The Serpent    KOTC Database Entry:   SERPENT, THE

    NAME           :  The Serpent
    ALIAS          :  No Data.
   
CLASSIFICATION : 
Human (Mystic)
    TYPE           :  Mentalist
    MORALITY       :  Villain.
   
AFFILIATION    : 
Founder of The Serpent Syndicate.
    STATUS         :  Deceased (assassinated).
   
GENDER         : 
Male.
    AGE            :  No Data.
    HEIGHT         :  No Data.
    WEIGHT         :  No Data.
   
THREAT RATING
 
     PHYSICAL/CLOSE    :  Unknown
     PHYSICAL/RANGE    :  Unknown
     MENTAL/CLOSE     :  Low-Moderate
     MENTAL/RANGE     :  Low-Moderate
     OTHER/CLOSE      :  Unknown
     OTHER/RANGE      :  Unknown
   
 OVERALL       : 
Unknown

QUOTE:  "Let him have it, boys!"

BACKGROUND: 
The Serpent was a minor vaudeville hypnotist whose ability to instantly transfix the minds of others led him to develop aspirations to being a criminal mastermind. Low on talent, he never really amounted to much but was one of the colourful personalities at the dawn of the superhero age. His assassination sparked the transformation of the organization which he founded to bigger and more ambitious goals.

MOTIVATION: 
Greed.

TACTICS: 
This former vaudeville hypnotist has a certain aptitude towards mental domination, which he employed in his crimes. Most of the grunt work, however, was done by his minions. Noted for tangling with such golden-age superheroes as Johnny Quick and the Crimebuster.

KNOWN STRENGTHS: 
Mentally pretty adept.

KNOWN WEAKNESSES: 
No Data.

OFFENSIVE POWERS: 
Mental domination.

DEFENSIVE POWERS: 
No Data.

NON-COMBAT POWERS: 
No Data.

FOCII/EQUIPMENT: 
Flared snake suit.

LOCOMOTION: 
Normal.

KotC ENCOUNTERS: 
- the group witnessed one of his bank jobs and were drawn into a brief conflict with him during their sojourn into the past, though their reluctance to interfere in the timeline allowed him to escape intact.

KotC COMMENTS: 
- Johnny Quick: "I'll deal with you, Serpent, once I've dealt with your slimy henchpeople!"