Venom (Klyntar Symbiote)

Venom's History

The symbiote that would be later known as the Venom Symbiote was created by the dark elder god Knull on Gorr's Homeworld. After Knull was overthrown by his own creations, most of the symbiotes memories would be erased, modified or altered, as Venom itself believed to be part of the 998th generation of a lineage of symbiotes born on the planet Klyntar and hatched of a clutch of eggs in a cavern.

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 it's 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 dominate 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 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.