Commander Steel

Commander Steel
Commander Steel
	Commander Steel as depicted on the cover of Justice Society of America vol. 3 #7 (September 2007). Art by Alex Ross.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	(Hank Heywood); Steel, The Indestructible Man # 1 (March 1978); (Hank Heywood III); Justice League of America Annual #2 (1984); (Nathan Heywood); Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #1 (February 2007)
Created by	(Hank Heywood); Gerry Conway (writer); Don Heck (artist); (Hank Heywood III); Gerry Conway (writer); Chuck Patton (artist); (Nathan Heywood); Geoff Johns; Alex Ross
In-story information
Alter ego	Henry "Hank" Heywood; Henry "Hank" Heywood III; Nathan "Nate" Heywood
Team affiliations	(Hank); Justice Society of America; All-Star Squadron; Shadow Fighters; United States Marine Corps; (Hank III); Justice League Detroit; Justice League; (Nathan); Justice Society of America; Justice League
Notable aliases	(Hank, Nathan); Steel
Abilities	(Hank); Cyborg, great strength, limited invulnerability, limited superspeed; (Hank III); Superhuman strength, limited invulnerability, limited superspeed, infrared vision, enhanced hearing; (Nathan); Superhuman strength, invulnerability, organic metal skin, superhuman speed

Commander Steel (also known as Captain Steel, Citizen Steel and Sergeant Steel) is the name of three superheroes appearing in media published by DC Comics, all members of the same family. The first Steel appeared in Steel, The Indestructible Man #1 (1978), and was created by Gerry Conway and Don Heck.^[1] His stories were set in World War II. The two later characters called Steel are his grandsons.

Nate Heywood / Steel, his grandfather Henry Heywood / Commander Steel, and Nate's father Hank Heywood all appear in Legends of Tomorrow, portrayed by Nick Zano, Matthew MacCaull, and Thomas F. Wilson respectively.

^ McAvennie, Michael (2010). "1970s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Thanks to scripter Gerry Conway and artist Don Heck, the red, white, and blue shone like never before - on the steel-alloyed suit of the World War II cyborg, Steel.

[1] McAvennie, Michael (2010). "1970s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Thanks to scripter Gerry Conway and artist Don Heck, the red, white, and blue shone like never before - on the steel-alloyed suit of the World War II cyborg, Steel.

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