Copperhead (DC Comics)
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Copperhead was a DC Comics supervillain, he first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #78, June (1968) and was created by Bob Haney and Bob Brown.
The second Copperhead is a DC Comics superheroine from India, she first appears in 52 #10, September (2006), and was created by Geoff Johns and Chris Batista.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
[edit] Original Copperhead
The criminal known as Copperhead first appeared in Gotham City in a snake costume. He committed numerous thefts before finally being apprehended by Batman and the first Batgirl. Copperhead then turned to more deadly pursuits as a super-assassin, constricting victims to a suffocating death with his costume's tail. During this time, he would become obsessive about his target and think of nothing until the target was dead, which proved to be a weakness at times as he would ignore anything he did not consider immediately relevant.
Copperhead used the travel opportunities his freelance career afforded him to pursue his hobby of collecting transistor radios.
Although a master contortionist, Copperhead was largely powerless without his snakeskin costume. He later sold his soul to the demon Neron in exchange for more power, being transformed into a deadly Snake/Man hybrid. He was later killed by Manhunter, Kate Spencer.
[edit] Current Copperhead
A new heroic female Copperhead from India was introduced in the pages of 52, along with other superhuman representatives from countries that had recently signed the Freedom of Power Treaty.
[edit] Powers & abilities
- The original Copperhead's contortionist skills allow him to fit himself into incredibly small spaces (such as chimneys). He originally wore a snake-themed costume. The suit was a weave of metallic and elastic fibers coated in vulnerable points (such as the chest) with Kevlar, making it bulletproof and impenetrable to almost any cutting edged weapon. The costume had been treated with a highly slippery water- and heat-proof silicon gel, allowing Copperhead to slide along any surface and slip out of tight spots. The tail could be stretched several feet and was strong enough to snap bone and shatter stone. The suit's helmet contained two seven-inch-long fangs which were capable of piercing human skin, and were coated in a potent neurotoxin derived from copperhead snakes. The toxin could paralyze a person almost instantly, and death would follow within 30 minutes.
- Later, the original Copperhead sold his soul to the demon Neron and was transformed into a human-snake hybrid. His reflexes and agility were greatly increased, and he gained venomous fangs, a forked tongue, claws, and a prehensile tail.
[edit] Other media
- The original Copperhead has appeared in several episodes of Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, voiced in his first episode by Efrain Figueroa, and every following appearance by Jose Yenque. He has been on both Lex Luthor's and Aresia's Injustice Gang, and was a member of the Legion of Doom shown on Justice League Unlimited. During the mutiny within the Legion of Doom, he sided against Luthor, and was subsequently both frozen solid by Killer Frost and apparently blown up by Darkseid.
- This Copperhead is pretty similar to the comic version (he has yet to actually display his contortionist abilities on the show). Here, he seems to show some elements of "splicing", a term used in Batman Beyond to denote people who had their genes augmented with animal DNA. Copperhead has slightly serpentine features and a long forked tongue. He has had more recurring appearances than most minor villains on Justice League, apparently due to the fact that he is a particular favorite of Justice League producer James Tucker.
