Rico Axelson (Earth-616)

Phage
Name	Rico Axelson
Current Alias	Phage
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	U.S. Navy SEALs, Mercury Team
Host of	Phage (former symbiote)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Black
Unusual Features	The superior half of his body is symbiotic
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Soldier
Base of Operations	Mobile
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Zeb Wells, Clayton Crain
First	Carnage, U.S.A. #2 (January, 2012)
First	Carnage, U.S.A. #2 (January, 2012)
Death	Deadpool vs. Carnage #3 (May, 2014)
Death	Deadpool vs. Carnage #3 (May, 2014)

History

With Carnage on the loose and taking over Doverton, Colorado, the U.S. Armed Forces needed Symbiotes to combat symbiotes.

After the Hybrid symbiote was de-fused, Lieutenant Rico Axelson, a member of the Mercury Team, was given the symbiote known as Phage. He used his symbiote to combat the various symbiote controlled towns-people of Doverton.

He and the other human members of the Mercury Team were later killed by Carnage when the criminal by chance encountered their secret base located in Carrington Cottage during his murderous journey around the United States of America.

Attributes

Powers

Superhuman Sight: The Phage symbiote grants Rico incredible sight, allowing him to hit a small target with an assault rifle at a mile distance with only iron sights.

Abilities

Trained well in the military

Weaknesses

Sonics and fire

Paraphernalia

Weapons

M16 assault/silencer rifle

Transportation

Helicopter

Trivia

• The Phage name for the symbiote wasn't officially used until Carnage, U.S.A. #2, with Rico Axelson as host.
  • Phage was actually a fan-made name, and a nickname for Xenophage, a giant predatory alien-monster that preyed upon symbiotes, but the name stuck in the symbiote mythos when the symbiote was passed on to Carl Mach.

See Also

• 5 appearance(s) of Rico Axelson (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Rico Axelson (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Rico Axelson (Earth-616)
• 5 image(s) of Rico Axelson (Earth-616)