| Technocrat | |
|---|---|
 Technocrat as depicted inInfinite Crisis #7 (June 2006). Art byGeorge Pérez. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Outsiders (vol. 2) #1 Alpha (November 1993) |
| Created by | Mike W. Barr (writer) Paul Pelletier (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Geoffrey Barron |
| Team affiliations | Outsiders |
| Abilities | Suit of powered armor |
Technocrat (Geoffrey Barron) is asuperhero in theDC Comics and a former member of theOutsiders. His first appearance was inOutsiders Alpha (vol. 2) #1 (November 1993), written byMike W. Barr and drawn byPaul Pelletier.[1]
Baron, nicknamed "TC", appears in theArrowverse seriesBlack Lightning, portrayed by Christopher Ammanuel.
An inventor and business magnate, Geoffrey Barron comes toMarkovia to sell his battle armor, theTechnocrat 2000. Barron is accompanied by his bodyguard Charlie Wylde.[2]
During their stay in Markovia, theOutsiders are framed for the murder of Queen Ilona. Barron and Wylde flee into the woods, where they encounterSebastian Faust and a bear. The bear mortally wounds Wylde, forcing Faust to fuse Wylde with the bear to save his life. The Outsiders fight Prince Roderick and his vampire troops.[2]
Barron uses the Technocrat 2000 suit to defend himself and joins the Outsiders alongside Wylde to clear their names. Barron offers the team his home inSwitzerland as a safe haven. Unbeknownst to Barron, his ex-wife Marissa has paid the assassin Sanction to assassinate him.[3]
The Outsiders barely make it back toGotham City before clearing their names. Shortly after their homecoming, Sanction kills Marissa Barron andHalo. The trauma of this death forces the Aurakle, an energy being who is possessing Halo, to inhabit Marissa's body. Barron finds it difficult to separate his feelings for his wife from Halo's physical body. Barron falls in love with the Aurakle, but Halo has her own designs on their teammate, Faust.[2] When the Outsiders split into two teams for a time, Technocrat joins the team withGeo-Force andKatana to distance himself from Halo.
Technocrat possesses no superhuman abilities, but is a genius-level cyberneticist andpolymath. He uses a high-tech powered exoskeleton of his own design, which is equipped with a variety of weapons and modular upgrades.
Baron / Technocrat appears inBlack Lightning, portrayed by Christopher Ammanuel. This version, also known as "T.C.", is atechnopathicmetahuman who was previously kept in a stasis pod by theA.S.A. after he was exposed to the drug Green Light years prior. After being freed from his pod, T.C. moves to an old radio station, where he meets and befriendsPeter Gambi. After learning the latter provides technical assistance toBlack Lightning and his family, T.C. assists them in various missions against the A.S.A.,Markovian forces, andTobias Whale throughout the series before Gambi passes on his duties to T.C.