Marvel Venom War gave Dylan Brock a whole new look, and it’s all thanks to the latest hybrid symbiote.

Venom War Issue #2 picks up right where the previous issue left off, with the impending battle between Eddie and Dylan Brock and their respective allies interrupted by the sudden arrival of none other than Spider-Man. With Spider-Man re-bonding with the Venom symbiote, greatly complicating Eddie and Dylan’s plans, Brock has an idea to get back into the fight – and it all hinges on a brand new breed of hybrid symbiote.

Venom War #2

• Written by AL EWING
• Works by IBAN COELLO
• Colors by FRANK D’ARMATA
• Letters from ARIANA MAHER, VC
• Design by STACIE ZUCKER
• Main cover by IBAN COELLO & FRANK D’ARMATA
• Variant covers by IBAN COELLO, SKOTTIE YOUNG, PEACH MOMOKO, LUCIANO VECCHIO, CHRIS GIARUSSO and CLAYTON CRAIN

Marvel’s original hybrid symbiote made its comic book debut in 1995. Venom: A Spider Has Arrived #1 in the issue’s backup story, “First Touch,” by Evan Skolnick and Patrick Zircher. A combination of the Life Foundation symbiotes Riot, Phage, Lasher, and Agony, these four were subjected to a series of horrific experiments that resulted in their transformation into a composite form. Initially, the hybrid symbiote bonded with guard Scott Washington. However, their time was short before the symbiotes were separated and Washington was killed by Eddie Brock.

Since then, the Life Foundation symbiotes that once made up Hybrid have worked together on numerous storylines such as Carnage in the United States They’ve even reunited as hybrids on numerous occasions with hosts ranging from Deadpool to the villainous Reed Richards known as The Maker. Most recently, the hybrid symbiote was corrupted by Knull during the events of King in blackleading to an explosive confrontation between him and Andi Benton, the current host of the Silence symbiote and former host of Scream.

This new hybrid symbiote consists of Dylan Brock, who is himself a human-symbiote hybrid, as well as the symbiotes Sleeper and Flexo. While Sleeper is one of Venom’s many descendants, Flexo has a very different origin. First appearing in Will Harr and Jack Binder’s story “Introducing, Flexo the Rubber Man,” in the pages of the 1940s Mystical Comics #1, the eponymous entity was once thought to be a simple, flexible, rubbery robot with a heart of gold. In recent years, Flexo’s origins have been rewritten, with an unnamed symbiote hiding at the heart of the so-called Rubber Man’s “technological” secrets.

Venom War Issue #2 is now on sale from Marvel Comics.

Source: Marvel Comics

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  Venom

  Venom is a sentient alien symbiote from the planet Klyntar that has appeared in the Marvel Universe since the mid-1980s. Many heroes have welcomed Venom over the years.

  Created by

  Todd McFarlane and David Micheline

  Character(s)

  Spider-Man, Venom, Eddie Brock

  Video game(s)

  Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety, Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage

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  Wonder

  Marvel is a multimedia powerhouse that brings together comics, movies, TV shows and more, captivating audiences with its iconic characters, thrilling stories and diverse worlds. From the legendary Avengers to street-level heroes like Daredevil, the Marvel Universe is vast and ever-expanding.

  Character(s)

  Thor, Iron Man, Spider-Man (Characters)