The hands-bare version is what finally won out - the gloves are just too much unrelenting black, plus they create some problems in other ways.
Ballistic is secretly Terry Paine, a 20-year-old Criminology student at Phillip Jimenez University. There are two or three older adventures of his that I'll post later on; one this month and at least one next month. His look and feel there are somewhat different, but going forward this will be his new look.