Sideshow: Deathwheel (Patreon)

Alright guys! Time for the official last member of the Sideshow and last post for this year! Meet Deathwheel, a motor stunt sports star turned cybernetic assassin taken in by the Sideshow!

ORIGIN

One of the strangest members amongst Skuljack’s Skeleton Crew that constantly faced the Sideshow was the cybernetic speedster dubbed only “Deathwheel”. Essentially an armored cyborg whose whole upper body balanced and moved around on a giant wheel, as curious as this cybernetic assassin was, he was equally as deadly and efficient, racing after the Sideshow’s performers with cold precision on a never-ending high speed chase. His face concealed in a stylized motor helmet, his true identity wasn’t discovered until during one battle Deathwheel crashed to the point of seemingly beyond repair and was abandoned by the Skeleton Crew. With the combined efforts of Juno and the Psyrens, they were able to put Deathwheel back together and remove his inhibitor chip that kept him under the Think Tank’s control. And that’s when the superhero circus learned who he really was.

His name was Maceo Yolexis, and once upon a time he had been a star motor racer. Maceo had developed a large gambling problem, owing large sums of money to debt collectors that his race winnings couldn’t keep up with. When he couldn’t pay up, one of his unsavory criminal loansharks decided to teach him a lesson by sabotaging both his motorcycle and his race, the results of which left Maceo a vegetable in the hospital. But not even this could save him from his debt, and his very being was sold off to the Think Tank as payment where he was torn apart and rebuilt as a cybernetic assassin under their control. Now free from the Think Tank and with no former life to go back to, Maceo was offered a place within the Sideshow as their resident motor stunt perform, regaining a bit of his old life as he attempted to make amends in his new one.

Powers/Abilities

Cybernetic Body grants Maceo superhuman strength and speed which when combined with his years of motor racing skills makes him an unstoppable speedster.

Deathwheel was one of the last concepts for Sideshow I thought up of, based on the circus act of "death wheel" motor stunts that a lot of modern circuses have. The idea started with the design first- as I had this fun idea that he was a cyborg whose lower half was a giant wheel, and from there the character just evolved. I also tied him to the Think Tank, specifically Skulljack's skeleton crew, as you may remember they are going to be big enemies of the Sideshow. So just like how Scrapper was originally an enemy of the Sideshow, so was Deathwheel, only his was more reluctant.

Anyway, hope you guys like this new Sideshow character! Let us know with a comment below!

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Art by Danilo Cassonato