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Absorbing Man First confrontation: Unknown An ultra-violent boxer gone criminal, after Loki bestowed powers on him, he teamed up with the Masters of Evil. |
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Agron First confrontation: Unknown
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Alake First confrontation: Unknown Sam "Snap" Wilson is the long time partner of Captain America |
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Anti-Cap First confrontation: Unknown Anti-Cap is a boy who boosted his human abilitys and imitated Captain Americas look. |
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Arnim Zola First confrontation: Unknown Armin Zola is a brillant and distrubed scientist. He is able to clone bodies for people and transfer their brain patterns to the new bodies. |
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Avalanche First confrontation: Unknown A member of Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. |
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Batroc First confrontation: Unknown Batroc is a human mercenary who is skilled in virtually every form of unarmed combat and is a perfect master of savate. He leads a band of hand-picked mercenaries called the Batroc's Brigade. |
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Boomslang First confrontation: Unknown Boomslang is a member of the Serpent Society that throws snake shaped boomerangs. |
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Coachwhip First confrontation: Unknown Coachwhip is a serpent-themed villain most often affiliated with either Viper or the Serpent Society. |
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Cobra First confrontation: Unknown Klaus Voorhees was a convicted criminal who was assigned to become the lab assistant of renown medical researcher and humanitarian Professor Shecktor. At the side of the scientist, Voorhees learned a great deal about serpents and chemistry, but soon grew envious of the Schecktor's achievements and the respect he received from his peers. Eventually his jealousy evolved into hatred, and Voorhees decided to murder Shecktor by making a cobra from the lab to bite him. Voorhees would then cause himself to be bitten by the cobra (making the whole incident look like an accident), but he would then consume an experimental antidote for the snake venom. Putting his plan in motion, Voorhees succeeded in murdering Shecktor. Unknown to Voorhees, however, the serpent he chose had been irradiated as part of an experimental process for the immunization of humans against snake venom. The antidote saved Voorhees' life, but the irradiated poison of the cobra endowed him with powers similar to those of a snake. Deciding to use his new abilities for criminal enterprise, Voorhees adopted the costumed identity of the Cobra. His first attempt at crime involved the concoction of a cobra-serum in order to transform the world's populace into similarly snake-powered slaves. His plan, however, was thwarted by the thunder god Thor, who would become the Cobra's arch-nemesis in the early years of his villainous career. After numerous attempts at crime, the Cobra teamed up with Mister Hyde to gain revenge on Thor, and despite their defeat, they began a long partnership together. Their next team-up was on behalf of Loki. On his urging, the two kidnapped Blake’s nurse and love interest, Jane Foster but were again defeated by Thor. The pair crossed the paths of many heroes, most notably Daredevil and Spider-Man. The Cobra parted company with Hyde for a time, joining with the original Viper’s Serpent Squad and battling against Captain America and the Falcon. Later, he was freed from prison by a new Serpent Squad led by the female Viper. He immediately challenged the Viper’s leadership, but she quickly and soundly defeated him. The Squad’s objective was to raise the sunken continent Lemuria to aid Viper’s ally, the warlord Krang. The Viper, however, was operating under the influence of the Serpent Crown, and the Cobra suddenly felt out of his element-- after all, he was only in it for the money, and not the resultant clash with the authorities and Captain America (in his identity of Nomad.) The Cobra and Viper were the only two to escape the authorities, but the police managed to track them back to the U.S. In the final battle, the Cobra tried to cut and run, but Viper, enraged by his cowardice, shot him in the back. Nevertheless, Nomad and the Cobra seemed to be the only ones to escape the hideout as it went down in flames. The Cobra and Mister Hyde, working on behalf of the Purple Man, suffered yet another defeat from Daredevil, were remanded to Ryker’s Island prison. The Cobra used his powers to escape, but willingly left Hyde behind when they ran into difficulties. Enraged, Hyde swore vengeance on his former partner. Mister Hyde would later return to stalk the Cobra, who was at this time was seriously fearing for his life. Hyde was stopped by Spider-Man, after a long and ferocious battle, by getting stunned after being knocked out a high window. The Cobra was recruited by the Sidewinder to become a member of his new organization, the Serpent Society. The Cobra remained with this organization for a long time, rising to become one of Sidewinder's most trusted lieutenants. When Viper returned to take over the Society, the Cobra (among with Society members Anaconda and Cottonmouth) decided to support her as the new leader. He began to question Viper, however, when she revealed her plan to mutate everyone in Washington DC into serpent-like creatures. Eventually, the Cobra rebelled and single-handedly defeated Viper, who he later turned over to Captain America. With Viper's takeover thwarted, the Serpent Society was reorganized. Bitter over his betrayal by various Society members, Sidewinder resigned from his position as team leader, leaving the Cobra in his stead. This began a new period of Voorhees’ life, as his recent successes lent him a determination to re-invent himself for his new position of leadership, The Cobra sought out the one person that he still feared above all-- Mister Hyde. After going one-on-one with his former partner, the Cobra succeeded in besting him. Flushed with new confidence, he renamed himself King Cobra, and the long grudge match between the two seemed to be over. Under King Cobra’s leadership, the Society first tried to put Diamondback on trial for betraying them by developing a relationship with Captain America. The trial was a disaster. Not only did Diamondback escape (with the help of Sidewinder), but he lost the support of her friends within the group, and Diamondback led Captain America and Paladin to the team to take them down. With its members scattered, the Serpent Society remained too fragmented to be considered a significant threat as it was under Sidewinder’s direction. Indeed, it was only after creating new “Sidewinders” with similar teleportaion technology as their namesakes that the team could once again operate at full capacity. King Cobra appeared as one of the many villains who were freed upon a massive breakout of the Raft staged by Electro. Although many were thwarted by the new Avengers, King Cobra managed to get away but became the first such escapee who the new hero Toxin hoped to bring to justice. Toxin used Mister Hyde as an informant on his former partner, successuflly tracking him down, and King Cobra was brought back to prison. When the Commission on Superhuman Activities persuaded the Thunderbolts to track down super-villains and recruit them to join the pro-registration side of the Superhuman Registration Act, King Cobra decided to join the Thunderbolts. Retrieved from "http://www.marvel.com/universe/King_Cobra_(Klaus_Voorhees)" |
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Cockroach Hamilton First confrontation: Unknown
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Cottonmouth First confrontation: Unknown Cottonmouth is a vicious member of the Serpent Society with the ability to unhinge his jaw. With a row of steel teeth, he enjoys biting the heads off of his victims. |
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Crimson Commando First confrontation: Unknown Former member of the group Freedom Force. |
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Curtiss Jackson First confrontation: Unknown
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Dr. Faustus First confrontation: Unknown Doctor Faustus is a villain mostly associated with Captain America. He deems himself "Master of Mens' Minds" for using Psychological combat against his enemies. |
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Eel First confrontation: Unknown Edward Lavell took the mantle of the Eel from the deceased Leopold Stryke, and has upgraded his armor and technology to enhance his criminal lifestyle. |
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Electro First confrontation: Unknown An electrifying supervillain of Spider-Man |
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Flag-Smasher First confrontation: Unknown
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Flying Tiger First confrontation: Unknown Sam "Snap" Wilson is the long time partner of Captain America |
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Grand Director First confrontation: Unknown After Grand Director had been released from suspended animation, Falcon, along with Captain America and Agent 13 put him into suspended animation again. |
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Grey Gargoyle First confrontation: Unknown The Grey Gargoyle can turn his body into stone and others into stone for a period of one hour. |
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Klaw First confrontation: Unknown Klaw has a gun on his arm that turns sound into images. Recently, his body was converted into pure sound. |
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Lucifer First confrontation: Unknown X-Men villain who cost Professor X the use of his legs. |
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MODOK First confrontation: Unknown M.O.D.O.K. is an acronym for Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing. He has a plethora of psychic powers, which he used to take control of AIM. |
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Man-Ape First confrontation: Unknown M'Baku is a worshipper of the sacred White Gorilla who was exiled from Wakanda because of his actions in leading the cult. A sacred ritual gave him apelike strength, agility and stamina. |
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Morgan First confrontation: Unknown Back in the 70's, Morgan was one of the highest crime bosses in New York, but he had the bad luck of becoming one of Luke Cage's enemies. He has since had little no appearances. |
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Mr. Hyde First confrontation: Unknown Inspired by the famous novel, Zabo concocted a similar formula. Repeated use of this formula destroyed his sanity. |
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Night Flyer First confrontation: Unknown The Night Flyer is a hitman dedicated to the art of killing. |
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Nightshade First confrontation: Unknown A brilliant biochemist who is well-known for having turned Captain America into a werewolf at one point. |
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Rattler First confrontation: Unknown Rattler is a member of the Serpent Society with the ability to create vibrations with his bionic tail. |
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Red Skull First confrontation: Unknown Red Skull is known as Hitler's successor, more devious than Hitler. He climbed the ranks and finally overthrew him with Captain America being his greatest enemy. |
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Scarecrow First confrontation: Unknown Circus contortionist turned to a life of crime. |
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Sin First confrontation: Unknown She is the daughter of the Red Skull. She has been the leader of the Sisters of Sin. |
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Stiletto First confrontation: Unknown
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Stone-Face First confrontation: Unknown Leader of own gang. Called Stone-Face, because he has a half-paralyzed face |
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Veda First confrontation: Unknown Veda is a member of the Corporation. |
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Viper First confrontation: Unknown The newest person calling himself Viper killed a man to get the suit. |
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Viper First confrontation: Unknown Former Madame Hydra HYDRA is a worldwide subversive organization dedicated to global domination. At its height, HYDRA was the most extensive, powerful, and dangerous such organization in history. |
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Yellow Claw First confrontation: Unknown
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