Who Is Steel Serpent? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Steel Serpent is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Davos, with over 88 comic issue appearances. The son of Lei Kung who tried to challenge Shou-Lao illegally and was exiled. He left swearing revenge.

Who is Steel Serpent?

Origin Davos was the first son of Lei Kung the Thunderer, a fearsome martial artist and trainer of the Iron Fist legacy from the city of K'un-Lun . In order to live up to his father's legacy he trained hard and knew that one day he would become one of the most powerful Martial Artists to leave K'un-Lun with the power of Iron Fist. However, there was one obstacle he had to overcome. He had to defeat the other person in line for the Iron Fist name: Wendell Rand-K'ai , son of Yu-Ti , August Personage in Jade and ruler of K'un Lun. Davos proved unsuccessful in this attempt and was soundly beaten by Wendell. He refused to give up despite this beating but eventually Yu-Ti announced Wendell the winner which infuriated Davos and accused him of being biased towards his own son. Lei Kung told his son to stay silent and sent him away. However, Davos' pride and anger got the better of him and he went to challenge the dragon Shou-Lao in his cavern and gain the power of Iron Fist despite his loss.

Key facts

Steel Serpent is of human origin and first appeared in "A Duel of Iron!". The character is published by Marvel. With 88 recorded issue appearances, Steel Serpent ranks among the most featured characters in comics.