Rocket
First Appearance: Icon #1, May 1993
Created by: Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan.
Nationality: American
Team Affiliations: The Shadow Cabinet
Weight: 126 lbs Height: 5’6
Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown
Known Relatives: Ms. Ervin (Mother), Amistad (Son)
Notes: Raquel is the real Icon in the series titled Icon. She is the one who turns Arnus into the superhero he was. Later on she herself would be known as Icon. She’s also the first teenage single mother superhero ever and to this date the only one.
Skills and Abilities: She is a gifted writer and high school gymnast.
Powers: Inertia belt allows her to manipulate kinetic energy for a variety of effects.
Biography
Before becoming Rocket, Raquel Ervin was a restless teenager who grew up in the poorest ghetto in the Dakota. Bored by the oppressiveness of prevailing educational and social structures. Disappointed by the hypocrisy and compromise of most attempts at revolution, she was well on the fast track to serious trouble though she had aspirations of being a writer but no money or motivation.
A chance meeting with Arnus motivated her enough to become a superhero and convince Arnus to become Icon. As a duo they battled various villains but her personal trial was giving birth to her son “Amistad” named after the famous slave ship. She later helped Flashback of the blood syndicate to quit her cocaine addiction she’s also friends with Static.
June 6th, 2011 at 12:48 am
[...] grew up with Raquel in Dakota since they were young children. They eventually became best friends. Darnice was the only [...]
July 29th, 2011 at 5:09 am
[...] of his “son” throughout the years. Under the guise of Augustus Freeman IV he met Raquel Irvin who was one of a group of teens who were trying to rob him. This same girl would later convince him [...]
August 15th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
[...] of the mayor’s co-workers walks into her office and takes her hostage. Few hours later Icon and Rocket arrive to give the police their assistance things go wrong as Icon wants to comply with their [...]
August 15th, 2011 at 7:59 pm
[...] actually do to help people than he already has. Elsewhere in Dakota a young woman by the name of Raquel is an aspiring writer living in a ghetto. She cant even afford a type writer to hone her craft. [...]
August 15th, 2011 at 8:11 pm
[...] heroes battle the man who now calls himself Payback. Icon at one point gets taken down and Rocket gives chase into the sewers where they continue their battle. Icon meanwhile deals with the rest of [...]
August 15th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
[...] office and hold her hostage in hopes of having her make a public confession of her deed. Icon and Rocket defeated him and handed him over to the authorities. After his release he joined Shadow Cabinet. [...]
August 21st, 2011 at 12:02 am
[...] Everyone he talks to tells him to back off. The team finds him and a fight ensues. Meanwhile Rocket finds out she’s [...]
August 31st, 2011 at 12:07 am
[...] mantle of leadership. Hannibal had a hot tempered nature which lead him into conflict with Icon and Rocket though they later called a truce. He later clashed with Holocaust over leadership of the team, he [...]
August 31st, 2011 at 12:08 am
[...] Rocket laments that her life may have just become a best seller, superhero, expecting a baby, and her Grandmother has found out she’s pregnant and her mother will pretty seen as well. [...]
September 4th, 2011 at 3:09 am
There is at least one other teenage single mother superhero: Miriam Delgado, Mirage, a former member of the Teen Titans.
September 6th, 2011 at 3:20 am
[...] powers from the Big Bang most notably, Holocaust. He formed a friendship with fellow teen hero Rocket and even Icon and Hardware. He dealt with his own Homophobia when his friend Rick Stone came out as [...]
September 9th, 2011 at 12:02 am
[...] is about to be done in when Rocket comes to the rescue. She holds her own briefly before being overwhelmed and Icon saves her. They [...]
September 9th, 2011 at 3:56 am
[...] he battled Alva and his allies he also found friends in Icon and Rocket, Static shock with whom he saved the people of Dakota. After battling Technique Alva deduced his [...]
September 10th, 2011 at 12:06 am
[...] alum eventually make an appearance is all up to the writers (Foaming at the mouth to see Icon and Rocket) You guys just blew my damn [...]
September 15th, 2011 at 12:03 am
[...] Lysistrata Jones, SweetStick Max, Cockroach Andy among others. He met and befriended Icon and Rocket while facing off with Lysistrata. When Icon left earth and Rocket’s pregnancy prevented her [...]
October 8th, 2011 at 12:19 am
[...] When Star breaker wrecks havoc in her world she joins a newly formed shadow Cabinet with Icon, Rocket and Hardware. Her current whereabouts are unknown. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 [...]
October 16th, 2011 at 12:04 am
[...] from Community favorites *Icon and Rocket* #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: [...]
December 10th, 2011 at 10:58 pm
[...] meeting Icon and Rocket she became friends with Rocket who helped her kick her drug addiction. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { [...]
March 25th, 2012 at 5:56 am
[...] new members including black superman Icon along with, Red Arrow, Dr.Fate, Plastic man and Atom. Rocket joins Young Justice. Superboy reveals his ties to Lex Luthor, Artemis reveals the rest of her [...]
April 16th, 2012 at 7:35 pm
[...] Superheroes present: Icon, Rocket and Aqualad Share this:FacebookTwitterDiggShareMoreRedditStumbleUponLike this:LikeBe the first to [...]
April 29th, 2012 at 2:07 am
[...] Supherheroes this episode: Bumblebee, Mal Duncan, Rocket, Black Lightning. Share this:FacebookTwitterDiggShareMoreRedditStumbleUponLike this:LikeBe the [...]
May 14th, 2012 at 2:03 am
[...] Superheros in this episode: Icon, Rocket, Aqualad, Bumblebee and John [...]
May 19th, 2012 at 2:42 am
[...] brought his beautiful wife along for this epic tribute to Dwayne McDuffie’s Icon and Rocket! Epicness below! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: [...]
December 30th, 2012 at 1:17 am
[...] meanwhile goes around town doing good. Rocket meets up with him to ask for a loan though she does not specify for what. When she brings up [...]
February 4th, 2013 at 1:10 am
[...] Around that time Dwayne Mcduffie was the writer for the Justice League ongoing where he used Icon, Rocket and the Shadow Cabinet in a crossover which showed that the merger between DC and Milestone which [...]