Co-creator Marv Wolfman recalled the characters creation stating: "King of the Rocket Men was a movie serial back in the 1940s.

"[1] A separate character called the Torpedo was not related to subsequent versions and debuted in a one-shot story in Daredevil #59 (Dec 1969).

[2] The second version debuted wearing the Torpedo suit that was to become a feature for successive characters, but also only appeared in one story in Daredevil #126 (Oct. 1975).

Asked to design a battlesuit for national defense, Michael Stivak develops a costume equipped with turbo-jets that can propel the wearer through the air and magnify physical blows.

When their battle lays waste to a suburban family home, Jones surrenders his mission, gives the plans over to Daredevil, and retires from superheroing.

[7] Torpedo briefly aids superhero team the Defenders[8] and reappears in the town of Clairton as an ally of the Spaceknight Rom.

[9] The Torpedo acts as the guardian of the town of Clairton in Rom's absence,[10] and after thinking the Wraith threat ended, retires.