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Anti-Venom III (Symbiote) (Earth-616)

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Eugene Thompson (Earth-616), Anti-Venom III (Symbiote) (Earth-616), and Tandy Bowen (Earth-616) from Savage Avengers Vol 2 5 001

Appearance as a symbiote-dragon.

During Knull's invasion of Earth, Thor Odinson, Storm, and Dylan Brock were able to sever the dark god's hold over several Symbiotes and symbiote-dragons. While their physical forms were rendered inert, Knull had their metaphysical consciences imprisoned within the core of the Symbiote Hive-Mind.[7][8]

Within the Hive-Mind, the codex of Flash Thompson was able to free the trapped symbiotes and bond to them, incarnating in the real world as a symbiote-dragon with the appearance of his Anti-Venom symbiote.[1] At the suggestion of Eddie Brock, Flash subsequently used the symbiote-dragon to reanimate his deceased physical body, effectively resurrecting himself.[9]

When the returned Carnage set out to form his own hive to rival Venom's, he telepathically assaulted Flash Thompson to recruit Anti-Venom, but their connection was severed.[10] Upon learning that his former protégé Andi Benton had been captured by Alchemax, Flash was enraged to the extent that his symbiote briefly assumed a monstrous form -- sprouting a fanged maw, large claws, and draconic horns.[11]

The symbiote briefly bonded to Tandy Bowen after being blasted off Flash's bones by the Ultron-controlled Weapon H, but was stripped from her and re-bonded to Flash's corpse after Dagger was killed and she and Flash were converted into Deathlok units,[12] though they were eventually returned to normal.[13]

Anti-Venom III (Symbiote) (Earth-616), Eugene Thompson (Earth-616), and Doctor Steven (Earth-616) from Extreme Carnage Lasher Vol 1 1 001

Draconic form

Carnage eventually returned in a crusade to become a god, creating a clone of its former host.[14] Eventually, Carnage sealed Flash in the Darkforce Dimension, intending to weaken the Anti-Venom symbiote in order to absorb it.[15] Pursuing Flash in a death metal concert, it managed to absorb the Anti-Venom symbiote fully and, as part of its strategy, it allowed itself to be attacked by Anti-Venom's cleansing touch in order to weaken it,[4] Carnage possibly devouring its mind and killing it as it did to Mania.[16]

Edward Brock (Earth-616) and Anti-Venom III (Symbiote) (Earth-616) from Venom War Vol 1 4 001

Classic look

Fortunately, as Flash actually is just controlling the Anti-Venom merged with his body,[9][15][2] is possible Carnage only devoured part of Anti-Venom, allowing him to regain the Anti-Venom symbiote as it eventually reconstructed inside his body.[6] When Eddie, Dylan and Flash were surrounded by the Zombiotes, Eddie, now the King in Black, controlled the Anti-Venom symbiote to bond with it and spread a healing wave through the Hive-Mind that could cure the zombiotes, returning to his old Anti-Venom design and making Flash fully human again. However, Meridius, a temporal offshoot of Eddie bend on scaping his fate, used Carnage's All-Blood to infiltrate the Hive-Mind and turn Eddie and the Zombiotes into Carnage-like creatures, including Anti-Venom, that later assumed an appearance similar to Knull's armor. Dylan impaled his father with the Necrosword, seemingly killing it.[2] Anti-Venom actually survived, and after Meridius and the Zombiotes were defeated, it rebonded to Flash.[17]

Personality

While the Anti-Venom symbiote has yet to express an individual personality, comments made by Flash Thompson to Tony Stark indicate that it does have a mind of its own.[10] The disorientation caused by being sent back in time to the Hyborian Age caused Flash and the symbiote's unity to falter, with the symbiote acting feral during a battle with Zingarans.[18]

Attributes

Powers

Apparently those of a Symbiote Dragon and presumably most of those of the second Anti-Venom symbiote.

  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Superhuman Stamina
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Agility
  • Superhuman Reflexes
  • Webbing Generation
  • Accelerated Healing Factor
  • Wall-Crawling
  • ESP (Spider-Sense)
  • Spider-Sense Immunity
  • Adaptive Camouflage
  • Constituent-Matter Generation
  • Constituent-Matter Manipulation
  • Shapeshifting
    • Fangs and Claws
    • Wings
    • Draconic Form: When Flash is sufficiently angry, his symbiote can partially transform into its draconic state.[19] The symbiote can also fully transform into its draconic form, letting it fly and breathe fire.[20]
  • Genetic Memory
  • Night Vision
  • Fire immunity
  • Heat immunity
  • Sound immunity
  • Fire Breath

Paraphernalia

Weapons

Flash's new symbiote can generate functioning firearms out of its Constituent Biomass at the users will. Showcasing resilience to all weaknesses of the typical symbiotes.[21]

Transportation

The symbiote is capable of extruding tendrils its host can use for locomotion, and can also manifest draconic wings capable of flight.[11]

Notes

  • Although in a conversation with Iron Man, Flash mentions that the host and the symbiote work together in denial that Tony believes he controls the symbiote, leaving in question whether the symbiote has a certain degree of consciousness.[10] In Carnage (Vol. 4) #2 the symbiote is confirmed to have its own consciousness, though it is non-verbal.
  • After Cletus' return, he referred to the symbiote as his cousin as if he were the offspring of Anti-Venom.[10] Most likely, he is unaware of the exact origin of this third Anti-Venom.[1]
  • This Anti-Venom was apparently created after Flash downloaded and bonded with the Hive-Mind symbiotes forming a real-life Dragon-Symbiote, however, due to the lack of further information, it is unknown whether this is the same Anti-Venom that was reborn or a new Gestalt symbiote that was formed from Flash's codex.
  • In Extreme Carnage: Lasher #1 the symbiote was indicated to not possess the healing and cleansing abilities of its predecessor, but Savage Avengers (Vol. 2) #2 and Carnage (Vol. 4) #4 depict it as possessing the original Anti-Venom's cleansing powers.

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