Peter Petruski (Earth-7045)

Not pictured: his signature gun.

Peter Petruski was the inventor of an artificial adhesive as part of a think tank of research scientists. The think tank's collapse from lack of funding forced Petruski to turn to crime, earning the alias Trapster by the media. He has since become a long time ally and friend of the Wizard, having already earned a spot as one of the Fantastic Four's earliest rogues.

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Peter Petruski is a genius-level chemist and inventor, combining the two into his specialty: chemical adhesives. He is skilled at using his paste-gun in a fight.

Weaknesses

 * Embarrassing Nickname: Because of his specialty in adhesives, Petruski's former colleagues in the think tank gave him the nickname, Paste Pot Pete. Calling this out is a sure fire way to enrage Trapster.

Equipment

 * Paste-Gun: Petruski’s special “paste-gun” fires a stream of glue (the prototype supplied by a canister worn at his hip). The adhesive dries instantly, can adhere to nearly any surface, and is virtually unbreakable, flameproof, and vulnerable only to ultraviolet light. He is so accomplished with the use of his gun that he can trap an opponent’s limb, jam machinery, build restraining walls, and form paste “lassos.” He could even retract the stream of glue, a technique which helped him to form a swing-line much like Spider-Man.

As the Trapster, Petruski expanded his repertoire with special traps (some developed in collaboration with the Wizard). He changes the variety of traps according to his mission, but past examples include scatter-shot balls and discs (that can rebound and snap on his opponents limbs) and a “memory wire” (that can assume pre-planned shapes such as a cage or a weapon). The Trapster’s boots and gloves have also been outfitted with adhesive systems so that he can walk up certain vertical or upside-down surfaces. Recent designs of the Paste-Gun have been modified to resemble and work like military-issue assault rifles, forcing Petruski to take up marksmanship to compensate.

Trivia

 * Petruski's embarrassing nickname and prototype Past-Gun are, of course, a reference to his mainstream counterpart's first supervillain identity of the same name.