Serpent Crown

Serpent Crown
Cover to Marvel Two-in-One #66. Hugh Jones possessed by the Serpent Crown. Pencil art by George Pérez.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Sub-Mariner #9 (January 1969)
Created by	Roy Thomas Marie Severin
In story information
Type	Mystic item/artifact
Element of stories featuring	Set

The Serpent Crown is a fictional mystical power object which has appeared in various comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It exists within Marvel's main shared universe. It was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Marie Severin in Sub-Mariner #9 (January 1969).

The Serpent Crown is, as its name implies, a crown, which resembles a coiled, seven-headed serpent and is made of an unknown material. The resemblance is a reference to the malevolent seven headed exiled serpent demon/god "Set" to whom the crown holds a mystical link from which it draws its powers.

Those powers confer on the helmet's wearer various abilities. These abilities can include superhuman strength, the power to read and control the minds of others, the power to levitate oneself and other persons or objects, the ability to cast , the power to project destructive bolts of mystical energy and even the mental ability to manipulate matter and energy.

However use of the crown usually leads the wearer to fall under the mental domination of Set, who then has the wearer perform various tasks which would help facilitate its physical return to the Earth dimension.

Although the crown first appeared in 1969 in Sub-Mariner #9 (which is set in contemporary times) various subsequent stories expanded and developed its earlier history in the Marvel Universe.

In the prehistory of the Marvel Universe Earth, Set exiled himself from Earth's dimension and used his influence to spawn a race of humanoid, sentient reptilian beings that became known as the Serpent Men.