DOCTOR GOODWRENCH

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Human mutant

Occupation: Unrevealed; Mechanical Rights Activist

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Would-be savior of machinery

Enemies: Avengers West Coast (Hawkeye/Clint Barton), Iron Man/Tony Stark, USAgent/John Walker, Vision/"Victor Shade")

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Los Angeles, California

First Appearance: Avengers West Coast Annual#5/4 (1990)

Powers/Abilities: Dr. Goodwrench is able to animate and manipulate machinery to do his bidding via mental command. He can also communicate with and control the functions of computers. This ability is even effective on the advanced armor of Iron Man. It is uncertain whether he could forcibly override the control of a sentient machine, such as a synthezoid like the Vision.

   Dr. Goodwrench also suffered the delusion that non-sentient machinery, such as automobiles, was speaking to him.

Height: 5'10" (by approximation)
Weight: 150 lbs. (by estimation)
Eyes: Green
Hair: Unrevealed, perhaps none (see comments)

History: (Avengers West Coast#5/4 (fb) - BTS) - Dr. Goodwrench's past is unrevealed. At some point his mutant ability to communicate with computers and animate and control machinery. He also developed the delusion that non-sentient machinery, such as automobiles, was speaking to him. Believing that machinery was intelligent and had feelings, he sought to protect it.

(Avengers West Coast#5/4) - Dr. Goodwrench was first seen when he appeared at a West Coast Monster Truck Show which several members of the Avengers West Coast were hosting as a favor to Wonder Man. As various Monster Trucks and even a large, fire-breathing dinosaur, were used to smash each other, he made his presence known. He proclaimed himself the first Mechanical Rights Activist and that he was going to help machines get vengeance for centuries of abuse. He took control of the robot dinosaur and the Monster Trucks, causing it to attack the crowd. When the Avengers intercepted his attacks, he directed the machines and robots to attack them. He even took control of Iron Man's armor, forcing him to attack the other Avengers. Ultimately the Vision confronted him, and convinced him that although machines should be treated with respect, that none of those he was manipulating were capable of talking to him. Realizing he was suffering from delusions, Dr. Goodwrench surrendered to the Avengers, who promised to get him psychiatric care.

Comments: Created by Dwayne McDuffie and Grant Miehm.

   His golden head doesn't appear to be a mask, given that it's flush to his eyelids, lips and nostrils. If it isn't a mask, then he's apparently bald and doesn't even have eyebrows. It might be facepaint with all head hair shaved off, but given he's a mutant it is far from impossible that he might have naturally hairless golden skin. He's seen hugging Vision and is noticeably but not hugely smaller than the 6'3" synthezoid. ASSuming he is constructed like a normal human (e.g. his body is regular flesh and bones, without anything making him denser or lighter than the norm), his height and build suggest a weight around 150 lbs.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Doctor Goodwrench has no known connections to:

images: (without ads)
Avengers West Coast Annual#5/4 (1990), p4, pan4 (main image)
Avengers West Coast Annual#5/4 (1990), p4, pan5 (face)

Appearances:
Avengers West Coast Annual#5/4 (1990) - Dwayne McDuffie (writer), Grant Miehm (art), Howard Mackie (editor)

First Posted: 09/04/2001
Last updated: 04/03/2025

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