Sleeper (Symbiote) (Earth-616)

Sleeper
Name	Unknown (The symbiote takes the name of its current host)
Current Alias	Sleeper
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Alchemax
Relatives	Tel-Kar (current host); M'lanz (former host); Eddie Brock (former host); Venom Symbiote (parent); Anti-Venom ("uncle", deceased); Carnage ("brother/sister"); Phage ("brother"); Riot ("brother"); Lasher ("brother"); Agony ("sister"); Scream ("sister", deceased); Hybrid (fusion of Riot, Agony, Lasher, Phage; "sister", defused); Toxin ("nephew"); Scorn ("niece"); Raze ("niece")
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Agender
Height	Variable
Weight	Variable
Eyes	Irises: Red
Hair	No Hair At All
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Klyntar; seventh spawn of the Venom symbiote
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Alchemax
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Klyntar
Occupation	Symbiote
Base of Operations	Mobile Formerly Alchemax
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Mike Costa, Mark Bagley
First	Venom #165 (April, 2018)
First	Venom #165 (April, 2018)

History

The seventh spawn of the Venom symbiote, Sleeper was the result of an unusual and difficult pregnancy. Delivered by Doctor Steven at Alchemax's astrobiology laboratory, the infant symbiote narrowly avoided being captured by the Symbiote Task Force and bonded to the Scorpion. Worried that bonding to a host at such a young age would corrupt it into a monster like its siblings, the Venom symbiote and Eddie Brock opted to leave it in the care of Alchemax; stipulating that it could only be studied in a non-invasive fashion.

As Sleeper matured and began developing unique chemokinetic abilities, Alchemax CEO Liz Allan proposed harvesting its secretions to turn a profit, though Eddie and Venom refused the offer. When the Venom symbiote refused to return to its original host, the Kree soldier Tel-Kar, he took the Sleeper symbiote hostage and threatened to bond with and corrupt it unless it complied. Angered by the loss of its parent, the Sleeper symbiote used its pheromone manipulation abilities to interject into Eddie's thoughts and proposed bonding to him in order to save Venom. While Eddie was initially reluctant to do so, Sleeper broke free of its container and bonded to him, accompanying the Skrull Warbride M'lanz into space to track down Tel-Kar.

Insulted by M'lanz questioning its abilities, Sleeper knocked her out and - upon observing Tel-Kar had unleashed the bio-weapon on the Skrull space station it was contained within; set out without her. Tel-Kar attempted to immolate Sleeper, but the symbiote used its superior invisibility to catch him off-guard. Incapacitated, the Sleeper symbiote interfaced with its progenitor, who broke free of Tel-Kar's control. When Tel-Kar punctured M'lanz's hazmat suit to expose her to the bio-weapon, the Sleeper symbiote left Eddie to plug the hole. Temporarily bonding to M'lanz, the Sleeper symbiote returned to Earth while the Kree armada arrived and destroyed the facility. When Tel-Kar escaped and tried to kill Eddie and the Venom symbiote, the Sleeper symbiote bonded to and lobotomized him as revenge for what he had done to the Venom symbiote. Despite Eddie being dismayed by this, Sleeper bid him farewell and set out to explore the cosmos.

Personality

Despite its young age, the Sleeper symbiote has developed a smug personality, boasting of its superiority and describing itself as confident due to having been nurtured by its parent and raised by Dr. Steven, who it calls a genius with great taste in music. While it's quick to anger and easily offended when its capabilities are questioned, it cares deeply about its parent and abandons Eddie to save M'lanz's life.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

• Superhuman Strength
• Superhuman Durability
• Superhuman Stamina
• Regenerative Healing Factor
• Genetic Memory
• Wall-Crawling
• Constituent-Matter Generation
• Constituent-Matter Manipulation
• Camouflage Capabilities: Like many klyntar, the Sleeper symbiote can shift its physiological semblance into a host of different shapes and forms i.e. mimicking forms of clothing, camouflaging with its surroundings, emulating other people's visages, etc. What makes this particular Klyntar unique is its ability to manipulate ambient light in order to become invisible. This in conjunction with using its hormone abilities enables it to confuse the sensory systems of others, thereby making it the perfect stalker.
• Augmented Visual Senses: The Sleeper symbiote was capable of seeing M'lanz's ship, despite it being cloaked and invisible to both the naked eye and human technology.
• Chemokinesis: As a result of its unique biology, the Sleeper symbiote is capable of producing liquid and aerosol chemicals with a variety of effects - including inducing various emotional states, tranquilizing targets, and psychological manipulation. This also affords it a form of telepathy, using pheromones to interject its thoughts into others' minds. This also grants it a superior cloaking ability to other symbiotes, generating pheromones to almost-completely mask its presence.

Paraphernalia

Weapons

In addition to fangs and claws, the Sleeper symbiote is able to utilize its chemical secretions to incapacitate opponents in a variety of manners.

See Also

• 31 appearance(s) of Sleeper (Symbiote) (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Sleeper (Symbiote) (Earth-616)
• 4 minor appearance(s) of Sleeper (Symbiote) (Earth-616)
• 4 mention(s) of Sleeper (Symbiote) (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Sleeper (Symbiote) (Earth-616)
• 49 image(s) of Sleeper (Symbiote) (Earth-616)
• 2 quotation(s) by or about Sleeper (Symbiote) (Earth-616)
• 2 victim(s) killed by Sleeper (Symbiote) (Earth-616)