History[]
When seventeen-year-old bank messenger Tom Robinson single-handedly thwarted a bank raid, his heroic actions brought him to the attention of a mysterious crimebuster called The Watcher, who kitted him out with various useful crimefighting gadgets and gave him an aide in the form of oversized android butler Mr. Syrius Thrice. They battled numerous villains, including the Spider (no relation to The Spider).
Robinson was undoubtedly brave. Unfortunately, he was also the sort of person who would get into a remote-controlled helicopter sent by a mysterious shadowy individual who may not have had his best interests at heart, and who would point a device that looked like a gun at someone and pull the trigger when he had no idea what would happen. If the device had been lethal, Robinson would have inadvertently killed someone for the crime of bag-snatching.
Powers and abilities[]
Abilities
Fighting crime; running errands.
Strength level
Teenage boy who gets regular strenuous exercise (chasing criminals).
Weaknesses
Doesn't think things through; very suggestible.
Paraphernalia[]
Equipment
Gun that marks criminals' foreheads with a red star; wrist radio.
Transportation
Flying car.
Notes[]
Robinson originally lived in the north country town of Brickfield, but he and Mr. Thrice later relocated to an island in the Atlantic called Rockfall, where they had a secret base (a definite improvement).
Trivia[]
The Watcher's notes on Tom reveal that his interests were "football, tennis, cycling and reading." Reading what, we are never told. Football annuals, maybe?
Links[]
- Appearances of Red Star Robinson
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