Robert Crane (DC)

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Robert Crane is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.

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Biography

Pre-Crisis

Robert Crane

Robotman was investigating corrupt businessman Alvin Lashky, who admitted that he was guilty, and promised to meet the hero at the abandoned Zabok mines with a full confession. It was a trap, and Robotman was caught in a cave-in that kept him in suspended animation for twenty years. His automatic recharging circuit kicked on, waking up his brain, and he tore his way out of the fallen rubble. He made his way to Lashky’s office, and finally realized he had been gone for decades. The aged Lashky freaked out and commanded his goons to attack Robotman, who easily disposed of them and frightened Lashky into making a full confession to the police. Robotman learned that his friend Charles Grayson had died shortly after Robotman disappeared, and had cryogenically frozen his body, wanting Robotman to transplant his brain into it so he could be human again. Robotman was touched by the gesture, and had the surgery performed. He was satisfied that his career as Robotman was over, and adjusted to life as Chuck Grayson. (DC Comics Presents v1 #31)

Post-Crisis

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Robert Crane

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Robert Crane

It was shown that he was active in World War II where he was a scientist working for the Allies. In that time, he came to be captured by the Japanese army and he was kept alive to create a robot named J.A.K.E. for the Japanese army to use. When Crane was rescued by the Allied Forces led by the Bride of Frankenstein, Crane revealed that he programmed J.A.K.E. to work for the Allied Forces as G.I. Robot following its brief fight with Frankenstein. (Men of War v2 #8)

Overview

Personality and attributes

Powers and abilities

Notes

  • Robert Crane was created by Jerry Siegel and Leo Nowak where he made his first appearance in Star Spangled Comics v1 #7 (April, 1942).

Alternate Versions

  • In Golden Age v1 #1 (1993), an alternate version of Robert Crane appeared in the Elseworlds reality. After the war had ended, Crane resided in Chicago, continuing to fight crime, but his methods for doing so became increasingly violent and brutal as he lost his connection to humanity, shown also in his degrading speech patterns. Sometime in the mid-1940s, aspiring political candidate Tex Thompson contacted Crane and had him become part of his team for promoting a better America against the growing threat of Communism. Crane became compliant to Thompson to the point where he had an outspoken political opponent James Forrestal murdered by Crane in a hospital, making it look like a suicide.
  • In Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown v1 #1 (2011), an alternate version of Robert Crane appeared in the altered timeline of the Flashpoint. In the year 2011, Crane was still alive and working for the US government. He finished working on an updated model of his original robot called J.A.K.E. II that was used to hunt down the Creature Commandos after they escaped captivity.
  • In Earth 2 v1 #17 (2014), an alternate version of Robert Crane appeared in the setting of the new Earth-2 in the reborn Multiverse. Robert Crane was one of the scientists working on the Red Tornado project for the World Army. Around the time when one of Steppenwolf's Hunger Dogs was revealed to be Superman and started his own personal assault on the Earth, he assisted Sam Lane in the uploading of Lois Lane's memories into the android, which then awakened and came to life.

Appearances

  • Star Spangled Comics v1: (1942)
  • DC Comics Presents v1:

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