Rocket (DC Comics)

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Rocket (Raquel Ervin) is a fictional superheroine appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, who was introduced by Milestone Media.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was the sidekick of the superhero Icon. Rocket's powers come from her inertia belt, based on tech from Icon's ship.

Rocket has made limited appearances in media outside comics. Kali Troy voices the character in Young Justice, with Denise Boutte replacing her in later seasons.

Publication historyEdit

Template:Expand section An original character from DC's Milestone Comics imprint, she first appeared in Icon #1 (May 1993) where she was created by Dwayne McDuffie (writer), Denys Cowan, and Mark Bright.

Rocket, along with Milestone Universe and characters, was revived and merged into the DC Universe proper in the late 2000s. The merger treats the characters as new to the universe, ignoring the "Worlds Collide" Milestone/DC crossover of 1994. Rocket reappeared in Justice League of America (vol. 2) #27, written by creator Dwayne McDuffie.

Character biographyEdit

Raquel Ervin was born in Paris Island, the poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhood in Dakota.<ref name=Icon1>Dwayne McDuffie (writer), Icon #1 (May 1993)</ref> Although she is only the sidekick of the title character, Icon, she is the actual protagonist of the series. She yearned to become a writer like Toni Morrison, but lacked inspiration until she met Augustus Freeman IV, a corporate lawyer who was secretly a stranded alien with superhuman powers.<ref name=Icon1 /> This occurred while she and her friends were robbing Freeman's home. Raquel convinced Augustus to become the superhero Icon, and to take her on as his sidekick, Rocket.<ref name=Icon1 /> While in costume, she wore a belt that Icon fashioned out of his escape pod's inertia winder, which allowed her to manipulate kinetic energy.<ref name=Icon1 /><ref name=Icon8>Icon #8</ref>

Shortly after she began adventuring with Icon, Raquel discovered that she was pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, Noble (one of the other robbers from the day she met Freeman).<ref name=Icon3>Icon #3</ref> She gave birth to a son, Amistad, who is named after a ship that transported slaves from France to the United States.<ref name=Icon24>Icon #24</ref><ref name=Icon26>Icon #26</ref>

Rocket also assists the Blood Syndicate member Flashback in fighting her addiction to crack cocaine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Rocket is more liberal than Icon, which caused them to clash on a number of occasions. She befriends Static, another teenage superhero from Dakota City.

DC UniverseEdit

After Orion kills Darkseid in Final Crisis, the space-time continuum destabilizes, threatening the multiverse. In response, Dharma transports the Dakota characters to the DC universe, rewriting history so that they were always present there.<ref name=jla34>Justice League of America (vol. 2) #34 (June 2009)</ref><ref name=jla30>Justice League of America (vol. 2) #30 (February 2009)</ref> Subsequently, Rocket becomes an ally of the Justice League and Shadow Cabinet.<ref name="jla30" /><ref>"Tried to use her in WW but wasn't allowed!" rt @ LindAp7618 @GailSimone Any chance of Rocket from Milestone showing up in BOP?</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Gailsimone 4:04 AM Apr 30th via web</ref>

Powers and abilitiesEdit

Rocket has no innate superhuman abilities, but is a skilled gymnast and hand-to-hand combatant. She can manipulate energy using her inertia belt, which enables her to increase her own strength, fly via energy propulsion, and briefly paralyze others by negating their energy.<ref name="Icon24" /><ref name="Icon26" /><ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>

In other mediaEdit

Rocket appears in Young Justice, voiced initially by Kali Troy and later by Denise Boutte.<ref name="btva">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version initially works with Icon before joining the Team. Later in the series, Rocket joins the Justice League and becomes engaged to Noble Davis, with whom she has a son, Amistad.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rocket appears as a playable character in Young Justice: Legacy, voiced by Cree Summer.<ref name="btva" />

AnalysisEdit

Rocket held liberal views on economic and social issues, which resulted in her often clashing with her conservative partner, Icon. Under her influence, Icon eventually began re-evaluating his views.Template:Citation needed

W. E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk was a major influence in shaping Rocket's liberal views.<ref name=Icon1 />

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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