Dredmund Druid (Dredmund Cromwell) is a fictional character appearing in

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. Dredmund Druid, also referred to simply as the Druid, appeared as a subversive

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with knowledge of

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and advanced technology.

Fictional character biography

Dredmund Cromwell is born in

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. As the Druid, he becomes a professional criminal and the leader of a druidic cult. Dredmund attempts to assassinate of

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, and battles Fury and

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Dredmund later abducts

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and pits him against a maze of death-traps. He creates the Alchemoid and sets him against Captain America, and then battled Captain America with his followers. Dredmund searches for an ancient book of alchemical secrets at Greymoor Castle. He battles Captain America and Cedric Rawlings before falling into a Z-Ray pit. In the "

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" storyline, Dredmund allies with Doctor Nightshade in a scheme involving transforming ordinary people into pseudo-

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. The two battle Captain America,

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, Wolfsbane,

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, and

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. Dredmund uses the Godstone that gave John Jameson his powers to temporarily become the Starwolf. However, Cable destroys the Godstone, returning Dredmund to normal.

Powers and abilities

Dredmund Cromwell gained the ability to mesmerize and control the minds of victims by enhanced powers of hypnosis, from ingestion of various chemical elixirs and potions. Dredmund has a gifted intellect, and is an expert on ancient druidic lore. He possesses rudimentary knowledge of antinatural chemical properties and advanced knowledge of weapons technology. Dredmund the Druid sometimes wears light body armor. He has designed a wide variety of weapons thanks to both his knowledge of weapons technology and druidic lore. He uses: grenades containing various druidic potions; a light-absorber harness which renders the wearer invisible to human eyes; body lotion that imparts a hard rough texture to exposed skin, injuring opponents who strike the wearer; soundless egg-shaped high-speed flying craft; alchemically created artificial beings of various elemental body compositions; and various ancient druidic elixirs and potions. He also uses Satan's Eggs, which are egg-shaped attack devices of two types: remote-controlled maneuverable high-speed missiles and robotic ground tanks, both types equipped with various high-technology offensive weaponry including thermo-rays, multiple jet guns, and traction nodules.

References

External links

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