Venom vs Superman Revealed the Symbiote Is Stronger An official Marvel vs. DC fight between Venom and Superman reveals the fan-favorite Spider-Man villain is MUCH stronger the Man of Steel. By Joshua Isaak Published Jan 13, 2022
He’s the most prominent by far, but there are plenty of other symbiotes out there that are not only scarier, but more powerful than Venom. Join us as we run down the 20 symbiotes in the Marvel Universe that are more powerful than the Lethal Protector himself, Venom! 20 CARNAGE
Carnage was the spawn of Venom, and that made him stronger than his father. He was also more dangerous, as instead of attaching itself to a decent guy in Eddie Brock, it bonded with a sociopath in Cletus Kasady. He is faster and stronger than Venom and was, at one time, the strongest symbiote in existence.
Knull is one of the biggest threats in the entire Marvel universe, and his dark empire extends for billions of years. Venom and Eddie Brock are not the most powerful symbiotes when we measure raw power. Nevertheless, no other symbiote has so much determination as Venom.
As a result of the Venom symbiote bonding to Spider-Man, it and its offspring do not trigger his spider-sense — a trait that sometimes has been attributed to symbiotes in general. [398] Venom (Eddie Brock): The third human individual to bond with the symbiote was Edward Brock.
I mean, Spiderman is weaker than Venom, but Spiderman can still punch Venom and hurt him. If Venom were more than ten times stronger than Spiderman, Spiderman punching Venom would be like a toddler punching a big strong man.
What is the first symbiote to follow in Venom’s footsteps?
The first symbiote to follow in Venom’s footsteps, Carnage is the example of what happens when a symbiote bonds with the most vile human being on the planet. Created in 1991 by David Micheline, Eric Larson and Mark Bagley, we’re first introduced to Carnage through Cletus Kasady, a psychopathic serial killer that would eventually become the symbiote’s deadly host. He was initially designed by Micheline to be the new host for Venom, killing off Eddie Brock in the process, but this plan was scrapped by Marvel due to Venom’s popularity.
The problem with being Venom is that everyone wants a piece of you. Literally. See, there have been several occasions where evil corporations have attempted to clone the symbiote in order to facilitate their twisted plans. One such occasion was initiated by the Ararat Corporation, led by the nefarious-yet-mundane sounding Bob. It turns out that Bob is descended from a colony of robot alien spiders that want to eliminate all life on Earth (because of course he is), and he clones Venom from a portion of the symbiote’s tongue. The resulting creation, named Mania, was a violent, sadistic creature that refused to bond with any host, choosing instead to slaughter anyone that comes into contact with it.
The origins of Anti-Venom are a little complicated. It all started with Eddie Brock discovering that he was suffering from adrenal cancer. The only thing keeping him alive was the Venom symbiote, but that no longer wanted him in his terminally ill state, so in a moment of spiritual awakening, Eddie decided to sell off the symbiote to the highest bidder so that he could die in dignity. After a brief time where he became suicidal, he started to do good with his remaining years, working for the food bank F.E.A.S.T., run by Mr. Li. As it turns out, Mr. Li was actually the super-villain Mister Negative!
He and Spider-Man used a metabolic accelerator that prematurely aged the symbiotes, turning them all to dust. As it turns out, the Life Foundation is able to save the symbiotes and their hosts from being turned to dust, but this remained hidden from Venom and Spider-Man so that the group could recover.
Spider-Man, seeing the good in Toxin, helped fend off its “father” and “grandfather,” and Mulligan left the police force — and his wife and child — to dedicate his time to fending off the symbiotes base urges and become a force for good.
Eddie Brock and Peter Parker were childhood friends, brought together by their fathers who were working together on Project Venom, a scientific experiment to create a symbiotic biosuit that would heal the wearer and cure all illnesses. Subjected to a hostile takeover and a test that went wrong, Peter and Eddie’s parents were killed. It wasn’t until years later that Peter, and subsequently Eddie, were exposed to be a twisted version of the original suit, one that often went out of control with violence and cannibalistic carnage. Peter rejected the power, but Eddie embraced it, becoming the Ultimate Venom.
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Born when the Venom symbiote left a part of itself behind, this offspring bonded with Cletus Kasady and a venomous killer with no morality was born. Carnage has become a popular character in his own right over the years, leading to him making many prominent returns. Most recently, Carnage has returned to the pages of Amazing Spider-Man, bonding with Norman Osborn to create the even more powerful Red Goblin, a being imbued with the strength of the symbiote and the madness of the Goblin serum.
