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Dreadknight

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Dreadknight

Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance IRON MAN #101
Created by
Character Information
Real name Bram Velsing
Status Unknown
Previous affiliations Doctor Doom, and the Frightful Four
Notable powers 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 devices.

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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 Latveria is a fictional nation in the Marvel Universe. ... Doctor Doom, real name Victor von Doom, is a Marvel Comics supervillain. ... Masks in a Guatemalan Market A mask is a piece of material or kit worn on the face. ... Victor von Frankenstein is the protagonist of the 1818 novel Frankenstein, written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Black Knight is the name of several fictional characters, both heroic and villainous, in Marvel Comics universe. ... This article is about mutation in biology, for other meanings see: mutation (disambiguation). ... Boris Karloff as Frankensteins monster, along with Elsa Lanchester, in Bride of Frankenstein Frankensteins monster (sometimes Frankensteins creature or the Frankenstein monster) is a creature first appearing in Mary Shelleys novel, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ... Iron Man (Anthony Tony Stark) is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, Југославија in Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ...


Equpment

The Dreadknight wears a full body suit of electrically insulated steel-alloy chainmail protecting him against ballistic impacts up to and including that of a .45 caliber bullet. The suit weighs about 60 pounds. The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... An alloy is a combination, either in solution or compound, of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, and where the resulting material has metallic properties. ... David rejects the unaccustomed armour (detail of fol. ... .357 Magnum cartridges, containing bullets A bullet is a solid projectile propelled by a firearm and is normally made from metal (usually lead). ...


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. Electromagnetism is the physics of the electromagnetic field: a field, encompassing all of space, composed of the electric field and the magnetic field. ... An alpha particle is deflected by a magnetic field Alpha particles or alpha rays are a form of particle radiation which are highly ionizing and have low penetration. ... Genera and Species Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea. ...


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. Carbon dioxide is an atmospheric gas comprised of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. ... Also known as Nerve agents, it is the term used for a type of chemical warfare substance that interferes with the transmission of nerve impulses. ...


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.


In Other Media

In the 1994 Iron Man animated series, Dreadknight served as one of the minions of the Mandarin. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... Iron Man (Anthony Tony Stark) is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... The Mandarin is a Marvel Comics supervillain and enemy of Iron Man. ...


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  Results from FactBites:
 
Dreadknight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (91 words)
Dreadknight is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Universe.
He was created by writer Bill Mantlo and penciller George Tuska in Iron Man #101 (August, 1977).
In the 1994 Iron Man animated series, Dreadknight served as one of the minions of the Mandarin.
Dreadknight (627 words)
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.
Dreadknight's major weapon is his power-lance, which is rigged with a number of offensive technological devices.
Each of the Dreadknight's four 3-inch long solid-fuel rocket-propelled projectiles, shot from the hilt of the lance, detonates upon impact with the explosive force of 5 pounds of TNT.
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