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The Gladiator
Melvin Potter

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Name: The Gladiator

Alter Ego: Melvin Potter

Other Names: Gladiator I

Classification: villain villain  


Publisher(s): Marvel

First Appearance: Daredevil (vol. 1) #18 (July 1966): "There Shall Come a Gladiator!"

Creators: Stan Lee, Denny O'Neil, John Romita, Frank Giacoia

Number of appearances: 45

Teams/Affiliations: Emissaries of Evil (Electro); Maggia

Foe of: Daredevil, Black Widow

Allies: Masked Marauder

Occupation: costume designer, business owner, bodyguard

Worked for: Spotlight Costumes

Gender: male

Note: led own gang

Melvin Potter, the original Daredevil foe known as "Gladiator" does not actually join the "Gang of Four." The costumed criminal known as "Gladiator" who joins the Gang of Four in the Daredevil/Spider-Man limited series is actually Wylie Lemmick, a criminal who took up Potter's criminal mantel.


This character is in the following 30 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Daredevil

Daredevil/Spider-Man
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #12 (Sep. 2007): "Killer Instincts, Part Two" (mentioned)


Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/gladiatorpotter.htm
  - http://www.comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=615
  - http://marvel.wikia.com/Melvin_Potter_(Earth-616)
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/glgn.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/potpq.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/emen.htm
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/g.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/spiespz.htm