MECHANICAL GLADIATOR
Classification: Terrestrial
robot
Creator: Unrevealed (see
comments)
User/Possessors: Tyrannus
(Romulus Augustulus)
Enemies: Hulk (Bruce Banner)
Aliases: "My mightiest fire-breathing warrior" (as
called by Tyrannus); "ya walkin' scarp-pile," "tin-man" (as called by
Hulk)
First Appearance: Incredible Hulk I#5/1 (January, 1963)
Powers/Abilities/Functions: Built
in humanoid form and standing about 9 feet tall, the Mechanical
Gladiator was a walking arsenal that demonstrated such offensive
capabilities as:
- shooting a jet of flame from its head
- rotating its torso at high speed to deflect stun blasts
with its arms
- elongating its left arm to throw a punch from a
distance
- releasing two steel cables to ensnare an opponent
- extending a battering ram from its chest
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History:
(Incredible Hulk I#5/1) - When
Tyrannus kidnapped Betty Ross and held her hostage in his subterranean
realm, the Hulk and Rick Jones came to her rescue; but Tyrannus used
volcanic gas to knock them out. When they revived, Tyrannus threatened
Betty's safety to force the Hulk into slavery. For his own amusement,
Tyrannus had the Hulk dressed in armor and equipped with a stun ray and
asbestos shield, then ordered the Hulk to enter an arena and face his
Mechanical Gladiator.
As the two combatants fought each other, the
robot seemed to be getting the better of the Hulk, but the jade giant's
rage drove him on to demolish the Mechanical Gladiator.
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Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
This robot was never named in the story, but one caption
described it as a "mechanical gladiator," so...
The Mechanical Gladiator was likely leftover Deviant
technology.
New and improved images by Ron Fredricks.
Profile by John Kaminski
CLARIFICATIONS:
The "Mechanical Gladiator" has no known connections to:
- Gladiator
(Melvin Potter) - retired Daredevil foe--Daredevil I#18
- Gladiator (Kallark) - leader of Shi'ar Imperial
Guard--X-Men I#107
- Gladiator
(Hugo Danner) - World War I hero--Marvel Preview#9
- "Gladiator
Lookalike" - aka. Lady Killer--Daredevil I#173
- Gladiator
wannabe - enemy of Potter--Marvel Comics Presents I#98/4
- Gladiator
- of New Universe--Starbrand#10
- Gladiatrix
- former Grapplers member--Thing I#33
- Mechanical
Dragon - fire-breathing robot used by Mole Man--Tales of
Suspense I#88
- Mogol
- another robot used by Tyrannus--Incredible Hulk II#127
- Octo-Sapien
- robot used by Mole Man against Tyrannus--Tales to Astonish I#80
- Super-Cobalt
Robot - another robot used by Tyrannus--X-Men I#34
- any other characters or devices with similar names
images: (without ads)
Incredible Hulk I#5/1, p7, pan4 (shooting flames at Hulk)
Incredible Hulk I#5/1, p7, pan8 (elongated arm hitting Hulk)
Incredible Hulk I#5/1, p8, pan1 (snare-cables and battering ram used against Hulk)
Incredible Hulk I#5/1, p8, pan6 (Hulk destroying "Mechanical Gladiator")
Appearances:
Incredible Hulk I#5 (January, 1963) - Stan Lee (writer/editor), Jack
Kirby (pencils), Dick Ayers (inks)
First Posted: 02/16/2008
Last updated: 11/05/2024
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