Who Is Dread? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dread is a Marvel comic book character, with over 10 comic issue appearances. Dread was an individual that died and was brought back to life by Anton Hellgate to serve as one of his assassins. Hellgate gave Dread augmented powers, limited psychic abilities and an energy sword. Dread would come into conflict with Vengeance, Spider-Man and Ghost Rider.

Who is Dread?

Dread is an augmented assassin for Anton Hellgate. Dread was an individual that died and was brought back to life by Anton Hellgate to serve as one of his assassins. Hellgate gave Dread augmented powers, limited psychic abilities and an energy sword. Dread was killing certain cops for snooping into Hellgate's business and one of his targets was Michael Badilino aka Vengeance . Dread came into conflict with Vengeance after he killed Detective John Logan but he retreated when more cops arrived during their first fight. Badilino and his task force received a report that Stacy Dolan may be the next target so they set up a defense perimeter around her police station. Dread took out the electricity and successfully killed several more cops before he was taken down by Vengeance. Dread was held in custody and Badilino tried to beat some answers out of him during their interrogation.

Key facts

Dread is of human origin and first appeared in "Under Fire, Part 1 of 3". The character is published by Marvel. With 10 recorded issue appearances, Dread ranks among the most featured characters in comics.