Bionic Commando Rearmed was just released last week for X-Box Live during their Summer of Arcade. So guess what that means? Cyborgs are cool again! While playing it I got to thinking about other cool cyborgs  and ended up making a list of the Top Five Cyborg Heroes of All Time in my head. I believe if the characters on this list formed a team they would be an unstoppable fighting force the likes of which the world has never seen.

Here we go!

The Leader - Captain America

Cyborg Force 5 (copyright pending) would be led by none other than Captain America. Now I know some of you are saying right now, “Captain America isn’t a cyborg! A cyborg is a flesh and blood person with machine parts. You’re an idiot!” But my friends, it is you who are wrong. The old Cap Steve Rogers wasn’t, but the new Cap Bucky Barnes most certainly is.

Bucky was reintroduced a few years back as the mysterious Winter Soldier, with no memory of his past. He was a killing machine set loose on the world. Eventually his memory was righted, Steve Rogers was killed, and the mantle of Captain America fell on his shoulders.

So what about him being a cyborg, you say? Well, he just barely crosses the line into it. See, Bucky lost his arm in the bomb blast thought to have killed him. When he was found, they attached a cybernetic arm to him to replace the one he lost, and it now gives him a degree of super strength in his left arm. So the new Captain America technically is part man, part machine and fits as a cyborg hero.

And he’s Cap! The title demands respect and he’s got enough training and skill to back it up, so that’s why he makes leader.

But let’s round out the rest of the team a little quicker now, shall we?

The Brains - Cyborg

Cyborg has the chops to lead just as easily as Cap, as he has led various Titan teams in the past, but here I think he is more suited to be the brains.

Nearly all of Cyborg’s body is cybernetic, so he can link up, surf the net with his mind, rebuild himself from parts and has limited super strength and a vast array of sensors and weaponry built into himself.

The man can keep the team informed, keep them safe, and keep the bad guys running with a quick “Booya!” from his arm cannon.

The Soldiers - The Bionic Woman (2007) and RoboCop

The Bionic Woman and Robocop are on the team for similar purposes but different reasons.

Assuming Robocop isn’t a new Robocop, he’s a seasoned cop and a huge asset to the team. He’s got a huge arsenal of weaponry he can use well and is a hell of a target to take down, being darn near bullet proof. He’s the big gun you send in to draw enemy fire while the rest of the team sneaks in through the back.

Jaime Sommers, the new Bionic Woman from the 2007 series, fits in as the neophyte. New to her abilities, new to the hero game and new to the world of the fantastic, she would be the perfect everywoman to be the readers’ eyes into this strange world she finds herself in.

With her bionic abilities, she already exceeds Cap in terms of physical ability but lacks the experience to use it as effectively. She has potential, with room to grow; she’s a force to be reckoned with in the making. But the biggest reason Jaime makes the team?

She’s the hottest bionic woman around and every team needs a kick ass female member.

The Secret Weapon - Inspector Gadget

You laugh. You say surely I have lost my mind. But I tell you friends, Inspector Gadget is quite possibly the most deadly of them all. The man was the ultimate cyborg who seemed to possess a near limitless set of abilities. Go here if you want to see the powers known so far.

And if Penny or Brain come with him - and they will, because he is a good and caring uncle - then Cyborg Force 5 will be an even more formidable team with a dog who understands English and a girl who possesses a computer book able to hack into even the most sophisticated networks.

I say to you this team would be unstoppable. But who would they fight?

Probably anyone that got in there way.

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