Who Is Commander Steel? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Commander Steel is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Henry Heywood Sr., with over 114 comic issue appearances. He possesses super strength as a result of his steel alloy frame and the micro motors in his joints.

Who is Commander Steel?

This page is for the original Steel, Hank Heywood Sr. For the second Steel, Hank Heywood III, see Hank Heywood For the third Steel, Nathaniel Heywood, see Citizen Steel For the New 52 Earth-2 Steel, Hank Heywood Jr, see Captain Steel Origin Henry (Hank) Heywood Hank Heywood was a talented biology student, working under Dr. Gilbert Giles to develop a special bioretardent formula, when the Second World War (WWII) broke out. He had almost graduated from Princeton when the war broke out and decided to join the United States Marines when the German Army invaded Poland . He was also in love with Dr. Giles daughter Gloria Giles . Gloria did not agree with Henry's decision to join the War effort and dump him. Some time later when he was defending his military base from a couple saboteurs, lead by the man would would eventually become Baron Blitzkrieg , Hank was caught in an explosion that left him more dead than alive.

Key facts

Commander Steel is of cyborg origin and first appeared in "From Hell is Forged ...a Hero!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 114 recorded issue appearances, Commander Steel ranks among the most featured characters in comics.