 the serpent society is a fictional organization of snake-themed supervillains in the marvel comics universe. half of its members were members of a previous supervillain team, the serpent squad, while the other half were newly introduced characters. ==concept and creation== the serpent society first appeared in captain america #310 (october 1985) and was created by mark gruenwald and paul neary. most of the villains mark gruenwald introduced in captain america were created to symbolize aspects of contemporary american culture and the world political situation. in the case of the serpent society, gruenwald created them to symbolize trade unions. ==history== the serpent society is founded by sidewinder, and is a descendant of sorts from the original serpent squads. the first squad consists of the original viper, his brother the eel, and the cobra. the second squad consists of the second and current viper (who was also formerly madame hydra), the eel, princess python, cobra, and the atlantis warlord krang. voelker led the third incarnation of the squad that included anaconda, black mamba and death adder. they were to retrieve the fabled serpent crown from its then underwater grave. voelker used his cloak and abandoned his comrades during an underwater mishap, and proceeded to collect the reward for the crown. anaconda, mamba and adder not only survived the mishap but they caught up with voelker. during that time voelker had invested the money and started the groundwork for the serpent society. the society was to provide its members with better access to technology, bigger access to jobs, higher pay, comradeship, safe lodging, and a host of other benefits. most importantly, with sidewinder's teleportation cloak, members never had to fear imprisonment again. it was, essentially, a supervillain labor union. after persuading his former comrades of his true intention to better their lot (and paying their share of the reward plus interest), he had them contact other snake-themed criminals, these included the asp, [[diamondback (comics)|dia
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