Alfredo Morelli (Earth-616)

Alfredo Morelli
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Real Name	Alfredo Morelli
Aliases	Kingpin, Richard Fisk, Gauntlet
Affiliation	Formerly The Rose (Richard Fisk), The Rose (Blume), Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley), Hobgoblin (Ned Leeds)
Base of Operations	New York City, New York
Status
Identity	No Dual Identity
Occupation	Criminal, former crimelord
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6' 0" (1.83 m)
Weight	180 lbs (81.65 kg)
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Blond
Unusual Features	Face surgically altered to look like Richard Fisk's
Origin
Origin	Human
Universe	Earth-616
Creators	Tom DeFalco, Rick Leonardi
First Appearance	Amazing Spider-Man #282 (November, 1986)

History

Alfredo Morelli was a friend of Richard Fisk, formerly the Schemer. Together they hatched a plot to overthrow Richard's father, the Kingpin, along with Ned Leeds, who they believed to be the Hobgoblin. While Richard and Ned openly manipulated the criminal underworld as Rose and Hobgoblin, Alfredo acted behind-the-scenes to aid their schemes. However, the Hobgoblin was really Roderick Kingsley, who used a brainwashed Ned as a body double to lure Richard and Alfredo into the scheme. When things went south, Ned was killed and Kingsley abandoned the Hobgoblin identity, leaving Richard and Alfredo to fend for themselves.

In their second plot against Wilson Fisk, Alfredo had his face surgically altered in order to look just like Richard. However, when the Kingpin was overthrown by the combined forces of Daredevil and Hydra, Alfredo betrayed his old friend by maintaining that he was truly Richard, and took over as the new Kingpin. Richard then became the vigilante Blood Rose, and began gunning down criminals in a bloody purge of the city. The Blood Rose even shot and wounded Alfredo, leaving him adrift at sea.

Washing up on a deserted island, Alfredo met a survivalist named Trench who helped whip him back into fighting shape. Alfredo discovered Trench was hiding a suit of nanotech armor, and stole one of the gauntlets before returning to New York. Calling himself Gauntlet, Alfredo battled the Blood Rose and other factions on an insane quest for power. He was ultimately defeated by Trench, as Nightwatch, and incarcerated.

Powers and Abilities

Power Grid

Intelligence			3
Strength		2
Speed		2
Durability		2
Energy Projection			3
Fighting Skills				4

Abilities

Alfredo Morelli is skilled in hand-to-hand combat.

Notes

Recent revelations about Nightwatch from She-Hulk (Vol. 3) #12 raise questions about whether Alfredo ever became Gauntlet, or if the events happened in a very different manner.

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