Clifford Steele

## Background

### 1983 - 2008: Cliff Steele

Clifford Steele was born to the young couple Randy Steele & his first wife Helen. Their young age did not prepare for them to raise a child so Cliff often wandered the house looking for stuff to entertain him. It started small with jumping from the top of the stairs to scaling up the house to hanging from the trees.

As he got older, Cliff's obsession would lead to him engaging in every extreme sporting event imaginable. In his 20s, he went spelunking, race car driving, climbing the Himalayan Mountains & rafting down the Amazon River. Cliff wanted to participate if every extreme sporting event he could find but he eventually found his niche in racecar driving. He became a phenomenon though the fame would go to his head & he would have multiple affairs through his & Kate's marriage.

At some point, Cliff got the opportunity to not only be a professional racecar driver for NASCAR but to be participate in the Indianapolis 500. The race would be his last though. Shortly after leaving his pit stop, Cliff's car lost control as he slid through an oil slick & was toppled over. That would of been find until it led to an explosion erupting, destroying Clifford's whole body.

His parents eventually made the call to Randy's cousin Sarge Steele thinking he could use his government resources to have something done. He called in an old colleague & famous scientist Niles Caulder as he was known for the impossible. Upon realizing the boy's brain was existing on his own, Caulder quickly agreed to perform the surgery & saved Cliff's brain. He transferred the brain into a cybernetic body & thus Robotman was born. After seeing his body, Clifford went into a rampage & was sent to a psychiatric hospital so that they could help them.

After spending a year there, Caulder eventually returned to perform a second operation as the reason for his outbursts was due to fault wiring. Once completed, he offered him a chance to join a new team he was making, Cliff agreed if he would also take his new friend that he had made in the hospital.

## Romantic Relationships

* Kate Steele: Girlfriend (2003 - 2006); Wife (2006 - 2007)
* Kay Challis: Girlfriend (*Unknown*)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Cybernetic Enhancement**: All of Robotman's powers originate from his cybernetic components. The outer body shell is formed by multiple layers of special flexible ceramic metal.
	+ ***Adhesion***: Magnetic plates allowing him the ability to scale metallic surfaces with relative ease.
	+ ***Superhuman Durability***
	+ ***Superhuman Stamina***
	+ ***Superhuman Strength***
	+ ***Thermokinesis***: Heat coils on his palm plating allowing him the ability melt dense material with a touch of his hands.

* **Hand to Hand Combat**
* **Throwing**

### Weaknesses

* **Nourishment:** He needs special food & oxygen to keep his brain alive.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Level 3
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Notes

* Randy & Helen Steele are the name of his brother & sister in the law from the comics.
* Walter Steele being his uncle is a nod to *Earth-27.*