| Alias |
 |
| Gladiator
I |
| Nick
Name |
| | |
| Civilian
ID |
| Melvin
Potter |
| Occupation |
|
Assassin
Criminal
Engineer Tailor |
| Legal
Status |
| Citizen
of the United States with a record of mental illness. |
| Nation
or Planet of Origin |
| New
York, New York |
| Group
Affiliation |
| (The)
Maggia |
| Base
of Operations |
| New
York, New York |
| Height |
| | |
| Weight |
| | |
| Eye
Color |
| | |
| Hair
Color |
| Bald |
| Skin
Tone |
| Caucasian |
| Known
Powers |
| Normal
human with above average strength, speed, stamina and agility skilled in
engineering, costume making and electronics. |
| Accessories |
|
Gladiator
Armor: Custom-made armor armed with tungsten alloy blades on the boots
and tungsten alloy rotating wrist shields capable of slashing trough most
substances. |
| Common
Enemies |
|
Daredevil
Iron
Man I |
| Regularly
Appearing |
| Daredevil
Vol. 1 & 2 |
| First
Appearance |
|
Daredevil
Vol. 1 #18 (July, 1966) |
| Creator |
| Stan
Lee, Denny O'Neil & John Romita Sr. |
| Origin |
| Suffering
from mental illness, Melvin Potter believed himself a Roman Gladiator and
sought battle with superheroes, who he had become convinced derived their
abilities from their costumes. Using his considerable skills as a
costumer, Potter spent years devising an armor armed with rotating blades
on his wrist. His first target was
Franklin Nelson, law partner of
Matt Murdock (Daredevil),
who in a foolish attempt to impress the woman he loved
Karen
Page, Nelson hired the costumer to mock battle while Nelson was
dressed as Daredevil. Fortunately for Nelson the real Daredevil intervened
and defeated the Potter.
In time Potter would become even
more mentally unstable and begin to hire himself as an assassin often
killing for the challenge and glory of being a Gladiator. |