and Mauler attacked Yellowjacket, the Constrictor and other Initiative staff and trainees. King Cobra was with the Serpent Society when they were robbing banks. King Cobra and the Serpent Society were then defeated by Hope Summers. King Cobra was among the male Serpent Society members attended the Criminal Technology Show Expo, where MODOK had disguised himself as Arnim Zola. MODOK followed the men into the restroom where he beat them nearly to death as revenge for his murder many years prior. Iron Man, who had been working with MODOK and disguised as a HYDRA agent, suggested they hide the supervillains before they regained consciousness. However, King Cobra learned of this and alerted the rest of the supervillains in attendance to MODOK's and Iron Man's scheme, causing a fight to break out. Piet Voorhees Piet Voorhees is the nephew of Klaus Voorhees. Klaus injected Piet with the same mutagenic serum that first gave him his own superhuman abilities. Using these new powers for selfish means, Piet became a high-level international mercenary. He has performed operations in Southeast Asia, Bosnia, Central Asia and Chechnya. More recently, Cobra has become involved with an international cartel known as Chaeyi. He has been working to get stolen passports and visas to illegal aliens. This operation has brought him into conflict with the newest White Tiger. In a new costume, he has since turned up as a member of Sin's new Serpent Squad in the employ of the Red Skull. He broke Crossbones out of jail and later attacked the White House, but he was stopped by the new Captain America. Cobra escaped with Sin in a helicopter and reported the incident to the Red Skull. Cobra later appears as a member of HYDRA, led by Baron Helmut Zemo, who are planning to spread poisonous blood extracted from an Inhuman boy named Lucas. He and Armadillo later fight Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, until the Armadillo is convinced to turn on HYDRA and stops Cobra from killing Sam Wilson. As part of the "All-New, All-Different Marvel", Cobra appears as a member of Viper's Serpent Society under its new name of Serpent Solutions. During the "Opening Salvo" part of the "Secret Empire" storyline, the Cobra was with Serpent Solutions when they are recruited by Baron Helmut Zemo to join the Army of Evil. In the prelude to "Hunted", Cobra was among the animal-themed characters that were