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Melvin Potter (Earth-616)

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Former ally of the Masked Marauder, former team member of Emissaries of Evil

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Professional criminal; former costume designer; former bodyguard to Matt Murdock

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History

Melvin Potter, better known to the world as "The Gladiator" was a costume designer who held a grudge against costumed superheroes and dreamed of one day defeating them. He constructed a new costume which featured deadly wrist blades, razor boots, body armor and a helmet and then went under the guise as "Gladiator" When Foggy Nelson went to Potter to make a Daredevil costume to convince Karen Page, the girl of his dreams, that he was actually the crimson hero. However, when he faced Potter in combat, he was knocked out in a single blow, after the real Daredevil arrived, the Gladiator was soundly defeated.

After his defeat at the hands of Daredevil, he joined forces with the mysterious Masked Marauder. He also once joined Electro's Emissaries of Evil to battle Daredevil together as a Team. After several continued failed attempts for Daredevil's demise, and after the Marauder's death, Melvin Potter then occasionaly antagonized Daredevil. It wasn't until a woman named Betsy helped him and convinced Melvin to give up his criminal career and he then served as a bodyguard to a blind lawyer named Matt Murdock who was ironically Daredevil.

He was coerced into betraying Daredevil when he killed two inmates and a guard and found an old Gladiator suit in his hideout in the sewers.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Gladiator has no superhuman abilities.

Abilities

He is a superb martial arts fighter and very physically powerful. Potter is an accomplished clothing designer, proficient in drafting, design and sewing.

Strength level

Peak Human.

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Equipment

He wore a thick metal armor with a helmet and metallic gauntlets, and was armed with an arsenal of edged weapons and whirling, jagged circular blades made of titanium steel, one mounted on each gauntlet; small rotors in the gauntlets cause the blades to rotate at high speeds.

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Wrist blades

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