CBS has revealed a first look photo of Supergirl‘s Red Tornado, played by Iddo Goldberg.
We previously learned that Goldberg, whose credits include Tut, Salem and Mob City, would play “Dr. T.O. Morrow (aka Red Tornado)” in Supergirl season 1. We noted that this was odd, as in the DC Comics, Red Tornado and T.O. Morrow are two separate characters, the former an android — and eventual hero — and the latter his creator — as well as a villain.
Warner Bros. Television described Red Tornado as “the most advanced android the world has ever seen. Designed by scientist T.O. Morrow for the U.S. Army as the ultimate superweapon, he soon becomes sentient, posing a grave danger to National City — including the people Supergirl cares about most.”
Now we have our first look at the character and his costume. Check out the photo of Goldberg suited up below:
EP Greg Berlanti recently teased that Red Tornado would have a connection to General Sam Lane, the father of Lucy and Lois Lane, which makes sense as he is described as being designed for the Army.
The network’s official synopsis for Supergirl reads:
“Supergirl is an action-adventure drama based on the DC Comics character Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist), Superman’s (Kal-El) cousin who, after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents’ help at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Protected and raised on Earth by her foster family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex (Chyler Leigh), and learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin in order to keep her identity a secret.
“Years later at 24, Kara lives in National City assisting media mogul and fierce taskmaster Cat Grant (Golden Globe Award winner Calista Flockhart), who just hired the Daily Planet’s former photographer, James Olsen (Mehcad Brooks), as her new art director. However, Kara’s days of keeping her talents a secret are over when Hank Henshaw (David Harewood), head of a super-secret agency where her sister also works, enlists her to help them protect the citizens of National City from sinister threats. Though Kara will need to find a way to manage her newfound empowerment with her very human relationships, her heart soars as she takes to the skies as Supergirl to fight crime.”
Supergirl premieres Monday, October 26 at 8:30 p.m. ET on CBS.