The Klyntar, also known as symbiotes, are an alien race in the Marvel Universe, created
by the being known as Knull.
Symbiotes made their first appearance in Marvel comics during the 80’s when Spidey debuted
his new black suit and since then, they have become some of the most popular and menacing
characters in the entire Marvel universe.
Hey guys, what's up, welcome to top 10 nerd.
I am your host David Raff, and today we’re going to be talking about The Top 10 Oldest
Symbiotes.
Now, I feel like I should mention that we’re not actually ranking them from who actually
appeared first.
We’re taking the oldest known symbiotes, and just ranking them.
Alright, now, let’s begin!
Number 10, Lasher Lasher was created when a company called the
Life Foundation forcibly extracted five offspring from Venom.
You see, during the Cold War, the Life Foundation believed that a nuclear was coming, and wanted
to create a superpowered police force to protect this new world or Utopia, that they were creating.
That’s when they decided a symbiote police force would be the best option.
One of those five symbiotes, was Lasher.
Lasher merged with Ramon Hernandez, and is known for his green colour, and the tentacles
on his back.
Which was his primary attack, and for the most part it was very effective.
Number 9, Phage.
Also one of the ones created because of the Life Foundation, Phage bonded to Carl Mach.
Phage is known for his orange and black appearance, and being able to mold his body into sharp
blades, similar to Carnage, which was effective against his opponents.
He was also one of the larger symbiotes, he had a build that was very similar to Venom,
which along with those blades, would make a deadly combo.
Number 8, Agony.
Agony, also a Life Foundation creation, bonded with Leslie Gesneria.
Agony was unique in that she was able to spit acid that could burn through almost anything.
Agony also had the power to absorb and regurgitate chemicals, haha thats gross.
She also had a very different look then her siblings.
She's bright purple, with hints of black and wavy hair.
Of course she also has sharp teeth and massive claws.
Number 7, Riot.
Riot is, well you guessed it, another symbiote created because of the Life Foundation.
Riot bonded with Trevor Cole, who was a mercenary.
Riot took on a very similar appearance to Venom.
His build, size and color scheme were all very similar.
He is also considered to be the most violent of the Life Foundation creations.
Riot is also the only one of his siblings to make a live action appearance, so far.
He was the main antagonist in the 2018 film, Venom.
Now in the film he didn’t merge with Trevor Cole, instead he went with the head of the
Life Foundation, Carlton Drake.
Who knows, maybe we’ll see some of Riots siblings in future films.
Number 6, Scream.
Can I get created because the Life Foundation for $500.
Scream, ended up bonding with the human Donna Diego.
Scream’s colour scheme is also very unique, at least for symbiotes.
Scream is yellow and black.
Also, it is believed that Scream is the strongest of the symbiotes that were extracted from
Venom.
The reason being is that even though Scream was eventually defeated, she took out and
killed the hosts of the other four symbiotes created by the Life Foundation.
Scream also used her long flowing hair as a weapon.
Whipping it and slicing her foes.
Number 5, Hybrid.
Ever wonder what would happen if 4 symbiotes merged together?
Well that’s exactly what Hybrid is.
Hybrid is Riot, Phage, Lasher and Agony merged into one.
All four of their hosts were killed by their sibling Scream.
Hybrid merged with Scott Washington, who was a guardsman at the prison, The Vault, where
all four of them were being held.
Now, Scott ended up realizing these four symbiotes weren’t actually all that evil, and that
all the experiments that were being done on them, were causing them a great deal of pain.
So he freed them, and got fired for it.
They eventually bonded with him, and because of that, Scott actually regained the ability
to walk.
You see, years earlier, there was a shooting that killed his brother, and left him paralyzed.
He wanted to go after the people that caused this and kill them, but get this, the symbiotes
actually told him not to.
They didn’t want to kill.
So they ended up finding the people responsible and handing them over to the authorities.
You see, not all symbiotes are bad.
Also, since there were four different symbiotes merged into one, Scott had to deal with four
different personalities.
Man, that would be an experience.
Hearing all those voices in your head.
Number 4, All Black The Necrosword.
Alright, so this one isn't technically an “old” symbiote, but it is the oldest symbiote.
You get it?
Ok, what I mean by that is, even though it was introduced in Thor: God of Thunder #2
in 2013, it was revealed that it is technically, the oldest symbiote ever created.
It was primarily used by Gorr The God Butcher.
It was so powerful it could kill Gods and Celestial beings.
And everytime it did kill them, it took their blood and got even stronger.
It instantly became a fan favorite, and because of it we got one of the most popular Thor
stories ever written.
It has even been used by Galactus to destroy worlds.
The thing is insanely powerful.
Number 3, Toxin Toxin is one of the newer ones on this list,
but of course, that doesn’t mean he's new.
Toxin debuted all the way back in 2004.
Now, since all symbiotes create their offspring alone,they don’t need to mate with another,
this eventually ends up happening Carnage.
Now, Carnage was naturally worried, because each offspring is said to be stronger than
their predecessor.
Because of that, Carnage was ready to kill it as soon as it was born.
When Toxin was born, Carnage couldn’t kill it.
He did try, but Toxin was too powerful, and it ended up bonding with Patrick Mulligan,
an NYPD officer.
Like its father Carnage, Toxin is also red and has a slim spider like appearance when
he was with Patrick, but later on he ended up bonding with Eddie Brock and grew to be
a lot bigger and way scarier.
He also has an amazing healing factor and is more resistant to sound and heat than most
other symbiotes.
Number 2, Carnage.
Carnage, is the first child of Venom.
Carnage is all red, and is one of the most powerful and terrifying symbiotes around.
Seriously, this guy is what nightmares are made of.
And to make matters worse, he bonded with a serial killer, Cletus Kasady.
Who we will finally see in live action for the very first time this year, in Sony’s
Venom 2.
Fingers crossed it turns out well.
Back to the comics, Carnage was created when Venom left behind his offspring in the prison
where Eddie Brock was being held.
This new symbiote offspring made its way to Eddies cellmate, Cletus.
Cletus then broke out of prison and began murdering a ton of people.
No surprise there.
Carnage also went on to become one of Spider-Man’s greatest foes.
Number 1, Venom.
The original symbiote.
While he may not be the strongest, or technically the oldest, Venom is still considered to be
the best by a lot of fans.
There’s a reason people have grown to love symbiotes so much, and it all has to do with
this guy.
He was first introduced when he bonded with Peter Parker, giving him the famous black
suit.
Although fans weren’t instantly happy with Spider-Man's new look (although it became
a lot more well liked as time went on), they eventually made him change back to his good
old red and blue spandex, and the alien symbiote found its way to another host, Eddie Brock.
Fans just couldn't get enough of Venom.
To this day, he is regarded as one of the greatest Spider-Man villains of all time.
I mean, the guys had his own film in 2018, and it grossed over $856 million at the worldwide
box office, and that was with mixed response.
Not a lot of villains could do that.
Alright guys, there you have it, the top 10 oldest symbiotes.
What does your list look like?
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I’m your host David Raff, and thank you so much for watching.