[Boy Blunder]

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Originally Posted by Parademon1

Glad to see there are other Gladiator fans here. Makes me laugh when I hear others saying he'll be the peg warmer due to not having the MCU/Cartoon recognition. How bout reading a damn comic with him in it!

He is Marvel's Superman for crissakes!

Sure, if Superman had literally crippling confidence issues. I love Gladiator, and I'm very much looking forward to adding him to my collection, but I'm not gonna lie about the fact that:

1) He is NOT a well-known character outside of comic circles - the most exposure he's had in the larger consumer consciousness was thanks to the original X-Men animated series, and that's... you know, nearly thirty years old.

and

2) He's a top-tier character, power-wise, but the moment you make him so much as doubt himself, his power gets cut in half, easily. There's a reason characters who shouldn't have stood a chance (Gambit, Cannonball, and even the Fantastic Four in that same story you posted) were able to at least hold their own against him. Let's not sell up the guy more than necessary. He's an amazing powerhouse with a much more glaring weakness than kryptonite or magic.