Copperhead (DC Comics)

Copperhead
Copperhead's first appearance
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Brave and the Bold #78 (June 1968)
Created by	Bob Haney (writer) Bob Brown (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	(I) John Doe (II) Nathan Prince (III) Sameer Park (IV) Jane Doe
Team affiliations	(I & IV) Secret Society of Super Villains Suicide Squad Black Lantern Corps (II & III) Terror Titans
Abilities	Supreme contortionist Prehensile serpentine tail Secretes deadly poison

Copperhead is a DC Comics supervillain.

The first Copperhead first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #78, June (1968) and was created by Bob Haney and Bob Brown.

The criminal known as Copperhead first appeared in Gotham City in a copperhead costume. 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. 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 snake-skin costume.

During the Underworld Unleashed storyline, Copperhead sold his soul to the demon Neron in exchange for more power, being transformed into a deadly anthropomorphic snake man.

He was later killed by Manhunter, Kate Spencer.

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. He was reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps. Copperhead is destroyed by the combined efforts of seven Lanterns during the Black Lantern Corps' attack on Coast City.