Venom Symbiote (Marvel Comics)

==Summary==
The symbiote that would be later known as the Venom Symbiote was the 998th of its lineage and was spawned at some point during the reign of the dark elder god Knull. Beyond this, much of the symbiote's history prior to its arrival on Battleworld is unclear -- in part due to the symbiote's memories having been erased, modified, or otherwise altered numerous times.
Becoming an outcast of its species for its refusal to obey Knull's will, 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, however, when rescuing a ship of Kree refugees, Tel-Kar separated from it and erased its memories should the symbiote be captured. Parting ways when the ship crash-landed, it would later bond to an unnamed alien, who used it to commit genocide against his own species, making the symbiote addicted to rage. The alien arms-dealer Haze Mancer claimed to have captured it at some point, altering it with chemicals to amplify its aggression and bloodlust, but it lacked recollection of these events.
Still desiring to protect its hosts instead of dominating them, it was imprisoned by its brethren as they feared it would contaminate the gene pool, this prison being incorporated into the makeup for Battleworld by the Beyonder.
Being discovered by Spider-Man during the Secret Wars, it bonded to him and assimilated his powers into its own genome. Unfortunately, it was later discarded by Spider-Man when he learned it was alive and sentient, as he was disgusted by the idea of permanently bonding to it. When Eddie Brock, a journalist who had his career ruined unwittingly due to the actions of Spider-Man, came to Our Lady of Saints Church to commit suicide, the symbiote sensed his anger and bonded to him, forming the villain Venom. Over time the symbiote's bloodlust and hunger worsened until it became too much for Eddie to stomach, leading to them parting ways.
After a brief stint with mobster Angelo Fortunato, the Venom symbiote sought out Mac Gargan and bonded to him. With Gargan, the symbiote's bloodlust grew even worse, eventually turning him into a sadistic cannibal. Stripped from Gargan after the downfall of the Dark Avengers, the Venom symbiote was taken by the US Army and eventually bonded to Corporal Flash Thompson, turning him into Agent Venom. Purportedly lobotomized by chemical suppressants, the symbiote sought to seize control of Flash and rampage until Agent Venom joined the Guardians of the Galaxy. Compelled to return to Klyntar by the symbiote hive-mind, the Venom symbiote was temporarily cleansed of its corruption and joined the Agents of the Cosmos until Flash returned to Earth. Forcibly separated from Flash, the symbiote briefly bonded to the cruel former Army Ranger Lee Price - worsening its corruption - before reuniting with Eddie Brock.
Venom was eventually cured from its corruption after being exposed to a serum derived from the Anti-Venom symbiote. Giving birth to a new spawn, Sleeper, Venom's peaceful existence was thrown into chaos following the resurgence of the Knull, leading to them briefly parting ways when it was revealed the symbiote had been altering Eddie's memories all along. When Knull attacked Earth, Eddie defeated him and became the new God of the Symbiotes, eventually passing the symbiote and mantle of "Venom" onto his recently discovered son Dylan.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher with Hosts
Name: Unknown (The symbiote takes the name of its current host), The Venom Symbiote
Origin: Marvel Comics
Gender: Agender
Age: At least several hundred years old
Classification: Klyntar (Symbiote)
Wielders: Venom, Agent Venom, Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus, Scorpion, Deadpool, Dylan Brock, Anne Weying, Lee Price
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Enhanced Senses (Has 360 degree vision and can see out of any part of its body, and can hear heartbeats), Regeneration (High-Mid, regenerated from being blown up and can regenerate from just a severed tongue), Immortality (Type 3), Telepathy (All Klyntar are able to communicate with their hosts through telepathy, as well as communicate with the Klyntar Hivemind telepathically across intergalactic distances), Empowerment (The Venom Symbiote physically empowers the person it is bonded to), Power Mimicry (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 powersVenom Volume 1 Issue 162. The Venom Symbiote mimics the super powers Spider-Man, such as webs and wall crawling as well as the ability to bypass his Spider-Sense), Self-Sustenance (Type 1, Does not need to breathe), Shapeshifting, Transformation, Elasticity, Weapon Creation (The Venom Symbiote is able to restructure itself in various ways, such as tentacles, spikes, blades, or even wings, and can form a variety of disguises and shapeshift to resemble clothes and even other people), Size Manipulation (Able to grow large enough to envelop a city block and shrink to fit inside a brick of cocaine, hide in a small portion of a wall, and shrink parts of itself to a sub-cellular scale), Fragrance Manipulation (Able to alter its scent at will), Stealth Mastery, Camouflage, Invisibility (Venom's camouflage allows its host to be rendered virtually invisible, and he is stealthy enough to bypass the senses of Spider-Man and Wolverine and ambush Kraven), Flight (Venom can grow a pair of wings and use them to fly), Possession (The Venom Symbiote is able to fully possess its host if it wishes, as well as split itself up to possess others as well as numerous targets at once), Body Puppetry (Venom can control its host even if they are asleep or unconscious), Corruption (As a corrupt Symbiote, Venom is able to spread its influence to its host, corrupting them into violent, murderous versions of themselvesVenom: Space Knight Volume 1 Issue 8King in Black Volume 1 Issue 1), Empathic Manipulation, Berserk Mode, Rage Power (Corrupt Symbiotes feed on negative emotionsVenom: Space Knight Volume 1 Issue 12, can absorb these emotions to empower themselves, and are able to project their own emotions and personal desires onto their host, as well as amplifying feelings of rage and bloodlustVenom: Sinner Takes All Volume 1 Issue 3Venom: Sinner Takes All Volume 1 Issue 5Venom: Along Came a Spider Volume 1 Issue 3), Limited Adaptation (Corrupted Symbiotes are able to gain resistances to things such as heat and sonic vibrations with repeated exposure, though this takes a significant amount of time to accomplish), Fusionism (The Venom Symbiote is able to assimilate other Symbiotes into itself to become strongerVenom: Along Came a Spider Volume 1 Issue 1Venom Volume 1 Issue 18Venom Volume 4 Issue 6), Technology Manipulation (Symbiotes can bond to inorganic material, letting them interface with and augment machinery as sophisticated as a cyborg, the Ironheart Armor Model 2Venomized Volume 1 Issue 1, and a Kree Empire battleshipVenom: First Host Volume 1 Issue 3. Venom and its host possess the ability to physically enter into the Internet on a “molecular level” and travel between hard-wired computers through Ethernet cables.), Power Absorption (Symbiotes can absorb the Codex of other symbiotes to become more powerful, temporarily acquiring their traits and whatever unique powers the codex's host may have possessedVenom Volume 4 Issue 8Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance Volume 1 Issue 1Absolute Carnage Volume 1 Issue 3), Duplication (Can create duplicates of itself. Symbiotes reproduce asexually and are able to create new Symbiote spawn from small pieces of their body or severed body parts), Power Bestowal (Due to Symbiotes possessing a genetic memory, Venom's descendants are able to benefit from its former bond with Spider-Man by gaining his powersAmazing Spider-Man Volume 1 Issue 430.), Reactive Power Level (Symbiotes become more powerful the more successive hosts they haveSuperior Carnage Volume 1 Issue 5Superior Spider-Man Volume 1 Issue 23), Poison Manipulation (Possesses fangs that can inject a powerful poison which is potent enough to even affect Sandman's sand form and nearly kill him with a single bitePeter Parker: Spider-Man Volume 1 Issue 16), Memory Manipulation (Can manipulate its host's memories, read memories and drain others' memories with a touch, as well as share memories between two hosts with a physical connection), Sleep Manipulation, Biological Manipulation (Venom is able to alter its host's biochemistry to simulate symptoms of different diseasesVenom Volume 4 Issue 11Donny Cates on Twitter: "Correct." as well as directly affect the neurochemical functions within its host in order to induce various psychological effects, such as calmness, sleep, or even memory suppression). Resistance to Disease Manipulation, Poison Manipulation (The Venom Symbiote is able to cure its host of all earthly illnesses and purge their body of poisons), Corrosion Inducement (The Venom Symbiote was able to withstand Styx's touch which causes organic matter to decay on contact), Acid Manipulation (The Venom Symbiote's tissue is highly resistant to acid), Paralysis Inducement (Unfazed by being hit with multiple paralyzing darts), Radiation Manipulation (Unaffected by being hit with pure microwave radiation)
Attack Potency: Large Building level (Consistently shown as being superior to Spider-Man, to the point where the Symbiote, even without a host, can fight on par with him.), Large Building level+ with Hosts (Spider-Man has admitted that Venom has all of his powers but with more strength, and he has killed an alternate universe version of Black Suit Spider-ManVenomverse Volume 1 Issue 5 who was able to match him in combatVenomverse Volume 1 Issue 2. Fought on equal grounds with Scorpion as both VenomVenom Volume 1 Issue 150Venom Volume 1 Issue 165 and Anti-VenomAmazing Spider-Man: Extra! Vol 1 2. Fought on par with NovaNova Volume 3 Issue 7. Stronger than Spider-WomanVenom Volume 1 Issue 161, Norman OsbornAbsolute Carnage Volume 1 Issue 1, Shocker, and Kraven the HunterVenom Volume 1 Issue 158. Nearly killed Miles MoralesVenom Volume 4 Issue 3 and Sandman.)
Speed: Hypersonic combat speed (Comparable in speed to Spider-Man and Carnage. Kept up with WolverineVenom Annual Volume 1 Issue 1Marvel Comics Presents Volume 1 Issue 117 and PunisherVenom: Funeral Pyre Volume 1 Issue 1 on multiple occasions.)
Lifting Strength: At least Class M (Stronger than Spider-Man to the point that Spider-Man using both arms cannot overpower one of his arms and he can easily break Spider-Man's webs. Able to support the weight of a Ferris wheel while severely weakened)
Striking Strength: Large Building level, Large Building level+ with Hosts
Durability: Large Building level, Large Building level+ with Hosts (Can consistently take hits from Spider-Man and opponents of similar strength with little issue)
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Standard Melee Range to Extended Melee Range physically. Hundreds of Meters with webbing and shapeshifting (Able to cover an entire city block with his tendrils)
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Gifted (Able to keep Spider-Man and his genius level intellect on his toes) but restricted by mental instability and tendency to go feral when agitated
Weaknesses: The Venom symbiote, like all others of its kind, is vulnerable to heat and sonic based attacks. They can cause the symbiote physical pain and discomfort, though as Venom has evolved this weakness only applies to exceedingly powerful applications of these attacks.
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