Gauntlet (Inhuman)
Gauntlet is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Gauntlet
Apocalypse attacked Attilan, on the Blue Area of the Moon, and captured several Inhumans, who were connected to the Royal Family, including Gauntlet, and began experimenting on them. He corrupted his captives, enhancing their powers, and christening them his Riders of the Storm, or Dark Riders, as he continued raiding Attilan. (X-Factor v1 #67) The Dark Riders each assessed the threat of the five members of X-Factor as Apocalypse praised them while counseling them to take the mutant threat seriously. Gauntlet and the Dark Riders attacked Ship and X-Factor. During the attack, Cyclops fired an optic blast at Barrage and Gauntlet, and Jean Grey shut down Gauntlet's mind, recognizing all of the lethal tech he was carrying. Harddrive put an infection into the Celestial Ship, initiating a shut-down procedure. (X-Factor v1 #65) The attack continued and the baby Nathan Summers was kidnapped by the Dark Riders. Gauntlet grabbed police officer Charlotte Jones, but Archangel saved her as the Dark Riders teleported away as Ship exploded behind them. (X-Factor v1 #66) After the Inhumans rescued X-Factor and brought them to Attilan, Apocalypse teleported Gauntlet and Foxbat in to taunt them before teleporting them back to the other Dark Riders. X-Factor and the Inhumans fought back against Apocalypse's forces, including many Inhumans who he had corrupted. (X-Factor v1 #67) As X-Factor rushed in to attack Apocalypse and save baby Nathan, Tusk, Barrage, and Gauntlet fought back. During the fight, Gauntlet hit Archangel with gunfire before Jean Grey defeated him with a telekinetic attack. X-Factor was briefly overwhelmed when Apocalypse turned Medusa and Crystal against them, as well as his other corrupted Inhumans, but the mutants and Royal Family soon turned the tide against Apocalypse's forces. In the end, Apocalypse was defeated and baby Nathan, who was infected with a techno-organic virus, was taken into the future by the Askani to be raised. (X-Factor v1 #68)
Gauntlet and the Dark Riders emerged during the Terrigen Mist crisis that unleashed the M-Pox on Mutants around the world. They began hunting Mutant healers as they believed that Homo Superior had failed as a species. (Uncanny X-Men v4 #1) Among their targets was Elixir where the Riders battled a team of X-Men but despite the resistance - Gauntlet managed to snipe and kill the healer whereupon they left the scene. (Uncanny X-Men v4 #2)
The reborn Elixir resurrected Gauntlet in order to torture him as his body was slowly restored only to kill him again and repeat the process once more. (Uncanny X-Men Annual v4 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He was known to assess his enemies from their capabilities and determine the best means of dealing with them. (X-Factor v1 #65)
Powers and abilities
It was said that he had an extraordinary array of lethal armaments and no compunctions about using them. This range of weaponry at his disposal included rifles and mini-missiles. (X-Factor v1 #65)
Notes
- Gauntlet was created by Jim Lee, Chris Claremont and Whilce Portacio where he made his first appearance in X-Factor v1 #65 (April, 1991).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In X-Men: Evolution, Gauntlet appeared as an antagonist in the episode "Target X" where he was voiced by actor Mark Gibbons. He was shown as being an agent of HYDRA and deployed with Omega Red to capture Wolverine. This was because they wanted to use him as bait to capture X-23 who had begun to attack HYDRA operations. With his tracking ability, Gauntlet succeeded in the capture of Logan and had him left in the woods near X-23's location. She found him but both Gauntlet and Omega Red ultimately captured the pair. However, this proved to be a trap by X-23 as she intended to use this opportunity to sneak onboard the HYDRA flagship. Once inside, she confronted the Supreme Hydra and sought to detonate explosives to kill herself and everyone else. Gauntlet confronted her but was unable to stop her as she detonated the explosives seemingly killing him, the Supreme Hydra and X-23. However, X-23 was shown to had been alive and in hiding with her being presumed dead.
Appearances
- X-Factor v1: (1991)
- Uncanny X-Men v4:
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