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Daryll Smith was an agent of the NSA's Mutant Task Force.[1] He was undercover hunting the mutant known as Dirtnap in New York City when Dirt Nap got the drop on him and assimilated Smith's form. Disguised as Smith, Dirt Nap attacked Wolverine and also assimilated a young boy named Algernon, who Logan vowed to rescue.[2]

Smith was eventually and unwittingly saved by Venom and Wolverine. When Venom and Wolverine teamed up to take down the mutant known as Dirt Nap and the inter-dimensional villainous Chimera, they rescued Algernon and Smith as well. The agent seemed appreciative of the two heroes help but Venom in particular would find out just how much influence Smith had first hand.[3]

After his trial for the murder of a New York police officer, Eddie Brock was found guilty despite the best efforts of his lawyer Matt Murdock, and that was when an offer that seemed too good to be true was given to him by Smith: work for the government and all charges would be dropped. Eddie of course accepted and as part of the deal submitted to surgery, having a thermal bomb implanted in his chest. Eddie worked several jobs for the government, but eventually, the symbiote figured out how to defuse the bomb and Eddie went AWOL.[citation needed]

Smith then tricked Spider-Man into luring Venom into a sonic trap that was to Peter's knowledge non-lethal, but Smith tricked Peter, and after Venom was caught in the trap it seemed the symbiote and Eddie were apparently both killed.[citation needed]

At the end of the Onslaught crisis, he appears as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent at Hulkbuster Base in Nevada. He was described as the best mutant hunter in the agency. Due to his psychic barriers, he was responsible for the "death" of Nina, the Mannite child, but in fact, he saved and allowed her to escape.[4]

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