Who Is Rocket Racer? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Rocket Racer is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Robert Farrell, with over 119 comic issue appearances. Robert Farrell was a misguided youth, stealing to feed his hungry family. After several confrontations with Spider-Man, he has since learned the errors of his ways.

Who is Rocket Racer?

Origin Robert Farrell was the oldest child of seven. When his parents died, he was left in charge of his siblings. Being gifted, Farrell created a jet-powered skateboard along with some technological weaponry. He became the criminal known as Rocket Racer. Creation Rocket Racer was created by Len Wein and Ross Andru and first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man issue 172 (1977). Major Story Arcs A Villain When a villain named Jackson Weele hired him to steal evidence that could incriminate him, Robert used this to blackmail Weele instead. Jackson could not take the abuse anymore and had the Tinkerer build him a machine. Jackson named himself the Big Wheel (Robert used this name to insult Jackson).

Key facts

Rocket Racer is of human origin and first appeared in "The Fiend From the Fire!". The character is published by Marvel. With 119 recorded issue appearances, Rocket Racer ranks among the most featured characters in comics.