23 Facts About Commander Steel

Commander Steel is the name of three superheroes appearing in comics by the American publisher DC Comics, all members of the same family.

Commander Steel first appeared in a series set in 1939, Commander Steel: The Indestructible Man, written by Captain America writer Gerry Conway.

The series was canceled after five issues, and Commander Steel later made a guest-appearance in Justice League of America.

Commander Steel was a member of the World War II era All-Star Squadron team.

Commander Steel made a prominent appearance many years later in four issues of the Eclipso ongoing series, where he was killed.

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Third Commander Steel made his debut in the 2007 relaunch of Justice Society of America, where he appeared for several years until the team was split into two separate groups by writers Bill Willingham and Lilah Sturges, where he appeared as one of the lead characters in JSA All-Stars.

Frustrated at his inability to help more directly, Heywood adopted the masked-hero persona "Commander Steel", and was attempting to steal armaments from the military base where he worked—to send to those more directly in the war's fray—when some fifth columnist saboteurs broke into the base.

Commander Steel financed the Detroit version of the Justice League and gave them his best worker, Dale Gunn, to serve as this version of the JLA's all purpose man.

Commander Steel was there to try to save young Hank's life after a vicious attack by Dr Ivo left him broken.

Commander Steel couldn't save his grandson though; all he could do was be with him when they turned off his life support.

Commander Steel did come to a heroic end - detonating the Sunburst 300 as his teammate Nemesis escaped.

Commander Steel's grandfather is unable to repair the injuries, and at the Martian Manhunter's suggestion Heywood turns off his grandson's life support.

Commander Steel's body remained preserved in the JLA Bunker until it was discovered and destroyed by Despero.

The villainess even went so far as to use one of Commander Steel's severed legs as a club, which she proceeded to use to bludgeon Donna Troy.

Commander Steel is given a costume, a "second skin" of a stainless steel alloy developed by Dr Mid-Nite and Mr Terrific specifically to restrict his movements and reduce his strength to a more manageable level.

Commander Steel then joins the Justice Society to defeat the Fourth Reich.

Commander Steel tries to help Power Girl during her battle with the newly reanimated Kal-L, but is knocked aside by the hero, who mockingly refers to him as a "paperweight" compared to him.

Commander Steel is among those who managed to escaped the Apokolips Invasion in the following series Earth-2: World's End and found sanctuary in a newly terraformed Earth-like planet following some of their Wonders actions during the Convergence event.

Commander Steel is among those who come into conflict with Fury and Aquawoman following the Amazonian's suggestion to use an artifact known as the Pandora Vessel to recreate the Earth back to its original state.

Flash rescues Commander Steel and sends him to a nearby medical team, but upon the speedsters's return to his friends, he announces Hank's nearing death, upsetting the group.

An unidentified man sporting Commander Steel's color appears before Huntress, Batman, and John Grayson.

Commander Steel is the leader of an underground movement of concerned citizens and ex-servicemen hoping to build up strength to fight back.

Commander Steel takes in the three Wonders of the World in hopes that The Movement can finally strike.