Technocrat (character)

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Technocrat
Technocrat in Infinite Crisis #7, art by George Pérez.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Outsiders (vol. 2) #1 Alpha (November 1993)
Created by	Mike W. Barr (writer) Paul Pelletier (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Geoffrey Barron
Team affiliations	Outsiders
Abilities	Suit of powered armor

Technocrat is a superhero in the DC Comics and a former member of the Outsiders. His first appearance was in Outsiders Alpha (vol. 2) #1 (November 1993), written by Mike W. Barr and drawn by Paul Pelletier.^[1]

Baron nicknamed "TC" was portrayed by Christopher Ammanuel starting in the

.

Fictional character biography

Markovia

An inventor and business magnate, Geoffrey Barron came to Markovia to sell his battle armor, the Technocrat 2000, the latest in personal defense gear (in 1993). Barron was accompanied by his bodyguard Charlie Wylde.[2]

During their stay in Markovia, the

Geoffry Barron wound up having to put on the Technocrat 2000 suit in order to defend himself. Barron and the newly mutated Wylde joined the Outsiders in their attempt to clear their names. Barron offered the team his home in

At one point, Technocrat assists in defending the alien planet Nekrome from the supernatural threat of Eclipso. This ends with his armor being upgraded with alien technology.

Gotham

The Outsiders barely made it back to Gotham City before clearing their names. Shortly after their homecoming, Sanction the assassin kills both Marissa Barron and Halo. The trauma of this death forced the Aurakle inside of Halo to jump into Marissa's body. After this, Barron found it difficult to separate his feelings for his wife from Halo's physical body. Barron began to fall in love with the Aurakle, but Halo had her own designs on their teammate, Faust.^[2]

When the Outsiders split into two teams for a time, Technocrat joined the team with

, ends up betraying the team to Felix Faust and becoming a near mindless bear trapped in a zoo. Before the modern era, Technocrat was last seen in attendance at Geo-Force's wedding.

Infinite Crisis

Technocrat is one of the many heroes to answer the call to defend

explodes. He appeared in Outsiders (vol. 4) #38 alive and well battling Black Lightning and his team of Outsiders on behalf of Geo-Force.

Powers and abilities

Technocrat had no metahuman abilities, he was a genius level cyberneticist and polymath. He wore a high tech powered exoskeleton of his own design, which could be equipped with a variety of weapons and modular add-ons and upgrades.

In other media

Baron / Technocrat appears in

throughout the series before Gambi passes on his duties to T.C.

References

1. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0
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2. ^ ^{a b c} "Technocrat". mykey3000.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
3. ^ https://www.cwtv.com/shows/black-lightning/the-book-of-resistance-chapter-three-battle-of-franklin-terrace/ ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Cosmic Teams: Technocrat
• "Technocrat". dcuguide.com.