Friday, August 26, 2022

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 131: THE ADDER

(Action Comics v1 035, 1941)


Yet another spy encountered by Clip Carson, the Adder was interested in blowing up the Panama Canal for unclear reasons. Much more interestingly, he took his name from a snake-shaped ring which both fatally poisoned those he punched with it and left a cool snake mark on the spot he hit, and evidently he used it enough that his men spoke of him in hushed terms as "the Child of Death," which is an amazing name.

As with so many villains who use a cool signature weapon, the Adder ends up falling on his own ring. A sad end.

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