Dreadknight
Dreadknight is a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. He has ties to Doctor Doom, and has come into conflict with Iron Man.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | IRON MAN #101 |
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| Alter ego | Bram Velsing |
| Team affiliations | Doctor Doom |
| Abilities | Has none, but wears a full body suit of electrically insulated steel-alloy chain mail protecting him against ballistic impacts. He also weilds a power-lance, which is rigged with a number of offensive technological devices. |
Biography
Bram Velsing was a brilliant scientist in Latveria, who was not content to simply execute the technological schemes of his evil monarch, Doctor Doom. Learning of Velsing's rebellious ambitions, Doom had a mask permanently fused to Velsing's face so that, like Doom's, his features were hidden for all time. Anguished and humiliated, Velsing fled Latveria, and eventually fell under the care of the Children, the genetic creations of Dr. Victor Frankenstein, tended by Frankenstein's great-granddaughter, Victoria. While being nursed back to health at her castle, Velsing encountered the winged horse of the criminal Black Knight, which Victoria Frankenstein had tried to restore to normal, but had only succeeded in further mutating. Bram Velsing decided to use the horse, his scientific intellect, and terrifying visage to seek revenge against Doom, under a new identify, the Dreadknight. When the Dreadknight sought to steal the secret notebooks of Victor Frankenstein, Victoria Frankenstein thwarted his plan with the aid of Frankenstein's Monster and Iron Man who had landed in Yugoslavia en route to America. Though the Dreadknight was left in the care of the Children after his defeat, his current whereabouts are unknown
Equpment
The Dreadknight wears a full body suit of electrically insulated steel-alloy chain mail protecting him against ballistic impacts up to and including that of a .45 caliber bullet. The suit weighs about 60 pounds.
Dreadknight's major weapon is his power-lance, which is rigged with a number of offensive technological devices. Including twin force-blast pods capable of projecting electromagnetic beams of charged alpha particles exerting a concussive force sufficient to blast through a foot-thick wall of cinderblocks, two spools of eighth-inch thick conductive steel cable, fifty feet in length which the Dreadknight can electrify with sufficient amperage to kill a small elephant, and the offensive capacity of its two "penetroshell" explosive missile launchers.
The Dreadknight also carries a CO2 pistol that emits a highly concentrated nerve gas, which can render an average human being unconscious in 2 seconds.
Dreadknight rides a black bat-winged horse he calls Hellhorse. This steed originally belonged to Nathan Garrett, the first Black Knight of the Twentieth Century, and was mutated to its present state by Victoria Frankenstein. The horse is able to lift aloft about 270 pounds beyond its own weight, and fly at a top speed of about 50 miles par hour for up to one hour before it needs to rest.