Though Knull didnt make his official on-page debut until 2018, hes been lurking in the background of the Marvel Universe since before there was a Marvel Universe - and hes been indirectly messing with Spider-Man since 1984s Secret Wars.Thats because Knull was, among other things, the god of symbiotes, and the progenitor of the entire The Carnage symbiote appears to be more dense as well, allowing its host to become more durable and stronger than the Venom symbiote would allow. In the Venom: Lethal Protector storyline, Phage and his siblings are defeated by Venom and Spider-Man. The exact point in time when Knull first began creating During his time at St. Estes', Cletus befriended a boy named Billy Bentine after he took the blame for a fire Cletus started as a prank;[26] and at some point in his teenage years he fell in love with a girl who ultimately broke up with him leaving him despondent and depressed. On today's episode, presented by @audi, we have an exclusive @CloakAndDagger preview, we reveal new "Carnage-ized" variant covers, actor Scott Adsit stops by, and artist @AdamKubert draws YOUR suggestions. With the help of Agent Venom and Mephisto, she was able to defeat them. Agent of the Cosmos, Upgrade to Super-Soldiers; Super villain, Genetic memory, gains new knowledge from previous hosts. When he arrived, he found Normie fighting the Superior Octopus, who had vowed to protect May at all costs. These remnants fused with Eddie's white blood cells which resulted in a new white symbiote that grants Eddie the majority of his old powers along with powerful new ones as Anti-Venom.[166]. The Symbiote bonded with him and they became Venom. "Fusion", David Michelinie(w),Mark Bagley(p),Randy Emberlin(i). Marvel Database is a FANDOM Comics Community. Symbiote Biology: Even without a host, the Venom symbiote is capable of freely extending its biomass into tentacles and tendrils, and usually manifests a fanged mouth and large white eyespots. It could also transform its host's appendages to a greater degree than the Venom symbiote could, allowing Carnage to form spikes, blades, and axe heads at will. Venom Tragically, the albino symbiote erupted from his embryo tube birthplace and wreaked havoc throughout Project Cadmus, then fled and cut everything and everyone until Spider-Boy saved the day. The character is depicted as an evil deity who created the However, in the Venom: Planet of the Symbiotes toy line, the yellow symbiote was named Scream and the green symbiote was named Lasher. [35] Purportedly lobotomized by chemical suppressants,[36] the symbiote sought to seize control of Flash and rampage until Agent Venom joined the Guardians of the Galaxy. The one exception comes once every 1,000 generations, when a symbiote is born with a high risk of psychotic breakdown, and must be guided by older symbiotes, or else destroyed. However, in preparation for announcing his Dark Avengers, Osborn developed a symbiote suppressant compound that granted Gargan increased control over the symbiote and allowed him to shift between his Venom form and a smaller form identical to Symbiote Spider-Man at will,[113] using this as a way of discrediting their old enemy Spider-Man. As hundreds of symbiotes controlled by Venom attacked him, Carnage was thrown into the ocean and the Carnage-ized Grendel symbiote was devoured by a horde of symbiote-controlled sharks.[2]. During a fight with Spider-Man, the Green Goblin releases a demon to possess Spider-Man, but is expelled. He was then sentenced to death. Using the God of Light's power, Eddie destroyed Dylan's symbiote half to prevent Knull from taking over him, and was imbued with a measure of Knull's power - becoming the nexus of the Symbiote Hive. Place of Birth [32][142] Before the symbiote was cleansed, Flash Thompson had to take drugs to suppress it; but it would frequently exploit his volatile temper to undermine his control, and he often found himself in situations where he had to unleash it to survive. With All-Black the Necrosword, Knull set out to kill all beings in the light. Killer Thrill, her crew, and Jean Grey were consumed, with Venom and the Young X-Men barely escaping. They inadvertently created a crystalline symbiote named Bizarnage (amalgamation of Carnage and Bizarro). Earth-90211s Wade Wilson first appeared in the What If Iron Man: Demon in Armor, in the story What If Venom Possessed Deadpool?. However, when faced with a choice of two potential hosts a mad old man named Alfonse Poina and an inmate named Eric Moody, who was convicted of murdering six men the symbiote attacked them both. Venom then bonds to Spider-Gwen, which gives her her powers back and she becomes Gwenom. I just hope he has the Necrosword. Since his symbiote was originally four different entities, Scott has to deal with four different voices in his head. Bonded to the Grendel symbiote's offshoot and in the thrall of Knull. They have also been shown to depend on their hosts for a steady supply of phenethylamine, a chemical found as a neurotransmitter in the human brain. The Klyntar (colloquial: symbiotes) are a fictional species of extraterrestrial symbiotes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with Spider-Man. The symbiote clone was bonded to Patricia Robertson, and ultimately consumed by the original Venom symbiote. Sent into the cosmos, the two symbiotic dragons raged in the cosmos for billions of years, slaughtering the pantheons of the gods and driving the inhabitants of countless civilizations mad before devouring them. Alter egos (Hosts): NoneDebut: Venom #3 (August 2018). These hosts would die quickly, either because of the wear from constant stress and exertion or as a result of the inherent danger of the stunts performed. Marital Status Shocked by the realization that gods exist, Gorr became furious because he now saw that the gods were there but simply did not want to help him. The undead Carnage's plan to free Knull from his interstellar prison was opposed by Venom, who killed Cletus but freed Knull in the process. Nevies is fitted with one of these prosthetic arms after being attacked by the lookalike who tried to save Shriek. Kasady was suffocated to death with a pillow by Jenner in Kramer's infirmary. Not telling him out of fear that its soon-to-be-born spawn would turn out to be a monster like its others had, the symbiote was almost captured by the FBI's Symbiote Task Force, which wanted to claim the spawn and bond it to Mac Gargan. 50th Anniversary, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Symbiote_(comics)&oldid=1125261737, Fictional characters with healing abilities, Marvel Comics characters who are shapeshifters, Marvel Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, Marvel Comics characters with accelerated healing, Marvel Comics characters with superhuman strength, Fictional characters who can duplicate themselves, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Symbiosis with a host provides superhuman strength, speed, agility, and endurance; gains characteristics of host; amplifies original powers and traits of hosts, A child-spawn of Venom bonded to serial killer Cletus Kasady through his bloodstream. [76], Venom eventually arranged a truce with Spider-Man and relocated to San Francisco,[77] becoming the defender of the Underground City. [91], In this reality the amorphous artificial life-forms are engineered from the genetic material of Spider-Man.[92]. [120] Along with Steve Rogers, Venom killed the Spider-Queen, but she mutated into a giant spider-monster, which was later killed by Kaine. Originally a deranged serial killer, Kasady [119], Carnage's attempt to corrupt the Scream symbiote was thwarted by Andi Benton, leading Carnage to dispatch Phage to assassinate her after she was arrested by Alchemax. When All-Black confronted him, the hermit killed her. Before becoming Killer Thrill, she had come into conflict with, These symbiotes had arrived on earth in Northern Europe. When Flash Thompson was mortally wounded, Symbiote Spider-Man went berserk and Venomized, though Flash managed to calm him down so as to keep the symbiote from being re-corrupted by Peter's rage. The hosts belong to an extraterrestrial race of amorphous alien parasites known as Symbionts and has been hosted by Patricia Robertson, Andrea Andi Benton, and Lee Price. However, most of them died. [49] According to Iron Man's computer, Cletus may not have been inside the symbiote when the Sentry ripped it apart,[50] but this assessment was incorrect. Venom and Carnage, who act as double agents to the High Evolutionary, are able to revive the Synoptic. However, a symbiote that was earlier discarded there by Spider-Man sensed his anger and merged with him, becoming one of the deadliest foes of Venom and his descendant symbiotes have been shown to be adept at controlling their coloration. Symbiotes tend to be dense, and can absorb even the force of bullets before they reach their hosts. Before his apparent death, Cletus asked Spider-Man to build an extravagant memorial for him. While skeptical of the changes Dylan had made to Venom's appearance, Eddie gave Dylan his blessing to act as Venom and asked his old friend to watch over his son, before informing Dylan of a Goblin sighting.[16]. in some realities, the symbiote feeds on the baser emotions of its host, creating an increasingly hostile personality. [87], Kasady was re-incarcerated in Ravencroft, placed in a specialized cell that kept him immobilized and suspended off the ground. [4] During a battling with the gods, he crashed on a desolate planet where All-Black left him and went to Gorr, drawn to his murderous hate, who tried to kill Knull. [25][19] At its worst, the symbiote is a bloodthirsty predator that seeks to corrupt or outright control its hosts, compelling them to satiate its ravenous hunger. Fired from the Daily Globe, he was forced to write venomous drivel for a tawdry tabloid. First Ultimately the costume's influence hurt more than helped Brock's psyche and when he finally realized this, he decided to auction it. Venom has been drawn with a white chest emblem in flashbacks prior to bonding to Spider-Man. Name During the invasion of Earth by Knull and his symbiotes, this follower of the dark god fights Scream who will eventually destroy him, Alter egos (Hosts): Trevor Cole, Howard OgdenDebut: Venom: Lethal Protector#4 (May 1993). For instance, Eddie Brock refers to himself in first person as Anti-Venom and is in complete control of his actions. The symbiote accidentally absorbed the Norn Stone, which resonated with its divine heritage, awakening and empowering it to the point where it was able to easily overpower the Hulk. Knull eventually awoke to find he could bind his living abyss to lesser creatures and control their new form as ships. With the aid of Mr. Venom gets up as soon as Frank calls Jenna toxic with bullets escaping from his body and attacks the Punisher, throwing him away but, as soon as he approaches, Frank recalls the shield hitting the opponent in the back of the head. Spider-Man was forced to bond with a symbiote for a power boost, controlling it with the help of the telepathic No-Girl, which caused it to take on an appearance identical to the Venom symbiote. Agent Venom (Flash Thompson): After the US military bonded the symbiote to Flash Thompson as the fourth host of the symbiote, it displayed all of the above abilities as well as developing a few new ones as a result of being connected to the symbiotes hive mind. All-Black the Necroverse,[1] Black Butcher,[citation needed] Butcher of Gods,[2][3] Cloud Stalker,[2] God Butcher,[4] God of God Butchers,[5] Gorr the Redeemer,[6] Killer of Gods[2] In Larval Earth, the Symbiote is not identified as such: The Bee-Yonder suddenly appeared in front of Spider-Ham and used his powers to change his red-and-blue uniform into a black-and-white one; giving no other explanation, the Bee-Yonder, apparently a fashion consultant, teleported away to change the style of Ducktor Doom's ensemble. Griffin Sheridan, Ryan Stegman (June 29, 2019). White eyespots, claws, fangs, and a prehensile tongue while bonded with the Carnage and Dark Carnage symbiotes. These powers had been transferred to Brock, so long as he wore the costume, and combined with Eddie's natural bulk made Venom physically stronger than Spider-Man. [8][16] Even after his death, Cletus' codex was able to use the power he'd been granted by Knull to maintain a presence in the physical world.[19]. Although the symbiote is generally called "Venom" and has even called itself "Venom" on multiple occasions - even when it is without a host - this is not its true name. Current Alias [29] Left behind in the midst of the riot that ensued, the symbiote's spawn bonded with Kasady,[32] entering into his bloodstream through a cut on his hand and amalgamating with his blood. Living Status "Project Oversight", Donny Cates(w),Danilo S. Beyruth(p),Cristiane Peter(col),VC's Clayton Cowles(let). The battle between Bizarnage and Spider-Boy continued at Project Cadmus genetic research facilities. "Venom Inc Omega". Venom rebonded to Eddie and escaped the isle just in time to warn the Avengers about Knull. Larry Hama(w),Joe St. Pierre(p),Randy Emberlin(i),Tom Smith(col),Susan Crespi(let),Tom Brevoort(ed). Kasady passes out and Venom fights against Spidey. WebThe Symbiotes are a species of inorganic, amorphous, symbiotic extraterrestrials created from the "living abyss" at the beginning of the universe by the primordial deity Knull, who manifested a sword of living darkness called All-Black from his shadow to slaughter the Celestials and other deities. The Symbiotes taken to Earth were Carnage, Lasher, Phage, Scorn, and Venom. [73][74] After misinterpreting a vaguely-worded order to intimidate J. Jonah Jameson, Venom attempted to kill the news mogul and came into conflict with Spider-Man. Ramon and his siblings were defeated by Venom and Spider-Man, his artificially aged symbiote and his alleged body destroyed in a massive explosion. [105] Growing increasingly annoyed by Osborn's delusion of being Cletus Kasady, Dark Carnage returned to his lair underneath Grand Street and unleashed his horde on the city:[11] sending the symbiote-doppelgangers to rampage and flush out former hosts in-hiding; "Demagoblin" and Man-Wolf after Misty Knight;[106] the Knull-corrupted Riot, Agony, Phage, and Lasher after Normie to claim his Carnage codex; and Osborn after the Scorpion to claim his Venom and Mania codices; and the resurrected Knull-corrupted Scream after Andi Benton to claim her Mania codex. After being briefly reconnected to Knull's hive-mind, the symbiote learned how to manifest symbiote dragon wings to fly.[173][188]. In the Venom: Separation Anxiety miniseries, the symbiote is revealed to have survived. [74], Cletus was later reunited with the other inverted villains to form the Astonishing Avengers in order to stop the inverted heroes. Spider-Man tracked down Venom and the two made a deal Venom would help him track down and defeat Carnage, and Spider-Man would leave Venom alone. Symbiotes scattered throughout the universe, now free from Knulls control, began to bond with benevolent hosts and discover the Divine Light. Venom kidnapped Peter's recently returned parents - who were actually robotic doppelgngers - in to use as bait,[53] but Spider-Man contacted Eddie's ex-wife, Anne Weying, in order to gain info on Eddie's past. Out of desperation, the Venom symbiote bonded to Dylan and they beat up Jack O'Lantern together. Using the Anti-Venom serum and the replica of the Anti-Venom used by Flash Thompson, they defeated the Inklings. ", Marvel Legacy first look at Spider-Man, Venom, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 14, Incinerated by a missile shot at him by agents of the Absent Throne. [50][51] Feeding off Peter's desire to be a hero and protect those weaker than himself, the symbiote began taking over his body while he slept to fight crime. As he was about to finish his opponent off, Carnage was hit by a truck. Like the Asgardians and Mephisto, the symbiotes eventually reached the third stage of metamorphosis and apotheosized into metaphysical entities given physical form by what others believed them to be and required of them. It was released on October 5, 2018, with Tom Hardy portraying Eddie Brock and the title character. InThe Amazing Spider-Man#298, the couple form the creature known as Venom. [17][18], Gorr's consciousness was contained inside All-Black, finally at peace in an empty void without gods. [53], The Carnage symbiote eventually reunited with Cletus by taking over Dr. Tanis Nieves, Shriek's psychologist, who had been outfitted with one of the prosthetic arms derived from it after she was caught in an attack Doppelganger. Codenames:Anti-Venom,[3] Toxin,[4] Venom[5]Editorial Names:Venom: Lethal ProtectorNicknames:Bedlam,[6] The Comeback King,[7] Ed Brock,[citation needed] Edwin Brock,[8][1] Finnegan,[6] Rad Eddie,[9] Sister Edwina,[9] The Man of a Thousand Second Chances,[7], Tyro,[6] Whitey,[10] Wilde[6]Impersonations:Obnoxio the Clown,[11] Spider-Man[12]Other Aliases:God of the Symbiotes,[2] Friendly Neighborhood King in Black,[13] Host,[14] Lethal Protector,[1] Meridius,[6] Mr. Sym,[15] Vengeance[16] Place of Birth In addition to augmenting Peter's physical abilities when bonded to him, the symbiote interfaced with his genetic code and imprinted most of his powers into itself. Inside, Knull made a home for himself in the head of the Celestial he killed. [92], Rapidly succumbing to his cancer, Eddie began experiencing hallucinations of the symbiote representing his dark side. The host used the young symbiote to carry out a genocide against his homeworld, leaving it a barren wasteland and corrupting the symbiote with rage and bloodlust. [223] Speaking independently, the symbiote admitted to preferring Flash as a host, and that while it now possessed the ability to operate without a host it preferred being bonded to him, calling him its partner and friend. Tricked into being trapped in the Dream Dimension, the symbiote persuaded Nightmare to help them escape and was tempted when the demon offered an alliance and suggested it use the Word of God to become a deity itself. Most can also avoid detection by Spider-Man's "spider sense" might also work on other people such as Electro in Web of Shadows. The four symbiotes that made up Hybrid survived and, with the help of an underground military group, were separated and turned over to the United States government. [88] Upon bonding to him, the new symbiote granted Kasady all the powers the original Carnage symbiote had possessed, covering his body in black biomass with red eyespots and markings. Spider-Man who was investigating these murders first thought that Venom has returned, but upon finding Carnage, the latter defeated Spider-Man who withdrew from the battle. [175], Mental Instability: Eddie has been repeatedly shown relapsing into his unstable "lethal protector" mindset. Unusual Features Transforming into Carnage and escaping, Cletus traveled to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Texas and used a new technology to escape to the Microverse, even after Scarlet Spider tried to stop him. As he clashes with a gang to save his drug addict friend, he meets the Punisher and together they wipe out the criminals. He tried to convince them he wasn't an enemy, but Captain America insisted for him to separate from the Venom symbiote. [59], Cletus was put into custody in the Thunderbolts Mountain and the remnants of the Carnage symbiote on his person were seemingly destroyed, though it regenerated within his blood once more. Cletus left a message signaling his return in the form of murdering a random bystander who he had asked where to find the boy as proof that he was reverted to his natural moral axis.[80]. The Symbiote bonded with him and they became Venom. Origin and Living Status Dark Carnage's second form, after absorbing Tanis Nieves' Carnage codex. [3][93] Assuming leadership of the cult, Carnage subsequently conquered San Francisco's underground city -- which Venom had once guarded as the Lethal Protector -- and used his newfound abilities to infect the inhabitants with symbiote "brain worms" maggots infected with the Carnagized Grendel symbiote sending them to hunt down those who possessed symbiote codices.[94]. After saving reporter Alice Gleason from a new Sin-Eater, whom Kasady seemingly killed, he kidnapped her to teach him how to be a real hero. Its subsequent fate is unknown at the time. After Bizarnage managed to escape Spider-Boys web shooter, he attacked Cadmus director Tom Harper (formerly the WWII hero known as Guardian Angel) and tried to transfer it to him so that Bizarnage is the Cadmus Big Boss could become. [172] Restored to lucidity and with new powers as a result of its brief connection to Knull, the Venom symbiote informed him that Rex was actually the last piece of the symbiote-dragon, merging with him so as to become powerful enough to fight Knull. That alone can lead into some serious consequences for the future of the MCU and can be the next object of power that has world shattering implications. 4) #4(July, 2018)(Chronologically). En route to Midtown High School, Dylan asked the Venom symbiote what its true name was, the symbiote explaining that its kind didn't have names as humans understood them so much as unique emotional wavelengths. [15][23][9], Becoming an outcast of its species for its refusal to obey Knull's will,[16] the symbiote was discovered by Kree explorers, who took and bonded it to a soldier named Tel-Kar in order to use its disguising abilities to infiltrate the Skrull armada. Aliases When Brock ordered the symbiote to separate from him so that he could consider the matter, the pained symbiote let out a "psychic scream" of anguish so powerful that it drew others of its kind from space. Eddie was imprisoned in a mental Klyntar, so Dylan tried to free him but was imprisoned himself since Carnage was able to control the piece Dylan kept of it. [8] After absorbing numerous other codices and the Mania symbiote, he manifested a dragon/spider emblem on his chest and a pair of protrusions on his upper back. "Clich", Cullen Bunn(w),Edgar Salazar and Ario Anindito(p),Edgar Salazar and Ario Anindito(i),Dono Snchez-Almara(col),Clayton Cowles(let),Devin Lewis, Thomas Groneman, Nick Lowe, Christina Harrington, Chris Robinson, Darren Shan and Mark Paniccia(ed). The winner of the auction was Maggia don Vincente Fortunato, who gave the symbiote to his nebbish son Angelo, in hopes that he would finally make a name for himself. [129], When Flash returned to New York to investigate rumors that the Crime-Master had returned from the dead, he was attacked by the Superior Spider-Man and his Spiderlings. [88] Upon breaking free, he began to rampage but was quickly consumed by an unbound Poison. The only way left to do this was to acquire every single Codex the symbiote remnants containing the genetic information of the host left inside the bodies of every single host, dead or alive, who came into physical contact with the symbiotes on Earth, in order to overload the symbiote hive mind and scatter the Klyntar. [149] After the Sin Eater incident and bonding with the symbiote, Eddie focused this rage on Spider-Man and was initially obsessed with revenge against him at all cost. Disgusted by his cowardice, the symbiote abandoned Angelo of its own accord and later sought out Mac Gargan. Peter entered the room moments later to find Brock sitting on the shattered window, having slit his own wrists dozens of times. The symbiotes usually appear to have no solid form when they are without a host, and they usually have elongated jaws, fangs, and tongues. The first symbiote to arrive on earth, Venom takes on strange new adaptations in its battle for survival against its very creator, Knull. Venom called off their truce and declared his intent to reveal Spider-Man's secret identity to the public, but was knocked unconscious by a dynamite explosion and awoke with partial amnesia - having forgotten Spider-Man's secret identity. Since then, Venom and Carnage have often fought on multiple occasions, with a few rare collaborations. When Knull reached the Surfer, he attempted to defeat him and re-infect the Surfer with his abyss, but the Surfer, who had gathered the energy from the cosmos, created a star that was sufficient to defeat Knull. Eddie spared Jack, discarded his dreamstone, and returned to Rex's bunker to wait out the War of the Realms alongside his son. [84] When the Hive attacked, the Venom symbiote disguised itself as Ben Reilly's hoodie and was pulled through a stargate the invasion force had constructed to a world the Hive had already conquered. It later left the gorilla and returned to Flash, saving him from being killed by Kasady. Following its separation from Mac Gargan, the Venom symbiote was given to Eugene "Flash" Thompson by the US military, having been administered a sedative to keep it from seizing control of him. satellite and possess all of its inhabitants, including Deathbird and her unborn child, in order to expand the symbiote Imperium. [138] The symbiote separated from Drax of its own accord, whereupon it was cleansed of its hatred and bloodlust, reintegrated into the symbiotes hivemind, and rebonded to Flash. By this time, Spider-Man had married Mary Jane Watson, and Venom scared her horribly, causing her to ask Spider-Man to stop wearing the black costume and return to his original suit. [59] Bred to be an Agent of the Cosmos, it bonded to a Kree soldier named Tel-Kar, who later erased its memories of him when they were forced to separate. This relationship is somewhat similar to Cletus Kasady's and the Carnage symbiote: Both symbiotes are bonded to their hosts at the cellular level and seem to compliment the user's personality (the Carnage symbiote loves to kill, and the Anti-Venom symbiote wants to destroy Venom.) Affiliation and Relationships [2], Symbiotes were originally created by an ancient malevolent primordial deity named Knull. Much of the symbiote's history prior to its arrival on Battleworld is unclear, in part due to its memories having been erased, modified, or otherwise altered numerous times. While Cletus originally intended to kill Shriek when he grew bored of her,[53] he was enraged when Deadpool attempted to kill her and tricked him into nearly doing so,[130] and was similarly outraged when the Jackal beat and forcibly removed the Carrion virus from her while the two of them were imprisoned in Ravencroft. The Foundation experimented with life with the Venom symbiote in hopes of developing superhuman peacekeeping. . [135], Staying at Liz Allan's house, Eddie was offered a spot of the Avengers' roster but discovered that the Dark Carnage symbiote had survived and been indwelled by Cletus' consciousness. [95] Carnage -- now sporting Knull's spiral emblem on his forehead -- traveled to Philadelphia to claim Andi Benton's symbiote codex, killing her aunt Sarah and the Monsters of Evil, though Andi used the demonic powers of her Hell-Mark to escape. [60] Over the course of a single night, "Venompool" devoured a squadron of Zn'rx attempting to abduct the Power Pack,[62] fought White Rabbit alongside Black Cat,[63] fought Kraven the Hunter,[47] and devoured Killer Thrill's left arm - forcing the bounty hunters to flee empty-handed. Ancestors:Cortland Kasady (distant ancestor)Grandparents:Unnamed grandmother (deceased)Parents:Roscoe Kasady (father, deceased);[9]Louise Kasady (mother, deceased)[9]Other Relatives:Symbiotes:Carnage (former symbiote);Carnage II (former symbiote, assimilated by Carnage);Carnage III (former symbiote, deceased);Grendel/Dark Carnage (former symbiote);[9]Mania (former symbiote, assimilated by Dark Carnage);Venom (former symbiote);Extrembiote (current symbiote and body) After Carnage implanted the baby symbiote in NYPD officer Patrick Mulligan, Venom named the new symbiote Toxin after himself but eventually realized that Toxin's first host being a police officer would influence it to be a hero, which would make it a dangerous enemy. The Carnage symbiote was capable of greater control of its constituent matter than the Venom symbiote. Yes and Terachnid. The exact point in time when Knull first began creating [61] However, they can be influenced by their hosts,[126] which resulted in them seeking to forsake their dark nature. A white symbiote - formed from the remnants of the Venom symbiote inside Eddie's body being altered and fused to his white blood cells by Martin Li's powers - emerged from Eddie's body and repelled it. Suffocated with a pillow by Dr. Jenner (resuscitated by the Carnage symbiote)[15]Atmospheric re-entry and subsequent terminal velocity impact (reanimated by the Dark Carnage symbiote)[3]Impaled and bisected by Venom using a Necrosword[16] [139] Together with Flash, the symbiote acted as an Agent of the Cosmos, seeking to restore order across the universe. Eddie initially refused to believe that the symbiote could have a negative influence over him, telling Anne Weying that it could not make anyone do anything they didn't already subconsciously want to. Agender Its on 9x12. Using Shriek's "psychic channel" powers, he also drove ordinary New Yorkers to attack one another. the Symbiotes explained that the reason Venom Symbiote was acting erratically was that as soon as it returned to space, the Symbiotes managed to reconnect it to their hive-mind, and it was initially disconcerted until it was drawn closer and a better connection was established, allowing the Symbiotes to guide it to their homeworld. [112], As the symbiote began to develop an immunity to Alchemax's serum, it increasingly relapsed into its bloodthirsty corrupted state. [5], Greatly empowered, Kasady was transformed into "Dark Carnage" -- a thirteen foot-tall skeletal monster with Knull's spiral on its forehead and a white dragon/spider emblem on his chest. There is some speculation that this is due to the symbiote's gestation on Earth. Christos N. Gage and Dan Slott(w),Jorge Molina(p),Jay Leisten, Craig Yeung and Roberto Poggi(i),David Curiel(col),Travis Lanham(let),Nick Lowe and Kathleen Wisneski(ed). Earth-616 ", Ultimate Spider-Man (animated series) Season 1 4, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (animated series) Season 1 8, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (animated series) Season 2 11, Marvel's Spider-Man (animated series) Season 3 3, Marvel's Spider-Man (animated series) Season 1 6, Marvel's Spider-Man (animated series) Season 1 7, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (animated series) Season 3 2, Marvel's Spider-Man (animated series) Season 3 1, VENOM Revamped & Redesigned in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #23. "He who Eats". After Eddie lost his memories following his stint as a government agent, the symbiote influenced him into relapsing into villainy as Venom and attempting to eat Sandman and Spider-Man. The concept would be explored and used throughout multiple storylines, spin-off comics, and derivative projects. Trying to lead it away from civilians, Spider-Man quipped that they were old friends due to him being a former host, which to his surprise the symbiote didn't remember. [42], When the time-displaced X-Men approached Venom and asked for his assistance, their allies the Starjammers having been captured by symbiote-clad bounty hunters, the Venom symbiote tried to persuade an unwilling Eddie to help them. [85], In the wake of the Symbiote Invasion, Anne was taken into police custody and used as bait to lure Venom into an ambush; Eddie sending the symbiote through the phone's landline to jailbreak her. Their relationship was far from good, as Kasady was the very embodiment of what Brock hated. Listed below are games that feature other symbiotes besides them: The Venom symbiote is featured throughout the Marvel's Spider-Man series developed by Insomniac Games. While Doctor Strange figured out what had happened due to the symbiote being more aggressive than Spider-Man, he offered to teach it magic to be more effective against Mordo. Ms. Marvel managed to rip Gargan from the symbiote, which promptly bonded to and took over her; mocking Spider-Man while trying to devour him. He then used the head to forge the symbiote and combine it with the cosmic energies of the head, which would become Knowhere. [14] Knull's avatar attempted to assimilate the Venom symbiote into the Grendel, showing Eddie the true history of the symbiotes and declaring his intent to conquer the universe. [28][25], As a result of his insatiable bloodlust, any alliances Carnage makes are short-lived at best usually ending in him turning on his allies in order to kill them. When bonded to a superhuman host, a symbiote can interface with their genomes and physiology to imprint their unique powers and abilities into itself, granting subsequent hosts access to those powers. [84] Gath attempted to take the Venom symbiote for himself, but Venom broke free of his control and attempted to eat him; though he was defeated and had his symbiote stolen by the sorcerer. Alter egos (Hosts): Donna Diego, Patricia Robertson, Andi BentonDebut: Venom: Lethal Protector #4 (May 1993). [19], Coinciding with a televised broadcast of one of Krane's interviews, Carnage reached out to the Phage symbiote, corrupting it and directing it to bond to Buck Cashman, who joined the Friends of Humanity as Peter Krane's head of security. [114], "What if? [5] Eons after his death, Gorr was resurrected by King Loki - All-Black's then-host - in order to kill him after he killed All-Father Thor, manifesting a copy of his body from the symbiote. [151] Alchemax decided to help Eddie if he brought Stegron to them along with the equipment he stole. After Carnage was torn in half by the Sentry outside of Earths atmosphere, it is later discovered that the Carnage symbiote survived and returned to Earth, where it was discovered by Michael Hall, the Shriek, and his medic, Dr. Tanis Nevies enlisted Shriek to keep the Carnage symbiote alive in order to harness the properties of the organism to craft limbs and exosuits that react like a symbiote. Loki Laufeyson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.While the character first appeared in Venus #6 (Aug. 1949), the characterization that has persisted to the modern day, created by writer Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller Jack Kirby, first appeared in Journey into Mystery #85 (Oct. 1962). Thor: God of Thunder #2(November, 2012). Despite this, over time Gargan's control over the symbiote declined, leading to him expressing nausea and fear of the organism despite being addicted to its power. The Tyrannosaurus symbiote, after escaping Knull's control thanks to Logan, saw how beautiful the light was and wanted show its friends. The Carnage symbiote needed to vampirically feed on other organisms to stabilize itself, and was killed by Peter Parker. [37] Realizing the symbiote had returned, Spider-Man obtained a sonic blaster from the Fantastic Four and battled Venom using it. The first and most well-known symbiote is Venom, who originally attached itself to Spider-Man during the 1985 Secret Wars miniseries. "The Hunger: Part 5", Evan Skolnick(w),Patrick Zircher(p),Greg Adams(i). Relatives Ramon Hernandez is a mercenary who works for a sinister company called the Life Foundation from the Cold War, which has sought to provide a comfortable life for their wealthy clients after the impending nuclear holocaust. Towards that end, they probed the Venom symbiote and extracted the last five of its "seeds" -- the basis for later spawn as the symbiotes reproduce asexually. [78] The symbiote's ability to reproduce asexually attracted the attention of the Life Foundation, who captured Venom and temporarily separated Eddie from the symbiote. [45] However, Venom wanted to raise and train the new symbiote as an ally and partner. There are several levels of biological symbiosis, or "bonding" that can be achieved between a symbiote and its host, each with different biological consequences. After Trevor is killed, what remains of his symbiote merges with his symbiote siblings (except Carnage and Scream) and forces a man named Scott Washington to host his fused symbiotes called the Hybrid. Disgusted by Eddie's refusal to accept responsibility for his own mistakes, Anne left him, his father disowned him, and his future appeared to be over. Creators Carnage rampaged through the scene until Klaw, whose sonic body had been dispersed, managed to redirect lightning to Carnage and separate him from Kasady. Male However, it took too much out of its host's body sometimes making Eddie sleep longer so it can think while watching TV, and subconsciously influencing Eddie in order to fight criminals. The assembled team gone to stop Kulan Gath plans, eventually leading to it's brethren's death and forced the cult to retreat. American The symbiote grants Eddie the following powers: When the symbiote abandoned him, Eddie's cancer began spreading at an exponential rate. Affiliation [17] Knull's connection to the symbiotes was severed when the Grendel was blasted by Thor Odinson's divine lightning. Toxin also seems to have some sort of quick-healing ability like his predecessors, as his wounds from his first battle with Razor Fist healed instantly. With Lee Price in prison, Agent Anti-Venom brokered a truce between Spider-Man and Venom, who persuaded Black Cat to give up being a crime-lord. He was taught to trust in the gods, but they never answered his prayers. Antibody Overuse: If Anti-Venom overuses his healing powers, the symbiote becomes weakened and can potentially be overwhelmed and purged.[150]. [26] To save the Earth, the symbiote rebonded to Eddie - seemingly permanently - and released another psychic scream of despair that caused most of the invading symbiotes to commit suicide. In doing so, Eddie almost ended up stripping Spider-Man of his powers, which began shorting out whenever they were in close proximity.[10]. After receiving a cryptic warning from Meridius that he was going to die and that his loved ones would be in danger, Eddie tapped into the Hive-Mind to see if he could find out who was attempting to kill him and had a vision of Bedlam. Symbiotes Variable In part to his insatiable bloodlust,[37] Carnage's strength and abilities far exceeded those of his predecessors, Venom and Spider-Man. Furthermore, according to Flavio Sette, Venom's reversion to villainy in the late 1990s and early 2000s was due the miniseries' decline in sales. As S.H.I.E.L.D. Unknown to its human host, the symbiote was pregnant and gave birth during the disastrous rescue. During Spider-Island, Anti-Venom uses its antibodies to allow Reed Richards to create a cure for the spider virus: in doing so he will lose his powers and be considered a hero. The symbiotes he has bonded to include the. She was their official leader. The first host of the Toxin symbiote is former NYPD cop Patrick Mulligan. Harvesting the codices of the Weapon V super-soldier program and Leonard Elkhart, a one-time host of the Venom symbiote,[13][101] Dark Carnage traveled to Nicaragua and attacked Alejandra Jones, whose Spirit of Vengeance had at one point melded with the Venom symbiote and transferred a codex into her. Tyro is the iteration that followed Wilde. [7][21] In their desperation to expunge their violent past, the Symbiotes hive-mind cut off corrupted symbiotes from the hive-mind, developing a means of "cleansing" them and executing those who failed the trial or relapsed into violence. The other Celestials then banished Knull, along with the severed Celestial head, Eyes Despite both Flash and the symbiote protesting that they didn't want to fight, Spider-Man separated the symbiote from Flash, preparing to imprison it in his lab. Variable It is subsequently stopped by the combined efforts of Venom and Spider-Man (Miles Morales),[25] and is later incinerated by Eddie, denying Knull the chance to escape Klyntar. During Flash's sojourn into space as a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Venom symbiote became increasingly erratic, eventually seizing control of him and rampaging until they were separated, whereupon it took control of numerous members of the Guardians of the Galaxy until it managed to arrive to the destination it was being led to: the original Planet of the Symbiotes. w/Donny Cates: Absolute Carnage Wrap-Up Retrospective, DONNY CATES on Twitter: "The part where Knull resurrected him as a baby is completely untrue. [2] Eventually, as his body aged decades in a few months and he needed someone to protect Dylan while he managed the Symbiote Hive, he passed on his mantle of Venom to his son. [99] Thanos captured a red-and-black symbiote that he could control and kept it on his Sanctuary asteroid, later using it to free himself after he was trapped on Earth. He approached Carnage in his self-confinement, and convinced Cletus to join him as there would be nothing more chaotic than him saving the world. Both beings were taken separately to custody. Identity [226] Being partially reconnected to Knull's hivemind restored the symbiote to its pre-Lee Price level of articulateness,[173] but the psychic backlash of fighting Knull resulted in its personality and voice being erased, leaving it unable to communicate with its host. This new white symbiote seems to not only be different in appearance and abilities, but even acts completely different from the original symbiote it evolved from. [107][108][109] He also sent Will o' the Wisp, Conundrum and Freak after Deadpool, with Osborn arriving soon after. Spider-Man, with the help of a sonic wave cannon, removed Carnage and Venoms symbiote. Styx and Stone attacked them, and Venom - unwilling to let anyone but himself kill Spider-Man - intervened, resulting in Styx seemingly killing the symbiote with his carcinogenic touch. As the symbiote god's influence over it intensified, the Venom symbiote was inflicted with increasingly frequent and intense bouts of insanity and bloodlust. The symbiotes, when they were originally created, were used as tools by Knull in order to conquer the universe. After Eddie escaped by electrocuting Kasady with the subway's third rail, the symbiote put him in a coma so that it could heal him while taking over his body, then walked with Dylan to Peter Parker's apartment before returning control to Eddie. When Cyclops mentioned that he could still sense Jean Grey, Venom scolded him for falling for an obvious trap; though this resulted in Alchemax being attacked by a battalion of Poisons. When Spider-Woman attacked Eddie, the symbiote temporarily bonded to her to convince her they were turning over a new leaf and revealed that it was about to give birth again - though it chose to keep this a secret from Eddie. [81] While attacking Sam, Carnage saw Nova flying around the area, thus making it impossible for the boy to be Nova (unbeknownst to him, that was Sam's mother wearing his helmet). [109] In the case of Venom, seeds were forcibly extracted to produce more offspring. Unable to find a respectable new employer, Eddie is forced to work for magazines with a sulfurous reputation. [7], At some point it was believed that a symbiote-run planet was devoured by Galactus. Following a dark and disturbed childhood which culminated in him burning down an an orphanage, Cletus became a serial killer and was eventually convicted for eleven consecutive life sentences. Several of the symbiotes chose to stay on Earth and take new hosts, but found themselves feared and hunted by forces such as Alchemax's Guardsmen.[84]. Aliases During their captivity, the symbiote found Brock and refused with him, again forming Venom and allowing him to escape. "Planet of the Symbiotes; Growing Pain", Larry Hama(w),Duncan Rouleau(p),John Stangeland(i),Tom Smith and Malibu Color(col),VC's Ken Lopez(let),Tom Brevoort(ed). Living Status After the events of Brand New Day, Eddie Brock started working for Martin Li and Aunt May at the F.E.A.S.T. Noticing Eddie Brock and his son Dylan, Cletus pursued them into the subway and pushed Eddie and Dylan in front of an oncoming train in mockery of what Eddie had once done to Spider-Man. The character was created by David Michelinie and Ron Lim. Jacksons intervention to protect his commanding officer allowed the Venom symbiote to escape. Gallery Tier: High 8-C | At least High 8-C | High 8-C | 5-B | 2-A Name: Edward Charles Created by writer David Michelinie and artist Ron Lim, the fictional character first appeared in the comic book Venom: Lethal Protector # in May 1993. The bells rang to sound the hour, which - coupled with Spider-Man's rejection of it - weakened the alien and forced it to relinquish its hold on him. Living Status Gorr's Homeworld In the video game Ultimate Spider-Man, absorbing the trace amounts in Peter's blood allowed Eddie to take complete control of the suit, giving him a greater ability to talk and adorning him with a spider symbol on his chest. Peter reluctantly agreed and the symbiote bonded to him, making him powerful enough to fight toe-to-toe with the Red Goblin. When Eddie confronted Rex over what had happened, the symbiote succumbed to the dark god's control and attacked, though Eddie was able to subdue it with the flames from Rex's blast furnace. Trevor Cole was a mercenary who worked for a sinister company, the Life Foundation, which was preparing for the Cold War and sought to provide a comfortable underground life for their wealthy clients after the impending nuclear holocaust. Exhausted, Eddie decided to lend the symbiote to Spider-Man - giving him a much-needed power boost. [23][47] As a result, it was eventually imprisoned by its malevolent brethren, who considered it an aberration and feared it would contaminate the gene pool. [54], When Carnage escaped from prison and led a group of other supervillains in a massacre across New York City, Venom set out to stop him, allying with a reluctant Spider-Man and other superheroes in an effort to stop Carnage. It left Knull when he became incapacitated, and bonded itself to Gorr, who becomes imbued with its superhuman powers, including flight as well as increased strength and durability. [22][25] As an orphan, Cletus was sent to the St. Estes Home for Boys, where his antisocial behavior quickly made him the target of bullying and abuse from both the other orphans and the staff. Venom then helped the Young X-Men take down the Poison Queen, destroying the Hive and seeing to it that the surviving symbiotes were returned to Klyntar. Venom was sent after Red Sonja, who was indwelling the body of Mary Jane Watson, and attempted to devour her and Spider-Man before they escaped. On escaping, the Venom symbiote gave birth to a child (the reproduction of the symbiotes is asexual) which remained and mixed with Kasadys blood system. King in Black[2] Kasady informed the police of his resurrection and plan to unleash Knull in such a way as to make Brock look like a raving lunatic, and was imprisoned in Ryker's Island. Carnage's Hive (Leader)Formerlypartner of Shriek, Cult of Knull, Symbiote Hive prophet of Knull, Astonishing Avengers, Chthon, The Hive [29], After recovering from its injuries,[61] the symbiote found itself being hunted by a trio of alien bounty hunters - Killer Thrill, Guzz, and Coldwar - and reunited with Deadpool. The character is portrayed as an evil deity, who created the weapon known as All-Black the Necrosword, and the alien races known as Klyntar and Exolons. Agony, Anti-Venom, Carnage, Hybrid, Lasher, Mania, Phage, Raze, Riot, Scorn, Scream, Toxin, Venom, Zzzxx. She offers herself to Kasady so that he can absorb the remains of Carnage left in her body, but Kasady kills her instead and causes her Codex to revert to Carnage, even though the original Carnage symbiote is actually in Alchemax. Personal Information X-World Comics Presents . Unlike the Symbiotes of Earth-616, these are innately evil. [123][124], With Red Hulk's testimony, Flash was pardoned by Captain America in recognition of his heroism and made a member of the Secret Avengers. Eddie Brock was a journalist who tried to expose the identity of a serial killer only for the real killer to be caught by Spider-Man, thus he ended up accusing the wrong man. He then started to attack innocent people to try and get Nova's attention, provoking a new battle between them. As Venom, Angelo quickly learned how to use the symbiote's powers and initially overwhelmed Spider-Man, but after he killed a civilian dressed as the super hero Spider-Man stopped holding back and turned the tables against the fledgling super villain. Suspecting the negative influence the symbiote's bloodlust was having on him, Eddie rejected it and in its despair, the symbiote unleashed a psychic scream that accidentally alerted the Symbiote Hive to Earth's location. Created by writer David Michelinie and artist Mark Bagley, the fictional character first appeared in theAmazing Spider-Man#361 comic book in April 1992. Eddie begins a new life trying to fight crime and heal sick people. A task force that included FBI agent Claire Dixon, Army soldier John Jameson (aka Man-Wolf), and Eddie Brock (the latest host of the Toxin symbiote) attempted to capture Carnage, but the plan fell apart when Carnage and several FBI agents fell through a fracture into a played-out section of the mine, an occurrence set up by the owner of the mine, Barry Gleason, who turned out to be a member of the occult group known as the Darkholders. Affiliation He commits his first murder at age six, killing his grandmother by pushing her down the stairs to check if humans can fly. The Sin-Eater who claimed to be the spirit of Emil Gregg fed on Carnage's sins, growing into a giant while Cletus feels the burden on his conscience being relieved. Sonics and Heat: The Toxin symbiote, like all others of its kind, is extremely vulnerable to heat and sonic based attacks. [143] Frustrated and panicking after a vision of Dylan being attacked by Bedlam, Eddie time-jumped to the 602nd century, piloting a weaponized symbiote dubbed Warstar, a vassal of Kang the Conqueror. 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