- "Everybody wants to be the king."
- ―Cottonmouth[src]
Cornell Stokes, also known as Cottonmouth, is the owner of Harlem's Paradise, a nightclub in New York City. His criminal ongoings begin to threaten Luke Cage's world, making them unexpected foes.[1]
Biography
To be added
Relationships
Family
- Mama Mabel † - Grandmother
- Peter 'Pistol Pete' Stokes † - Uncle and Victim
- Mariah Dillard - Cousin and Killer
Allies
- Pop †
- Hernan Alvarez/Shades
- Willis Stryker/Diamondback
- Tone † - Ally turned Victim
- Turk Barrett
- Zip †
- Domingo Colon †
- Benjamin Donovan - Lawyer
Enemies
- Shameek Smith - Victim
- Luke Cage
- Misty Knight
- Connie Lin
Trivia
- In the comics, Cornell Cottonmouth was a heroin trader that wanted to recruit Luke Cage for his organization when Cage was wrongly accused of drug trafficking with heroin stolen from Cottonmouth by Willis Stryker.
Behind the Scenes
- According to Cheo Hodari Coker, the attitude of the rapper Biggie Smalls, a friend of Coker, was a strong influence for this version of Cottonmouth.[2] Coker has also compared Cottonmouth to Simon Adebisi from Oz, Stringer Bell from The Wire and Rowan Pope from Scandal.[3]