It is presumed that PYTHON COPPERHEAD is native to, or otherwise intimately familiar with, the rain forests of the Amazon basin. Intelligence sources venture a guess that he raced speedboats in high stakes races in Monaco and Japan. His major weakness is gambling and is in debt to Cobra for a large sum of money. Without enough money to cover what he owes, he joined Python Patrol as a faster means of paying off his debt.
"You know the type. The Python Copperhead can drive a swamp buggy like the devil himself, rebuild a V-8 with a coat hanger and toothpick and start a ruckus that will last until daybreak. Live hard and fast is his motto, and he stands by it 100%. The Python is all take and no give!"
Python Copperhead is a G.I. Joe team operative in the A Real American Hero line. First released as a Hasbro carded action figure in 1989, with 1 distinct figure version produced across the 1982 to 1994 vintage run.
Python Copperhead did not appear by name in the Sunbow or DiC cartoon series synopses. Original Hasbro file-card lore and Marvel ARAH comics appearances are the primary characterization sources.