Anti-Venom III (Symbiote) (Earth-616)

Agent Anti-Venom
Name	Unrevealed (The symbiote takes the name of its current host)
Current Alias	Agent Anti-Venom
Aliases	Anti-Venom
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Flash Thompson, Savage Avengers
Relatives	Agent Anti-Venom and various unnamed symbiotes (constituent symbiotes)
Host(s)	Flash Thompson (original host); Tandy Bowen (former host)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Agender
Height	Variable
Weight	Variable
Eyes	Irises: Black
Hair	No Hair At All
Skin	White, Black
Unusual Features	The Symbiote can give its host an elongated jaw, fangs, claws and wings. It can also assume the form of body armor.
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Dragon-Symbiote created from Flash Thompson's codex in the Hive-Mind by merging the Agent Anti-Venom symbiote with other symbiotes.
Living Status	Alive; formerly deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Earth
Cause of Death	Mind devoured by Carnage when it absorbed the symbiote
Personal Information
Identity	Known to Authorities
Education	Genetic memory, gains new knowledge from hosts.
Base of Operations	Mobile
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Donny Cates, Iban Coello
First	Venom (Vol. 4) #33 (February, 2021)
First	Venom (Vol. 4) #33 (February, 2021)

History

Appearance as a symbiote-dragon.

During Knull's invasion of Earth, Thor Odinson, Storm, and Dylan Brock were able to sever the dark god's hold over several Symbiotes and symbiote-dragons. While their physical forms were rendered inert, Knull had their metaphysical consciences imprisoned within the core of the Symbiote Hive-Mind.

Within the Hive-Mind, the codex of Flash Thompson was able to free the trapped symbiotes and bond to them, incarnating in the real world as a symbiote-dragon with the appearance of his Anti-Venom symbiote. At the suggestion of Eddie Brock, Flash subsequently used the symbiote-dragon to reanimate his deceased physical body, effectively resurrecting himself.

When the returned Carnage set out to form his own hive to rival Venom's, he telepathically assaulted Flash Thompson to recruit Anti-Venom, but their connection was severed. Upon learning that his former protégé Andi Benton had been captured by Alchemax, Flash was enraged to the extent that his symbiote briefly assumed a monstrous form -- sprouting a fanged maw, large claws, and draconic horns.

The symbiote briefly bonded to Tandy Bowen after being blasted off Flash's bones by the Ultron-controlled Weapon H, but was stripped from her and re-bonded to Flash's corpse after Dagger was killed and she and Flash were converted into Deathlok units, though they were eventually returned to normal.

Carnage eventually returned in a crusade to become a god, creating a clone of its former host. Eventually, Carnage sealed Flash in the Darkforce Dimension, intending to weaken the Anti-Venom symbiote in order to absorb it. Pursuing Flash in a death metal concert, it managed to absorb the Anti-Venom symbiote fully and, as part of its strategy, it allowed itself to be attacked by Anti-Venom's cleansing touch in order to weaken it, Carnage possibly devouring its mind and killing it as it did to Mania.

Fortunately, Flash managed to regain the Anti-Venom symbiote through unknown means.

Personality

While the Anti-Venom symbiote has yet to express an individual personality, comments made by Flash Thompson to Tony Stark indicate that it does have a mind of its own. The disorientation caused by being sent back in time to the Hyborian Age caused Flash and the symbiote's unity to falter, with the symbiote acting feral during a battle with Zingarans.

Attributes

Powers

Apparently those of a Symbiote Dragon and presumably most of those of the second Anti-Venom symbiote.

• Superhuman Strength
• Superhuman Speed
• Superhuman Stamina
• Superhuman Durability
• Superhuman Agility
• Superhuman Reflexes
• Webbing Generation
• Accelerated Healing Factor
• Wall-Crawling
• ESP (Spider-Sense)
• Spider-Sense Immunity
• Adaptive Camouflage
• Constituent-Matter Generation
• Constituent-Matter Manipulation
• Shapeshifting
  • Fangs and Claws
  • Wings
  • Draconic Form: When Flash is sufficiently angry, his symbiote can partially transform into its draconic state. The symbiote can also fully transform into its draconic form, letting it fly and breathe fire.
• Genetic Memory
• Night Vision
• Fire immunity
• Heat immunity
• Sound immunity
• Fire Breath

Paraphernalia

Weapons

Flash's new symbiote can generate functioning firearms out of its Constituent Biomass at the users will. Showcasing resilience to all weaknesses of the typical symbiotes.

Transportation

The symbiote is capable of extruding tendrils its host can use for locomotion, and can also manifest draconic wings capable of flight.

Notes

• Although in a conversation with Iron Man, Flash mentions that the host and the symbiote work together in denial that Tony believes he controls the symbiote, leaving in question whether the symbiote has a certain degree of consciousness. In Carnage (Vol. 4) #2 the symbiote is confirmed to have its own consciousness, though it is non-verbal.
• After Cletus' return, he referred to the symbiote as his cousin as if he were the offspring of Anti-Venom. Most likely, he is unaware of the exact origin of this third Anti-Venom.
• This Anti-Venom was apparently created after Flash downloaded and bonded with the Hive-Mind symbiotes forming a real-life Dragon-Symbiote, however, due to the lack of further information, it is unknown whether this is the same Anti-Venom that was reborn or a new Gestalt symbiote that was formed from Flash's codex.
• In Extreme Carnage: Lasher #1 the symbiote was indicated to not possess the healing and cleansing abilities of its predecessor, but Savage Avengers (Vol. 2) #2 and Carnage (Vol. 4) #4 depict it as possessing the original Anti-Venom's cleansing powers.

See Also

• 28 appearance(s) of Anti-Venom III (Symbiote) (Earth-616)
• 3 minor appearance(s) of Anti-Venom III (Symbiote) (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Anti-Venom III (Symbiote) (Earth-616)
• 40 image(s) of Anti-Venom III (Symbiote) (Earth-616)