Source: marvel.com
9. Dreadknight
I frigging love Dreadknight. He’s so insane and amazing.
So let’s start with his name. His name is Bram Velsing. Bram. Velsing. That sounds like a spoonerism of a real name, but it somehow isn’t. It’s a riff on Bram Stoker and Van Helsing, because sure, why not.
Velsing was a Latverian scientist who was doing his own thing. And Dr. Doom didn’t really like that. So Doom welded a mask to Velsing’s face. Like a jerk. Velsing fled and found refuge with Victoria Frankenstein, the classic doctor’s great granddaughter. There, he encountered supervillain The Black Knight’s winged horse, and stole it.
He became a supervillain and fought numerous heroes, including the Golden Avenger. And Doctor Strange. And Spider-Man. And the Avengers. Dude’s persistent, for a guy with a dumb name and a metal mask stuck to his face. I mean, he has a flying horse. That’s pretty baller. He’s got the whole knight thing going for him. Hell, he was even in the Frightful Four, and maybe the Masters of Evil, depending on who you ask. Go team Bram.
