SIDEWINDER
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human technology user
Occupation: Criminal mercenary
Group Membership: Serpent Society (Anaconda, Black Racer, Boomslang, Bushmaster (McIver), Coachwhip, Cottonmouth, Fer-de-Lance, King Cobra, Puff Adder, Rattler, Rock Python)
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Captain America, Diamondback LMD
Known Relatives: None revealed
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Formerly Serpent Society's underground New York City catacombs.
First Appearance: Captain America IV#31 (November, 2004)
Powers/Abilities: Sidewinder is a teleporter with a range of approximately 10 miles; his range is growing over time as he adjusts to the rigors of that mode of travel. Presumably his teleportative powers are identical to those of the original Sidewinder: an implanted chip in his brain allows him to control tiny Nth Projectors built into his cloak.
History: (Official Handboook of the Marvel Universe: Teams 2005) - The original Sidewinder had been created by the Brand Corporation for Roxxon president Hugh Jones, and created and led the Serpent Society. After he left, King Cobra eventually used the Brand equipment (long since stolen by the Society) to create more Sidewinders. One such Sidewinder was killed while in the employ of Death-Sting.
(All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update#2) - After Sidewinder had been empowered he freed all imprisoned Serpent Society members from their cells.
(Captain America IV#31) - After the Serpent Society had captured and chained Captain America and Diamondback (really an L.M.D.) in its underground New York headquarters the pair escaped; Sidewinder was one of many to respond; he was knocked out by "Diamondback." S.H.I.E.L.D. subsequently took Sidewinder and the rest of the Society into custody.
Comments: (Inadvertently?) created by Robert Kirkman(writer), Scot Eaton(penciler), Drew Geraci(inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Powers and costume created to mimic the earlier Sidewinders: Seth Voelker and Sidewinder, an Iron Fist foe.
The second Sidewinder was intentionally, according to Tom Brevoort, created to not be the original Sidewinder (his speech patterns make this quite obvious). Whether the creator of this third Sidewinder realized that the original was both in jail and semi-reformed and that the successor was dead is not known; in any case, we now have a third Sidewinder.
My apologies for the image quality - those two images mark the entirety of this Sidewinder's appearances so far!
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CLARIFICATIONS:
Sidewinder (Seth Voelker) should not be confused with
images: (without ads)
Captain America IV#31, pg 9, panel 5(main image)
Captain America IV#31, pg 11, panel 5(unconscious)
Appearances:
Captain America IV#31 (November, 2004) - Robert Kirkman(writer), Scot Eaton(penciler), Drew Geraci(inker), Tom Brevoort(editor)
Official Handboook of the Marvel Universe: Teams 2005 (July, 2005) - Mark O'English(entry writer), Jeff Youngquist(editor)
Last updated: 02/02/07
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