Toxin is probably the most gruesome looking of the human-bonded symbiotes, sharing many visual similarities to its father, Carnage. Toxin later joined Eddie Brock as his second host after Patrick Mulligan was killed. Xenophages are a race of amorphous, shape-shifting aliens whose diets consist mainly of symbiotes, though they are not above eating the occasional humanoid if they get particularly hungry. The Toxin symbiote was subsequently stolen by the Crime Master and bonded to Eddie Brock. However, they were eventually defeated, and the symbiotes returned to their homeworld. Marvels symbiotes were first introduced in 1984 when Spider-Man wore a black costume that gave him enhanced powers. Edward Brock Sr., however, managed to save a small sample of the symbiote for his son, Edward Brock Jr., to find. The four symbiotes were kept for a time in the Vault, a high-security prison for super-beings, but were freed from the lab by guardsman Scott Washington, who decided that they were not evil and did not deserve a lifetime of pain and suffering. 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.[86]. [12] The best and by far penultimate extension of such power comes in the form of total universal fusion: Gorr, having been revived by King Loki through All-Black using his intricate connection he had with its portion of the bleak and empty void, completely supplanted and become the dying future universe in its entirety to battle a weary all-father with. On one occasion, while Brock was incarcerated for his crimes as Venom -- and while he patiently waited for the escaped symbiote to free him -- he shared a cell with serial killer Cletus Kasady. Toxin's host, Bren, wanted the trio to stick together as a team. They seem to confer a weak healing factor on strongly-bonded hosts, but that bond can also send host and symbiote alike into shock if they are forcibly separated. Venom has used this to great effect by forming weak tendrils and shields from his constituent matter. [7] As a result, despite the Agents of the Cosmos' efforts the species as a whole re-developed the reputation of being predatory monsters that dominate their host mentally and physically while parasitically feeding off their emotions and bodies. After bonding with the hybrid symbiote, he regained use of his legs, and began extracting revenge on the gangs that had destroyed his neighborhood as the crimefighter "Hybrid".[67]. After Patrick pleaded for the symbiote's help, he eventually emerged. A weekly roundup of the best things from Polygon. This page was last edited on 16 December 2022, at 21:45. When Toxin was first spawned, both Venom and Carnage were driven to destroy the symbiote due to its probable power levels when it fully matured. Please check your email to find a confirmation email, and follow the steps to confirm your humanity. This . With the help of Venom, Jack O'Lantern took it to his boss, Crime-Master. Hyde gave no help, but did give a piece of King Cobra's skin he had previously shed. When the symbiote passed from Peter Parker to Eddie Brock, it retained most of Spider-Man's abilities - strength, speed, agility, etc. Toxin (translated in Spain as Toxina), or the Toxin symbiote is a fictional antihero and sometimes supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. Taking a hint from Venoms late-act Carnage reveal via Woody Harrelsons take on Cletus Kasady, the sequel sneakily debuts a very special new symbiote before the credits roll. When the symbiote starts to take more control, he grows a tooth filled mouth and his claws become bigger, similar to Carnage. Carnage resolved to kill both Pat and the symbiote currently hiding in his body since Toxin wasn't yet strong enough to manifest into a super-powered costume like the Venom and Carnage symbiotes. The character is the offspring of Carnage, the third major symbiote in the Marvel Universe, the ninth known to have appeared in the comics outside of the Planet of the Symbiotes storyline, and the first symbiote that Spider-Man considers an ally, despite several temporary alliances with Venom in the past. Most symbiotes have a weakness against intense sonic vibrations and heat, with known exceptions being, Unnamed gorilla (Status unknown; presumed alive), Unnamed mammalian aliens (Status unknown), Unnamed Ararat Corp scientists (Deceased). Teaming up with Spider-Man to stop an armed robbery, Patrick found himself filled with murderous urges. Venom still hoped to use this new symbiote as a partner, and fought Carnage to a standstill to protect Mulligan and the symbiote, whom he christened Toxin, after himself. [33][34] Successive generations of symbiotes will also be more powerful than their predecessors, and feral symbiotes are instinctually indifferent or hostile towards their progenitors and progeny. When not suppressed, the symbiote tended to rampage and attempt to eat any nearby enemies, and later exhibited a desire to acquire demonic powers, bargaining with Mephisto to receive a Hell Mark and attempting to absorb Zarathos during the Circle of Four. They were not able to save Krane from being assassinated by Carnage, but they were able to stop any other deaths. After Spider-Man bonds with this alien entity known as the red symbiote, it grants him new powers, as well as enhanced strength and agility. A lot has happened since 1988, with dozens of unique symbiotes showing up on the pages of different Marvel comic books. Venom, now realizing that Toxin's host is a cop and more powerful than himself and Carnage he will likely become a good guy. At one point, it managed to travel by telephone line by thinning itself to a strand of cellular width, though Venom replicated this feat to bond with Anne Weying. The symbiote poison is too fast acting to allow a symbiote enough time to not . Agony, Anti-Venom, Carnage, Hybrid, Lasher, Mania, Phage, Raze, Riot, Scorn, Scream, Toxin, Venom, Zzzxx. The symbiotes are said to have 'genetic memory', and can read the memories of others of their kind by absorbing chunks of their material. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. After surviving the encounter to Chthon, Toxin bonded to a young boy named Bren Waters. These symbiotes eventually rebelled against Knull and imprisoned him at the centre of an artificial planet in the Andromeda Galaxy, naming it and themselves "Klyntar" after their word for "cage". Undetectable by Spider-Man's "Spider-sense". The Toxin symbiote's various hosts are former NYPD police officer Patrick Mulligan, Eddie Brock, and teenager Bren Waters. Symbiotes seem to have some latent psychic abilities, allowing them to respond to the thoughts of their hosts, and each other. They are dense enough to absorb the force of powerful blows and stop bullets before they reach the host being. Symbiotes can control the actions of their hosts to a certain point. Every Super Power has a score (SPS) that is used to calculate the Class. In the Case of Gorr the God Butcher, his abyssal partner was the very first and most favored of Knull's creations. Instead, he found the machine holding the symbiote captive. [12] The symbiote's presence was later felt by Andi Benton through the Void, when she called to him, Toxin showed up in front of Andi and Flash Thompson. Toxin stopped them, but not before they demolished the museum. Carnage has taken hold of the book known as the Darkhold, to resurrect Chthon, Eddie Brock ultimately sacrifices the Toxin symbiote in the final issue against Chthon. [30] Dylan freed Sleeper and used his powers to control the symbiote, dousing him in napalm. The character was created by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane, making a cameo appearance in Web of Spider-Man #18 (September 1986 . RELATED: 5 Most Curious Marvel Movies Never Made, From Quentin Tarantino's 'Luke Cage' to James Cameron's 'Wolverine'. The symbiote did in fact liberate Brock, but in so doing left behind its spawn. The bond between a Symbiote and its host is sacred. It is possible for the symbiote to not release the toxin, but this requires a conscious effort on the symbiote's part. [5], After Knull was defeated, Toxin along with Bren and his father watched Senator Peter Krane on TV talking about the threat that the symbiotes posed and how they needed to support the Friends of Humanity, with Toxin realizing that there was something wrong with Krane as every time he talked the symbiote felt a drumbeat in his head. After years of partying, the Beyonder sends Wade back to earth, where he realizes he has engaged the "Recton Expungifier", the only weapon capable of killing the Beyonder. Symbiotes have the ability to process breathable gases when the host normally cannot breathe (for example, in water or space). [86] Under Eddie's command, the Symbiote Hive executed Carnage,[87] liberated the homeworld of Gorr the God Butcher from marauding space-pirates, repaired the Fault when it tore open and threatened to unleash the Cancerverse once more, and served as proxies to let Eddie meet with multiple groups of heroes simultaneously. Wrecker and Pile-driver decided to pull an art heist. ;(with symbiote) 695 lbs (Variable), Heres What You Dont Know About Venom | The Pull List: Mailbag, Universe, Other Aliases, Education, Place of Origin, Identity, Known Relatives. Toxin is considered "Plan B" to the force, and Brock's transformation into Toxin is manually controlled through a button. [63] However, they can be influenced by their hosts,[131] which resulted in them seeking to forsake their dark nature. After bonding with Eddie, Toxin took over its host and worked with the Savage Six, attacking its grandfather symbiote, Venom. Also he has the abillity to hide in its host's blood stream. [76] Zzzxx was later separated from Raza and imprisoned on Ego. A fight with security personnel results in Jack O'Lantern taking the Toxin symbiote and fleeing. Toxin returns during the King in Black tie-in miniseries Planet of the Symbiotes. While they have a latent ability to sense the proximity of their progeny, they usually have no interest in them. His stressful job, along with the strain of his new family (his wife Gina was pregnant with their first son Edward) were taking their toll. The level determines the final score, of the Super Power, being used in the calculation. At one point, a tyrannosaurus bonded to the Venom symbiote attacked Wolverine and Hawkeye, only to be stopped by Black Bolt.[106]. Venom allied himself with his son Carnage for the first time to kill Toxin. Venom managed to dispatch the first Xenophage, though more eventually arrived on Earth to seek out their exotic prey. 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. Dr. Tanis Nieves was provided with one after losing one of her arms in an altercation between Hall Industries' Iron Rangers and the Doppelgnger. Anti-Venom Eddie Brock became Anti-Venom after being exposed to mystical healing energies that interfered with the Venom symbiote, causing it to become a white costume with restorative powers. He joins us from the premiere of Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania to discuss what drew him to Kang as a character. In the ensuing chaos, Carnage found that he could absorb the symbiotes to increase his symbiote's mass and power, and temporarily became monolithic in size by doing so. When a terrorist attack was reported at Bren's father's workplace, Toxin and Bren suited up and went to lend a hand. Symbiotes can feed on their host's adrenaline, usually released into the bloodstream during the fight-or-flight response. The four Life Foundation symbiotes forcibly bonded to the Maker and re-merged into Hybrid, attempting to get Dylan's codex. Sleeper bonded with a Kree warrior named Tel-Kar, lobotomizing him to have complete control of his body. Venom is the oldest of all the introduced symbiotes of the Marvel Universe. Throughout the course of the mini-series, he battled King Cobra, The The Answer, Wrecker, Piledriver, and Razorfist. Robert Downey Jr. was on hand to give a dedication speech. He is stronger than Venom and Carnage combined, and was able to defeat . [61] 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. [12] Weeks later, Toxin was with Bren watching TV and complaining about the programs when they saw on the news that the Alchemax Tower in Manhattan was being attacked, worrying about Bren's dad, the two transformed and headed over there. And, due to the multiverse shenanigans of Spider-Man: No Way Home, we've seen that even though Hardy's Eddie wasn't a part of the fight, he did manage to leave a bit of Venom behind, so there are more symbiotes in our future. In the comics, Toxin is one of the few symbiotes to ever be on the side of the angels. Toxin showed submissiveness to Brock's lead, never arguing nor questioning its host's methods, up until its apparent death. He realized that he had much in common with Spider-Man and made the web-slinger his role model. Eddie and the Toxin symbiote worked out a truce to hunt down and kill Venom, after which they would try to kill each other,[10] and began hunting down and killing numerous criminals and gang members. After sharing notes on Carnage, the trio decided to team up to against him. [18] Endeavouring to spread peace throughout the universe, the Symbiotes symbiotes established a hive mind capable of sensing the "voice" of the Cosmos and created an intergalactic peacekeeping society called the Agents of the Cosmos by using the symbiosis they needed to subsist in order to transform "worthy" hosts into the ultimate noble warriors. Carnage did not want to talk about the situation and fought Venom. The first criminal he hunted down was King Cobra. They can live inside the host and be utilized according to . Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. All we have are our hosts -- the beings we join with -- to forge through the cold and unforgiving cosmos with. Toxin was willing to take Eddie with it when they were both caught in a fire. This symbiote later went on to merge with Washington, who had been crippled after a scuffle with the Eazy X gang following his return to the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll On Earth-TRN562, the Symbiotes were taken from their home planet to Earth by Oscorp, who experimented on them. [5], Born from Carnage as the 1000th symbiote in its lineage, "Toxin" was feared to be the strongest and most dangerous of their race by both Carnage and Venom besides Knull. The Carnage symbiote has shown the ability to somehow convert negative emotions into biomass, There is evidence to suggest that the relative power - or at least physical strength when bonded to a host of comparable build and musculature - increases with each generation, given that. Powers and abilities Toxin possessed the special abilities of his two symbiote predecessors: he can stick to walls (which originally came from when Spider-Man was a host of the Venom symbiote), he can change his identity to that of a completely different person, and he also has an ability unlimited. Each Super Power also has 3 levels (SPL). Patrick continued his life, haunted by his encounter with Carnage. ". As a race, the symbiotes are fairly unique in the universe. Symbiotes in general are weak to intense heat and sonics, although successive generations can develop a resistance to these weaknesses, and an individual symbiote can also become more resilient over time. Many of these retcons were aimed at further developing the character of. It appears that a large portion of Symbiotes survived the destruction of Planet X, as the feral alien parasites have claimed a whole domain for themselves on Battleworld.[95]. The heroes defeated and captured most of the Life Foundation symbiotes except for Agony, who escaped along with Carnage that was now merged with another symbiote. Carnage is more violent, unpredictable, and some would say more powerful than Venom. Venom fought Carnage, and named the new symbiote Toxin because to other symbiotes he smells like poison and has tendrils like carnage but has a body similar to venom. Going to extreme lengths to expunge their origins from their history,[18] the symbiotes of Klyntar have no notable cultural traits, or at least none other civilizations would understand, nor do they express themselves through literature, art, nor music. [9] However, the US military is unable to find Toxin, leaving it up to the hybrid symbiotes and Scorn to stop Carnage. Sadly for Eddie the Toxin symbiote drags into the fire from the explosion burning him. Instead, the Toxin symbiote actually thinks and voices its opinions to the human host (as evidenced in Toxin's "Cut to the Chase" storyline). Carnage has also been known to hide in its host's bloodstream. The Toxin Symbiote (of Earth-616) is an alien symbiote born from Carnage as the 1000th symbiote in its lineage. Following Eddie's arrest by the FBI, the Toxin symbiote was suppressed using symbiote inhibitor drugs,[11] and is only capable of taking action if injected with the antidote. [17][18] This version is a detective for the San Francisco Police Department who wears a hearing aid due to a past encounter with Frances Barrison while working as an officer. Accelerated Healing Factor He is capable of healing injuries in the host at a faster rate than normal human healing allows. [80], Making his way to Earth, Knull and his symbiote-dragons conquered and destroyed planets belonging to several space-faring civilizations, including the Krees, Skrulls, the Shi'ar Empire, and the Zn'rx. He found Eddie instead, and the symbiote immediately attempted to rebond to its former host. During a battle with the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man, Venom's tongue was severed. When he is not angry or fighting, Toxin is slim and smooth-lined, although still well muscled, closely resembling Carnage or Spider-Man's symbiote costume. 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