The launch of Marvel’s secret wars Kicked off decades of stories, but none would be more influential than the arrival of PoisonThe first symbiote, originally introduced as a simple alien spider suit. Today, the Marvel Multiverse is caught in a brutal civil war between father and son over control of the symbiote humanmind. like The flying poison war BeginsSymbiotes are gathering to play their part in picking the rightful new King in Black.
The symbiote half of Venom, the Lethal Protector is just one of dozens of known symbiotes that span the multiverse. Born as an experiment of the elder god of symbiotes, Knull, the Klintar have spread far across space and time, growing with each new host and transcending their original purpose as Knull’s tools of conquest. Between methods of familial spawning, experimental replication, and temporal fracturing, it’s become difficult to keep track of every new Marvel symbiote that crops up in the comics. To best organize the ever-growing list of the symbiotic alien species, here it is Every named alien symbiote in Marvel’s main universe, ranked from easiest to kill, to most god-level in power.
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Muzzle
First appearance: Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1 (2023)
Muzzle Hacket is the product of an experimental process designed to create a human-symbiote hybrid. Although little is known about the young vigilante, Muzzle involuntarily displays some of the classic physical characteristics Band Klintar is known for. However, Muzzle’s understanding of his own potential is severely limited; He, or his family, knew what a symbiote was before Spider-Man mentioned the figure in passing.
Although he can be a fun character, Muzzle is seemingly held back by his human physiology, depriving him of the amorphous body-swapping abilities that most other symbiotes are capable of.
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Void Knight
First appearance: Silver Surfer: Black #2 (2019)
Void Knight is one of Knull’s first prototypes. Displaced in time and thrown back into the infant days of the seventh cosmos, The Silver Surfer crossed paths with Knull before the first true symbiote was created. Void Knight was designed to assimilate the Surfer into Knull’s early hive, but, although it was successful in dominating the cosmic entity, it was almost immediately vaporized by Ego the Living Planet.
Capturing a Cosmic Herald is certainly a mighty feat. But even if Void Knight had the potential to be one of Knull’s greatest weapons, his quick destruction took away the chance before it began.
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Finish
First appearance: Poison #5 (2022)
Finnegan is one of Eddie Brock’s seven temporal offshoots, gathered by Meridius outside of space and time. This version of the King in Black is both Mentally and physically battered by the trauma of Eddie’s life in his past and his future.
Unlike his fellow time-displaced self, Finnegan feels trapped in his symbiote form and is only focused on the terror he knows will be next. Although he may be a king in black, this version of Eddie refuses to fight, wanting nothing more than to die to save his son from himself.
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Crobaa
First appearance: Poison: Seed of Darkness #1 (1997)
While Krobaa has never technically been named a member of the Klintar, it has all the same characteristics of the species. Able to symbiotically bond with host organisms and feed off of (and into) the emotions of his host, Krobaa possesses a special heightened symbiote ability.
Like many symbiotes, Krobaa is a gifted empath who is directly affected by the mental behavior of its hosts. However, after arriving on Earth, The alien mind was so overwhelmed with humanity’s propensity to fear and anger That it took its own life to avoid spreading the madness of humanity to the rest of the universe.
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slot
First appearance: Poison #23 (2023)
One of Marvel’s newest symbiotes, Sliver is the supposed spawn of Venom or Toxin. Shortly after spawning, the Sliver symbiote bonded with Black Widow and the two now operate under the alias “Widow.” While bonded with Natasha, Sliver has already undergone intense training, Growing his tactical skills under the tutelage of his new boss and SHIELDs strongest agents.
The juvenile has a lot of potential, especially if it maintains its bond and training with Natasha Romanoff, however, it is far too young to stand against most of its more developed brothers.
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Dreadface
First appearance: Fantastic practice #359 (1991)
Another symbiotic alien species not technically referred to as a Klintar, Dreadface claims to be from an empire that travels the stars looking for powerful warriors to ally with to aid in the species’ plans of domination. Like the normal symbiote, Dreadface is capable of amplifying the natural strengths of its host and has a noticeable weakness to fire.
Comparatively, Dreadface has no yet unique traits that would allow it to stand apart from other members of its species, but it has shown An ability for rapid bonding with multiple hosts in a short period of time.
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Mr. E
First appearance: Marvel Spotlight #9 (1980)
Mister E is another of Knull’s early experiments. Despite his overwhelmingly ambitious arrogance, Mr. E’s powers are about normal for the Klintar, albeit at a much weaker level. however, The proto-symbiote seems to have a stronger connection to the void What the original symbiotes were forged from, as it has the ability to shed its physical form and merge into shadows.
Mister E can also produce drone-like offshoots that can forcibly “bond” with multiple lifeforms, giving it control over each infected person. Mr. E himself eventually became his fall, leading to his death at the hands of the Black Knight.
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Rage
First appearance: Carnage #10 (2016)
Raze was one of Carnage’s spawn who unfortunately lived an incredibly short life. In order to enact a ritual that would summon Chthon, Raze was created to accomplish Carnage’s goals. Outside of the amoral tenacity and terrifying visage that is to be expected of a Carnage spawn, Raze is never shown to possess any unique traits or abilities.
Raze was seemingly destroyed at the end of Carnage’s plot to ally with Chthon, when another member of the Anti-Symbiote Task Force, an agency Raze’s boss was originally assigned to, absorbed Raze and used his power to help stop Chthon s return.
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Rascal
First appearance: Free Comic Book Day 2022: Spider-Man/Venom #1 (2022)
An offshoot of Bedlam, one of Eddie Brock’s temporally displaced selves, Rascal is left in the care of Kang in the distant future. After being sent back to the modern day, Rascal was fused with a sample of the Carnage symbiote before his connection to the symbiote Hive-Mind was destroyed by Dylan Brock.
Now bound to Normie Osborne, Rascal is a young, emotional creature that Normie describes as puppy-like. Due to his young age and disconnected from the Hive-Mind’s wealth of experience, Rascal is still far too inexperienced to be considered powerful, despite his obvious potential.
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Riot
First appearance: Venom: Lethal protector #4 (1993)
Riot is one of the five symbiotes force-spawned from Venom by the Life Foundation and is arguably the weakest of the group. Unlike its siblings, Riot possesses no unique abilities or powers that set it apart from the average symbiote.
While Riot is a hulking beast that definitely prefers to smash around with blunt weaponsThis is about all he is capable of. Considering the individual mutated properties of its siblings, Riot unfortunately falls short by comparison.
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Lasher
First appearance: Venom: Lethal protector #4 (1993)
Lasher is one of the Life Foundation symbiote siblings with an exceptionally interesting talent that is unfortunately dampened by an overall weak body. The symbiote possesses the same standard sort of symbiotic abilities although, unlike normal spawned children, it is not considered stronger than its parent.
Despite his general lack of powers, Lasher has one unique ability that allows him to remotely control animal corpses. While the skill is impressive, Other symbiotes have been shown to be able to replicate similar abilities but on a much larger scale.
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scream
First appearance: Venom: Lethal protector #4 (1993)
Another symbiote from the Life Foundation, Scream has become the most independent of her laboratory siblings. like the others, Screaming has a unique ability that, surprisingly, is unrelated to Screaming. This symbiote is capable of “trichokinesis”, which allows her to manipulate her hair in battle, similar to the inhuman Medusa.
However, Scream’s “hair” is no more different than any other part of her malleable body and her preference to use her hair is more of a stylistic choice. Despite her primary seductive ability, Scream can also form wings and fly, a skill rarely seen in other members of her species.
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ZZZXX
First appearance: X-Men: Kingbreaker #2 (2009)
Zxx is a mutant symbiote captured and studied by the Shi’ar Empire, which considers the alien one of the Empire’s most dangerous criminals. Unlike most of his kind, Zzzxx completely consumes the brains of his hosts rather than feeding off of their adrenaline.
Unfortunately, the consequences of this biological necessity, or any other deviations from the symbiote’s powers, have been seen in the comics. While The concept of a symbiote possessing the X-gene is an amazingly interesting oneZZXX falls flat for its lack of applied uniqueness.
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Wild
First appearance: Poison #5 (2022)
Wild is the temporary offshoot of Eddie Brock that succeeds his time as Bedlam. After the murderous storm of Bedlam passes and Eddie becomes nihilistic about his ordained fate, Wilde is the cold and cynical remnant of Eddie’s will.
Despite being a king in black, Savage seems to have no interest in fighting; He knows he can, but he doesn’t go. This version of Eddie has resisted his fate and cold jokes his way through existence until he reaches the next stage in his evolution.
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Phage
First appearance: Venom: Lethal protector #4 (1993)
One more of the Life Foundation symbiotes, Phage prefers to manifest his biological weapons as bladed weapons, a tactic he shares with his brother Carnage. Although Phage has not been shown to possess any natural unique powers like its siblings developed, it has momentarily picked up a few government augmentations that set it apart.
Not many symbiotes can incorporate non-living matter into their control, however, Phage, when allied with Lieutenant Rico Axelson, amplified the soldier’s visual awareness, allowing him to accurately shoot a target standing miles away.
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agony
First appearance: Venom: Lethal protector #4 (1993)
The latest member of the Life Foundation’s Span, Agony has the most specialized skills of the rest of her artificially spawned siblings. Agony’s metabolism can break down the neurotransmitter chemicals that symbiotes need to survive and transform them into acid that she can spit at her targets.
Likewise, she can absorb foreign chemicals that can be used for her acid attacks. It has been described that Agony’s acid can burn through most matter, but the true extent of her powers has yet to be defined.
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mania
First appearance: Poison #1 (2003)
Mania, rather than an official symbiote spawn, is actually a clone of Venom created from tissue collected from his tongue. Mania was originally designed by the Ararat Corporation to be used to wipe out all life on Earth.
When Mania first spawned, it did No interest in bonding with a host, instead killing his potential hosts simply for the joy of doing so. Despite her violent disposition, Mania does not possess any skills that would differentiate her from the normal symbiote.
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Tyrannosaurus
First Appearance: Venom #1 (2018)
In the heat of the Vietnam War, the US it. Government took samples of the symbiote dragon Grendel. The samples are forcibly spawned into new symbiotes that are then bound to soldiers. Of the symbiotes, Tyrannosaurus stands out as the most powerful and in-control of the group.
When Knull arrived on Earth, Tyrannosaurus is one of the few symbiotes capable of resisting the influence of the Elder God. In addition to its combat skills and mental fortitude, Tyrannosaurus had the rare ability to take the form of a human without the need for a host.
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Flexo the rubber man
First appearance: Mystic Comics #1 (1940)
Well before symbiotes ever existed, Flexo was first introduced in 1940 as a robot infused with a rubber-like metal. It is later revealed that Flexo is actually a symbiote made to look like a friendly robot.
Due to Flexo’s robotic form, it does not require a host and is capable of many feats that a host’s body would limit. On top of his hyper gum, The goofy-looking symbiote can also form its arms into Gatling guns and can spin his body at high speeds to attack enemies.
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Silence
First appearance: Extreme Carnage: Phage #1 (2021)
Silence is a fusion of samples from the Scream symbiote and the anti-venom serum. Silence possesses all the natural powers that Scream possessed as well as the unique cleansing abilities that the Anti-Venom Serum is known for.
Her primary ability, which separates her power from the rest of her kind, is that sHe can forcibly disconnect a symbiote from the hive-mind. During the war against Knull, this ability saved Phage from Carnage’s influence.