History
The alien Venom symbiote pretended to be Spider-Man's costume but took over his body, devouring Green Goblin and many other people.[1] It they lay in wait on Governors Island as the Sinister Six had arrived there to kill Spider-Man.[2]
Entering the mansion, and illuminating a passage with a bolt of electricity, Electro was shocked to see an empty suit of Goblin Armor suspended from webbing. Spotting a nearby skull gnawed clean of flesh and with the top bitten off, Kraven realized what happened to the Green Goblin and pulled out his hunting knives as a towering shadow loomed from behind them. A pair of white eyespots glared at them as the white spider emblem of Spider-Man's black suit emerged from the darkness, and as a fanged maw opened in a ravenous roar.[3] Kraven and Electro recoiled at the sight of the hulking black and white monster crushing a pipe above them, a serpentine tongue snaking between its fanged jaws. Electro panicked and fired off a bolt of electricity, narrowly missing Kraven and causing the monster to As Kraven followed the monster's trail to the roof,[4] where they found the Vulture in the claws of the monstrous Spider-Man, restrained by semi-amorphous tentacles extending from its body and crying for help as it tried to bite off his head. The monster bit out a huge chunk of the Vulture's neck, when Doctor Octopus launched himself at the monstrous Spider-Man and tackled it off the roof. As the monstrous Spider-Man overpowered him through sheer strength, Doctor Octopus panicked and called out for help; Kraven leaping off the roof and plunging his hunting knife into its back. Shrieking in rage and pain, the monster destabilized into flailing black tendrils, exposing Spider-Man. Coiling tendrils around Doctor Octopus' throat and trying to strangle him, the black ooze began to engulf Spider-Man once more as he begged his enemies to help him.[4]
The Symbiote Six
Kraven noted that Spider-Man was the key to understanding the monster and moved to cut him free of the monster's tendrils to no avail, as it regenerated as soon as he slashed it. Drawing a comparison to the Lernean Hydra of Greek mythology, Kraven wondered if it had the same weakness and called out to the fleeing Electro to blast it. Electro set the grass around the monster ablaze, forcing the monster to relinquish its grasp on Spider-Man. Before Electro could act, the monster furiously ensnared him and Rhino with its tendrils and roared at them. Looking up to see that the symbiote had captured the other members of the Sinister Six and was about to devour them and realizing that Spider-Man had died, Kraven called out to the symbiote. Approaching the symbiote, Kraven offered himself as its new host, saying that the rest of the world could be their prey before amending his statement to include the other members of the Sinister Six, suggesting they form a pack to hunt together. The symbiote accepted and bonds to them, and the Sinister Six were reborn as the Symbiote Six.[1]
Arriving to this reality on a quest to purge itself of weaknesses, the Carnage Symbiote of Earth-616 was struck by a bolt of lightning and looked up to see the Venomized Electro. As Electro challenged it to a fight, Carnage lunged and then teleported, appearing inside Electro and exploding his body. After absorbing Electro's symbiote — and with it his electrokinetic powers - Carnage was confronted by the Symbiote Six who declared their intent to avenge their fallen comrade.[5] Carnage-616 mocked the five remaining members of the Symbiote Six, saying it found them so pathetic it would not even absorb their powers like it did Electro's. Deciding to test its new Hell-Mark, Carnage summoned the Monsters of Evil and sicced them on the Symbiote Six, easily overpowering them. Carnage then slaughtered Venomized Lizard, Vulture, Kraven and Doctor Octopus. Venomized Rhino, the sole surviving member of the Symbiote Six, volunteered to join Agent Venom's Symbiote Squad in exchange for a shot at avenging his fallen comrades.[6]See Also
- 8 appearance(s) of Venom (Symbiote) (Earth-11964)
- 3 minor appearance(s) of Venom (Symbiote) (Earth-11964)
- 18 image(s) of Venom (Symbiote) (Earth-11964)
- 1 victim(s) killed by Venom (Symbiote) (Earth-11964)