DEATH ADDER
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human mutate
Occupation: Mercenary
Group Membership: Serpent Society;
formerly Thunderbolts Army
Affiliations: None known
Enemies: None known
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: None known
First Appearance: None, yet!
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 his 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) - 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, he 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 him under the letter "A" in "Avengers"!). He also got name-dropped in the King Cobra entry in All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update #2 (2007). However, he has yet to actually appear anywhere!
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)
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)
Last updated: 02/02/07
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