Copperhead (DC Comics)

The criminal known as Copperhead first appeared in Gotham City in a copperhead costume.[2] He committed numerous thefts before finally being apprehended by Batman and Batgirl. Copperhead then turned to more deadly pursuits as a super-assassin, constricting victims to a suffocating death with his costume's tail.[3] 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.

At various times, he fought Hawk and Dove, Superboy, and Jack Knight, in addition to joining the original incarnation of Secret Society of Super Villains.[4] 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 snake-skin costume.

During the Underworld Unleashed storyline, Copperhead sold his soul to the demon Neron in exchange for power, being transformed into a deadly human-snake hybrid.[5][6][7]

He was later killed by Manhunter, Kate Spencer.[1][8]

During the Blackest Night storyline, Copperhead has been identified as one of the deceased entombed below the Hall of Justice. He is listed as "John Doe", as his real name had never been discovered.[9] He was reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps.[10] Copperhead is destroyed by the combined efforts of seven Lanterns during the Black Lantern Corps' attack on Coast City.[11]

Teen Titans #56 featured a team of villains called the "Terror Titans", legacy villains whose mantles are inherited from older villains. One of the members shown is identified as Copperhead and appears visually as the character prior to the deal with Neron. The story did not reveal any information about the character or provide context with regard to previous stories. [12]

In the subsequent Terror Titans miniseries, it is revealed that the second Copperhead's true identity is Nathan Prince, and he is the only member of the Terror Titans who does not have a family connection to his predecessor. As a child, Nathan drowned his baby sibling out of jealousy, and even attempted to kill his parents. Unable to go through with it, he instead ran away to live on the streets, where he would solicit himself, having sex with older men, after which he would kill and rob them. It is still unknown how Prince came to work for Clock King. During The Dark Side Club's metahuman battles, the heroine TNTeena is badly injured, and Clock King tasks Copperhead with watching over her as she recuperates. Copperhead complies, and over time, falls in love with her.[13] However, Nathan is later forced by Clock King to kill her.[14] Nate and the rest of the Terror Titans are then sent to assist the Martyr Militia, a group of brainwashed metahumans, in destroying Los Angeles, but the tables are turned by Ravager and Miss Martian, who uses her telepathy to undo the brainwashing. The Terror Titans flee to their base, only for Clock King to kill Disruptor, and leave them to be apprehended by the metahumans. Two weeks later, Nate breaks his fellow Terror Titans out of custody, and the group swear revenge on Clock King.[15]

Copperhead appears in the New 52 (a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe). He is a criminal named Sameer Park and is a mutated anthropomorphic snake man as opposed to being a villain wearing a snake costume as well as member of the Secret Society of Super Villains.[16] He is killed by Deathstroke in Forever Evil #5.

A female Copperhead using the alias Jane Doe makes her debut sometime after the death of her predecessor. This version of the character resembles its appearance in Batman: Arkham Origins; DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns has said that this new incarnation and daughter of Copperhead would appear as a villain in the New 52 after the game's release.[17] Copperhead is described as a deadly hitwoman and one of the two most toxic individuals on the planet (the other being Cheshire).[18]

Larissa Diaz is a South American crime boss in Central City, as well as a former mercenary. She is an antagonist of both Batman and the Flash. Two-Face placed a large bounty on Batman's head that many super-villains and mercenaries intended to collect, including Copperhead. Alongside several other villains Copperhead tracked down the Bat to an active train. Climbing on board the train Copperhead attempted to kill Batman but he was able to escape by jumping into a flowing stream. After a brief stint of assassinations and other mercenary jobs, Copperhead was called up to lead her families' crime business in Central City. After a mysterious rival boss started muscling in on her territory she decided to hire several mercenaries to enforce her rule, two of these mercenaries were Shrapnel and Black Spider. However Black Spider was arrested by the Flash for robbing a diamond exchange, and Shrapnel was arrested after murdering the Road Reapers. Soon after this another pair of mercenaries were apprehended by the Flash- Trigger Twins, this prompted Copperhead to open negotiations with the mysterious crime lord whom she discovered was Captain Cold of the Rogues, in order to find away to defeat the Flash. Copperhead followed Cold's plan to eliminate the Flash, but Cold turned on her when he planted a cold bomb in a weapons delivery. The Flash was able to save her after he apprehended Cold, but without any evidence of her involvement she was allowed to walk free.

Another Copperhead appears as one of the many villains Batman and Catwoman take down when he takes her on a typical night of his job. This version appears again to be inhuman, with copper skin but with some un-snake-like qualities, such as teeth.[19] They are later shown as one of the many villains in Batman's Rogues Gallery to be beaten down by Bane in his attempt to reach Batman in Arkham.[20] They later take part in a scheme organized by Helena Bertinelli's mother Fenice and are arrested by the Birds of Prey.

A kid version of Copperhead named Johnny appears in Tiny Titans comics.

Another Copperhead appears in Batman: Arkham Unhinged #10 (March 2013) resembling the classic version who is seen with Amanda Waller's Task Force X.

In the Injustice series, Copperhead is a Suicide Squad criminal who obeys Wonder Woman and the Regime. She first appears in the Injustice vs Masters of the Universe crossover.

The original Copperhead appears in Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman '77 #5 (July 2017).

• Copperhead appeared in the DCAU, voiced primarily by Jose Yenque.

Copperhead as depicted in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited

• • The John Doe version of Copperhead appears in the Justice League TV series voiced by Efrain Figueroa and later voiced by Jose Yenque.[24] He is similar to the comic version with a poisonous bite and prehensile tail. Copperhead is generally portrayed as an acrobatic idiot, consistently outsmarting himself in almost every appearance. He is not cowardly, however, having once mocked Superman while the latter attempted to interrogate him. He has been seen as a member of both Lex Luthor's and Aresia's Injustice Gang. He also appears briefly in "Only a Dream" in which he fights with Hawkgirl after he, Firefly, Volcana, Luminus, and Solomon Grundy escape from Stryker's Island.
  • Copperhead also appeared in Justice League Unlimited. In "Kids Stuff", during which Morgaine le Fey's son Mordred used an ancient amulet to transport all of the adults in the world to another dimension, so he could rule the world as king of the kids. When the spell took effect, Copperhead, Blockbuster, Cheetah, and KGBeast were fighting Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman at Fort Knox. When they were teleported to the other dimension Copperhead believed that it was judgement day and they all went to the "bad place", though he is confused when he sees the heroes there. Later on in the series, Copperhead appears is a member of the expanded Secret Society led by Gorilla Grodd. During the mutiny within the Secret Society, he sided with Gorilla Grodd against Luthor. Like the other mutineers, Copperhead was subsequently both frozen solid by Killer Frost and apparently blown up by Darkseid.
• The John Doe version of Copperhead appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Legends of the Dark Mite." He is seen robbing a museum only to be thwarted by Green Arrow.
• A female version of the character appears in Gotham portrayed by Lesley-Ann Brandt.[25][26][27] Her real name is Larissa Diaz and she is a professional assassin who specializes in contortionism and hand-to-hand combat. She first appeared in "Lovecraft" (she is based on the version of Copperhead that appears in Batman: Arkham Origins), where she and two unnamed assassins are sent by an as-yet-unknown party to target Selina Kyle after killing Wayne Manor's groundskeeper. While one of the unnamed assassins was killed in a gunfight with Alfred Pennyworth, Copperhead and the other assassin went after Selina Kyle and Bruce Wayne. In a discussion with James Gordon, Harvey Dent suspects Dick Lovecraft hired the assassins. When at Dick Lovecraft's condo, Copperhead and the unnamed assassin attacked James Gordon and Dick Lovecraft. Copperhead managed to knock out James Gordon with her contortionist moves. By the time James Gordon regained conscious, he found that Copperhead and the other assassin had managed to kill Dick Lovecraft. Copperhead and the other assassin are tipped off of Selina Kyle's location by her fence Clyde. After the other assassin was knocked out by Selina Kyle, Copperhead held Bruce Wayne at gunpoint asking where Selina Kyle is. Upon Alfred's arrival, Copperhead gets away.

• Copperhead appears in the animated movie Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. He is among the villains that attack Batman and Superman.
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  Copperhead in a scene of the movie Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
  Copperhead under the civilian name of Sameer Park appears in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, voiced by Gideon Emery.[24] He appears in the film as a member of Amanda Waller's Task Force X program and a metahuman. While he plays a big role in the mission the Squad is sent for, he is the one who speaks less in the team and through most of his moments, he intimidates others by hissing and showing off his fangs and tongue. In the film's climax, Copperhead fights Killer Frost to stop her from escaping with the "Get Out of Hell Free" card until Amanda Waller detonates the bomb in him, killing him and Killer Frost.

• Copperhead appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
• Copperhead appears in Batman: Arkham Origins voiced by Rosa Salazar. DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns has said that this new incarnation and daughter of Copperhead would appear as a villain in the New 52 "after the game's release."[28] Copperhead is among the eight assassins that are hired by Black Mask to kill Batman. She is portrayed as a skilled contortionist and escape artist wearing metal, clawed gloves coated with a toxin that makes those she scratches experience intense hallucinations before dying, has ritualistic tattoos known to be found on the skin of gang members in Spanish gangs across the country, wears leather skin tight pants which cover both her ankles and partially her feet which have claws on them. Copperhead is also implied to be part of a group of South American assassins who all use the moniker "Copperhead", as Batman is surprised that this Copperhead is a woman as previous versions were supposed to be male.
• In Batman: Arkham Knight, Copperhead's poison can be found in one of the tables of Ace Chemicals.
• The John Doe Copperhead appears in Lego DC Super Villains, with Gideon Emery reprising his role from Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay.

• Copperhead's first toy released was an action figure in the Justice League Unlimited toyline with Lex Luthor and Mirror Master. He reappeared as a single figure with a snake as an accessory.
• Copperhead appears in Wave 12 of the DC Universe Classics line of action figures.
• Copperhead comes in a duo pack (Batman and Copperhead) in the DC Imaginext figure line. The figure has a removable mask snake head and tail.