Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Villain of the Week- T.O. Morrow

From Wiki- 

Using his technological prowess and his immense inventing abilities, T. O. Morrow (full name: Thomas Oscar Morrow) created a special "television set" that would allow him to see a century into the future. He would examine many of the futuristic instruments and then replicate them for use in his present time. Morrow spent a lot of time trying to perfect a time machine that he could use, but he was unsuccessful. The majority of his inventions were used to commit various types of crimes. Morrow utilized one of the inventions that he stole from the future that would allow him to create duplicates of other people. He used this invention to successfully create duplicates of Green Lantern.[3] Morrow did this because he was bored with how easy it was to commit crimes and he wanted to do something that would give both the Flash and Green Lantern a challenge. The three duplicate Green Lanterns each went off to different parts of the world to steal different items at the same time. They were easily stopped by the Flash's super-speed. Morrow was transported to Earth-Two and presumed dead.

Shortly after being defeated by the Flash and Green Lantern, Morrow created Red Tornado to infiltrate the Justice Society of America so that Morrow would be able to rob the 20th Century Museum.[4] His television screen of the future showed that he would be defeated by the JSA unless he could infiltrate the group and cause them to be unable to defend the museum. Red Tornado was inadvertently successful in stopping the JSA. Morrow returned to Earth-One and attacked the JLA. He was able to defeat them by using his inventions and he then placed them all in stasis. Red Tornado was upset about Morrow's deception that caused him to defeat the JSA and followed him to Earth-One. Red Tornado freed the members of the JLA and captured Morrow. Back to me:

I met T.O. when the Tornado joined the JLA in issue #105 or so. I liked the character, and realized now DC had an android in their premiere superhero team, much like the Avengers had with the Vision.  They finally met in the great crossover.  I still enjoy the original incarnation the most, and think they should have kept the basic original costume as well.

 

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