Herein, the interface characterization and tensile properties of TA1/Q235 composite fabricated by explosive welding are investigated in the temperature range 650-950 °C. The explosive-welded TA1/Q235 composite presents the periodic wavy bonding interface with both the vortex and solid-solid bonding regions. Some defects, including cavities, cracks, and brittle intermetallic compounds, are located in the melted zone of the interface wave. The compound layer comprises FeTi and Fe 2 Ti, with a thickness of 25 μm. In terms of high-temperature tensile tests, the elongation of the TA1/Q235 composite exhibits a tendency of first increasing and then decreasing with increasing tensile temperature. And the elongation reaches the peak value of 95% at 800 °C. The tensile strength basically decreases with increasing temperature, except for a slight increase at 900 °C. The failure of the TA1/Q235 composite is affected by both the discontinuous compound and the continuous compound layers. With the increase in tensile temperature, a continuous compound layer with a certain thickness dominates the failure of the TA1/Q235 composite.