SERPENT SOCIETY of EARTH-27537

Membership: Anaconda, Bushmaster, Cobra, Cottonmouth, Death Adder, Diamondback, Rattler, two unidentified serpents (all of Earth-27537)

Purpose: Unrevealed

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Exiles (Longshot of the Mojoverse, Morph of Earth-58163, Princess Power of Earth-712 (Squadron Supreme), Sabretooth of Earth-295 (Age of Apocalypse), Spider-Man of Earth-928 (2099)), Spider-Man of Earth-27537

Base of Operations: Serpent Society H.Q., Earth-27537

First Appearance: Exiles#89 (February, 2007)

History:

(Exiles#89 - BTS (fb)) - The Serpent Society killed their Earth's Spider-Man the year before they fought the Exiles.

(Exiles#89) - The dimension traveling Exiles came to Earth-27537, where the Serpent Society was attempting to set off a "venomizer." The Exiles apparently won the fight between the two teams when Morph transformed into a mass of serpents and contained the Society; Diamondback was unable to reach the device to set it off.

Comments: Created by Tony Bedard (writer), Jim Calafiore (penciler), Mark McKenna (inker), Sean Ryan (editor).

   The Exiles are generally sent to worlds in dire peril, where they resolve the difficulty (occasionally in a non-obvious manner), and then teleport away again. With that in mind, the role of the Society in this universe and their position after the Exiles departed could be just about anything.

   The identity of two Society members remains unclear. One is in the yellow cloak in the upper right in the main image (possibly Sidewinder?), and the other is the bald person (woman?) in the image seen here to the left.

   This story was really just a brief two-page aside in the main story of this issue; only those two pages dealt with Earth-27537 and this Serpent Society.

   Needless to say, the Society and its members here have very close analogs on Earth-616 (the "main" Marvel Earth) as the Serpent Society: Anaconda, Bushmaster, Cobra (King Cobra), Cottonmouth, Death Adder, Diamondback, and Rattler.

Profile by SQUEAK

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Serpent Society of Earth-27537 should not be confused with:

• Serpent Cartel of Earth-712 @ Avengers#147
• The Serpent Society of Earth-616, led by the Sidewinder (Seth Voelker) and later by King Cobra, @ Captain America I#310
• The Serpent Society of the Marvel Adventures Earth, fought the Avengers, @ Marvel Adventures The Avengers I#11
• The Serpent Squad of Earth-1610 (Ultimate Universe), fought that universe's Fantastic Four, @ Ultimate Powers I#1
• The Serpent Squad of Earth-616, led by the Viper, @ Captain America I#163
• The Serpent Squad of Earth-616, led by the Viper (Madame Hydra), @ Captain America I#180
• The Serpent Squad of Earth-616, led by the Sidewinder (Seth Voelker), @ Marvel Two-in-One#64
• The "Serpent Squad" of Earth-616, led by Viper (Madame Hydra) to infiltrate the Serpent Society, @ Captain America I#337
• The Serpent Squad of Earth-616, led by Sin to free Crossbones, @ Captain America IV#28
• Soldiers of the Serpent, Earth-MC2 counterparts of the Sons of the Serpent, @ A-Next#4
• Sons of the Serpent of Earth-616, racist group @ Avengers I#32
• or any other serpent or snake groups/characters, nor those with a similar name

images: (without ads)
Exiles II#89, pg 14, p1 (main image)
Exiles II#89, pg 15, p4 (bald serpent)