Batman predecessors in pulp fiction, comic strips, newspaper headlines, and autobiographical details referring to Kane himself. As an aristocratic hero with a double identity, Batman had predecessors in the Scarlet Pimpernel (created by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, 1903) and Zorro (created by Johnston McCulley, 1919). Like them, Batman performed his heroic deeds in secret, averted suspicion by playing aloof in public, and marked his work with a signature symbol. Kane noted the influence of the films "The Mark of Zorro" (1920) and "The Bat Whispers" (1930) in the creation of the character's iconography. Finger, drawing inspiration from pulp heroes like Doc Savage,
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