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Symbiote
#10 Flash Thompson Also known as Agent Venom theres nothing scarier
than imagining what would happen if your high school bully bonded with a symbiote.
Usually the venom symbiotes violent nature turns superheroes into villains, however in
this case Thompsons military background tamed it with discipline.
That being said the scariest part of the venom symbiote is that even Flash had a difficult
time keeping the symbiote under his control.
After losing his legs while serving his country Thompson had volunteered to bond with the
symbiote as part of a program called Project Rebirth 2.0.
Not only did the symbiote regrow his lost limbs it also elevated his powers to that
of Spider-Mans.
Which is a step-up from being an ex-soldier bound to a wheelchair.
#9 Spider-Gwen Much like the classic story of Peter Parker
being bitten by a spider in the Earth 65 continuity it was Gwen Stacy that followed that path
instead.
As such she too was exposed to the Venom symbiote and quickly realized how scary its power was.
Gwen had met with Murdock at Oscorp in hopes of saving her father from being sent to prison.
While there scientist Dr. Elsa Brock had told Gwen she could restore her powers and cure
Harry Osborn by exposing the lizard serum to the radioactive spider-isotopes.
A deal was made to help Harry, but after SHIELD had sent bounty hunters to capture Harry,
he convinced Gwen to break the deal with Murdock.
Eventually Harry would transform into the Lizard forcing Gwen to team up with SHIELDs
bounty hunters Shadowcat and Logan.
Using her isotopes she turned the Lizard serum in Harrys veins into Venom, but the symbiote
would then jump from host to host before finally bonding with Gwen.
#8 Deadpool Once bonding with the venom symbiote the merc
with a mouth became known as Venompool and made us wonder how long it would last before
the symbiote couldnt handle living with this superhero host.
During a battle over a statue, Deadpool was rescued by the black-and-white symbiote that
was being hunted by the alien bounty hunters Killer Thrill, Guzz and Coldwar.
Recognizing the symbiote and needing the backup for this fight, Deadpool let the venom symbiote
takeover to defeat Dansen Macabre Although the Deadpool Back in Black comic books are
not the first time this symbiote has latched onto Wade.
In Deadpools Secret Secret Wars it was revealed that the two have bonded in the 1984 Secret
Wars.
#7 Spider-Man Peter Parker is the OG host of the Venom symbiote
in the Marvel Comics and although hes not the first in terms of continuity hes still
the first that we remember most.
While on Battleworld during the 1984 Secret Wars Parker discovers the symbiote and mistakes
it for a cool new suit.
Which fair assumption, I mean look how much cooler it made Tobey Maguire All of his hopes
and dreams of being more confident in his cool new black suit though were soon destroyed
after realizing he accidentally just carved a perfect path for what would become his greatest
enemy.
This black suited spidey still stands as one of the more scary versions of Spider-Man.
#6 Ms. Marvel Before becoming Captain Marvel and before
the Venom symbiote, Carol was known as Ms. Marvel.
During the events of Siege where Norman Osborn was leading an assault on Asgard where the
Venom symbiote had been snatching up Asgardians and consuming them.
In order to quell this destruction both Ms. Marvel and Spider-Man confronted Venom who
at the time was under the control of Mac Gargan.
Spidey questioned him about his recent horrendous actions which included starting a gang war
and eating squirrels.
In the middle of battle Ms. Marvel lends the assist by literally yanking Mac out of the
symbiote for which it did not take kindly to.
In response the Venom symbiote merged with her forcing Carol to run amok through the
city.
#5 Guardians of the Galaxy This is one of the scarier yet most exciting
times that a superhero bonded with the venom symbiote mainly because it was more than one
superhero who had their turn with the psychotic plague.
The first host it chose was Groot once being knocked into next week by Drax it evaded attacks
until latching onto Rocket Racoon With alien like firearms attached to its terrifying little
body the symbiote attempted to take control of the ship.
If that wasnt scary enough for you, Drax to the rescue again.
Upon Drax trying to rip the symbiote off of Rocket it promptly switches over to the more
powerful Drax Now as Venom Drax he takes control and flies the ship to the home planet of the
symbiotes.
#4 X-23 During the Edge of Venomverse series we got
to explore Venoms from other realities and in the same complex that was experimenting
on X-23 also known as Laura Kinney they also just so happened to working on the venom symbiote.
It was only a matter of time before the two bonded leading to the massacre that befell
anyone attempting to stop Laura from escaping.
After arriving in New York City this X-23 symbiote became a monster of sorts, the kind
you hear about in urban legends.
Even scarier is that Laura who bears a striking resemblance to Wolverine actually would give
in to the symbiotes power.
#3 The Punisher Frank Castle isnt like your average superhero,
but his fair share of heroic deeds earn him a spot on this list.
If you weren't scared of the punisher to begin with, the Venom Punisher will certainly give
you chills.
In fact I don't know if there's another character that personality wise fits better than Frank
Castle in the Venom symbiote.
Unfortunately we never were able to delve into too much of what this match made in hell
would look like due to its limited run in the Marvels What If series.
Like many of its hosts the Punisher had trouble trying to keep it under his control, but with
similar desires he managed and decided to keep it.
Even though it forced him to have a grudge with Spider-Man that ultimately ended in him
being forced out.
#2 Wolverine In an attempt to find the perfect host for
the venom symbiote a group decides to bond it with Wolverine which ends up going sideways
real quick.
In theory its a good assumption that Logan would be the best host, I mean with that healing
factor combined with Venom he could essentially be an immortal symbiote.
In the five issue alternate reality edge of venomverse we mentioned before Wolverine became
much bigger and looked absolutely terrifying as WolVenom.
He was so powerful it would take the force of a nuclear bomb to separate the venom-ized
wolverine.
#1 Red Hulk This is by far not only our favorite but also
one of the scariest times that a superhero wore the venom symbiote.
During a storyline known as the Circle of Four, The Red Hulk ended up taking the Venom
symbiote from Flash Thompson as well as the Spirit of Vengeance creating this cocktail
of destruction unlike anything we've ever seen.
It is by far one of the most intimidating versions of Venom ever and rightfully so.
That's a lot of evil all mixed together, but how else was he supposed to take on Blackheart
and his minions.
I'm still surprised they didn't just end it with Blackheart seeing this monstrosity and
just waving a white flag.
And that has been the Top 10 Scary Times Superheroes Wore The Venom Symbiote.
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