Madame Hydra/Viper II


Madame Hydra/Viper II
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Subversive
First Appearances:
Captain America #110 (as Madame Hydra)
Captain America And The Falcon #180 (as Viper II)
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Eyes: Green
Hair: Black/ Dyed Green
Unusual Features: The right side of the Viper's face is scarred and disfigured, although cosmetic surgery over the years has somewhat ameliorated this condition. She disguises her disfigurement by wearing her hair in such a manner as to cover much of the right side of her face.
Strength Level: The Viper possesses the normal human strength of a woman of her age, height and build who engages in intensive regular exercise.
Powers: None
Abilities: The Viper has the strength, agility, stamina and coordination of an Olympic athlete. She has been rigorously trained in various martial arts and is a skilled marksman. She is also skilled in using a whip as a weapon.
The Viper is a brilliantly cunning criminal strategist.
Weapons: The Viper carries a set of throwing darts tipped with a lethal poison based on the chemistry of snake venom.
As an influential figure in world crime, the Viper has access to some of the most sophisticated firearm weaponry in the world.
The Viper sometimes carries a whip she can wield as a dangerous weapon.
The Viper makes use of a teleportation ring whose origins and workings are unknown. The ring is activated when it is twisted.

Important Nomad related issues:
Captain America and the Falcon #180 (Killed Viper I, adopted guise for herself, assumed leadership of Serpent Squad, kidnapped Roxxon president Hugh Jones, battled Nomad I)
Captain America and the Falcon #181 (Formed alliance with Warlord Krang, placed Hugh Jones under control of the Serpent Crown, highjacked oil rig in Pacific in attempt to raise the lost continent of Lemuria, battled Nomad I)
Captain America and the Falcon #182 (Donned Serpent Crown, battled Nomad I, appeared to have perished when burning building collapsed on her)
Marvel Team-Up #84 (Revealed to have survived collapsed building)
Captain America #281 (Trapped Spider-woman, dispatched giant snakes to battle Spider-Woman, disguised herself as Mrs. Smith, employed Constrictor to capture Captain America)
Captain America #282 (Sedated Captain America with opium derivative, revealed plan to release new bubonic plague, captured Nomad III)
Captain America #283 (Brainwashed Captain America and Nomad III, planned to release plague while riding hot air balloon, battled Captain America, shot down by Nomad III)
Captain America #341 (Inflitrated Serpent Society, attacked Sidewinder)
Captain America #342 (Assumed leadership of Serpent Society, battled The Captain, Nomad III, The Falcon and Demolition Man, escaped, plan to tamper Washington D.C. water supply revealed)
Captain America #343 (Fled Serpent Society headquarters in Serpent Saucer, battled The Captain, was defeated and captured)
Captain America #344 (Freed by Cobra, poisoned Demolition Man during escape, travelled to Washington D.C. to complete snake mutation plan, commanded mutated President Reagan to battle The Captain, fled from Secret Service agents, subdued by Cobra and given over to The Captain)
Punisher War Journal #45 (Informed Punisher of organized crime convention in Las Vegas, met with Punisher in Las Vegas to deliver information regarding various crime figures in town)
Punisher War Journal #46 (Fought Praetorians alongside Punisher)
Punisher War Journal #47 (Battled fleeing crime figures alongside Punisher, Nomad III and Daredevil)

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