Forgotten Justice League members:
The cinematic debut of The Justice League is in 22 days, and to countdown let's take a look at members of the Justice League most have forgotten or never knew about.
The original Steel was Hank Heywood and the character was created by writer Gerry Conway & artist Don Heck for the self-titled series which began in March of 1978. However it was his grandson, Hank the 3rd which joins the Justice League in 1984's Justice League of America Annual number 2, when Aquaman forms a new team. This version of Steel, a character with indestructible skin and super-strength was created by original writer Gerry Conway with Chuck Patton as artist.
The Hank the 3rd character was the grandson of the original Steel, but he would later die during a battle with Professor Ivo's creations.
His cousin, Nathan Heywood, would later join the Justice Society, the 1930s-1940s precursor to the Justice League, in 2007 created by Geoff Johns and Alex Ross.
Nathaniel "Nate" Heywood / Steel appears in the second season of Legends of Tomorrow portrayed by Nick Zano while his grandfather Henry Heywood / Commander Steel is portrayed by Matthew MacCaull. Initially a hemophiliac, he is injected with a super serum provided to the Nazis by Eobard Thawne after it is modified by Ray Palmer, turning Nate into a metahuman with an ability to transform himself into a steel-like form in addition providing him superhuman strength. Having obtained his powers, Nate starts calling himself "Steel", although one of his original suggestions is "Citizen Steel". It's later revealed by Obsidian to Nate that his grandfather went on a mission with his team excluding himself, and never returned home in 1956, a year after Nate's own father was born.
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