Bram Velsing is a Latverian scientist, unsatisfied with serving Doctor Doom whom he referred to as a "grotesque mockery of a man" and thought himself as his superior. Upon learning of Velsing's treacherous ideals, Doom grafts a skull-like metal helmet to his head, scarring him as a way to make him even with Doom.[2] Velsing flees and comes under the care of Victoria Frankenstein, who nurses him back to health at Castle Frankenstein. The character gains a variety of weapons and rides the "Hellhorse", a bat-winged horse created by Victoria Frankenstein using the Black Knight's horse Aragorn. Calling himself the Dreadknight, the character attempts to force more resources from Frankenstein to defeat Doctor Doom, only to be defeated by Iron Man and Frankenstein's Monster and rendered comatose.[3]
Dreadknight appeared as a member of Wizard's latest incarnation of the Frightful Four alongside Trapster and Man-Bull. In their attempt to capture a physicist named Dr. Cargill, the Frightful Four were defeated by Spider-Man and Dr. Cargill's daughter Turbine.[5]
Dreadknight was among the villains who attend the wedding of Absorbing Man and Titania. He flees when She-Hulk crashes the wedding.[6]
Dreadknight battles Iron Man, but is defeated, and the Hellhorse abandons him.[10]
Powers and abilities
Dreadknight wears a steel alloy body armor granting him superhuman strength and durability. He uses a power lance capable of projecting energy blasts; electrified steel cable bolas; miniature missiles; and also uses a carbon dioxide pistol that fires concentrated nerve gas which can render opponents unconscious or kill them. Bram Velsing is also a gifted scientist with skills as an engineer.
Dreadknight rides the "Hellhorse", a demonic mutant horse.
Other versions
Mini Marvels
In the Mini-Marvels reality, Dreadknight is depicted as a child.[11]
Ultimate Marvel
An alternate universe variant of Dreadknight from Earth-1610 appears in Ultimate Comics: Armor Wars. This version is German and wields armor based on Iron Man's designs.[12]
In other media
Television
Dreadknight and his Hellhorse, Nightwing, appears in Iron Man, voiced by Neil Dickson.[13] These versions serve as the Mandarin's henchmen, with Dreadknight competing against fellow henchman Blacklash for Hypnotia's affection.
A legion of Dreadknights appear in the Iron Man: Armored Adventures episode "Ancient History 101".[citation needed] They are depicted as stone statues created by the original Mandarin to guard one of his Makluan rings and test his potential successors' wisdom. They come to life after Gene Khan fails the test and attack him and his friends until Tony Stark passes the aforementioned test.
Merchandise
Toy Biz produced a Dreadknight action figure for the Iron Man animated series tie-in line.
A figure of Dreadknight was released for the Marvel Super Hero Squad line in The Danger of Dreadknight four-pack, packaged with two figures of Iron Man and one of the Mandarin.
^"Dreadknight Voice - Iron Man (1994) (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 24, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
