
Religion: not determined yet
Name: The Gladiator
Alter Ego: Melvin Potter
Other Names: Gladiator I
Classification:
villain
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