Sons of the Serpent

The Sons of the Serpent are a supervillain group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck, the group first appeared in The Avengers #32 (September 1966). The Sons of the Serpent is depicted as a racist organization. It experiments on people attempting to cross the American border. Superhero Joaquín Torres was notably captured by the group, and their experiments resulted in a painful transformation, turning him into a hybrid of a vampire and a falcon. The organization is also known as the Sons of the Shield.