Superman vs Gladiator.

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It depends on the battle grounds and stuff. Out in space, Gladiator takes it, on earth, Superman would probably win. And there the self-confidence issue arises. Does finding someone who is his equal devestate Gladiator? Or does it strengthen his resolve to seriously kick the shit out of them? All told there will be a large bill for property damage and I would like to see Gladiator win.

I think it would more than likely dampen his spirit but you never really know. He doesn't like, fade away right away. Even if he thinks someone is a good match he'll keep fighting. It's happened before. It's only if those efforts seem futile and if he is easily damaged by opponent.

-AC

Superman can breath in space for several hours.

I think that Praetor of Imperial Guard, Gladiator loses this one. Superman is just...better. Although Gladiator is lot cooler. You saw his entrance in NXM #123? Perfect.

Possibly the best entrance ever I might add.

-AC

what was the entrance?

I have the Finnish version, but I try to translate it.

Emma and Stepford Cuckoos are in grounds of Xaviers. One of Stepford Cuckoos, Esme's new boyfriend turns out to be one of the Imperial Guards in disguise. There is some talking and then enormous flames engulfs the grounds. Gladiators calmly walks through the flames and starts to talk.

Gladiator: "I am Gladiator, one of the guardsmen of Shi'ar. I have sworn duty to preserve the stellar harmony. May the eternal heavens to forgive us for what we must now do."

Then he says: "Kill all mutants."

You can read the issue summary from here:

that was a sweet entrance indeed.

gladiator will win, you know why? coz he has his training. he's a trained soldier and commander of the imperial guard. il bet he probably has more experience, coz superman's base of operations is basically earth... but gladiator goes around space a lot more.

Good points one and all.

I'm indecisive in who to back now.

-AC

I'd still back Superman, especially after his training by Mongul 'the Merciless'!

let me help you. even though gladiator is supposed to be all powerful, he couldnt even defeat eric masterson thor. what is eric masterson thor?? it's a mortal man, in the body of thor basically. gladiator was winning the fight, but eric masterson commandeered living lightning and stunned gladiator. in only about a page of fighting, that version of thor nearly killed gladiator after that.....

if that was a clumbsy, less warrior like thor. i would hate to see what the "real" thor would have did to him. although gladiator is made to be allpowerful, he is in actuallity far from that.

yah, in the new Thanos series of comics. They talk as if Gladiator is supposed to be the one that will bring down Thanos..Pfft. That'll be the day!~

gladiator in the 1st 2 pages, might be able to take superman. but he better bring him down before flipping to page 3.... if it gets that far, i see the fight going down with gladiator getting brutally beaten to death. if superman wanted to take it that far.

The real Thor nearly got his butt kicked by Kallark. They fought in Across All Worlds and a Gladiator from the future beat Thor's ass throughtout most of the pages. Mljornir was kicked right out of Thor's hand but later returned with outside interference. Then later Tarene assisted Thor in blasting Kallark and putting him down. Without outside intervention, Gladiator would have killed the REAL Thor.

Gladiator>Superman

Gladiator is always going to be a hit or miss opponent. On a off dayfrom work (imperial guard) i see Gladiator knocking around superman ....but he better make it quick. If Gladiator is on the clock with lliandra than superman will make Gladiator think twice about flying into his space. Gladiator must check his ego and stay confident if he is to beat the man of steel.

ALSO CONSIDER:

Hyperion
Champion of the Galaxy (elder of the universe)
Beta ray Bill
Heracules

All could give Supes a run!

Hulk Annual 2001?- fights and defeats Gladiator.... basically a knock-off of Superman.... has supreme strength, heat vision, flight, etc.. supposedly cannot be defeated unless his confidence is shaken..... well when the Hulk got done with him, he was Shaken AND Stirred (yes pun intended for those Bond fans out there)... in this fight the Hulk overcomes Gladiator trying to burn his heart out... you see the Hulk's heart exposed due to Gladiator's heat vision..... massive.....this post from HULKMOVIE.COM

Originally posted by Beyonder
The real Thor nearly got his butt kicked by Kallark. They fought in Across All Worlds and a Gladiator from the future beat Thor's ass throughtout most of the pages. Mljornir was kicked right out of Thor's hand but later returned with outside interference. Then later Tarene assisted Thor in blasting Kallark and putting him down. Without outside intervention, Gladiator would have killed the REAL Thor.

Gladiator>Superman

issue?? was it in -continuity-??? that would be the key word here.

JuggernautFan

issue?? was it in -continuity-??? that would be the key word here.

Yes. The Mighty Thor #34-35.

Here's a site:

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Rampart/1434/comics/thor_040.htm

Give the thing some time, damn geocities.

gladiator i think