Gearhead (DC Comics)

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

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

Unrevealed

Gearhead
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Steel (vol. 2) #14 (April 1995)
In-story information
Species	Human cyborg
Place of origin	New Earth

The first Gearhead is a henchman of the supervillain 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 ego	Nathaniel Finch
Species	Human cyborg
Place of origin	New Earth
Team affiliations	Secret Society of Super Villains
Notable aliases	Nathan Finch
Abilities	Cybernetic 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 Doctor Bascomb rescues him and gives him prosthetics to replace his frostbitten limbs. ^[3] Finch attempts to get revenge on Batman, only to be repeatedly foiled. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

In No Man's Land , Gearhead competes for control of Gotham after it is ravaged by an earthquake, during which he allies with the thug Tommy Mangles. The two are later defeated by Robin and arrested. ^[7]

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. ^[8]

In Infinite Crisis , Gearhead joins Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains. ^[9]

Powers and abilities

The Nathaniel 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.

• The Nathaniel Finch incarnation of Gearhead appears in The Batman , voiced by Will Friedle. ^[10] This version is a criminal racer who can remotely hack into and upgrade vehicles and possesses retractable claws.
• Two action figures of Gearhead, referred to as "Metal Head" for legal reasons, were produced as part of Mattel's The Batman toyline.
• The Batman incarnation of Nathan Finch / Gearhead appears in the tie-in comic The Batman Strikes! , which reveals that he was previously a celebrity racer before being injured in an accident that left him quadriplegic and receiving cybernetic enhancements from an unknown benefactor. ^[11]

See also

• List of Batman family enemies

References

1. Steel (vol. 2) #14 (April 1995)
2. Greenberger, Robert (2008). The Essential Batman Encyclopedia. Del Rey. p. 144. ISBN   9780345501066.
3. Detective Comics #717 (January 1998)
4. Detective Comics #712 - 713 (August - September 1997)
5. Detective Comics #718 (February 1998)
6. Detective Comics #727 - 729 (December 1998 - February 1999)
7. Robin (vol. 2) #67-70 (August - November 1999)
8. Rush City #1-3 (September - November 2006)
9. Infinite Crisis #7 (June 2006)
10. "Gearhead / Nathan Finch Voice - The Batman (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 26, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
11. "The Batman Strikes! #36 - Gearhead 2.0 (Issue)". Comic Vine. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

External links

• Gearhead (Nathan Finch) at DC Comics Wiki
• Gearhead (Nathan Finch) at Comic Vine
• Gearhead (Nathan Finch) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original )