M'Gula

M'Gula is a street-fighting mercenary who operates under the alias Rock Python, joining the Serpent Society as one of its snake-themed villains-for-hire. He relies on brutal hand-to-hand combat skills honed through street fighting.

M'Gula slithered onto the Marvel scene in 1988's Captain America #341, a Copper Age creation of the legendary Mark Gruenwald and Kieron Dwyer, and has proven a surprisingly durable presence in the Marvel Universe across nearly four decades of comics. A card-carrying member of the Serpent Society, A.I.M., and Batroc's Brigade, this villain boasts a rare triple affiliation that puts them in some genuinely dangerous company — sharing pages with the likes of Rock Python, Puff Adder, and Captain America himself. With 29 catalog appearances spanning titles from The Amazing Spider-Man to Avengers by Jason Aaron and two collector-recognized key issues to their name, M'Gula is exactly the kind of deep-cut Marvel villain that rewards the dedicated reader who digs past the headliners.