Gears Garvin
What Gears Garvin doesn't know about mechanics, he learns. Owner and sole proprietor of a New York City auto yard and repair shop, Gears is always ready with a quick fix for any mechanism that breaks down, and a quip while he works – but don't call him Oswald F. Garvin unless you want a trip to the emergency room.
After they met by chance, Machine Man was so impressed by Gears' technical aptitude that he has become one of the superhero's close confidants... though Gears' boorishness clashes with Peter Spaulding's straight and narrow sensibilities.
Fiction
Gears owned the repair shop and may have done so for at least eight years. Once, he had a fiancée, but she called off the engagement after he spent the honeymoon fund on parts for his motorbike. He stood by the decision; she went on to go through three husbands, while he still had the hog. Baron Brimstone and his Sinister Satan Squad!
Gears was having a normal day up until an injured Machine Man fell out of the sky and bounced on a few of his autos. Surprised to see an actual, working robot, Gears insisted that he could fix him up, despite Machine Man's protestations to leave him to recharge. By bypassing some circuitry and rewiring a muscle, Gears fixed Machine Man's injured arm, and the robot was surprised and allowed him to continue. Though Gears didn't have the parts to repair his legs, he lashed up a unicycle wheel for Machine Man to get about, allowing the hero to continue his pursuit of Ion. After the affair was over with, Machine Man set off to see Gears about the restoration of his legs. Kill Me or Cure Me
Machine Man called in on Gears after an encounter with Baron Brimstone, who had penetrated the robot's breastplate with the concentrated microwave energy of the Sol-Mac. Gears patched Machine Man back up, additionally giving him a laser-proof coating. Noting Aaron's concern about the Sol-Mac, Gears retrieved the wedding rings from his aborted engagement from the detritus of his living quarters. The gold in the rings, once flattened, was applied to Machine Man's brain casing and chest plates, providing insulation against microwaves. Baron Brimstone and his Sinister Satan Squad!
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