Spider-Man Wiki is a FANDOM Comics Community. [53], When Dylan Brock entered the battlefield and began using his powers to free the people and heroes Knull had enslaved, Knull attempted to capture him but was attacked by Thor - who he recognized as the one who had almost killed the Grendel centuries prior. Cast back into the void by the other Celestials, Knull used the slain Celestial's severed head as a forge to temper his sword in its cosmic energies. For the rest of the year, the events of "Secret Wars" unfolded retroactively in the pages of the crossover book, while Spider-Man, wearing the black suit, continued to do his usual stuff in his own comic things like fighting supervillains, dating the Black Cat, and dropping out of college. There have been a few differentWhat If? [12][16], Through his symbiote army, Knull is responsible for the destruction and corruption of entire civilizations across the universe. During the Secret Wars in 1984 Spider-Man returned to Earth with the black suit but Peter learned that it was bonding physically and mentally to him. marvel - Why didn't the Venom Symbiote turn Peter Parker into a Doc Ock assumes full control over the suit, claiming that Flash Thompson is weak minded and cannot do anything without the symbiote, and that with his own previous experience with his robotic arms along with his iron will can control the symbiote, becoming "Superior Venom". Despite Donny Cates' assertion on Twitter that "Nothing can kill Knull. How can Kylntar symbiotes defy Doctor Stranges spells? Anne, who had helped Spider-Man locate her former husband, arrived on the scene to try and help, but ended up nearly being crushed by a falling ferris wheel. Skin [46][4][49][44] Reaching backwards through time, Knull resurrected Mister E and sent him to either destroy the Ebony Blade or use it facilitate his premature escape from Klyntar;[51] though Mister E repeatedly failed to do so and was ultimately destroyed. w/Donny Cates: Venom #1 Q and A, DONNY CATES on Twitter: "Haha. One of the versions of the symbiote that Venom encounteredwas an incarnation of Peter Parker who hadtaken the symbiote back from a sociopathic version of Eddie Brock by force. Things can change, but for now, it sounds like Insomniac wants to tell that story. In this universe, Spider-Man waited too long to remove the suit and bonded permanently with him, stating that no force in the universe, no matter how powerful can now separate them, possessing him completely and becomes unstoppable. Merging with the closest hosts they could find, the Hive was now infected with concepts of honor and nobility, so the symbiotes turned on Knull and trapped him at the core of the throneworld, rebranding themselves "Klyntar" out of their word for "cage". One, however, stands above all the rest. Knull attempted to take over Dylan Brock's body, but Eddie used the Uni-Power to remove the living abyss from Dylan and destroy it, seemingly defeating the dark god once-and-for-all. Knull and the dying god crash-landed on a desolate planet, where All-Black left the incapacitated Knull for one of the indigenous inhabitants, Gorr. He was the first something. After being separated from Spider-Man in the church, the symbiote had found a new host Eddie Brock, a former journalist whose life and career had been ruined, in his mind, by Spider-Man. Unusual Features Not to mention Venom and Spider-Man were forced to join forces to save her, and afterward, Anne helped Venom realize that Spider-Man regularly saves innocent lives. Although his body is taken over by the symbiote, he is still in control because it didn't take over his mind. The symbiote then possess Thor, but after making a deal with Kingpin, Black Cat destroys the symbiote for good. The symbiote was not bonded to Flash he was only allowed to use it for 48 hours at a time and their relationship was an openly antagonistic one, with the symbiote taking any opportunity to seize control and perform monstrous acts of violence. [41][42] Blazing a swath of destruction across the Kree/Skrull Alliance's colonial territories en route to Earth, Knull laid traps to waylay ships sent to investigate; thereby claiming several prominent warriors from both species for his army. Revelling in bloodshed and destruction, Knull often sports a predatory grin when engaged in combat and fondly reminisced to Eddie Brock about the devastation he and All-Black wrought together. In some ways, it can be seen as a twisted romantic allegory, a warning about what can happen when love turns to loathing, but it also, surprisingly, has a happy ending (at least for now). The Symbiote, in a last act of mercy, drags Spider-Man to safety in the undercroft, but decides to not bond with him again, and saddened, leaves. However, given the close bond that has formed between Spider-Man and the symbiote before he rejects it, Parker's spider-sense is no longer triggered by the alien symbiote or its offspring. [19] While Knull drew his power from and claimed to be the incarnation of the primordial darkness, it existed long before even him. In the Ultimate Universe, the symbiote is bio-mechanical organism called the Suit, created by Richard Parker and Eddie Brock Sr. in an attempt to cure cancer, but eventually got attached to Peter Parker when he attempted to continue his father's experiments. [2] Knull's hubris is one of his greatest weaknesses, as he routinely underestimates opponents he sees as beneath himself - such as the Silver Surfer, Venom, and Thor - and rarely fights using the full extent of his own power, instead opting to let his symbiotes do the fighting for him. He wore this costume for the remainder of the Secret Wars. Copyright 2023 ComicBook.com. Knull sent the Grendel symbiote dragon on a rampage through downtown Manhattan, but it was stopped by the combined efforts of Venom - whose symbiote had been adversely affected by Knull's awakening - and Spider-Man. Knull tore the Sentry apart and seized control of the dark entity that had been indwelling him, absorbing it into himself. While bonded, Flash was able to regrow his legs he lost in war, and had gained spider powers. Later, Otto is called by Anna Maria and returns to her apartment, where he learns that Aunt May questioned her about Peter's activities. In 2011's Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Spider-Man is a playable character and symbiote suit is a wearable alternate costume. [19] Knull also sent symbiotes and symbiote-dragons to blaze a swath of destruction across numerous other spacefaring civilizations such as the Zn'rx. [17][45], Constructing a lair at the tip of the Empire State Building, Knull began directing his invasion on multiple fronts by remote-piloting symbiote-dragons, indwelling symbiote-possessed heroes, and manifesting avatars. He was partnered both heroically and romantically with Felicia Hardy/Black Cat at the time, and she quickly deduced that his new costume was a living being given the way it moved and responded to his thoughts. 4) #4(July, 2018)(Chronologically) He used the severed head's divine power to refine the blade, creating a metaphysical connection between the primordial symbiote and the slain cosmic god - which would be the source of most of Knull's tremendous power. In 2008's Spectacular Spider-Man TV series, the symbiote latches on to Peter. Archived post. So, the idea was then that Black Cat made him a non-alien cloth version that Peter could wear. However, those abilities were also passed on to the Venom symbiote's offspring over a number of lines, which meant Spider-Man's powers transferred toCarnagewhich he then passed on to hisoffspring Toxin as well as the many other symbioteswho spawned on Earth. Establishing himself as the nexus of the Hive he created, Knull proceeded to conquer worlds and form a fleet of Symbiote Dragons. The reality of 1989's What If? Manifesting his suit of draconic armor, Knull was confronted by Zak-Del, an Exolon-infected Kree. Dude severed the head of a celestial. He had no idea that he'd just (literally) created a monster. Poison responded by producing a stinger that manages to pierce Cage's shoulder, leaving him in pain on the floor. While it originally seemed that Spider-Man was simply clueless about the symbiote's sentience, it was hinted at in the modernSymbiote Spider-Man series (which is set during his time bonded to the symbiote) that he was skillfully deluding himself about the possibility that his new suit was alive. The alien symbiotesare also known as Klyntar, and they all have the ability to adapt their host's traits and abilities into themselves. 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The history of the symbiote is similar to its Earth-616 counterpart but with the absence of a timescale. It's time to find out. Preparing to commit suicide, the Catholic Brock went to a church to pray for forgiveness. [43] Intent on settling his eons-old grudge against the Celestials, Knull hunted them down and infected them with living abyss. [46][47][48][49][21][50] Knull attempted to claim the Ebony Blade, Sword of Fu Xi, and Ghost-Spider's artificial symbiote for himself; but was thwarted and repeatedly taken aback by the number of heroes who possessed powers and weapons able to kill his dragons and damage - if not outright destroy - his avatars, as well as the willpower to partially resist his control. However, we'll start with the alien first. The idea for the costume change reportedly came from a story pitch from a fan that Jim Shooter, Marvel's editor-in-chief at the time, had received in 1983. When the station was falling apart, the symbiote covered a giant hole to hold the sation together long enough so the Doomsday pulse could activate. [12] After recovering from his injuries over the course of a century, Knull began experimenting with his powers and discovered that he could manifest amorphous parasites called Symbiotes from the Living Abyss and bond them to lesser lifeforms, corrupting life rather than eradicating it. Upon its arrival back home, the Klyntar were able to cleanse it, a process that included a near-total memory wipe of its previous hosts. Seeing this, he removes the symbiote with the help of a vision that features Uncle Ben. [37][38][39], After Dark Carnage was killed by Venom, who absorbed the Dark Carnage symbiote and remaining codices, Knull was reawakened and promptly destroyed Klyntar, coalescing its constituent symbiotes into a fleet of symbiote dragons. Maguire's Peter had the tyrannical Norman Osborn and a sympathetic Doc Ock, while Garfield's had a decent one in Lizard. Spider blocked this time, and he could feel the bruises that were sure to form tomorrow each time he did. ", DONNY CATES on Twitter: "Nothing can kill Knull. But even with this, Flash could not be bonded to the symbiote for more than 48 hours, or else he could lose control, which he did twice after, turning into a more savage and bigger Eddie Brock type Venom. If there is one suit missing from Marvel's Spider-Man that fans seem most upset about: it's the [], By Tyler Fischer The idea was purchased by Jim Shooter at Marvel for the sum of 220 US dollars (over 500 dollars today) and the opportunity to craft the story. This proved very beneficial for the Earth-bound symbiotes after the original bonded with Peter Parker. Written by Dan Slott, the premise of this title involved a mind swap between Peter Parker and his longtime nemesis Otto Octavius, aka Doctor Octopus, who continued to fight crime as Spider-Man while in his rival's body. [12], Symbiote Armor: After forging All-Black, Knull created a suit of symbiote-armor from the Living Abyss. Having damaged his original costume in battle, Spider-Man discovers a machine thought to be a fabric replicator. Knull The alien symbiote called Venom has been a thorn in Peter Parker's side since the 1980s, and still ranks to this day among the webslinger's primary nemeses, particularly on the occasions when he's bonded to human host Eddie Brock. When Kraven was about to commit suicide, the symbiote bonded with him before he could pull the trigger. With no other options for what to do with the symbiote, this Peter Parker re-bonded with Venom -- but retained control over himself in the process. It wasn't until 1993 that the tentative alliance between Spider-Man and Venom graduated into a full-fledged cessation of hostilities. Casually subduing the boy and cocooning him in living abyss, Knull was distracted long enough for Thor to knock him off and rip his lower jaw off with a full-power blow from Mjolnir. Cookies help us deliver our Services. The symbiote only left Peter when it saw a chance to possess a far more powerful being -- the Hulk. Gender Place of Death When Knull attempted to seize control of Cletus through the symbiote, Cletus resisted Knull's control and their connection was severed when the Grendel symbiote absorbed the codex - trace remnants of living abyss left in former symbiote hosts - that the Carnage symbiote had left in Scorn's body. In 2014 for Marvel Heroes, a cloth non-enhanced version of the Symbiote Costume, know as the "Back and Black" version was made buyable to regular players for Spider-Man. Consumed by rage and transformed by the symbiote into something far more fearsome, Parker murdered Hobgoblin and turned his attention to New York as a whole. However, after Peter jumps in to protect his daughter at school he and Mary Jane then decide that it is time for Spider-Man to return, with Mary Jane giving Peter the cloth version of the symbiote costume to become Spider-Man once again. This revelation finally led to a truce between the two, which Venom succinctly summed up by saying "you don't come after us, we won't come after you!" Claws; can manifest fangs and a serpentine, prehensile tongue Knull[1] Another is in Spectacular Spider man cartoon where the Symbiote easily rejected Brock in favor of Spiderman when he wanted it back. Marital Status Spider-Man mysteriously vanishes from Earth at the end of "Amazing Spider-Man" #251 in April 1984, but returns at the start of the very next issue wearing the black costume, with the entirety of "Secret Wars" having occurred between the two issues. He then promises that he will fix everything, heading to Aunt May's apartment. Or at least that sounds like the plan. [8] As his connection to his self-proclaimed apostle grew stronger, Knull began awakening and exerting his influence to corrupt both the symbiotes of Klyntar and those stranded on Earth -- namely the Riot, Agony, Phage, Lasher, and Scream symbiotes. Despite becoming increasingly creepy to the others, Spider-Man remained an ally of the heroes, fighting alongside them against the new generation of the Masters of Evil. Does the Symbiote ultimately wish to be bonded back with Spider ITEM: The strife betwixt Spider-Man and the symbiote known as Venom has been a significant stand-out in the saga of the Marvel Universe, no doubt about that, Shaken and enraged, Knull coated his manifestation in the Grendel symbiote, but before he could attack the Tyrannosaurus symbiote coiled around his avatar and dragged it into the heart of a blast furnace - telling Venom to hold the door shut. In 1998, What If #114 by Jay Faerber and Gregg Schiciel introduced a reality where the Marvel heroes who were brought to Battleworld were never able to escape, and instead made new lives for themselvesafter the original Secret Wars. While Spider-Man was never able to defeat Venom in direct combat, he survived the late '80s and early '90s largely due to trickery. While visiting his Aunt May, Peter discovered that an enraged Hobgoblin had followed him and learned his true identity -- even using the opportunity to attack Peter and May. Venom spent a solid decade (from the mid-90's to the mid-2000s) hanging around the Marvel Universe as a popular anti-hero, starring in numerous limited series and finally getting his first ongoing title in 2003. While the two were bonded, the symbiote shared many of Spider-Man's abilities with Eddie, including the former's identity. When Venom teamed up with Sandman and held hostage Mary Jane, at a construction site, Peter (as Spider-Man) confronted the duo. During Secret Wars, Spider-Man had his costume heavily damaged, and the other heroes pointed out to the room full of machinery to fix his costume. [57], As King in Black, Knull was supposed to keep maintenance over the Celestials' creations, but he refused the work. The symbiote even apologized to Spider-Man and expressed a desire to one day earn his forgiveness. If there is one suit missing from Marvel's Spider-Man that fans seem [35][34], Knull's avatar confronts Spider-Man and Venom, Decades later, Knull remote-piloted the symbiote dragon and broke it free of containment, reabsorbing four of its five offshoots. Knull stripped Eddie of both symbiotes and began absorbing them, but his gloating was cut short when Eddie detonated the entire arsenal - the blast affecting Knull's real body at the core of Klyntar. However, as the symbiote attaches to Spider-Man, the pain of severing the bond with Brock shocks it, causing both Brock and Peter to pass out, and when the symbiote seems to have completed its bond with Peter, it faints and detaches from him. Spider-Man decided to investigate on his new suit. Forming an organization known as the Agents of the Cosmos, the symbiotes of Klyntar subsequently attempted to expunge their dark origins and redeem themselves by acting to protect the cosmos they'd once terrorized. While Peter Parker parted ways withhis alien costume after he learned it was a symbiotic parasite from Reed Richards, that wasn't the last time he bonded with the symbiote. "So if we killed him now," Venom reasoned, "all the innocents he might save in the future would die!". While it was generally known that the symbiote was altering Peter Parker's moods and aggression, it was later revealed to Spider-Man that his own anger and despair had affected the symbiote as well. As his dragons rained down on the Earth and quickly overwhelmed the planet's superheroes, Knull emerged from one of the Celestials and declared his intent to destroy the planet - offering to make it quick and painless if given the human called Brock. When Peter Parker first encountered the alien costume, it was during the firstSecret Wars event that saw the web-slinger transported to an alien Battleworld alongside other heroes and villains by the powerful Beyonder. The two became permanently fused over the years, considering themselves a "we" after twenty-five years together. However, its later bond with Flash Thompson helped calm the symbiote and flush out some of the bad emotions. Spider-Man goes to a psychologist, who tells him that the alien suit is showing signs of "love-hate" but that the core emotion is still love. Name The Sun, the Solar System These powers were then used by Eddie Brock when he became Venom. Peter did his best to help the heroes counter the symbiote, but not long after he passed away from old age -- prompting a vengeful Black Cat to sell her services to Kingpin in exchange for helping her gain revenge against the symbiote. Octavius, as Spider-Man, briefly re-bonded with the Venom symbiote by tricking Flash Thompson and separated Venom from him and gave Flash a set of mechanical legs, imprisoning the symbiote. He enjoys salad but prefers french fries. Ya gotta pay attention to all them little words next to the pictures sometimes, folks. WebAt some point the symbiote joined a group of corrupted Klyntar who used their hosts as chattel, and was labeled as deranged due to its desire to form a single, strong, symbiotic bond with its host and protect them. [23], Knull was an ancient malevolent deity who purportedly ruled over the Abyss, the existential chasm that existed between the destruction of the Sixth Cosmos and the creation of the Seventh Cosmos. If you want, you can read more about the symbiote costume and its history right here. ", Marvel Entertainment on Twitter: "Longtime "Venom" penciler @RyanStegman joins Marvel's #ThePullList podcast host @AgentM to answer reader questions about the one and only Venom! WebThe Symbiote controlled Iron Fist roared at Spider-man in glee, and they attacked. Thor: God of Thunder #6(March, 2013)(Retroactively)Venom (Vol. Spider-Man re-bonds with the Venom symbiote. [21] Waging war against the Light in a campaign to return the universe to the Void, Knull became a legendary figure of divine terror but eventually found himself stranded on a nameless planet after an inhabitant stole his blade and unwittingly followed in his footsteps. [9][19][32], Knull's reign of terror came to an end in the sixth century CE, when two symbiote dragons - one black and one red - arrived on Earth and were named the Grendel and Grendel's Mother by the Danes. If there was a tomorrow. Before Flash Thompson's death during the "Go Down Swinging" storyline, he revealed to an angry Spider-Man that he needed to calm his emotions before rebonding with Venom in order toboth control it and keep the symbiote's heroic impulses intact. In a fascinating reversal, however, the symbiote sensed something wrong with its old flame. It would be three years before the symbiote was seen again, but when it came back, it came back quite literally with a vengeance. While Peter Parker initially loved the various perks of his new costume, there were some definite downsides as well that were largely kept hidden from him by the symbiote. Doc. In 2011's Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, the symbiote costume is buyable and wearable but is dubbed the "Black Suit". Height During his invasion of Earth, most of the people infected by symbiotes resembled Knull. In this universe, the symbiote is very sorry for the loss of Spider-Man and doesn't feel hatred towards him as Venom did in the 616 universe because he didn't reject it. By that point, the Venom symbiote had been separated from Flash Thompson, and after a brief fling with an ex-soldier named Lee Price, it became bonded to Eddie Brock once again, and they were once more the star of a "Venom" ongoing series. When the Grendel was destabilized by sonic grenades, Knull's manifestation engaged Venom in a brutal one-on-one battle, Venom's arsenal of high-tech weapons proving ineffective. Re-forming the Grendel around his avatar, Eddie, and Spider-Man; Knull flew into space and revealed his plan to obtain the missing pieces of the symbiote dragon, use it to free his true body from Klyntar, and resume his conquest of the universe - starting with Earth. Awakened by the Light when the Celestials invaded his kingdom of darkness, Knull was chosen by the Despite his loathing respect for them - seeing them as his wayward children - he hates the Klyntar symbiotes for betraying him and eventually forcibly absorbed them back into his dark hive-mind.
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