Daboia (Earth-616)

Russell Daboia
Name	Daboia
Current Alias	Russell Daboia
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Sons of the Serpent,
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Eyeballs: Red Irises: No Visible
Hair	No Hair At All
Skin	Green
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Serpent-Man
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Hell
Base of Operations	Pocket reality in a jar at Emporium, Lotkill, New York City, United States of America Formerly Hell / The Pit
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Kurt Busiek, Norm Breyfogle, Richard Howell
First	Avengers 2000 #1 (May, 2000)
First	Avengers 2000 #1 (May, 2000)

History

A demonic serpent man, Daboia was employed by Nicholas Scratch to spread demonic influence throughout America. Posing as a well-respected resort manager, he convinced Hedy Wolfe to hire him to oversee a project to transform the town of Centerville into a Patsy Walker-themed resort and amusement park.

At the same time, he allied himself with the Sons of the Serpent organisation, deceiving them into believing that he supported their racist ideology. With their help, he was able to summon an army of demons who possessed most of the people of Centerville.

When Patsy Walker herself came to visit Centerville, she became aware of the demonic presence in the town and called in the Avengers to investigate. When the Avengers infiltrated his secret base, Daboia realized he had been exposed and transformed back into his true form of a Serpent Man. While the Avengers were distracted fighting the Sons of the Serpent, Daboia summoned Salem's Seven to join the fight, before retreating into his sanctum. There, he began a ritual to summon forth an army of ghostly demon serpents to destroy the Avengers. He was interrupted by Hedy Wolfe, who disrupted his magical spells by tipping over a magical brazier, causing its contents to burn away the pentagram that was integral to his ritual spells.

Daboia and the Salem's Seven vanished in a cloud of sulfur, and the demons he had unleashed upon Centerville were similarly banished.

Some time later, Daboia was sighted in Hell, attending a meeting of the Devil's Advocacy to discuss the return of the Serpent.

Daboia climbed all the way up from the Pit, and was one of the many magical rivals who sought to kill the Scarlet Witch after she absorbed the Darkhold and sealed Chthon inside her soul. Daboia tried to attack her during her sleep but tripped one of her dimensional snare traps. He was stranded in a pocket reality in a jar kept at the Emporium shop in Lotkill, New York City, where he last left to fight a fake Scarlet Witch.

See Also

• 3 appearance(s) of Daboia (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Daboia (Earth-616)
• 3 mention(s) of Daboia (Earth-616)
• 3 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Daboia (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Daboia (Earth-616)
• 2 quotation(s) by or about Daboia (Earth-616)