Hardware
Curtis Metcalf

Religion: not determined yet

Name: Hardware

Alter Ego: Curtis Metcalf

Other Names: the Hi-Tech Dreadnaught; Hardware 2.0; Hardware 3.0; The Cog in the Machine

Classification:  hero  

Publisher(s):

First Appearance: Hardware #1 (Apr. 1993): "Angry Black Man"

Creators: Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Jimmy Palmiotti

Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes

Number of Appearances: 97

Teams/Affiliations: The Shadow Cabinet

Enemy of: Edwin Alva, Holocaust, Alva Technologies

Romantic Interest: Barraki Young

Allies: Edwin Alva, Phreaky Deac

Family/Relative: Mitchell Metcalf (father)

Worked for: Alva Technologies, Hard Co.

Location: Dakota, USA

Race: black

Gender: male

This character is in the following 86 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Hardware

Hardware #1 (Apr. 1993): "Angry Black Man" (lead character)
Hardware #2 (Early May 1993): "Reprisals" (lead character)
Hardware #2 (Early May 1993): "Hardware's Arsenal" (lead character)
Hardware #3 (Late May 1993): "Confrontations" (lead character)
Hardware #4 (June 1993): "Resolution" (lead character)
Hardware #5 (July 1993): "That Obscure Object of Desire" (lead character)
Hardware #6 (Aug. 1993): "Deathwish, Too!" (lead character)
Hardware #7 (Sep. 1993): "Guilty" (lead character)
Hardware #8 (Oct. 1993): "Rest in Peace" (lead character)
Hardware #9 (Nov. 1993): "Software!" (lead character)
Hardware #10 (Dec. 1993): "In Harm's Way" (lead character)
Hardware #11 (Jan. 1994): "Shadow and Act" (lead character)
Hardware #12 (Feb. 1994): "No Harm Done" (lead character)
Hardware #13 (Mar. 1994): "Weekend Getaway" (lead character)
Hardware #14 (Apr. 1994): "Troubles Tend to Multiply" (lead character)
Hardware #15 (May 1994): "A Bird in the Hand" (lead character)
Hardware #16 (June 1994): "Version 2.0" (lead character)
Hardware #17 (July 1994): "No Rest for the Weary" (lead character)
Hardware #18 (Aug. 1994): "You Shouldn't a Bit, Fish" (lead character)
Hardware #19 (Sep. 1994): "The Landing of the Holy Mothership" (lead character)
Hardware #20 (Oct. 1994): "These Little Town Blues" (lead character)
Hardware #21 (Nov. 1994): "Take the A Train" (lead character)
Hardware #22 (Dec. 1994): "Trust Never Sleeps, Pt. 1" (lead character)
Hardware #23 (Jan. 1995): "My Brother's Keeper?" (lead character)
Hardware #24 (Feb. 1995): "New World Order" (lead character)
Hardware #25 (Mar. 1995): "Hard Times" (lead character)
Hardware #26 (Apr. 1995): "Welcome to the Machine" (lead character)
Hardware #27 (May 1995): "Prometheus Unwound" (lead character)
Hardware #28 (June 1995): "The Pain, the Dark and Other Things..." (lead character)
Hardware #29 (July 1995): "Keep On Pushin'" (lead character)
Hardware #30 (Aug. 1995): "People Get Ready" (lead character)
Hardware #31 (Sep. 1995): "Don't Worry, If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go" (lead character)
Hardware #32 (Oct. 1995): "Swan Song" (lead character)
Hardware #33 (Nov. 1995): "Hephaestus" (lead character)
Hardware #34 (Dec. 1995): "Fuselage" (lead character)
Hardware #35 (Jan. 1996): "The Old Ways" (lead character)
Hardware #36 (Feb. 1996): "T-Minus" (lead character)
Hardware #37 (Mar. 1996): "Pressure Suit" (lead character)
Hardware #38 (Apr. 1996): "Unsuited" (lead character)
Hardware #39 (May 1996): "Fighting Technique" (lead character)
Hardware #40 (June 1996): "Fathers and Sons" (lead character)
Hardware #41 (July 1996): "I Can't Believe It's Not Buttertouch" (lead character)
Hardware #42 (Aug. 1996): "A Dead Man Tells His Tale" (lead character)
Hardware #43 (Sep. 1996): "Doorway to Nightmares" (lead character)
Hardware #44 (Oct. 1996): "Closure" (lead character)
Hardware #45 (Nov. 1996): "Sweating It Out" (lead character)
Hardware #46 (Dec. 1996): "Give Them the Works" (lead character)
Hardware #47 (Jan. 1997): "Stalk" (lead character)
Hardware #48 (Feb. 1997): "Calm" (lead character)
Hardware #49 (Mar. 1997): "Storm" (lead character)
Hardware #50 (Apr. 1997): "War" (lead character)
Hardware #50 (Apr. 1997): "Changes"

Hardware: The Man in the Machine

Hardware: The Man in the Machine (May 2010): "Angry Black Man" (lead character)
Hardware: The Man in the Machine (May 2010): "Reprisals" (lead character)
Hardware: The Man in the Machine (May 2010): "Confrontations" (lead character)
Hardware: The Man in the Machine (May 2010): "Resolution" (lead character)
Hardware: The Man in the Machine (May 2010): "That Obscure Object of Desire" (lead character)
Hardware: The Man in the Machine (May 2010): "Deathwish, Too!" (lead character)
Hardware: The Man in the Machine (May 2010): "Guilty" (lead character)
Hardware: The Man in the Machine (May 2010): "Rest in Peace" (lead character)

Icon

Icon #9 (Jan. 1994): "Shadow and Doubt"
Icon #10 (Feb. 1994): "The Fire This Time"
Icon #15 (July 1994): "Living in a Dream World"
Icon #17 (Sep. 1994): "Dues and Don'ts"
Icon #19 (Nov. 1994): "Swing Down Sweet Chariot, Stop and Let Me Ride"
Icon #20 (Dec. 1994): "The Big Bang Theory"
Icon #21 (Jan. 1995): "If You Ain't Gonna Get It On..."
Icon #22 (Feb. 1995): "The Cinderella Theory"
Icon #29 (Sep. 1995): "Future Shock"
Icon #38 (Oct. 1996): "Blood Reign, Part 1: The Quality of Hurt"
Icon #40 (Dec. 1996): "Blood Reign, Part 3: If He Hollers, Let Him Go..."

Icon: Mothership Connection

Icon: Mothership Connection (May 2010): "Swing Down Sweet Chariot, Stop and Let Me Ride"
Icon: Mothership Connection (May 2010): "The Big Bang Theory"
Icon: Mothership Connection (May 2010): "If You Ain't Gonna Get It On..."
Icon: Mothership Connection (May 2010): "The Cinderella Theory"

Justice League of America

Justice League of America (vol. 2) #27 (Jan. 2009): "Be Careful What You Wish For..."
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #28 (Feb. 2009): "Welcome to Sundown Town, Chapter 2: Shadow and Act"
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #30 (Apr. 2009): "Welcome to Sundown Town, Chapter 3: New Moon Rising"
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #33 (July 2009): "Welcome to Sundown Town, Chapter 5: Metathesiophobia"
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #34 (Aug. 2009): "Welcome to Sundown Town, Conclusion: The Dharma Initiative"

Shadow Cabinet

Shadow Cabinet #0 (Jan. 1994): "Shadow War"
Shadow Cabinet #7 (Dec. 1994): "Shoot the Moon"
Shadow Cabinet #8 (Jan. 1995): "Wheep, Wheep"
Shadow Cabinet #13 (June 1995): "Story By Starlight"

Static #14 (Aug. 1994): "After Worlds Collide"
Superman: The Man of Steel #36 (Aug. 1994): "A Rift in Reality!"

Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://www.comicvine.com/hardware/29-44510/
  - http://comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=1847
  - http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/h/hardware.htm
  - http://worldofblackheroes.com/2010/08/19/hardware-curtis-curt-metcalf/
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_(comics)
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/52855/
  - http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=45635
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/545945/
  - http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=155312