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. Like all symbiotes, the Toxin Symbiote possesses the powers of its parent to a greater degree; He can stick to walls, shapeshift, also has unlimited webbing (which takes on a shape of thick red and blue tendrils like the chains of Ghost Rider), camouflage to its environment extremely effectively, form solid weapons from his limbs like Carnage, and a healing factor like his predecessors. . More recently, Toxin also developed a venomous bite. Carnage, needing a host to hide the symbiote to keep it from Venom, bonded it to Mulligan. Able to lift (press) over 35-45 tons originally. When he becomes annoying or aggressive, he grows into his much larger and stronger form (like Venom), with vicious fangs and long curved claws. Venom managed to dispatch the first Xenophage, though more eventually arrived on Earth to seek out their exotic prey. [64] The symbiote was placed in a prison canister and supposedly condemned to death by disintegration. However, surviving the fire, Toxin's mind was cleared, but with Brock in control this time, still wanting to kill Venom. The beings can come in a variety of forms. Flash later allowed the symbiote to bond to him, and it expressed a preference for him as a host, despite attempting to return to Eddie Brock and later "Peter Parker." Passionate about superhero comic books, horror films, and indie games, he works as a Senior Writer and Film Critic for Collider. Kathryn Newton joins us live from the premiere of Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, to discuss taking on the role of Cassie Lang, filming with Paul Rudd, and exploring the Quantum Realm. Funko included Toxin in their Pop! When upset or aggressive, it becomes much larger and he gets even stronger, growing vicious fangs and long, curving claws. Considering that it was a given that he would be on this list, we felt it necessary to place him first. 9 Most Powerful Symbiotes In the Marvel Universe, Ranked, 9 Netflix Marvel Characters We Would Love to See Rejoin the MCU, 5 Most Curious Marvel Movies Never Made, From Quentin Tarantino's 'Luke Cage' to James Cameron's 'Wolverine', The True Story Behind The Woman King and the Agojie Warriors, 10 Best Movies Trilogies Ranked From 'Spider-Man' to 'The Lord of the Rings', This Spielberg Movie Only Made a $1 Box Office Profit. The difference, of course, is that normal children tend to have fewer urges toward homicide. After the battle, Spider-Man came to Pat enlisting his aid to bring in the criminal Razor-Fist, giving him a bloody bandage to aid in Toxin's hunt. Mulligan eventually took it upon himself to mentor the young symbiote and teach it to suppress its predatory instincts, but was often stern towards it. [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. The next generation of symbiote, number 1000, Toxin is the offspring of Carnage and the most powerful of the bloodline. [81][82][83] Upon arriving on Earth, Knull easily killed the Sentry, bonded Earth's heroes to symbiotes, and engulfed the planet in a symbiote dome. After a struggle involving Venom, Eddie Brock, and Crime Master, Eddie was left behind as Venom escaped. The symbiotes then launched a full-scale invasion of Earth, starting in New York. When the symbiote starts to take more control, he grows a tooth filled mouth and his claws become bigger, similar to Carnage. [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. ToyBiz released a figure of the Patrick Mulligan version of Toxin for the Spider-Man Classics line. Suffering numerous counterattacks from Earth's heroes, Knull's connection to the Headless Celestial was severed by the Valkyries and so was his control of the heroes he had defeated thanks to Marvel Girl and Dylan. After several crushing defeats, Scream had a psychotic breakdown (possibly contributed to by her schizophrenia) and determined that all symbiotes were evil. Teaming up with Spider-Man to stop an armed robbery, Patrick found himself filled with murderous urges. 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]. 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. [5] Mulligan and the Toxin symbiote co-operate peacefully with an agreement: Mulligan will be in complete control, if he allows Toxin two hours of "playtime" each night. Venom ( Flash Thompson) recently encountered the Toxin symbiote contained in a secret laboratory hidden in the Devil's Den casino. [27], While "corrupted" symbiotes are cut off from their species' hive-mind and purportedly unable to access their full potential,[7] it has been noted on several occasions that certain long-lived specimens have become more powerful over time, usually by bonding to multiple successive hosts. [12], Toxin possesses the powers of its parent, but to a greater extent. Unlike many of the other symbiotes, Toxin did not try to dominate the mind of his human host. Plus, a new Groot arrives along with an exclusive 6-pack of Guardians Funkos! Toxin found and beat RazorFist, taking his razor fists, and bringing him to justice. Carnage tracked his offspring to Patrick's apartment, and threw Gina down a stairwell. Symbiotes can feed on their host's adrenaline, usually released into the bloodstream during the fight-or-flight response. Venom was also concerned that, like the 1000th symbiote in his line, the new symbiote could become psychotic and violent due to genetic breakdown. Also he has the abillity to hide in its host's blood stream. 15 Venom. on 09/19/22 Toxin was featured in the HeroClix figure game. Recently, it was removed from Patrick through unknown circumstances and contained in a secret lab in a casino in Las . [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. By virtue of having partially bonded with Spider-Man, Venom and its descendants all have spider-like powers, including the ability to cling to surfaces and produce organic webbing. 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. [9] However, the US military is unable to find Toxin, leaving it up to the hybrid symbiotes and Scorn to stop Carnage. During the final battle, Eddie allows Toxin to bond with Jubulile van Scotter, a young girl he'd earlier befriended. newsletter, characters who inspired the Life Foundation symbiotes, The Mandalorians Gorian Shard is a great Christmas tree-shaped character and a terrible pirate, Paizo bans AI-created art and content in its RPGs, including community-created work, How to get Deterministic Chaos in Destiny 2: Lightfall, How to open the gold arm door in Sons of the Forest, Dune-meets-Destiny action game Atlas Fallen gets May release. Now reconnected with the collective, the Venom symbiote's corruption was repaired and it re-bonded with Flash, making him into a stronger and purer Agent Venom. It was revealed that the window period between the contact and the full bonding between a symbiote and its host are 48 hours. After they fended off Venom and Carnage, Toxin had a conversation with Spider-Man, filling him in on what had happened to him. In the series finale, Mulligan and Toxin set off for a life of their own, leaving Mulligans wife and newborn child behind to keep them safe. Federal Bureau of Investigation (Earth-616), Savage Six (Crime-Master's) (Earth-616), The Symbiote grants its host an elongated jaw, fangs, claws, tentacles and a long black or green prehensile tongue which are really part of the alien costume, Genetic memory, gains new knowledge from previous hosts. Thats precisely what happens in the Old Man Logan storyline when we see the powerful Venomsaurus Rex for the first time. Eddie's son Dylan, who had symbiote powers similar to Knull's, eventually entered the battlefield to avenge his father. When Spider-Man attempted to send the aliens home, he accidentally released them across New York City. line of bobbleheads. Patrick became Toxin, saving Cat. Toxin. The level determines the final score, of the Super Power, being used in the calculation. Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spider-Man's First Appearance), Tales of Suspense #39 (Iron Man's First Appearance), Incredible Hulk #181 (Wolverine's First Appearance), an evil, alternate universe incarnation of Charles Xavier, Flash Thompson/Venom/Agent Venom/Agent Anti-Venom, Otto Octavius/"Peter Parker"/Superior Venom, Flash Thompson/Venom/Agent Venom/Anti-Venom/Agent Anti-Venom, 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Symbiotes, DONNY CATES on Twitter: "No yeah, that's the necrosword. [1][2] After being removed from Mulligan, Toxin was forced to bond with Eddie Brock and fight Venom. 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. For many years, Carnage was Venoms greatest enemy, with the anti-hero always having a tough time taking the red symbiote down. Toxin resists better heat and sound than other symbiotes, can track anyone, and has all the combined strengths of both Venom and Carnage. [3] The symbiote later momentarily combined itself with other two symbiotes in order to fight Chthon. Who is Toxin and what does this have to do with Carnage? Capable of extending her hairs and tendrils as a weapon, Scream proved her power when she killed her four brothers in a fit of rage. Washington was fired when it was discovered that he had freed the symbiotes. Others. Patrick now walked the streets of New York alone, as Toxin, hoping to learn as much as he could from Spider-Man. Somehow escaping the Chthonic Island, the Toxin symbiote eventually bonded to a teenaged boy named Bren Waters. Venom manages to remove the toxin symbiote Brock and throws a grenade into toxin's mouth. Venom (Flash Thompson) There is no family structure, and in fact it seems to be common among corrupted symbiotes for parent and offspring to hate each other. Though the anti-hero's hatred of Carnage was unparalleled, it decided to train the Toxin symbiote to act as a force for good. Unlike the others, Toxin can track anyone, not just other symbiotes, as long as he has something to pick up a scent. An effect which greatly extended his lifespan as well as granted him insurmountable power in his own right. Certain memories seem to be more readily accessible than others. He later attacks Venom, only to be defeated rather easily by him, thanks to a sonic device he acquired from Betty Brant. 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. Spider-Man gave him a kind of superhero heart-to-heart, and passed on his Uncle Ben's message: " With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility." Soon after, the presence of the surviving symbiotes attracted their only known predator, the Xenophage. When Cobra tried to wrap himself around Toxin, Toxin grew, stretching Cobra beyond his limit. Throughout the course of the mini-series, he battled King Cobra, The The Answer, Wrecker, Piledriver, and Razorfist. Richards isolated the living costume, setting into motion a series of events that would lead to the creation of Venom -- the merger of the symbiote and Spider-Man critic Eddie Brock. Toxin also appears to have some sort of rapid healing ability like his predecessors, as his injuries from his first battle with Razor Fist healed remarkably quickly. It also confers improved speed and agility on the host. With the help of Venom, Jack O'Lantern took it to his boss, Crime-Master. [68] This portion of the symbiote was used to create a duplicate, Mania, which rampaged through an Arctic research facility and military base, pursued by a nanorobotic alien called "the Suit". So what if a symbiote is attached to something other than a human? At the same time,Venomargued with Carnage over the Symbiote offspring. Brock had to ask Cletus for a temporary truce so they could mutually address the growing threat to their lives. Toxin comes from behind Megatak and kills him (hurting himself in the process), stating that Venom is his. [9], The exact point in time when Knull first began creating amorphous parasites out of the Living Abyss is unclear. As a race, the symbiotes are fairly unique in the universe. Marco Vito Oddo is a writer, journalist, and amateur game designer. Unfortunately, most symbiotes also increase the hunger and the rage of a host, transforming it into a killing machine. Hasbro released a figure of the Eddie Brock version of Toxin for Marvel Legends, the sister line to Spider-Man Classics, as part of the Ultimate. All four symbiotes were weakened, and survived by merging together to form a single, more powerful symbiote. Its was a brutal act, but one that ensured Sleeper was never corrupted by the mind of a host. . [12] Toxin even hurried Bren to the Alchemax Building so he could rescue his father despite his distaste for him. Venoms most dangerous offspring became one of Marvels most vicious villains after bonding with serial killer Cletus Kasady. Enraged, the remaining Sisters decided it was impossible for their kind to live in peace, reforging the civilization into a spacefaring empire and renaming the planet Klyntar after themselves. By the time the Guardians of the Galaxy visited Planet X, they discovered the Symbiotes had spread across the entire planet. Not to be confused with Gestalt Form. SlamAdams Desiring to be more than tools and weapons, the symbiotes spawned and bonded their offspring to the populace of the planet. [114] Another trait of the swirling black masses is the ability to retain a wearers anima, the very characteristics of previous hosts within their genetic codex. Fortunately, The Thing, Wolverine, Captain America and Spider-Man arrived and kept Hybrid occupied. Take note, True Believer! Carnage produced an offspring: a third symbiote. Variation of Symbiosis and Biological Symbiosis. The symbiote that would be known as Toxin was the spawn of the Carnage Symbiote. Aside from the standard Symbiote powers, Plague boasts the . [4], Toxin survived this encounter but was weakened enough that the arrival of Knull had little effect on the symbiote. The symbiote clone was bonded to Patricia Robertson, and ultimately consumed by the original Venom symbiote. Accelerated Healing Factor He is capable of healing injuries in the host at a faster rate than normal human healing allows. The amalgamated symbiote dispersed into wisps of golden light after being used to slay Chthon, seemingly marking the death of all three. [70] The possessed clone bonded to Andi, who defeated Jack O'Lantern and took to calling herself Mania. Both Venom and Carnage stated that they believed Toxin is the strongest, most dangerous symbiote ever existing in their race - except for their god, Knull. Klaw speculates this to be the reason the Carnage symbiote has abandoned Cletus Kasady for more powerful hosts before returning to him. Crime Master then forcibly bonded the Toxin symbiote to Eddie. 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A short time after fighting Venom and Carnage, Toxin began helping to find the escaped criminals from the Raft. Toxin is the symbiote spawn of the vicious symbiote, Carnage, and grandson of Venom. The toxin can also mix with his surroundings and become undetectable, an ability he gained from his grandfather, and can form solid weapons with his limbs, an ability first seen in his father. Toxin resists better heat and sound than other symbiotes, can track anyone, and has all the combined strengths of both Venom and Carnage. Though we are a benevolent species, there is no literature on my home planet. [2] Spider-Man stumbled into the final confrontation among the symbiote trio, and helped Toxin. Fearing the spawn would become more powerful than him and disgusted by the notion of reproduction, he resolved to destroy the spawn as soon as it was born. During the ensuing fight between Venom and Crime Master's underlings, Crime Master locks Brock up and forcibly bonds him to the Toxin symbiote, making him the new Toxin. [23], During the Secret Wars, when several of Earth's heroes and villains were transported to Battleworld by the Beyonder, Deadpool went looking for the alien technology Thor had stumbled upon to repair his tattered costume. [10], After killing Hybrid and Scream, Eddie Brock follows Venom into Crime Master's headquarters as part of his plan to destroy all symbiotes. Dr. Tanis Nieves was provided with one after losing one of her arms in an altercation between Hall Industries' Iron Rangers and the Doppelgnger. [17] Knull's connection to the symbiotes was severed when the Grendel was blasted by Thor Odinson's divine lightning. Just born, the symbiote united with police officer Patrick Mulligan. Carnage attempted to kill Toxin again, but was prevented from doing so by Black Cat and later Venom, who wanted to train it and make it his ally against Spider-Man and if he had to Carnage. Venom was the first Symbiote villain who spawned when it merged with Eddie Brock, a fellow reporter at the Daily Bugle. It is implied that the more successive hosts a symbiote has, the more powerful it becomes. When the Silver Surfer arrived with the God of Light, Knull's opposite, it immediately took possession of Eddie's deceased body, resurrecting and transforming him into Captain Universe. The then-villainous Puma -- who was fighting Spider-Man at the time -- was the first to perceive that the costume's webbing was organic, causing the hero to seek the advice of Reed Richards. More recently, Marvel revealed how the symbiotes were created by a deity called Knull to conquer the universe and fight the light produced by Celestials. Eddie succeeded in obliterating Knull at the core of the Sun, freeing the symbiotes and making him the new King in Black. Scream also controlled Donnas body after the woman was killed by Venom, an incredible feat considering symbiotes are parasites and need a living host to survive. Carnage resolved to kill both Mulligan and the symbiote since they were not yet strong enough to manifest a super-powered costume like the Venom and Carnage symbiotes. This doesn't mean that a higher class would always beat a lower class character. Carnage surpassed its "father" Venom by being the first symbiote shown to produce weapons from its limbs. Something went wrong. [18] They can spread and slaughter the divine in any manner of ways or even outright corrupt them as simply as wearing the host as a viable driver. Unlike the Symbiotes of Earth-616, these are innately evil. Who is Marvel's Toxin? They are the most powerful soldiers in Knulls war against the light, and Grendel might be the most vicious of the symbiote-dragons. Also unlike other symbiotes, Toxin appears to be somewhat resistant to sonic waves and heat. In the present, he attempts to use Eddie Brock to investigate Cletus Kasady, but gets caught in a battle between the Venom and Carnage symbiotes and Barrison. Later, when Carnage was returned to Earth after his apparent death, Hall Industries used the symbiote to produce advanced prostheses. The symbiote is shown taking on a new, armored form that resembles the Agent Venom costume. Toxin is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Without the need of bonding to a host, Grendel and its brothers are all raw power and fury, capable of killing gods, laying waste to entire civilizations, and even infecting sentient beings with symbiotes to grow Knulls army. The Guardians found the last remaining pure Klyntar and escaped Planet X before it blew up. Toxin is probably the most gruesome looking of the human-bonded symbiotes, sharing many visual similarities to its father, Carnage. Realizing his presence was putting Gina and newborn Edward in serious danger, Pat left them behind, offering Gina little explanation. In the Case of Gorr the God Butcher, his abyssal partner was the very first and most favored of Knull's creations. When Carnage did give birth, however, he was too weak to actually kill it. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Toxin appears in 85 issues. This makes him highly-prized to the. But the bigger the difference in Class is, the more obvious it is who'll win in a fight. He finally defeated him by removing his razor fists, and left with only stumps, was unable to harm Toxin. Thanks to Mr. Li's "mysterious powers", Eddie was cured of his cancer and the remnants of the symbiote were fused to his white blood cells. [16] In the sixth century, two of Knull's symbiote dragons arrived on Earth and attacked Scandinavia, becoming known as the Grendel and Grendel's Mother. This page was last edited on 16 December 2022, at 21:45. [71] Looking to avenge her murdered father, Mania used the symbiote clone to fight crime in Philadelphia, but found herself being targeted by Department of Occult Armaments agents Crossbones and Master Mayhem. Destabilized, the symbiotes sought out hosts to give their lives context and existence meaning; and the symbiotes who had bonded to benevolent hosts poisoned the hive-mind with traits such as nobility and honor. Born into a long line of Irish New York police officers, Patrick Mulligan was living his family's dream. [99], On Earth-50101, the symbiotes are a type of parasitic demon summoned using an ancient amulet that acts as the source of their power. [3], In 2005, after Spider-Man joined the New Avengers, Marvel introduced a six-issue Toxin limited series, which followed Toxin's battles with various supervillains escaped from the Raft as a result of events at the beginning of The New Avengers series. 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. After the new symbiote was spawned, Carnage was too weak to kill the creature himself, and the symbiote found a human host in officer Patrick Mulligan. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Character A variation of Patrick Mulligan appears in the live-action Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Venom: Let There Be Carnage, portrayed by Stephen Graham.