DEATH ADDER
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human mutate
Occupation: Mercenary
Group Membership: Serpent Society;
formerly Thunderbolts Army
Affiliations: None known
Enemies: The Nova Corps (Fraktur)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: None known
First Appearance: (pictured) Civil War Files #1 (2006); (actual) Nova IV#19 (January, 2009)
Powers/Abilities: Unrevealed; presumably similar to those of the original Death Adder
History:
(All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update#2) - Death Adder is speculated as presumably having gotten their powers from the Serpent Society's stolen Roxxon/Brand equipment.
(Civil War Files#1) - A listing of the
members of the "Thunderbolts Army" includes "The Serpent Society - King
Cobra (Klaus Voorhees), Death Adder (real identity unknown), Bushmaster
(Quincy McIver), & Rattler (Gustav Krueger): Four of the infamous
mercenaries have signed on with the Thunderbolts, among them a new
incarnation of the long-dead Death Adder. After years of taking jobs
for cash, these four will likely become restless without promise of
reward."
(Avengers: Initiative#1 - BTS) - Death Adder is included
in the cover crowd scene (upper far left).
Comments:
This second Death Adder was originally included in the script for the crowd scene at the end of Thunderbolts #104, but did not end up appearing there. As a result of that script, D.A. was listed in Civil War Files, and subsequently appeared on the cover of Avengers: Initiative #1 (and even then only in the preview version, as the printed version ended up covering them under the letter "A" in "Avengers"!). Death Adder also got name-dropped in the King Cobra entry in All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update #2 (2007). The character finally first appeared in the January 2009 Nova IV#19.
Looking at the Nova art used as the
main image here, I give decent odds that this new Death Adder is
female, though its far from clear. Certainly has a slight build.
--I have to disagree. The original
Death Adders was portrayed as being near-freakishly skinny (most of the
time, anyway) as well. The illusion of a "chest" in the above image is
just from the way the character is turned, not actual female breasts -
Madison Carter
Death Adder's powers are presumably patterned after the original Death Adder.
Profile by SQUEAK
CLARIFICATIONS:
DEATH ADDER should not be confused with
images: (without ads)
Nova IV#19, pg 6, panel 1 (main)
Avengers: Initiative#1, cover (image in crowd)
Civil War Files#1, pg 40 (labeled headshot inset)
Appearances:
Civil War Files#1 (2006) - Anthony Flamini (head writer), Jeff
Youngquist (editor)
Avengers: Initiative#1 (May, 2007) - Jim Cheung (cover artist)
All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update#2 (2007) - Mark
O'English (entry writer), Jeff Youngquist and Jennifer Grunwald
(editors)
Nova IV#19 (January, 2009) - Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning (writers),
Wellington Alves, Geraldo Borges (pencilers), Scott Hanna, Nelson
Pereira (inkers), Bill Rosemann (editor)
Last updated: 02/02/07
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