Hey guy!
Welcome to Top 10 Nerd.
I’m Kat Jovey and today we’re going to be looking at Tech.
It’s a more and more popular topic in the world and comic books too.
What’s most exciting though is that the real world is started to catch up to tech
now.
I’m sure in some ways, inspired by the tech from comic books.
Today we’re going to look at some of the inspirational inventors from the super hero
realms with 10 Superheroes Who Built Their Own Tech.
10) At number 10 we have Blue Beetle AKA Ted Kord
Now, the original Blue Beetle was Dan Garrent but Kord, a friend and student of his took
over the name and legacy of Garret when he was killed in a cave-in.
Kord was an inventor and made lots of different gadgets to aid his missions.
His main staples though, were his self made utility belt flying craft named The bug ( no
wonder he never went big).
The ship had a crime lab in it and a ton of fire powers.
9) At number 9 we have Green Arrow aka Oliver Queen
He is one of the wealthiest characters in comics with more money than one could spend
in 12 lifetimes (challenge accepted).
However, he was stranded on a desert island and forced to hunt for food.
He ended up making a bow and arrow and honed his skills to survive.
It also inspired him to design other arrows with different purposes.
Once he got back to the real world and his fortune he put his new skills to work fighting
crime.
Also, now that he was back in civilization he was able to level up his design with technology.
He used the money and tech to make a top secret base, a suit and a quiver loaded with specially
designed arrows.
8)At number 8 we have Mr Terrific aka Michael Holt
In 1997, the mantle of Mister Terrific was passed on to Michael Holt.
Thankfully he was just as talented as the first with multiple black belts, many degrees
and doctorates in a plethora of fields.
Said to be the third smartest man in the world...hey, it’s why he’s number 8.
He is the talented inventor of the T-Sphere, this is a small AI device that he controls
with his mask and ear piece.
They can cloak him constantly, they can fly, create holographic images, shoot off electrical
charges, hack satellites and computers and can even be used at projectiles.
7)At number 7 we have Steel aka Dr John Henry Irons.
After Superman saved his life he asked him how we could repay him and Superman told him
to "live a life worth saving".
This changed him forever.
Shortly after this Superman has a showdown with Doomsday and dies.
Dr Irons, who is currently a weapons expert, decides he needs to look after the people
of metropolis now.
However, he is just a man, he doesn’t have the super powers that Superman had so he uses
his genius mind to build a mechanical suit to replicate Supermans powers.
It has jet boots to make him fly, it boosts his strength and his down touch is a super
sledgehammer that has both length and non lethal ammo as firepower.
In honour of Superman he also adds an ‘S’ to his chest and calls himself the Man of
Steel.
He becomes known at Steel one Superman is resurrected and nicknames him that instead.
6)At number 6 we have Oracle aka Batgirl aka Barbara Gordon
Batman is of course a great detective and had superior fighting skills but he doesn’t
really make his own tech.
Others build it for him.
Batgirl on the other hand is the more impressive techie in Gotham.
Once she becomes Oracle she is able to give Batman a view of Gotham like never before.
She is able to hack into any database on earth, she invents secret communication tools for
the bat-gang and is able to track down any for Batman’s looking to hunt down.
She’s like the all-seeing eye they’ve always needed.
5)At number 5 we haveThe Atom aka Ray Palmer I know, you’re thinking, what about Hank??!
Well Ray was first so this time we’re gonna talk about him.
The Atom is a tech and physics genius that becomes a superhero with the Justice League
thanks to his invention of the Shrinking Lens.
He uses pieces of what star matter and is able to shrink himself down to sub-atomic
size while still having his full strength.
4)At number 4 we have Forge He is a Native American that was originally
trained as a medicine man but favours technology.
This ends up making him leave his elders and enlist in the military.
He has a natural ability to recognize the potential use of any piece of technology.
He can create, assemble, disassemble, or create countermeasures to anything.
On account of this, he is one of the few mutants who doesn’t feel as austisized.
He doesn’t have blue skin or any other disfigurations.
Well, other than he loses his arm and hand in Vietnam, but lucky for him, he’s extraordinary
with technology and builds himself bionic ones instead.
He’s worked on government contracts but of course is most memorable with the X-men
working with X -Factor and X-Force too.
3)At 3 we have Spiderman He of course has his spidey-sense, ability
to stick to walls and super strength but he also is a genius.
With an IQ north of 250 he’s been putting that intellect to good use over the years.
From early on making his own suit, mechanical web shoots, utility belt and spider tracers.
To later on making different Web fluids versions that include acid, foam, ice, cement as well
as ones that are magnetic or electrified depending on the baddy he’s up against.
For example when we was up against Equinox more flight power was needed than just web
slinging so he made a Green Goblin-esk Spider-Gilder that was a jet powered.
While we worked at Horizon Labshe made a lot of amazing things like a special suit to counteract
Hobgoblin’s scream attacks as well as Cryo cubes that could quickly freeze a target without
damaging them.
And those are just to name a phew.
*Deep breath*.
2)In number 2 we have Iron Man aka Tony Stark Really a man that needs no introduction.
His father was a genius inventor and so is he.
He owns Stark Industries and creates cutting edge technology.
Then he is captured by terrorists and forced to come up with a way to escape.
He creates a device that is an almost endless supply of energy and his first exo-suit loaded
with as much tech as he can figure out with what he has around.
Not pretty but perfectly functional to escape.
Once he gets back to his money and Stark Industries he’s able to build a much sleeker version
with way more bells and whistles.
It gives him super strength, allows him to fly like a jet fighter, he can go stealth,
it has tons of sensors as well as fatal and non-fatal weaponry.
It even has his computer AI to assist him while he’s in it.
I never get sick of seeing what else it can do or what new versions are made.
1) At number 1 we have who some would argue is the smartest man in the world, Mr Fantastic
aka Reed Richards Not only does he have the ability to morph
and stretch his body but he has a big beautiful scientific brain that comes up with ingenious
inventions to beat bad guys and save the world again and again.
He designed and invited the teams Fantasti-Car that is kind of like the Power Rangers megazord
where it can be split into separate vehicles or combined together into one ship.
He also created the Unstable Molecules that allow the team to be suited up in suits that
work with their special powers.
Thus not lighting the Human Torch's threats on fire or splitting with the Thing kicking
ass.
He made the Stimulator, which is a device that can restore lost superpowers or give
them to someone who doesn’t have them.
As well as a coma cannon, an antimatter injection system, an afterlife transporter, a cosmic
ray, an atomic space displacer, the list goes on and on and on and on.
Some good, some bad, all very impressive.
There you have it.