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Steel Serpent

Steel Serpent (Davos) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of Iron Fist.

Sacha Dhawan portrays Steel Serpent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Iron Fist.

The first, otherwise unnamed, Steel Serpent appeared in The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #10 (1974), his only appearance, and was created by Jenny Blake Isabella and Frank McLaughlin.

The second Steel Serpent, Davos, debuted in Iron Fist #1 (1975) and was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne.

Davos is a native of K'un-Lun and the son of Lei Kung. A gifted student of his father, Davos was one of two candidates who earned the right to challenge for the power of the Iron Fist but was defeated by Wendell Rand, the adopted son of K'un-Lun's ruler Lord Tuan. Davos accused Tuan of unfairly favoring his son and left the city without permission to confront the dragon Shou-Lao. Failing to defeat the dragon, he returned to K'un-Lun in disgrace and was exiled to Earth.

Twenty years later, Wendell's son Daniel succeeds in winning the Iron Fist power and soon afterwards returns to Earth. Davos tracks Iron Fist to New York and steals his power. Since he had not earned it fairly, the Iron Fist's power consumes Davos's body and returns to Danny.

Davos's spirit travels to a realm accessible from the Anomaly Gem. After reassembling the fragments of the gem, he manages to restore his body. Davos successfully takes Iron Fist's power, then returns to K'un-Lun and overthrows Yu-Ti. With Lei Kung's help, Danny defeats Davos without his powers, thereby proving himself worthy of it once again. Davos escapes, but is left crippled for misusing Iron Fist's power. Davos is later defeated by Junzo Muto, the teenage leader of the Hand, who then absorbs the remnants of the Iron Fist from his body, resulting in his second death.

Davos is resurrected and granted power by the Crane Mother, promising to locate and destroy the renegade Iron Fist Orson Randall in return. His power is further enhanced after he consumes the life forces of the Crane Mother's daughters. Davos allies with Hydra against Iron Fist in a plot to build a tunnel through the K'un-Lun mountains. Davos locates Randall in an opium den in Bangkok, Thailand and reports to the Crane Mother, who sends two of her daughters to investigate. When Davos attacks Randall, Randall allows him to kill him, claiming that he will no longer have to run.

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