 Early descriptions of the character 's gadgets focused on low @-@ tech , improvised tools and munitions , such as flare guns , swing lines , throwing stars , small spherical shelled explosives with burning fuses ( mimicking round mortar bombs stereotypically associated with 19th @-@ century anarchists ) , gas @-@ bombs , smoke bombs , and his primary weapon , a powerful electric stun baton shaped as a golden cane . 
