201) Glove Manipulation

Glove Manipulation – The use of gloves and/or gauntlets to achieve superhuman feats due to user skill and/or properties of the gloves. Glove Manipulation is also known as Battle Gauntlet Proficiency, Cestus Proficiency, Combat Glove Proficiency, Enhanced Gauntlet Proficiency, Gauntlet Proficiency and Metal Knuckle Proficiency. A subcategory of (350) Power Bestowal (objects).

Literary Critique of Glove Manipulation

The Wizard (Marvel) uses a lot of technology but his main offensive weapons are his power gloves (Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe V1 #15).

Hobgoblin’s (Marvel) Glove Blaster in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe V2 #5.

Cathode Gloves – Thor V1 #135 (1966)

Dhalua Strong uses a pair of Atomic Knuckles to give Ingrid Weiss a beat down in Tom Strong #7 (ABC).

Later Tom Strong gives Tom Strange a beat down with Entropy Gauntlets in Tom Strong #11 (ABC).

Count Targa (Marvel) uses the Cathode Gloves that emit energy blasts from their claws on the tips of each finger in Thor V1 #135.

Captain Barracuda (Marvel) briefly owned the powerful Glove of Asteria in Vengeance of the Moon Knight #10.

Loki (Marvel) uses the Glove of Lamia to steal half the power of Odin in What If V1 #25.

The most powerful object in the Marvel universe is The Infinity Gauntlet in Marvel Fact Files #1 (Eaglemoss).

Iron Man’s (Marvel) gloves provide protection, a grip of superhuman strength and fire repulsor beams (Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe V1 #15).