Gabriele was born in Brooklyn, New York and began his venture in comic books at the age of 16 by holding the 1972 convention FanCon '72 in Norfolk, Virginia, hosting such guests as Kelly Freas, Wally Wood, Murray Leinster, and Mike Kaluta.
[4][7] Eventually, Gabriele, Denys Cowan, and fellow artist Trevor Von Eeden shared an apartment in New York's Chelsea Hotel.
There Gabriele designed the original "Beast Machine" characters for Strongen-Mayhiem's Power Lords (the action figures would be released by Revell).
Concurrently, Gabriele stepped into the role of the Dark Angel and became part of Dick the Bruiser's WWA, working live events and television episodes with wrestling legends like Don Kent, Yukon Moose Cholak, Bobo Brazil, Scott Steiner, Terry Sullivan, as well as Dick the Bruiser himself.
During the 1990s, Gabriele (along with his protégé Jeff Newman) collaborated with Denys Cowan in Milestone Comics "universe," as well as inking titles such as Static and Hardware.
[6] In 1998, Gabriele was enticed back into professional wrestling, reprising his 1980s television show Powerslam as Powerslam2000, and recruiting Big Bang Comics co-creator Chris Ecker as an announcer.
A court battle between and Powerslam determined Lakeshore were the sole owners of the properties, pulling his unauthorized items from eBay and other online retailers.