Cliff Steele (Earth-21)

"I didn't think I'd ever be scared of death. Spent most of my life chasing it and then decades thinking about it and wishing for it. I mean, I've been dead two times over. Undead, too. But now it's scary."

- Cliff Steele

Cliff Steele was a race car driver who got a robotic body after a car accident, he was then known as Robotman.

Former Powers

 * Cyborg Physiology: After his car crash, Cliff's brain was placed in a robotic body.
 * Immortality: With his body unable to age like human beings, Cliff is immortal and is able to survive an extended period of time.
 * Microscopic Vision: Cliff's visual sensors are able to zoom in on specific items, allowing him to see different objects at a long distance.
 * Enhanced Stamina: Placed in the Robotman, Cliff does not require food or water other than the nutrients supplied by the armor itself.
 * Enhanced Strength: The Robotman has the ability of tremendous strength, capable of sending an average human flying.
 * Enhanced Durability: The Robotman is made of metal, protecting Cliff's brain from attacks. However, the metal created by Silver Tongue seems to be able to damage the armor.
 * Psychic Immunity: Cliff seems to retain some sort of psychic immunity over Flex Mentallo's orgasm inducement on the team.
 * Disease Immunity: Without flesh and body cells like a normal human, Cliff is immune to infectious diseases.
 * Oxygen Independence: Cliff was shown to be able to survive in space with no air.

Abilities

 * Driving: Cliff was a race car driver, proving his exception driving.
 * Dancing: Cliff watched Flashdance for 87 times, having the knowledge on a variety of dancing styles.
 * Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Cliff was shown to able to fight multiple enemies using his robotic body.

Former Weaknesses
"I can't feel pain. No matter how hard I hit, where I hit, what I hit, I can't feel pain."

- Cliff to The Chief


 * Loss of Senses: Due a lack of sensory neurons on his robotic body, he is able to have senses with the exception of sight and hearing, which were artificially installed by Niles Caulder on his body.
 * Reduced Speed: Cliff's robotic body is made of metal, making him extremely heavy, causing him to walk slower than average humans.
 * Vulnerability: Even though the robotic body is made of metal, the gaps and bolts between the armor pieces are still vulnerable to attacks of small creatures. Additionally, when the nutrition tank is compromised, it places Cliff in a hallucinogenic state or even cause a stroke.
 * Brain Illness: After being unwaxed, Cliff started losing control over his body despite having no mechanical errors in his body and often frozen in place, with his right hand shaking. The abnormal activities was later deduced as Parkinson's disease by his daughter.
 * Dissociative Memory: During the early days of being placed in the Robotman, Cliff often sees visions of her daughter and flashbacks to his altered accident where he died during the race.

Former Equipment

 * Robotman: After the accident, Cliff was placed in a robotic body with his brain controlling it.
 * Doom Patrol Uniform: In a fantasy created by Mr. Nobody, Cliff wore a red and white t-shirt alongside the team.

Trivia

 * Cliff sports the number 8 as a race car driver.