Overview
Peter Petruski is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Strange Tales #104. Petruski was among the early supervillains introduced during Marvel Comics' Silver Age and is best known by the codenames Paste-Pot Pete and Trapster. A former research chemist based in New York City, Petruski invented an extremely adhesive "multi-polymer" compound, which he employed in a paste gun to pursue a criminal career. Over the course of his publication history, he has been affiliated with several villainous groups, including the Intelligencia and the Frightful Four.