The Nathan Finch incarnation of Gearhead first appeared in Detective Comics #712 (August 1997), and was created by Chuck Dixon, Graham Nolan, and Bob McLeod.
[2] After kidnapping his boss' daughter Gloria Osteen, he encounters Batman, falls into Gotham's waters, and is presumed dead before Doctor Bascomb rescues him and gives him prosthetics to replace his frostbitten limbs.
[4] In No Man's Land, Gearhead competes for control of Gotham after it is ravaged by an earthquake, during which he allies with the thug Tommy Mangles.
[7] In Infinite Crisis, Gearhead joins Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains.
[8] The Nathaniel Finch incarnation of Gearhead has genius-level intellect and wields cybernetic limbs and other devices.