![]() Agent Venom quickly defeated Brock, who was left to hang dry in his webs-which is exactly where Jack and the Crime-Master found him. Instead of turning a profit, he wanted to create a new Toxin with the Venom symbiote's original host, Eddie Brock!Īfter losing the Venom symbiote, Brock waged a one-man war against crime… and symbiotes. However, fate intervened and offered Crime-Master a different path to plague the new "Agent" Venom, who, at the time, was bonded with Peter Parker's old friend, Eugene "Flash" Thompson. In VENOM (2011) #17 by Remender, Cullen Bunn, and Kev Walker, Crime-Master revealed his true designs: to sell the Toxin symbiote to the highest bidder. The Toxin costume was subsequently stolen by the truly vile Spider-Man villain Jack O'Lantern, who in turn gave it to his boss, Crime-Master. This Stygian spawn used Toxin to create his own hellish hybrid: a heady mix of symbiotes and clones of Laura Kinney, then known as X-23. Mulligan had been killed, and his costume captured by Blackheart, the son of Mephisto. Toxin reappeared in VENOM (2011) #12 by Rick Remender, Lan Medina, and Nelson Decastro, but only as the symbiote. Admittedly, that probably wasn't the best place to introduce the two, though the embarrassment didn't encumber Mulligan for long. More importantly, Mulligan decided to reconnect with his wife, but unfortunately for him, his symbiote reveal was met with a hearty scream in a public restaurant. In the end, though, Toxin returned the flesh-flaying fiend to Ryker's Island. ![]() Since their first appearance, Mulligan and Toxin proved they had a tough time coexisting, fighting with each other as much as they did Razorfist and his crew. Specifically, Spidey tasked Toxin with confronting and containing Razorfist, an otherwise minor villain who had been recruiting impressionable youths into a blade-based cult. Years later, in TOXIN (2005) by Milligan and Darick Robertson, Mulligan resurfaced and joined Spider-Man's never-ending war against supervillainy. In an effort to protect them, Mulligan decided to leave them, walking away from his life as an officer, husband, and father-and into the full-time toil of a symbiote host. ![]() While he was able to dispatch both Venom and Carnage with a little help from Spider-Man, the rest of Toxin's tumultuous early life didn't go well for either the symbiote or the law enforcement officer over whom it oozed.Īfter accidentally bringing home a rotten human finger during his final fight against Carnage and Venom-and having to snatch it away from his suckling newborn's mouth-Mulligan realized he would be a constant danger to his wife Gina and his son Edward. As the 1000th symbiote born in the Venom family line, Toxin was destined for incredible feats, but he was also at risk of an even more severe mental collapse than Carnage's. That same issue also showcases his fully-formed symbiote form when he finally bonds with Officer Mulligan during a fight with his father and grandpappy.ĭuring this fight, one thing became abundantly clear: as strong as Venom and Carnage are, Toxin is much, much stronger. This new symbiote was officially named Toxin by his "grandfather" Venom in VENOM VS. When Mulligan responded to an explosion in New York, he didn't realize the blast was caused by Carnage trying to kill his spawn before it was born-an endeavor he failed to accomplish. CARNAGE (2004) #1 by Peter Milligan and Clayton Crain. Toxin-or the little globule that would become him-first appeared as a speck on the neck of police officer Patrick Mulligan in VENOM VS. Little did they know, however, that Carnage would follow in his father's black gooey footsteps by having his own child, quickly kicking off a brand new family feud that continues to this day. As it turned out, this was just the way of the Klyntar (the real name for Marvel's symbiotes), wherein fathers hate sons and vice versa. Thus began a long and bloody war between the two, with each trying desperately to kill the other. But things got really bad when he gave birth to a seed that would become his son, Carnage, in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #345 by David Michelinie and Mark Bagley, only for it to bond with a serial killer named Cletus Kasady. It all started with Venom, of course, who first arrived on Earth after Marvel's original SECRET WARS (1984) event. Bruce "The Incredible Hulk" Banner even fought his demonic dad in hell! The list goes on.Īnd yet, perhaps the most disturbing dynamic involves Marvel's earthbound symbiotes. There's also Tony Stark and his dad Howard, while Thanos killed his father Mentor. Take Harry Osborn and his father Norman (AKA the Green Goblin), for example. The Marvel Universe is positively packed with dysfunctional super-powered families.
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