Who Is Dreadlox? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dreadlox is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Estelle Hawkins, with over 5 comic issue appearances. Dreadlox is a villain who first appeared in 1993's Marvel comic Secret Defenders in which she battled both Spiderwoman and Wolverine. She has the ability to exploit the deepest phobias of her opponents by manifesting those fears via powerful illusions.

Who is Dreadlox?

Origin When Lilith Mother of all Demons was freed from Leviathan, her mystical prison, and summoned her Lilin , their presence weakened the dimensional fabrics and this led to a reality rip to occur in Phoenix, Arizona , in a rundown building basement. This rip allowed a hive-minded bacteria known as the Viral Swarm to enter Earth-616. In the Viral Swarm's homeworld, they were the dominant life-form as they had fed on and consumed all other living beings. The Viral Swarm, seeing the reality rip into Earth-616, saw this as an opportunity for new life energy to feed on. The basement in Phoenix, Arizona was being used by several homeless people as a shelter. The Viral Swarm bacteria separated and in doing so found amongst the various homeless people individual hosts. This particular part of the hive bacteria would enter a female and transformed herself into the being known as Dreadlox. Creation Dreadlox was created by Roy Thomas and Andre Coates in 1993 and first appeared in The Secret Defenders #1.

Key facts

Dreadlox is of infection origin and first appeared in "A Gathering of Heroes". The character is published by Marvel. With 5 recorded issue appearances, Dreadlox ranks among the most featured characters in comics.