Gearhead (DC Comics)

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Gearhead is the name of two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Publication history

The unidentified Gearhead first appeared in Steel #14.

The Nathan Finch incarnation of Gearhead first appeared in Detective Comics #712 (August 1997), and was created by Chuck Dixon, Graham Nolan, and Bob McLeod.

Fictional character biographies

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Gearhead
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Steel #14 (April 1995)
In-story information
Species Human Cyborg
Place of origin New Earth

The first Gearhead appeared as a henchman of the supervillain called White Rabbit. [1]

Nathaniel Finch

Gearhead
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Detective Comics #712 (August 1997)
Created by Chuck Dixon (writer)
Graham Nolan (artist)
Bob McLeod (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoNathaniel Finch
Species Human Cyborg
Place of origin New Earth
Team affiliations Secret Society of Super Villains
Notable aliasesNathan Finch
AbilitiesCybernetic engineering
Mechanical body enhancements

The second Gearhead is Nathaniel Finch, a former engineer at General Robotics. [2] After kidnapping his boss' daughter Gloria Osteen, he encounters Batman, falls into Gotham's waters, and is presumed dead before being rescued by Doctor Bascomb and given prosthetics to replace his frostbitten limbs. [3] Subsequently, he attempts to get revenge on Batman, only to be repeatedly foiled. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

During the No Man's Land event, Gearhead competes for control of Gotham after it is ravaged by an earthquake, during which he allies with the thug Tommy Mangles. [10] [11] [12] The two are later defeated by Robin and arrested. [13]

Gearhead appears in the miniseries Rush City , where he is physically attached to his car and allies with Arthur Bellingame before being defeated by Rush and Black Canary. [14] [15] [16]

During the Infinite Crisis storyline, Gearhead joins Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains. [17]

Powers and abilities

The Nathan Finch incarnation of Gearhead has genius-level intellect and wields cybernetic limbs and other devices.

In other media

Gearhead as he appears in The Batman. GearHead.jpg
Gearhead as he appears in The Batman.

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