grim Reaper for speedsters. Deciding that the only way to grant himself and his cult followers access to the Speed Force was to kill everyone outside of his circle, he came to blows with Wally West, but eventually was granted his wish of joining directly with the source of his powers. At this point in the comics, Barry Allen had been long dead following the events of the big DC crossover, Crisis on Infinite Earths, so Savitar’s main obstacle came in the form of Wally West. As opposed to the other speedsters, he managed to translate his studies into creating new methods of speed powers for himself, which we’ll get into shortly. Deeming himself the only one worthy of the Speed Force, he began creating a cult and studying his super speed. Rather than going the altruistic route, Savitar thought his new powers made himself a god, which is why he chose his name of Savitar, as “Savitr” is the Hindu God of Motion. Similarly to DC’s Green Lantern, the villainous speedster was granted super powers during a flight when his plane was struck by lightning that originated from the Speed Force, that being the same plane of existence whose powers fuels characters like Barry Allen, Wally West, and so many other fast heroes in the DC universe. Rather than having an insatiable obsession with revenge against Barry Allen - or simply wanting to rob a bank here and there - Savitar found himself receiving his powers through his occupation as a pilot in a third world country. What makes this evil speedster unique from the other cadre of Flash villains is his origin, as he comes from a completely different locale and mindset from characters like Captain Cold, Heatwave, or even Eobard Thawne. ![]() He first appeared in Flash Volume 2 #108 in 1995 and was created by comic book legends Mark Waid and Oscar Jimenez. Savitar, whose real name was never actually revealed in the comics, only had around a dozen appearances in the DC universe, which for comic characters might as well be nothing at all (especially in the world of The Flash, which has thousands of issues). ![]()
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