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Robotman

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Real Identity: Cliff Steele
Affiliation(s): Doom Patrol
Appearances: Homecoming Part One and Part Two
Powers/Skills: Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Speed, Enhanced Vision, Impenetrable Skin, and Unarmed Combat
Voiced By: Peter Onorati

Cliff Steele was famous and wealthy professional race car driver until he suffered a horrific accident that left his body with irreparable damage. Steele's brain was saved and transplanted into a body made of metal by Dr. Niles Caulder. At first, he cursed his loss of humanity and was bitter for a time but still retained an unwavering attitude. He joined Caulder's Doom Patrol and took the codename Robotman. Despite weighing 900 pounds, Robotman became a vicious short range fighter who often charged straight into battle without hesitation.

After the Doom Patrol tracked the Brotherhood of Evil to the Amazon, they were soon captured. Robotman was switched off and propped up in the jungle as a warning to any other suspicious people. Five months later, the Teen Titans found him and reactivated him by resetting his internal chronometer by Cyborg. Cyborg, himself, remarked how Robotman was like a prototype of him in a way. In another way, Robotman also serves as a cautionary tale for Cyborg as someone he could possibly become: robotic and barely human.

As the Doom Patrol raced to stop the Brotherhood from activating another Quantum Generator, each member succumbed to General Immortus. While fighting a giant robot, Robotman was trapped in its magnetic field. He caused it to overload and let himself get caught in the explosion so the others could go forward. However, the Titans were close behind and rescued everyone as they infiltrated the Brotherhood's compound for the showdown.