Originally posted by Prof. T.C McAbe
^IIRC Masterson Thor summoned with Mjolnir living lightning who strucked Glads and this gave Masterson the opportunity to finish Glads. Before that he didn't looked too god and was about to lose.
Sad that someone who isn't even a fan of Gladiator knows this. Masterson snuck attacked him.
Originally posted by carver9
Sad that someone who isn't even a fan of Gladiator knows this. Masterson snuck attacked him.
I like Glads, or did sometimes. He just seriously is portryed like an Idiot by most writers, sorry. He has also good showings, where he doesn't act like an arrogant prick. Take the example with the FF and Thor, where they met Glads in the future against the Celestial. He was a protector, a hero willing to sacrifice everything. That is how he should be portrayed.
Anyway. What I noticed and what you might like, it seems Thanos has some kind of respect for Glads.
Here they even shake hands, or more.
Originally posted by TheLordofMurder
All I remember was the following and then Masterson Thor beating the snot out of Glads:
Proof is right. Gladiator was talking about how poor a warrior Masterson-Thor was, before the whole Living Lightning thing.
Gladiator from THE REIGNING universe also KTFOed Thor but ultimately lost when Thor had help, IIRC, for what it's worth.
^You are welcome ^^
Originally posted by TheLordofMurder
@CarverI just finished rereading the entire fight, and prior to summoning Living Lightning, Masterson remarks that he had forgetten that Mjolnir could be used to summon the elements...
He was a newb with Thors power and still owned Glads...
Yet he used Mjolnir to send an magic bolt at Glads in the beginning and even had the first suckerpunch when he dived into Glads back, full force.
Yet in the end Glads had him on the ground and without living lightning he would have lost imo.
Maybe...
But again, Masterson Thor wasnt as seasoned with Thors power as Thor is; Thor has been known to call lightining during a fight...the original Thor wouldnt have needed Living Lightining IMO.
Its speculation either way, but I place my bet on an all out Thor beating an all out Glads...
I do expect Glads to put up a good fight though...
Originally posted by TheLordofMurder
Maybe...But again, Masterson Thor wasnt as seasoned with Thors power as Thor is; Thor has been known to call lightining during a fight...the original Thor wouldnt have needed Living Lightining IMO.
Its speculation either way, but I place my bet on an all out Thor beating an all out Glads...
I do expect Glads to put up a good fight though...
Thor usually doesn't get fancy with Mjolnir anyways. Look at his fights with alternate Gladiators in that FANTASTIC FOUR issue and THE REIGNING Gladiator. Whether or not they count for Gladiator, they certainly reflect how Thor is likely to fight.
Originally posted by TheLordofMurder
Ah, but up to the last page of the fight, Thor had been holding back on Glads...Its only in the scan that I posted that Thor stops holding back on him...
After he was beaten Glads had to fight someone else till Thor came back, didn't he? I don't remember it 100%.
Originally posted by TheLordofMurder
Well look at what happened when the real Thor stopped holding back on Glads:
What happened over the course of a couple issues is Gladiator beat Thor, then was attacked by Tharene, who keeps him busy while Jake is saved and brought back to Mjolnir, Glads beats Thor Girl before getting to Jake just as he becomes Thor again. They fight for a bit, then almost cause a passenger jet to crash, save it, and THEN Thor attacks with an energy blast(seems like a sucker shot) and then Thor attacks as Gladiator is still getting up, the beating shown in your scan. After, Tharene blasts Glads with energy that Thor said rivals Odin(even if hyperbole, it's meant to be quite a potent blast).
Originally posted by Prof. T.C McAbe
I like Glads, or did sometimes. He just seriously is portryed like an Idiot by most writers, sorry. He has also good showings, where he doesn't act like an arrogant prick. Take the example with the FF and Thor, where they met Glads in the future against the Celestial. He was a protector, a hero willing to sacrifice everything. That is how he should be portrayed.Anyway. What I noticed and what you might like, it seems Thanos has some kind of respect for Glads.
Here they even shake hands, or more.
Btw in the 2nd fight that's pretty much non canon cause it's future Glads.
