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|image=Steelheart_portrait.png
|aliases=Paul Jackson
|died=Accidental suicide
|abilities={{tag+|Epic}}
|residence=Newcago
|earth=Reckoners
|books=[[Steelheart]]
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'''Steelheart''' is a [[Epic#High Epics|High Epic]] of considerable power that rules over [[Newcago]].{{book ref|Steelheart|1}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==
=== Powers ===
;Invulnerability: Steelheart is impervious to harm from all known sources, including bullets, edged weapons, blunt force, suffocation, radiation, electricity and fire.
;Super Strength: Inhumanly broad and tall, Steelheart is strong enough to crush bones and throw people with ease.
;Wind Manipulation: Control of the wind grants Steelheart the ability to fly and pick up objects using the air around him.
;Flight: Steelheart is capable of flight under his own power. This ability is referred to separately from his wind manipulation.
;Steel Transfersion: When angry, Steelheart spontaneously transforms non-living matter around him to solid steel, spreading out from him in a sphere. Steel and iron have the ability to "insulate" against the transfersion, but other metals are transformed to steel. As this ability is tied to his emotions, he sometimes uses it without intent. This power has a radius of about
;Energy Beams: Steelheart can project energy beams from his hands that can vaporize people and melt steel with ease.
;Eidetic Memory: Steelheart claims to remember everything perfectly, but this is not broadly established and may be boasting.
== History ==
Before becoming an Epic, he was known by his given name, '''Paul Jackson'''. In high school, he was a track star and had a reputation for being a bully. After finishing high school, he worked as a security guard at a factory and was an active member of online conspiracy theory forums.
About one year after the arrival of Calamity,{{book ref|Steelheart|prologue}} Paul Jackson was sent on a mission, lead by [[Hershel Black]], to a secret Russian satellite facility. In route to the facility, Jackson saw Calamity glow and then fell unconscious for several hours; when he awoke, he started to show the characteristics of an Epic. The team then raided the secret facility, but the raid went poorly until Jackson used his new Epic powers to kill the defending Russian soldiers and destroy the facility. He also attacks a member of his team, causing the rest of his team members to turn on him, but Jackson kills each of them in turn leaving, only the team leader Hershel. He then pins Hershel under the now collapsed Russian facility; Hershel has to cut off of his leg to escape the trap.{{book ref|Lux|47}}
Steelheart came to Chicago
== Notes ==
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