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Real name
Bill King
Current alias
Alignment
Universe
Base of operations
Fleet Street, London

Characteristics
Gender
Status
Citizenship
Occupation
Superhero and journalist
Origin
Origin
Normal human birth
Creators
First appearance

Hotspur (1976)

History[]

Bill King was a reporter for the Daily Scene, and widely regarded as the clumsiest man in Fleet Street. Unknown to his colleagues and to his editor, Mr. Vance though, Bill's clumsiness was an act concealing his double life as the "ace crook catcher" King Cobra, armed with a variety of high tech gimmicks built into his frankly ridiculous costume! King Cobra had a lengthy career in the 1970s in which he faced everything from racehorse kidnappers to a murderous dwarf, but he's been surprisingly low profile in recent years...

Successors

In 2013, two different accounts showed his current status. In both, he has a successor. In one, published in Strip Magazine, a new King Cobra is fighting crime.[1] In the other, published in the digital Dandy, he's a member of Retro Unit, group of legendary heroes who appear in the Retro Active story. He's the mentor to a new hero named Cobra.[2]

Powers and abilities[]

Abilities

Flight.

Paraphernalia[]

Equipment

"Foot jets", power gloves, retractable wings and various other gimmicks built into his costume.

Transportation

Vintage car.

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