Gauntlet (comics)

Gauntlet
The Gauntlet. Art by Stefano Caselli
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	She-Hulk #100 (January 2006)
Created by	Dan Slott Stefano Caselli Eric Powell
In-story information
Alter ego	Joseph Green
Team affiliations	Avengers Resistance The Initiative United States Army New Warriors
Abilities	Right hand controls large, robotic gauntlet. Allows for projection of energy "hand".

The Gauntlet (Joseph Green), is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The Gauntlet made his first appearance in She-Hulk #100 and was created by Dan Slott, Stefano Caselli, and Eric Powell. He was, however, not referred to by name until the first issue of Avengers: The Initiative. His origin was finally revealed in the 2007 Avengers: The Initiative annual.

The story of the Gauntlet began when two aliens of unknown origin, one fully armored, the other multi-limbed, engaged in a struggle to the death above Earth. Both extraterrestrials expired upon entering the atmosphere, and their weapons scattered across the planet's surface. The US government tracked the crash site of two of the armored alien's weapons to the Middle-East, where Sergeant Joseph Green was dispatched to secure the area. Upon arrival, Green's unit came under attack by HYDRA troopers, forcing him to use the right gauntlet of the alien's armor in order to defeat them. After securing victory, Joseph found himself unable to remove the gauntlet, and was seen walking away from the area, carrying the alien's sword with him. How the alien's other gauntlet was acquired by Southpaw has not yet been revealed, nor has how the alien's leg armor came to be possessed by Grasshopper. However, the opposing alien's weapon later found its way into the possession of Armory.

In the aftermath of the Civil War storyline, Gauntlet was recruited by Iron Man and Henry Peter Gyrich into being a drill sergeant at the superhero training camp, Camp Hammond. He is fully aware of the "darker" aspects of the training camp and is apparently willingly going along with some hidden agenda by the powers behind the camp's running.