What's up with Captain America having a bunch of Snake Themed villains?
>>78446740
He fought a group of criminals called the Serpent society. an entire criminal organization with snake themed members
>>78446740
Because America really hate snakes.
Look at G.I.JOE
>>78446740
Breh do you even the American Revolution? Snakes have always been a symbol for evil in America.
It's really funny how overboard they went.
Serpent Society was a jab at Unions.
Son of Serpents are KKK
Hydra are nazis, with Viper on the team.
Serpent Squad is pretty much X-Force of Serpent Society.
And the funny thing is that Serpent Society was made to condense all the snake themed characters together.
>>78446783
But then why does New Hampshire's state flag have a snake saying "Don't tread on me"?
>>78446806
Snakes are allergic to tires.
>>78446806
Cause they are TR8-TORs.
>>78446783
I was under the impression it was the opposite.
This is a lot more threatening than I think Ben intended. Or exactly as threatening as he intended.
Hell isn't Serpent Society a play on Revolutionary Snakes?
>>78446853
It works better with just the R.
>>78446783
So you guys consider slender figures evil? No wonder you so fat
>>78446740
It's a reminder (from the mostly Jewish writers) that the USA is the spawn of Satan.
I like their dynamic in EMH with slight romantic undertones.
>>78446740
Sauce?
>>78446740
Mark Gruenwald noticed how many snake-themed villains there were in the Marvel U so he came up with the idea of rolling them up into a single villain group. Gruenwald was writing Cap at the time so Cap got to deal with them.
I think they would've made a much more interesting nemesis for the Avengers. It was a large team but he could never throw all dozen+ members at Cap at the same time, they tended to show up to annoy Cap 2 or 3 at a time. It make them come across as inept, you've got tons of firepower, why are you shooting single-shot instead of full automatic?
This group didn't even have all the snake-themed villains from Marvel, it had room to grow. Off the top of my head, Reptilla from the Salem Seven wasn't asked to join. Slither was a mutant that I think it was Gruenwald introduced later in Cap, wondered if he was intended to be an eventual recruit.
I always wanted to see a Serpent Society vs Legion of Superheroes encounter.
>>78446984
Because when you've got 20 or so members you can send two or three to get their shit rocked by Captain America and still have seventeen free to do other things while Captain America-free.
>>78446740
>What's up with Captain America having a bunch of Snake Themed villains?
The creative teams weren't allowed to write G.I.Joe books.
>>78446763
>Because America really hate snakes.
The snake was the form the devil took in the garden of eden, or something along that lines. So the bible thumper americans automatically associate snakes with evil.
>>78446888
but Jews invented Captain America!
>>78447161
Reminds me.
Why was "Madame Viper" in The Wolverine?
>>78447222
Because she's his ex-wife and therefore his greatest villain.
>>78446879
underrated banter
>>78447185
Dumb Europoor, has no idea how many Murican flags have snakes on them.
Diamondback was goat Stevehump.
>>78446984
Not to mention being a springboard for Diamondback.
>>78446806
New Hampshire is under the control of the Serpent Society.
>>78446984
There is so much room for a Superior Foes-style take on the Serpent Society, wow.
>>78447638
Nick Spenser is writing them currently.
>>78447318
Everyone is Wolverwine's Ex Wife.
J. Jonah Jameson is Wolverine's Ex Wife for god's sake.
>>78447617
>>78447617
>TFW When life long New Hampshirite
IT MAKES SO MUCH FUCKING SENSE.
The Ninja Turtles being created in Dover, NH, it's a reptile conspiracy!
THE REPTILE OVERLORDS ARE REAL ANON.
>>78446984
>dat Coachwhip
What I wanna know is why the fuck does the Eel get lumped in with these guys? Eels are fish.
>>78446740
so do they fuck or how does this little scenario end?
>>78452291
Holy shit son, you think there's a fucking Eel Society supervillain association? You think anyone sane would want to be part of that?
Who would they even be? Some fatass named Conger? Some guy with power tools named Sawtooth? Some mugga with fuckup pharyngeal jaws? Eel was LUCKY to get into the Serpent Society and he fucking knows it.
>>78452513
You have a point. I mean, who the hell are the Eel Establishment gonna fight anyway? Fuckin' Stingray?
>>78452624
Captain Atlantis.
>>78446740
They're one of these complicated superhero backstories. The Serpent Society was originally formed when St. Patrick apocryphally drove the snakes out of Ireland. In their comic book origin, the spirits of the snakes possessed normal Irishmen and drove them to great acts of evil. When the Potato Famine happened and great numbers of Irish came to America the Serpent Society came with them, possessing the bodies of the travelers - there they established a mafia-like organisation to control the new country and were opposed by Paddy O'Leary, a young Catholic laborer with literally miraculous powers. This was all in a short lived run of comics from a highly religious publisher, C.T.K. Comics, in the late 1930s. Marvel ended up buying the imprint when it consolidated and considered reintroducing the characters as a viable, 'safe' product during the reign of the Comics Code Authority - ultimately they didn't, but they did end up using the Serpent Society as a Captain America villain.
>>78447318
She was blonde and white in the movie though.
>>78454465
She's white in the comics too.
>>78454491
>ian
>white
Armenians are not white
>>78452989
...This sounds too ridiculous to be true, but on the other hand... comics.
>>78452721
So Namor then? Truly a terrible fate
>>78446740
Source?
>>78447498
Too bad she's evil now.
>>78446783
snakes have been a symbol for evil since christianity demonized them
>>78446740
Because they need to be punished.
>>78446740
>don't tread on me
>>78464600
>demonized
they're literally poisonous and the ones that aren't will swallow your children whole
>>78466372
Captain America versus Big Boss: no shield, no box, CQC only. Who wins?
HURR
>>78466412
you're thinking of venomous, and most snakes not found in the middle of the amazon consider you a massive threat that should be avoided.
you're more likely to be killed by a handgun or a domesticated dog than a snake.
>>78446984
Aside from King Cobra,Viper, Sidewinder, Black Mamba, Asp, Princess Python and Constrictor, most of these guys don't really have much of a personality or backstory other than "snake goon", do they?
>>78462389
I'm still holding out hope that she's actually working for SHIELD and infiltrating the group.
>>78446740
That reminds me. In recent years I've been confused about Cobra.
For reasons that escape me, a writer decided to create another Cobra, the original one's nephew, that wears the exact same outfit as the original.
Not even the wiki knows which stories have the original and which have the nephew now because they never bother explaining it and they're identical in every way.
>>78446783
For everyone really, terrorist groups have called America 'The Great Snake' as an example
>>78446798
As an Australian, what is the issue with Unions in other countries?
>>78466821
they go on strike if they''re not paid enough, and make it illegal to hire a non-unionized worker.
joining the union requires a fee.
in the worst case scenarios you have an elitist group that demands to be paid more than they're worth, while making sure people that aren't already rich can't afford to break into the industry
>>78466481
>you're more likely to be killed by a handgun or a domesticated dog than a snake.
because you're more likely to encounter those every day of your life, multiple times a day
encounter for encounter, snakes will fuck you up more often
and don't fucking pretend they won't kill you just because other things are more likely to, your ancestors spent millennia fucking up snakes because it was kill or be killed
fuck you, dumbass
>>78447638
>>78447863
Yup, I like his take on them as super-villains who will do the corporations' dirty work and see it all as just business
>>78466847
Someone was bitten as a child.
>>78466865
It must be confusing people to use both Son of Serpents and Serpent Society in the same arc.
>>78462389
I wouldn't say evil, more desperate. Her makeup is running before she stabs Sam, and the artists tweets hint that the next issues will dive in deeper into what's going on.
>>78452989
I kinda want it
>>78447318
ahh the dreaded weaponALIMONY
>>78462263
Christ the King Comics, look them up.
>>78466432
Cap whoops big boss
>>78466865
They acknowledged the fact that Viper is suposed to be dead (they'll presumably explain how he came back next issue), but weren't Cottonmouth and Princess Python dead too?
>>78446806
>New Hampshire
>American
>>78446740
By the way Viper is written here I can tell that it's probably Bendis. Am i right?
>>78446763
but it was almost our flag
remember Don't Tread on Me?
>>78469758
Yup.
>>78470293
What the fuck is this?
>>78470293
what the fuck?
>>78470293
This book was great.
Fun fact: the writer came up with the idea long ago, even before Bob, Agent of Hydra was created. Managed to give Bob a little shoutout in the comic.
>>78446740
Its been scientifically proven that every single snake in the world is either a communist or a nazi
>>78467739
Another Princess Python appeared at some point, so it could be her.
