Tempest (comics)
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Template:Otheruses3 DC Comics has featured two superheroes with the name Tempest.
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Joshua Clay
The first Tempest was Joshua Clay a member of the Doom Patrol. Clay learned of his power to generate powerful energy blasts while fighting in Vietnam. The stress of this revelation led him to go AWOL, and he lived as a fugitive for some time before joining the team. In addition to using his energy blasts as an offensive weapon, Clay could also use them to propel himself into flight. He was killed by Niles Caulder.
Garth
Tempest is a fictional character, a superhero from DC Comics. He was Aqualad, Aquaman's teenage partner, and like many other such 'kid sidekicks' popular in the Silver Age, his powers originally varied very little from his mentor.
History
Tempest's real name is Garth, and his origin is similar to that of his mentor, Aquaman: he is an amphibious humanoid who was left to die but survived to become a hero. Garth was born an outcast due to the fact that his eyes were purple. He was one of the founding members of the Teen Titans, and has been a member of that team in many of its incarnations although later as a reservist since he began to feel he was of little help out of the water. His girlfriend for many years was Aquagirl, until her death during the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
As a result of his grief and repeated telepathic abuse by Mento, among other factors, Aqualad lost his ability to control marine life. While he later regained this power during the Millennium event, it came with the condition that his commands must now be phrased as requests to the creatures to perform desired actions, although the animals apparently need little persuasion.
After receiving training in the arts of sorcery, Garth adopted the alias of Tempest, and resumed his role as Aquaman's right hand man. Some friction arose between the two heroes when Aquaman's lover, Dolphin, left him for Tempest, but the two have since resolved their differences. Tempest and Dolphin were soon married, with the young maid pregnant of a young son, named Cerdian by his godfather, Aquaman.
The weight of new familial responsibilities initially strained the relationship between Dolphin and Tempest, and Dolphin demanded Tempest choose between his duties as a hero and his duties as a father and husband. Tempest complied, and quit the Titans. Another weight on his matrimonial life was given by the new sorcerous elite that took on Atlantis government after the return of Atlantis from the Obsidian Age. As friends of the deposed king both Tempest and his wife fell under suspicion and, as suspected traitors, were put into home arrest. Tempest himself always managed to sneak out, sometimes briefly adventuring with his former mentor and helping him, but always leaving his wife behind him.
When finally Hagen fell from his chief role, leading to a return of Aquaman on Atlantis, Tempest returned to his home, and seemingly reconciled with his wife and son, but only briefly. While trying to channel the magik of all the Atlantis Sorcerers, to undo a spell that turned Mera into an air-breather, the Spectre sensed the strong magic power he now possessed and following his crusade against magic and magicians, unleashed his strength on Atlantis. The inhabitants of the undersea city paid the toll, and Tempest, target of the Spectre's wrath, is now missing. When Aquaman searched for him, he was only able to found part of his uniform in the presumed place of his death. It's strongly hinted, both by the circumstances, and by the first One Year Later covers that Garth didn't survive the fall of Atlantis. But Tempest has been shown to use his sorcery to teleport before, so until a body is discovered, his survival will continue to be a matter of speculation.
Note that in the future of the Titans of Tomorrow storyline, Lorena (Aquawoman) seemingly killed Tempest with her telepathy. As this was an alternate future, this may not come to pass.
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Other media
Aqualad has appeared on the Teen Titans animated series, where he is voiced by Wil Wheaton. In "Winner Take All", it appears that Aqualad has acquired the ability to control water on land. In the series, he serves as a Titans East member, a short term crush of Raven and Starfire, and a temporary rival to Beast Boy. He is now an official member of Teen Titans' sister group, Teen Titans East, with Bumblebee, Speedy, and the twins Más y Menos. Aqualad is the most frequently used honorary Titan on the show.