The Laughing Cavalier (novel) of Sir Percy Blakeney, known to history as the Scarlet Pimpernel." EMMUSKA ORCZY <br>Haarlem, 1913 The Laughing Cavalier (novel) The Laughing Cavalier is a 1913 adventure novel by Baroness Orczy, which revolves around Percy Blake, a foreign adventurer and ancestor of Orczy's famous character, the Scarlet Pimpernel. The story takes place in Holland in 1623/1624 and is partly inspired by Frans Hals' painting "The Laughing Cavalier": in the novel, Blake is Frans Hals' adopted son and the man who poses for the painting of the Laughing Cavalier. The sequel to this book, continuing the story of Percy Blake, is "The
Red Tornado with the ability to change from android to human form at will. Red Tornado was part of Kenner's 1985 Super Powers collection, and was the 48th issue in the DC Comics Super Hero Collection. Red Tornado Red Tornado is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dick Dillin, the sentient android Red Tornando first appeared in "Justice League of America" #64 (August 1968). The name had previously been used for comical superheroine Ma Hunkel, who was introduced in "All-American Comics" in 1939 and started using the Red Tornado