Who Is Bloodscream? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Bloodscream is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Zachariah Ravenscraft, with over 124 comic issue appearances. A long-lived nemesis of Wolverine, Bloodscream is a powerful vampire-like being with a bloodlust and capabilities similar to them, but possesses none of their traditional weaknesses.

Who is Bloodscream?

Origin Cursed by the necromancer. In life, Bloodscream was born Zachariah Ravenscraft in 16th century England , and was a man who spent much of his youth apprenticing under a doctor. He later served as a Sawbones - a naval surgeon - for Sir Francis Drake 's pirate fleet sometime between 1577 to 1580. He unfortunately wound up being mortally wounded during an attack on a Spanish galleon, upon which Sir Drake directed a shaman to heal him. The shaman was actually however a necromancer whose only way to save Zachariah was to trap him between life and death, turning him into a pseudo- vampire . Furious for being made into such an abomination, Zachariah demanded the necromancer to tell him how to reverse his curse, who told him that only a special potion made with the "blood of a man who ageth not" could cure him. When he asked where he could find such a man, the necromancer simply replied "they go to war!" Thus Zachariah went out to participate in whatever war he could, until during the 20th century when he served as a soldier for Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. He saw action during World War II and first encountered the man then known only as Logan, who would later become Wolverine , .

Key facts

Bloodscream is of other origin and first appeared in "Bloodsport". The character is published by Marvel. With 124 recorded issue appearances, Bloodscream ranks among the most featured characters in comics.