Torque (DC Comics)

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Torque
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Torque as depicted in Nightwing Secret Files and Origins #1 (October 1999). Art by Jackson Guice (penciller) and Tom McCraw (colorist).
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance As Soames:
Nightwing (vol. 2) #1
(October 1996)
As Torque:
Nightwing (vol. 2) #27 (January 1999)
Created by Chuck Dixon (writer)
Scott McDaniel (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoDudley Soames
Team affiliations Blüdhaven Police Department
Intergang
Partnerships Nite-Wing
Abilities

Torque (Dudley Soames) is a supervillain in the DC Comics Universe and an enemy of Nightwing. Created by writer Chuck Dixon and artist Scott McDaniel, he first appeared in Nightwing (vol. 2) #1 (October 1996). [1]

Contents

Fictional character biography

Dudley Soames is a corrupt officer in the Blüdhaven police and an enemy of Nightwing. [2] However, he refuses to kill Nightwing, intending to manipulate Blüdhaven's factions into fighting. [3] [4]

Soames' ally Blockbuster later betrays him, twists his neck, and leaves him to die. [5] [6] Soames survives, but his neck is permanently inverted. As such, he uses special glasses to see behind him. [7]

Torque is later imprisoned, but arranges a prison break with Nite-Wing. After realizing Torque's true nature, Nite-Wing kills him. [8] [9]

In other media

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 258. ISBN   978-1-4654-8578-6.
  2. ↑ Nightwing (vol. 2) #2
  3. ↑ Nightwing (vol. 2) #3-5
  4. ↑ Nightwing (vol. 2) #2-9
  5. ↑ Nightwing (vol. 2) #11-12
  6. ↑ Nightwing (vol. 2) #13
  7. ↑ Nightwing (vol. 2) #16-23
  8. ↑ Nightwing (vol. 2) #43
  9. ↑ Nightwing (vol. 2) #77
  10. ↑ Curovic, Irina (May 4, 2018). "20 Characters Who Fans Keep Forgetting Appeared In The Arrowverse". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  11. ↑ Sonnack, Matthew (November 10, 2021). "Every Version of the Suicide Squad in the Arrowverse". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  12. ↑ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
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