Rocket Red #7

Rocket Red #7 is a Soviet soldier clad in powerful armor, part of the USSR's Rocket Red Brigade — a state-sponsored program that produced an army of armored warriors to serve as Russia's answer to Western superheroes, operating within the Cold War-era DC Universe.

Rocket Red #7 burst onto the scene in 1987's The Green Lantern Corps #209, a creation of the legendary Steve Englehart and Joe Staton that planted a distinctly Soviet flag in the Copper Age DC Universe. Spanning an impressive 35 years of publication history, this armored figure carved out a niche across titles like Justice League International and Superman, sharing pages with heavyweights including Batman, Bruce Wayne, and Green Lantern. With two key collector issues to their name and a roster of co-stars that reads like a DC all-star lineup, Rocket Red #7 is a rewarding deep-cut discovery — the kind of character that reminds you just how richly layered the DC cosmos truly is.