Who Is DC Comics' Hardware? Iron Man & War Machine Meets Afrofuturism! 

So this dude had bleeding edge type armor b4 Iron Man...thats badass!!!!!

thank you for doing black superhero especially doing black history month because A LOT of other channels don't touch all these Heroes at all.

These are my fav kind of videos show off this non mainstream heros that only true comic book readers would know and show them to the next generation of comic book readers

Dude, I had no idea hardware went this deep. And who would have thought that alot of his weapons system/AI would pre-date the MCU Iron Man...and the essentially the whip that Whiplash used in IM2. I'm not going to say anything crass and things get borrowed by each company for their characters, but damn. Another great video E. +ultra

It's been forever since I heard about Hardwire. Kinda forgotten how crazy powerful he could be.

THANK THE LORD SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT HIM!!

Another great video bruh! Too often young black kids grow up not knowing the diverse and rich history of black superheroes. The people need this! #salute

I loved the whole milestone era, I wished it was given more respect!

You nailed it again, bruh. Sterling Brown is perfect. I think that in an alternate universe, Hardware could've been an Afrofuturistic version of the Marvel mutant Apocalypse...

Whoever is listening.. Blerd without Fear is one of if not the best comic youtube channel out there!! Honestly this channel has inspired me to start my own weekly haul video. The Wolf Report is my entry in the weekly haul video arena and it is growing. Just wanted to shout you out as one of the BEST If possible, I would love any tpe of support or feedback!! Keep On Brother!!

Hardware was awesome! I remember buying this back when it came out! It was a shame that more of the Milestone characters didn't transition into the DC universe as a whole. Some of my favorite books back in the early 90's.

Still have it in the Og plastic it was sold in

Hardware does sound tons of awesome and very interesting

That brother Dewayne McDuffie was cold, cold , as the rock says I wish McDuffie would have lived to put these great black comics on the big screen

I absolutely loved this book, the milestone universe needs to be tapped for movies and series

Man appreciating these brothers you are making known to comic fans. As always another GREAT VIDEO brother. :)

I really appreciate you for this series no big comic book channels have the consciousness to do a black history tribute series

Thanks for covering this character he is so underrated.

So I actually used to talk to Dwayne mcduffie for a few years on AOL as a kid. He was really accessible to fans in the late 90s/early 2000s. And one of the weirder things he would Express to me were various weird stances and frustrations in comics he had. He believed steel was a RIP off of hardware. Which I thought was silly but now seeing how many concepts some milestone characters have gotten taken by others...I'm leaning more to changing my mind about.

Iron Man out here bitten... I hope they give him play on young justice

Always wrote him off as a knockoff Ironman, glad to see that he inspired Marvel to up Ironman's game!

I love the character...but your right, it's hard not to compare Hardware to the likes of Iron man, war machine and steel. I can tell the creators of Hardware did make an effort to set him apart from other characters with similar themes. His weapon systems are second to none.

I actually read Hardware and most of the other Milestone comics but, after watching this video it seems I need to revisit them. Has it been so long that I forgot all of that? That you for this great video and keep it up. As of today I am one of Earth's mightiest subscribers.

I had the first runs of Milestone when I was a kid and Hardware was always my fav. So glad they're back!! Most people never believed me when I tried to explain how badass he was

Hardware vs. Mister Terrific would be an interesting vs. battle.

Oh, and the fan casting... ON THE MONEY!!

Curtis Metcalf should play Mr. Terrific. I would like to Hardware more in DC animated films and shows

I dig that Hardware KEPT that DIY look....Iron Man's MCU and Newer suits are too Post Modern looking.

Hardware was my dude back in the day would love to see him more on the DC Universe now!!!

This is a really great character I like Hardware I think he's very underrated and underappreciated. DC Comics really needs to start using the Dakota Verse characters a lot more. These lesser Known hero's are really amazing

Hardware more like hardcore. This guy's awesome.

Definitely agree with sterling k. Brown for the big screen project. But,I like casting for streaming episodic show. So my pick is Aldis Hodge. He was MC Ren in straight outta Compton. Played a tech head in a show called Leverage with Timothy Hutton. Did a show on WGN about slavery liberation. I think it would be a good role for him.

Mannn I'd love to see this as a movie Hardware was always one of my favorites nxt to static & black lighting

A Hardware\ Iron-Man team-up would be great!

This was my favorite comic growing up!!

Holy shit I forgot all about Deathwish! Loved his solo series. Great video, Hardware is one of my all time favorites. When I saw him on Young Justice I jumped up off the couch!

I wish DC would use him more than they do. He's a great character.

Awesome vid thanks!!!!

Great Job Bro!

Hope to see more of him on young justice

Curt getting some exposure! Thank you for this & great vid man.

I peeped his cameo in young justice and I was hype

From the first time I saw this character, heard his name, and learned his story, this has always been one of my favorite characters!!! I love his story and would love to see it in film form. Someone made a fan-made film for this character and I liked several aspects they had in their films and enjoyed it overall.

great video!

Don't forget Technique, the feminine upgrade Alva commissioned Curtis to create to take out Hardware! (typed at 01:08 in video)!

HARDWARE VS CYBORG AT WRESTLEMANIA 35! BOOK IT VINCE!😂

You blerd how bout a list of all black superheros ever created in print?? That's be to cool

I remember we reading Hardware as a kid and in one issue he melted Steel’s armor. I’ve always liked Static but thought Hardware and Icon were more interesting.

Love the fan casting. He’d be perfect

Maaaaaaaaaaaayne! I loved HArdware when he came out!!!!! Thank you for doing these this month!!

Dope video ...you might need a pop for your mic fam your p's rock the speakers

I loved this book as a kid. Gave up captain America to collect this. I loved the whole idea behind Milestone comics

I remember buying and still have all of these comic books

The origin of Deathwish legit shocked me when I first read it. Wish DC had published more trades of Hardware (or any other Milestone title), but I can always hunt down floppies.

Very happy I stumbled onto this video. Never heard of Hardware til now and I gotta say, he looks and sounds awesome!

In an earlier issue, I believe issue #10, I could be wrong, but it was up there in those earlier versions, that was when I knew he was an official bad ass!! There was an incident where his car had windows that successfully hid his identity and made him look like an old white woman!! That blew my mind!! Lol 🤣 I was hooked on that comic and ever since.. each issue kept me on the edge of my seat!!!

This was a great video, mon ami. Blast from the past with this guy for sure. DC really should use him and Technique more often. That said, having covered 2 of DC's smartest men with this video and the one on Mr. Terrific, how about one on Dr. John Henry Irons a.k.a. Steel? Your narration style would really do him justice, in my opinion!

WB needs to make a film about Hardware in the DCEU .

Hardware Is badass ✊🏾

Dope, i need to catch up on dude

And Imma gonna say that Dennis Cowan wrote some of the earliest "Black" stories for Marvel and DC and those stories, some of them, were acclaimed! He was also an artist ...so...no dissing the writing at Milestone. They kinda were DIY ala Image, but Black (mostly).

WoW! Learned Something New Today!

MILESTONE

I wonder who's smarter?! Hardware or Mr Terrific

If you're gonna do lesser known black characters, you have to do Ambrose Chase and Battlion. Two of the dopest black characters ever created.

I actually bought the #1 in 1990 something and still have it.

One of my favorite milestone characters

When I look at, Denys Cowan's art I love it more and more! I admit the only time it didn't look so great was that issue of Deathlok he did back in the 90's. But that was because it looked a bit messy to me. He should have gotten even bigger projects.

More warmachine than ironman. But the tech.......

Damn! I had no hardware was so Amazing! Talk about OP Armor! I LOVE it!

Right on my blerd brotha

Love the art

Don't forget the original Black Lightning ' 77 .

Awesome my favorite

It's interesting that Hardware came up w/ innovations which older characters implemented. After the Sai, the Kusarigama is my fav ancient martial arts weapon. I always thought it was a waste for MK's Scorpion (who's name should be spelled "Skorpion") to not have the kusarigama as his trademark weapon(s) instead of the chain kunai. Him having kusarigama would be like having two types of weapons in one, thus Scorpion wouldn't need both chain kunai and swords for battle.

DUDE......FANTASTICJOB, RESPECT✊!!! REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YA🙌! Question: Can you do John Stewart/Green Lantern, please?

I own two Icon comic books and love indebth stuff you did with hardware. Bishop and storm would be a some cool characters to check out as well.

Hardware was armed like a Transformer! As far as I know, there were 3 versions of his armor. 1.0 looks more like someone *cosplaying*... until the weapons come out. 2.0 (which he wears the longest) looks more like what you'd expect of a battle armor. 3.0 gets unveiled at the tail end of Hardware, in the last one or two issues. (Or in Milestone Forever.) His armor(s) come in 2 layers. The black/dark brown undersuit and face is all liquid metal and covers every inch of him -- even when you see his mouth open, he can't eat or drink in the suit. The silver, gold, and red portions are an outer layer.

Maybe in Young Justice we'll see more of Hardware.

God Damn, his armor is PACKED with stuff! Outside of the Static Shock cartoon I never heard of the "Dakotaverse" here in Europe. Hardware seems more interesting then I thought in the first place. So we have 4 years worth of comics before Milestone got bought up by DC. How many series were there in total along with Static and Icon? Did DC published Omnibus or Hardcovers of the 90's comics? Because outside of scans... it seems difficult to find here... Nice informative videos you have here. Keep it up!

Hardware &Mr. terrific team up?

So basically iron man stole Hardwares Tech 😂😂😂

Thats freakin dope man I would love to play wise son of they had a movie

Bring Back Milestone Comics!!!!!! A lot of good characters are just sitting there being wasted. Salute !!!!

Hardware the best Milestone character.

Did anyone else notice that Hardware Icon and Static are on the wall of Will's room on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air

Great vid . Dc needs to bring hardware to the big screen . The question is who could play hardware ?

I know I'm late. But finally someone did hardware!!! :)

you didn't go over how messed up his origin story is.. or how he was pegged as a racist character when he punched Supes and said, "Damned white of you flyboy. "

I remember when he first came out killed his enemies. Funny that he's now hanging out with Static Shock. Lmao

Who in the hell is thumbs downing your videos? That's some bullish bullshit. Keep up the great work bruh!

Big Screen!!!! All things are possibke!!!!!

Nice.

This Dude is OP he is and was Iron Man before Iron man became now👀

Can you please do a video on the Michael Collins version of Deathlok? That's one of my favorite characters...

My first bought DC comic book was Hardware

Milestone Heroes need to Crossover's with Valiant Heroes,Red Circle Heroes, and Dark Horse Galaxy Heroes.ValiantHeroes vs, Milestone Heroes: Psi-Lords vs. Heroes Inc, Armor Hunters vs.Blood Syndicate, EggBreakers vs.BangBabies, Future Force vs.Cooperative,Generation Zero vs.The Kobalt Detectives,Hard Corps vs.Kobalt Inc., Harbringers vs.Shadow Cabinet, HarbringerRenegades vs.Icon and Rocket, The Renegades vs.Kobalt and Page, The Specialists vs.Capers Inc., Unity vs.Tower Patrol, X-OCOMMANDOS vs.Hoop Squad, Arminories vs.G.R.I.N.D., Secret Weapons vs.S,H.E.R.D., Archer and Armstrong vs.Union of Separatist Scientists, Quantum and Woody vs.Space Cops, Trinity Angels vs, Yoongar, Trouble Makers vs.The DarkStar Defense Force, Sliders vs.The Dakota Police Department, Water World vs.The Davy Jones Locker. Red Circle Heroes vs. Milestone Heroes are: The New Crusaders vs. Heroes Inc., The Riot Squad vs.Blood Syndicate, The Superiors vs. BangBabies, The Crucible vs.Cooperative, The Justice Machine vs.The Kobalt Detectives, The Thunder Agents vs. Kobalt Inc., The Web Host vs.Shadow Cabinet, EvergreenspecialWeaponsAndTactics vs.Icon and Rocket,Super-Peace-Corps vs. Kobalt and Page,A.R.M.S. vs.CapersInc..The New Crusaders vs. Tower Patrol, Riot Squad vs. Hoop Squad, The Superiors vs.G. R.I.N.D., The Crucible vs.S.H.E.R.D., The Justice Machine vs.Union of Separatist Scientists, The Thunder Agents vs.Space Cops, The Web Host vs.Yoongar,EverGreenSpecialWeaponsAndTactics vs.The DarkStar Defense Force,Super-Peace-Corps vs.The Dakota Police Department,A.R.M.S. vs.Davy Jones Locker.DarkHorseGalaxyHeroes vs.Milestone Heroes are: Agnets OF Law vs. Heroes Inc., Atomic Legion vs. Blood Syndicate, StarWars vs. BangBabies , Wolf Gang vs.Cooperative,Catsyals vs.The Kobalt Detectives, Division 13 vs.KobaltInc.,PittBulls vs.Shadow Cabinet, Prime Movers vs.Icon and Rocket,B.P.R.D. vs.Kobalt and Page, Charmed vs.ÇapersInc., End League vs.Tower Patrol ,Gantz vs. Hoop Squad, The Incredibles vs.G.R.I.N.D., The Umbrella Academy vs.S.H.E.R.D., The White Suits vs.Union of Separatist Scientists, The Starship Troopers vs.Space Cops, The VR Troopers vs.Yoongar, Tattoo Fighters From Beverly Hills vs.The DarkStar Defense Force, SuperhumanSameraiCyberSquad vs.The Dakota Police Department,The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers vs.Davy Jones Locker. Sliver Guardians vs. Heroes Inc., and The Big Bad Beetle Borges vs.Blood Syndicate.

I hope we get the chance to see him in action in YJ

So basically, Hardware uses Plot Armor

I hope when Milestone Heroes return to DC Universe That Milestone Heroes Crossover's with DC Vertigo Heroes, And Moonstone Heroes.Doom Patrol vs. Heroes Inc.,DeadboyDetectives vs.Blood Syndicate,Deadenders vs.Bang Babies,DMZ vs.Cooperative,DreamHunters vs.The Kobalt Detectives, Army of Love vs.Kobalt Inc.,Astro City vs.Shadow Cabinet, The Bite Club vs.Icon and Rocket,100 Bullets vs.Kobalt and Page, The Exterminators vs,Capers Inc.,Fables vs.Tower Patrol , Federal Bureau Of Physics vs. Hoop Squad, Invisibles vs.G.R.I.N.D., The Losers vs.S.H.E.R.D., The Loveless vs.Union of Separatist Scientists,NorthLanders vs.Space Cops, The Originals vs.Yoongar, The Royals vs.The DarkStar Defense Force,Sgt.Rock Easy Company vs.The Dakota Police Department,TransMetroPolitan vs.DavyJonesLocker. Trillium vs.Heroes Inc., The Un-Men vs.Blood Syndicate, The Vamps vs. BangBabies,Veils vs.Cooperative, The Vinyl Underground vs.The Kobalt Detectives, And The YoungLairs vs.Kobalt Inc.. The Moonstone vs.The Milestone Heroes.AirFighters vs.Heroes Inc,, AirVixens vs.Blood Syndicate,ComeBackKings vs.Bang Babies, Defenders of the Earth vs.Cooperative, The Enovy vs.Kobalt Detectives, Future Quest vs.Kobalt Inc., Galaxy Trio vs.Shadow Cabinet,Herculoids vs.Icon and Rocket, Impossibles vs.Kobalt and Page, The Jungle Patrol vs.Capers Inc., The Justice Machine vs.Tower Patrol, The Justice Riders vs.Hoop Squad, The Maze Agency vs.G.R.I.N.D., The Northern Guard vs.S.H.E.R.D., Omega Paradox vs.Union of Separatist Scientists, The Originals vs.Space Cops,Patriot Power vs.Yoongar, The Public Protectors vs.The DarkStar Defense Force,Space Force vs.The Dakota Police Department, Secret Squadron vs.Davy Jones Locker.The Silencers vs. Heroes Inc.,Teen Force vs.Blood Syndicate,Zeroids vs.Bang Babies.Helix Heroes vs. Milestone Heroes That are : Gemini Blood vs.Blood Syndicate, Star-Crossed vs.Heroes lnc., Time Breakers vs.Bang Babies, TransMetroPolitan vs.Cooperative,, Johnny DC'S Superheroes vs.Milestone Heroes:Lunaticks vs.Heroes Inc., Mystery Inc.vs. Blood Syndicate, The SuperFriends vs. BangBabies, The Challenge Of The Super Friends vs.Cooperative, The Super Powers vs.Kobalt Detectives, The Tiny Titans vs.Kobalt Inc.,Yogi Bear Treasure Hunters vs.Shadow Cabinet, And The Young Justice vs.Icon and Rocket.Mad Heroes vs.Milestone Heroes:Mad T.V. vs.Heroes Inc.,Sgt.Rock Easy Company vs.Blood Syndicate,Super Globe Trodders vs.Bang Babies,Super Three Stooges vs.Cooperative.