Gearhead is the name of two

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Publication history

The unidentified Gearhead first appeared in ''

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'' #14. The Nathan Finch incarnation of Gearhead first appeared in ''

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'' #712 (August 1997), and was created by

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, Graham Nolan, and Bob McLeod.

Fictional character biographies

Unrevealed

The first Gearhead is a henchman of the

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Nathaniel Finch

The second Gearhead is Nathaniel Finch, a former engineer at General Robotics. After kidnapping his boss' daughter Gloria Osteen, he encounters

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, falls into Gotham's waters, and is presumed dead before Doctor Bascomb rescues him and gives him prosthetics to replace his frostbitten limbs.''

'' #717 (January 1998) Finch attempts to get revenge on Batman, only to be repeatedly foiled. 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. 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

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'', Gearhead joins

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Powers and abilities

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

In other media

* The Nathaniel Finch incarnation of Gearhead appears in '' The Batman'', voiced by

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. 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. 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

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'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.

References

External links

* Gearhead (Nathan Finch) at DC Comics Wiki
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