Who Is Gearhead? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Gearhead is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Nathan Finch, with over 28 comic issue appearances. Gearhead is a Batman villain with cybernetic limbs and has an all out grudge for Batman.

Who is Gearhead?

Origin During Batman's third year, Nathan Finch was an engineer at General Robotics. He worked on a project called the 'Androcles Program' which is a bionics program. When his boss fired him he kidnapped his daughter Gloria Osteen and demanded ransom. Batman came to the rescue and the fight took place on a frozen lake. Nathan ran from Batman with Gloria but the ice cracked and they both fell into the freezing water. Batman rescued Gloria and went after Finch, seeing Batman's ominous figure scared Finch and underwater he fired his gun at him. In Finches own mind, Batman was simply watching him drown, in reality Batman was dodging Nathan's bullets. Nathan's body drifted underwater and washed ashore somewhere and two people found him and sold him to an underworld doctor named Dr.

Key facts

Gearhead is of cyborg origin and first appeared in "Gears of Justice". The character is published by DC Comics. With 28 recorded issue appearances, Gearhead ranks among the most featured characters in comics.