Sidearm (New Earth)

Sidearm
Mainstream Universe‎, 1986‎-2011‎
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Real Name	Unknown
Main Alias	Sidearm
Affiliation	Suicide Squad
Base Of Operations	Formerly Metropolis · later, Honolulu, Hawaii
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Secret Identity
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Professional Criminal
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Red
Origin
Universe	New Earth
Creators	Karl Kesel · Tom Grummett
First Appearance	Superboy Vol 4 #1 (February, 1994)
Appearance of Death	Superboy Vol 4 #14 (April, 1995)

Y'know, everyone says criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot... but how come no one ever mentions the stupidity factor?

— Superboy

Sidearm was an enemy of Superboy.

History

Sidearm employed the services of a mysterious inventor named the Technician. The Technician outiftted Sidearm with a special cybernetic vest equipped with modular appendages capable of increasing his strength to superhuman levels.

With his new techno-vest, Sidearm attempted to begin a citywide crime spree in Metropolis. His perennial efforts failed however as the young hero known as Superboy foiled his attempts to vanadalize an automatic teller machine.

Sidearm crossed swords with Superboy a second time in Hawaii. He battled the boy of steel at Waikiki Beach and created an uproar by abducting Superboy's friend, Roxy Leech. Superboy arrived and the two embroiled in a savage fight that took them away from the beach and into the more populated downtown district. Once again, Superboy defeated Sidearm by literally disarming him with his tactile telekinesis.

Sidearm stayed in Hawaii for several weeks until encountering Superboy yet again at Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii. He attacked a scientist named Professor Emil Hamilton and viciously ripped off the Professor's prosthetic limb. Adding it to his own arsenal, the villain attempted to attack Superboy until he discovered that his newly acquired prosthetic was nothing more than a suntan lotion dispenser. Superboy easily disrupted Sidarm's alternative cybernetics with a destructive display of tactile telekinesis. Superboy recounted to Doctor Hamilton later the story of how he first battled Sidearm in Metropolis, which was also the first battle the Kid ever engaged in.

Sidearm was compelled to join the Suicide Squad in exchange for a promise of amnesty. Much to his chagrin, Superboy was also on the team. The objective of the mission was to destroy the lair of the Silicon Dragons. After the initial incursion went bad and the teams were split up, Sidearm attempted to force the team leader, Sam Makoa, into abandoning the mission and fleeing. For this betrayal, he was murdered by King Shark.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

All of Sidearm's abilities stemmed from his techno-vest

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Techno-Vest

Trivia

• Superboy first learned how to use his tactile telekinesis while fighting Sidearm.
• Superboy enjoyed tormenting Sidearm by mocking his name.

Related

• 4 Appearances of Sidearm (New Earth)
• 2 Images featuring Sidearm (New Earth)
• Quotations by or about Sidearm (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Sidearm (New Earth)

Footnotes

Suicide Squad member This character is or was a member of the Suicide Squad, a team of imprisoned super-villains who perform high-risk missions for the U.S. Government in exchange for commuted sentences, in any of its various incarnations. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Suicide Squad members" category.