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Venom Render Marvel Puzzle Quest
That's where you are wrong. It's not about control, or following orders like a soldier. It's about us. We. We are Venom!
~ Venom

Anti-Venom Portrait Art
Everyone's got an angel and a devil on their shoulder. What matters is which one you listen to. That's what they said in group. Jenna's my angel. I have to listen to her... or the devil might start talking again. I'm a force of good now. I've been given the gift of healing. I could heal this guy's hepatitis, even... If I wanted to. When I met Jenna her veins were full of poison. But I used my powers to cleanse her. She was reborn. New. She now helps me navigate the streets. Helps me cut the cancer out of society. She's the proof that I can do good.
~ Anti-Venom

Marvel Comics Toxin (Render)
No, no, no. You've got it all wrong. Venom's old news... All played out. These days I prefer to be called-- Toxin!
~ Venom

Edward Brock (Earth-616) from Carnage Vol 2 4 001

Absolute Carnage Vol 1 1 Codex ComicSketchArt Exclusive Virgin Variant
And then... just like that... I feel it. Above the pounding heart of Spider-Man below me. Putting his life on the line once again to protect the innocent. To protect my son. Through the endless demons clawing their way out of the shadows of my past. I can feel it rising in the air. Cutting through the screams of a carnage-born god. Sending ripples of electricity through my codex-laden spine... boiling. Just below the surface. Aching to get out. For the first time in a very long time... I feel it. Hope. They fall into me. Black rain. Burrowing and growing. The codices... writhing and connecting with my own. The voices of their former hosts screaming into my mind. Captain America's voice barking orders and war strategies. Wolverine's rage igniting my blood into ancient fire. I see through Hawkeye's diamond-scalpel eyes. The Thing's ungodly strength turning my muscles to stone. They all melt together inside of me. Many voices becoming one. The power... not like anything I have ever felt before... something... new. Something better. We are the fury of this red-drenched city. Clothed in the armor of an avenging legion. This ends with us. All of us. Because we're stronger when we're together. And together... we. Are. Venom.
~ Venom

Legion1
You know... I hear what you all say about me. About us. And it's fine. Honestly, I've been hearing this question since this all started... hell, I even heard it from my kid. "Is Venom a good guy... or a bad guy?" I get it. I do. I know we can be... you know... a little erratic. We've been on both sides of the line so many times even I can't keep track. It's a fair question is what I'm trying to say. And the answer... I don't know. It's not easy... when this all started... when I first got the symbiote and... gave myself this "cool" name, I... Lord help me, I thought-- I thought I was doing the right thing. I genuinely thought that killing Spider-Man was the right thing to do. I honestly did. And looking back at it now... God... what was wrong with me? I know. I know. That doesn't answer the question, right? But... it kinda does. You ask me if I'm a good guy or a bad guy, and, well... I mean, if I didn't think I was a bad guy when I was trying to kill Spider-Man, how can I trust myself to answer it now? I think the truth is that I... I so want to be. I want people to look at me the way they look at him. At Spider-Man. I've seen it. They see him, and they know everything is going to be okay. They look at me and... I don't know. Maybe I don't think I'm good enough of a guy to be a good guy. But... I'm trying. We're trying. Every day.
~ Venom

Captainunivrsevenom
I hear it. It calls to me. Tells me I have been chosen. Tells me to rise. Tells me to choose my new form. I can barely hear it over the power of the light. But I laugh as it asks me... because there's only ever been one answer to that question... It's different, this power. It's ancient. Strange. But somehow... familiar. I don't know what I am now. I don't know if it'll be enough to beat back the void... All I know... is that I'm back. And I'm mad. So now... win or lose... good or bad... light or dark... everything is about to change.
~ Eddie

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Summary

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. Disgraced, he came into contact with an alien Symbiote, rejected by Spider-Man. The Symbiote bonded with him and they became Venom.

Powers and Stats

Tier: High 8-C | At least High 8-C | High 8-C | 5-B | Low 1-A | High 1-A

Key: Venom/Anti-Venom | Toxin | Magic Venom | Legion | Captain Universe | The Eventuality

Name: Edward Charles Allan "Eddie" Brock, Venom, Lethal Protector, The Onyx King

Origin: Marvel Comics

Gender: Male for Eddie; Inapplicable for the symbiote

Age: In his 30s or 40s

Classification: Human bonded with a Klyntar (Alien Symbiote), Vigilante, Former Symbiote Hunter, Government Operative, Reporter, God of the Symbiotes, King in Black

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Acrobatics, Martial Arts (Possesses basic combat training), Multiple Selves (Type 3; Eddie Brock and Venom coexist in a symbiotic relationship), Enhanced Senses (Venom has 360 degree vision and can see out of any part of his symbiote, and can hear heartbeats), Regeneration (Mid for Eddie [regenerated from having his head stabbed by Wolverine and being shot in the head[1]], High-Mid for Venom 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 powers[2]). 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, Venom is able to process breathable gases for its host when they would otherwise be unable, allowing them to survive underwater and in space as well as filtering out toxic gasses in the air), 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 himself to a sub-cellular scale), Body Control (Can control his pulse and respiration and stop his heart at will), Fragrance Manipulation (Able to alter his scent at will), Stealth Mastery, Camouflage, Invisibility (Venom's camouflage allows its host to be rendered virtually invisible, and he is stealth is effective 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 themselves[3][4]), Empathic Manipulation, Berserk Mode, Rage Power (Corrupt Symbiotes feed on negative emotions[5], 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 bloodlust[6][7][8]), 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 stronger[9][10][11]), Technology Manipulation (Symbiotes can bond to inorganic material, letting them interface with and augment machinery as sophisticated as a cyborg, the Ironheart Armor Model 2[12], and a Kree Empire battleship[13]. 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 possessed[14][15][16]), Duplication (Can create duplicates of himself. Symbiotes reproduce asexually and are able to create new Symbiote spawn from small pieces of their body or severed body parts[5]), 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 powers[17]), Reactive Power Level (Symbiotes become more powerful the more successive hosts they have[18][19]), 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 bite[20]), 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 diseases[21][22] 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), Madness Manipulation (Was able to break free from the Realm of Madness despite their mental state being in such bad shape that they should have been trapped there permanently), 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), and Telepathy (As a result of Venom being a bond between two separate minds, it takes longer than conventional for a telepath to affect its mind, however this defense is not absolute)

All abilities as Venom plus Healing, Purification, Mind Manipulation (Due to being imbued with the Lightforce, Anti-Venom's touch is able to purge toxins, drugs, and other malignant substances from people's bodies, as well as cure diseases, mental instability, and criminal inhibitions[1]), Enhanced Senses (Anti-Venom can sense foreign substances within a person's body. This includes symbiotes, radiation, narcotics, viruses, and other diseases[1]), Resistance to Radiation Manipulation (Unaffected by Radiation Man's radiation)

All abilities as Venom plus Magic, Reality Warping, Subjective Reality (Due to being derived from a Dreamstone programmed to manifest weapons, Eddie can manifest virtually anything he desires, limited only by his imagination[23]), Reactive Evolution (To compensate for Eddie's lack of imagination the Dreamstone Symbiote gained the ability to autonomously change its form and capabilities to suit Eddie's needs[24]), Power Bestowal (Able to split off parts of the Dreamstone Symbiote and grant them to others to empower them, granting them his power and abilities[25]), Electricity Manipulation (Able to create bolts of lightning[25]), Weather Manipulation (Able to manifest storms[25])

All abilities as Venom plus Enhanced Senses (Possesses the senses of Phage, whose sensory awareness is augmented to the point of being able to see perfectly for miles, as well as the enhanced eyesight of Hawkeye and senses of Captain America and Wolverine), Martial Arts (Possesses the combined martial skill of The Thing, Wolverine, Hawkeye, and Captain America), Weapon Mastery (Possesses the combined weapon mastery of Wolverine, Hawkeye, and Captain America), Vehicular Mastery (Possesses the vehicular mastery of The Thing), Regeneration (Low-High, Possesses Carnage's healing factor), Instinctive Reaction (Possesses the instinctive reactions of Wolverine and Captain America), Mind Manipulation, Madness Manipulation, Illusion Creation (Possesses Carnage's mind-altering abilities), Pressure Points (Possesses Wolverine and Captain America's knowledge of pressure points), Light Manipulation (Possesses the powers of Sleeper, who can manipulate ambient light in order to become invisible), Fragrance Manipulation (Possesses the powers of Sleeper, who can give off airborne hormones that enable it to confuse the sensory systems of others), Acid Manipulation (Possesses the powers of Agony, who can spit highly corrosive acid), Weapon Creation (Capable of creating a Necrosword), Power Nullification (Legion's Necrosword possesses the immortality-negating power of All-Black the Necrosword), Resistance to Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Radiation Manipulation, and Illusion Creation (Possesses Captain America's and Wolverine's resistances)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight and Spaceflight, Energy Manipulation and Energy Projection, Enhanced Senses (All hosts of the Enigma Force can see things on a subatomic scale and across galactic distances thanks to their Uni-Vision), Cosmic Awareness, Matter Manipulation and Transmutation (Can manipulate matter on an atomic level. Fused Mjolnir and the Silver Surfer's board into a battleaxe), Resistance to Heat Manipulation (The Uni-Power protects the user from extreme temperatures, such as the cold of outer space and the heat of the sun)

All previous powers and abilities to immeasurably greater degrees. In addition to: Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2), Immortality (Type 5), Power Nullification (Calling upon the Onyx King's "cantrips" allows one to temporarily nullify any and all power not contained within the user and opponent's bodies,[26] rendering useless even artifacts as powerful as the Eternity Mask), Acausality (Type 4), Clairvoyance and Precognition (From the vantage point of the Un-Beyond, he can peer into all the possible forks and branches of the timeline,[27] as well as any slice of time of his choosing), Nonexistent Physiology (Nature Type 2, Aspect Types 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; Abides in a state similar to The Beyonders, residing in the "Qlippoth"[28] of their realm, a dark, dead and empty husk, opposed to the creatively-aligned nature of the Beyond), Reality Warping and likely similar abilities to The Beyonders

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, 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-Man[29] who was able to match him in combat[30]. Fought on equal grounds with Scorpion as both Venom[31][32] and Anti-Venom[33]. Fought on par with Nova[34]. Stronger than Spider-Woman[35], Norman Osborn[36][16], Shocker, and Kraven the Hunter[37]. Nearly killed Miles Morales[38] and Sandman[20]) | At least Large Building level+ (As the next generation Symbiote spawned from Carnage, Toxin is significantly stronger than both Carnage and Venom and was feared to be the strongest and most dangerous member of their race[39]. Overpowered and defeated Agent Venom. Eddie as the host of Toxin should be superior to Patrick Mulligan, an inferior host who casually overpowered Carnage, without transforming overpowered Black Cat, and defeated Venom and Carnage simultaneously) | Large Building level+ (Comparable to the original Venom Symbiote[23]. Was able to overpower Jack O'Lantern and multiple Frost Giants[24]) | Planet level (Possesses the physical strength of The Thing[40]. Fought and defeated Fifth Form Dark Carnage who had just defeated Hulk[41] and power surpassed that of Juggernaut) | Low Outerverse level (Wields the full power of the Enigma Force, which is the very spirit of Eternity,[42][43][44] without which Earth-616 itself instantly collapses[45]) | High Outerverse level (As the Onyx King, he is the dark counterpart of The Beyonders, residing in the qlippothic reflection of their realm, the Un-Beyond, and tending to the "Black Engine" lying therein, just as the Beyonders maintain the Concordance Engine[27])

Speed: Hypersonic combat speed (Comparable in speed to Spider-Man and Carnage. Kept up with Wolverine[46][47] and Punisher[48][1] on multiple occasions) | Hypersonic combat speed | Hypersonic combat speed | Massively FTL+ combat speed (Kept up with Fifth Form Dark Carnage) | Immeasurable | Immeasurable

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) | At least Class M | At least Class M | At least Class G | Immeasurable | Immeasurable

Striking Strength: Large Building level+ | At least Large Building level+ | Large Building level+ | Planet level | Low Outerverse level | High Outerverse level

Durability: Large Building level+ (Can consistently take hits from Spider-Man and opponents of similar strength with little issue) | At least Large Building level+ | Large Building level+ | Planet level | Low Outerverse level | High Outerverse level

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); Unknown as Captain Universe | High Outerversal

Standard Equipment: Venom Symbiote/Anti-Venom Symbiote | Toxin Symbiote | Dreamstone, Dreamstone Simulacrum Symbiote | Gestalt Codex Symbiote | Battleaxe (Fusion of Mjolnir and the Silver Surfer's Board) | The Black Engine

Intelligence: Above Average (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 | Gifted (As a gestalt symbiote, Legion possesses the combined memories and personalities of the hosts its codexes were harvested from, granting its host the combined knowledge and skill of Captain America, Hawkeye, Wolverine, and The Thing)

Weaknesses:

  • Mental Instability: Eddie has been repeatedly shown relapsing into his unstable "lethal protector" mindset. As both Venom and Toxin he reverts to this persona, killing criminals just as offhandedly. He is also addicted to the power bestowed upon him by being bonded to a symbiote, which has causes drastic shifts in his personality.
  • Sonic and Heat: 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. The Toxin symbiote is more resilient to these attacks than most other members of its species.

  • Mental Instability: Eddie has been repeatedly shown relapsing into his unstable "lethal protector" mindset. Recently as Anti-Venom he's seemingly reverted back to this persona, killing criminals just as offhandedly as before despite the obvious option of curing them of their drug addictions and actually helping them with his powers.
  • Darkforce: As Anti-Venom is formed from the Lightforce it is vulnerable to the Darkforce, which can weaken or nullify the suit's healing powers.
  • Antibody Overuse: If Anti-Venom overuses his healing powers the symbiote becomes weakened and can potentially be overwhelmed and purged.

Possesses severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder following his encounters with Knull.

None notable.

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Others

Notable Victories:

Notable Losses:

Agent Venom (Marvel Comics) Agent Venom's Profile (Flash had the Space Knight Venom, while Eddie had the Pre-Knull Venom. Both bloodlusted)

Inconclusive Matches:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom - New Ways To Live Volume 1 Issue 1
  2. Venom Volume 1 Issue 162
  3. Venom: Space Knight Volume 1 Issue 8
  4. King in Black Volume 1 Issue 1
  5. 5.0 5.1 Venom: Space Knight Volume 1 Issue 12
  6. Venom: Sinner Takes All Volume 1 Issue 3
  7. Venom: Sinner Takes All Volume 1 Issue 5
  8. Venom: Along Came a Spider Volume 1 Issue 3
  9. Venom: Along Came a Spider Volume 1 Issue 1
  10. Venom Volume 1 Issue 18
  11. Venom Volume 4 Issue 6
  12. Venomized Volume 1 Issue 1
  13. Venom: First Host Volume 1 Issue 3
  14. Venom Volume 4 Issue 8
  15. Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance Volume 1 Issue 1
  16. 16.0 16.1 Absolute Carnage Volume 1 Issue 3
  17. Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 Issue 430
  18. Superior Carnage Volume 1 Issue 5
  19. Superior Spider-Man Volume 1 Issue 23
  20. 20.0 20.1 Peter Parker: Spider-Man Volume 1 Issue 16
  21. Venom Volume 4 Issue 11
  22. Donny Cates on Twitter: "Correct."
  23. 23.0 23.1 Venom Volume 4 Issue 13
  24. 24.0 24.1 Venom Volume 4 Issue 14
  25. 25.0 25.1 25.2 Venom Volume 4 Issue 15
  26. Defenders Vol. 6 #1
  27. 27.0 27.1 Venom Vol. 5 #18
  28. Immortal Hulk #12
  29. Venomverse Volume 1 Issue 5
  30. Venomverse Volume 1 Issue 2
  31. Venom Volume 1 Issue 150
  32. Venom Volume 1 Issue 165
  33. Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! Vol 1 2
  34. Nova Volume 3 Issue 7
  35. Venom Volume 1 Issue 161
  36. Absolute Carnage Volume 1 Issue 1
  37. Venom Volume 1 Issue 158
  38. Venom Volume 4 Issue 3
  39. Venom Vs. Carnage Volume 1 Issue 1
  40. Absolute Carnage Volume 1 Issue 5
  41. Absolute Carnage Volume 1 Issue 5
  42. Defenders Vol. 6 #4
  43. Defenders Vol. 4 #2
  44. Defenders: Beyond #2
  45. Defenders Vol. 4 #3
  46. Venom Annual Volume 1 Issue 1
  47. Marvel Comics Presents Volume 1 Issue 117
  48. Venom: Funeral Pyre Volume 1 Issue 1

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