Cliff Steele, nicknamed Robotman, is a former race car driver who got into a car accident. He was saved by Dr. Niles Caulder, who salvaged his brain and placed it into a robotic body.
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- Clifford Steele was created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Bruno Premiani. He first appeared in issue 80 of My Greatest Adventure in June 1963. Steele was a race car driver who suffered an accident that destroyed his body. His intact brain was placed in a robotic body by The Chief. Initially he was called Automaton, but soon took to calling himself Robotman. His condition left his depressed since he saw himself as less than human. Robotman is the only character to appear in every incarnation of the Doom Patrol.