Lawrence Chesney (Earth-616)

Copperhead
Name	Lawrence Chesney
Current Alias	Copperhead
Aliases	Archenemy of Crime, Destroyer of Evil
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Gang of Four
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′ (1.83 m) (human), 6′6″ (1.98 m) (demon)
Weight	225 lbs (102.06 kg) (human), 111 lbs (50.35 kg) (demon)
Eyes	Irises: Brown (human) Yellow (demon)
Hair	Brown (human), No Hair At All (demon)
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human transformed into a Demon
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	New York City, New York
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Art restorer
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Len Wein,
First	Daredevil #124 (May, 1975)
First	Daredevil #124 (May, 1975)

History

Lawrence Chesney was the son of an unnamed father who worked as a model for the covers of 1930s vigilante Copperhead. As his father aged he slowly began to go insane once the book's were cancelled and began to believe he was Copperhead. He remained bitter about profits he believed he was owed till his death.

Chesney learned that the Copperhead stories were going to be reprinted and decided to take on the Copperhead identity and killed the author, Walter Kranz. He then took on more of the Copperhead's identity and killed several minor criminals including Chester Chino. This attracted the attention of Daredevil who found and battled him but the Copperhead overwhelmed him and escaped. His next victim was Milton Wexler who was the book's original publisher. He then set out to the books new publisher, Martin Foster but was again confronted by Daredevil and was able to overwhelm him. Copperhead left and visited his father's grave and was tracked down by Daredevil and the pair fought, this time however, Copperhead was seemingly killed when he copper armor was struck by lightning.

After dying, his soul feel into the possession of an unnamed demon and was returned to earth to obtain the soul of Spider-Man. To this end, he set about creating the Gang of Four and launched a plot to conquer the Kingpin's criminal empire, to attract the attention of both Spider-Man and Daredevil. As expected the pair tracked to the gang to their hideout and attacked them. During the battle Copperhead revealed his true nature and captured his teammates in mystic torture and attempted to claim the souls of all present. However, the Owl saved Daredevil and the entire Gang was pulled into the portal. The current fate of Copperhead is unknown, but the members have all returned without any harm.

Attributes

Power Grid

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Bulletproof armor

Weapons

Pneumatic pistol that can fire tranquilizer darts or snake venom

See Also

• 6 appearance(s) of Lawrence Chesney (Earth-616)
• 6 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Lawrence Chesney (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Lawrence Chesney (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Lawrence Chesney (Earth-616)
• 7 image(s) of Lawrence Chesney (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Copperhead at the Marvel Appendix