Gearhead then pursues Rush and Black Canary. Rush unleashes small versions of his car, Sam, which unleashes an EMP that disables Gearhead. Gearhead revives and drives away. Gearhead catches up to Rush and Black Canary as he brings out metal drills and circular saws from the engine of his car to attack. Rush and Black Canary work together to disable Gearhead. During the Infinite Crisis storyline, Gearhead became a member of Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains. Powers and abilities The Nathan Finch version of Gearhead has genius-level intellect. He also can design gadgets that would be of use to him. In other media The Nathaniel Finch incarnation of Gearhead appears in The Batman, voiced by Will Friedle. This version is a criminal racer who uses advanced nanotechnology. Additionally, his right arm contains cords capable of transmitting a nanotech virus via shells that infect and upgrade vehicles that he can then remotely operate, his fingertips can extend into claws, and his right eye can automatically guide and maneuver his vehicle through obstacles for him. In the episode "RPM", he steals money from a charity race and outraces Batman, during which the latter loses control of and loses the Batmobile. After building an upgraded version and incorporating a counter-virus reverse-engineered from one of Gearhead's shells, Batman and Batgirl defeat and apprehend Gearhead. Gearhead also makes a minor appearance in the episode "Rumors" as one of several supervillains captured by the vigilante Rumor. Two action figures of Gearhead, referred to as "Metal Head" for legal reasons, were made for Mattel's The Batman toyline, one for the EXP sub-line and one for the Shadowtek sub-line. The Batman incarnation of Nathan Finch / Gearhead appears in The Batman Strikes! #36 and #39, in which it is revealed that he used to be an underground racing celebrity before being grievously injured in an accident that left him quadriplegic. With his career destroyed, he received cybernetic enhancements from an unknown benefactor and became Gearhead. See also List of Batman family enemies References External links Gearhead (Nathan Finch) at DC Comics Wiki Gearhead (Nathan Finch) at Comic Vine Characters created by Chuck Dixon Characters created by Bob McLeod Characters created by Graham Nolan Comics characters introduced in 1995 Comics characters introduced in 1997 Cyborg supervillains DC Comics characters with superhuman strength DC Comics cyborgs Fictional engineers Fictional racing drivers Batman characters