The Toxinsymbiote has a long and troubled history in the Marvel universe as both a villain and an anti-hero. Toxin's place in Venom and Carnage's genetic line and its difficulty with hosts have all helped define the symbiote and its ever-expanding place in the Marvel Universe.
Toxin is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He has been depicted as a superhero and at times a supervillain.
Due to the fact that Venom trying to kill Toxin (again with the Venom kidnapping Toxin). Toxin now has a deep hatred for Venom, which coincides with Eddie's dislike of Venom.
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. During this fight, one thing became abundantly clear: as strong as Venom and Carnage are, Toxin is much, much stronger.
Born from Carnage as the 1000th symbiote in its lineage, "Toxin" was feared to be the strongest and most dangerous of their race by both Carnage and Venom besides Knull.
Toxin Symbiote Cameo | Venom: let there be Carnage(2021)
Why is Toxin so powerful?
In fact, it is the bonds that Toxin has made with his human hosts that have made him strong enough to stave off Carnage's onslaught, saving both his own body as well as Bren's life.
The Joker is immune to toxins and poisons of all kinds. He has been exposed to Joker venom, Scarecrow's fear gas, and a number of other toxins to no effect.
Carnage insisted on killing it, but Venom was concerned that as the 1,000th Symbiote of their line, "Toxin" could potentially become psychotic as a result of genetic breakdown.
According to symbiote biology it would be The All-Black, also known as The Necrosword. Due to being the first symbiote knull ever made, it's already weak as it is, only granting the basic suit and itself as a weapon.
To avoid a villain repeat, it's possible Venom 3 will position Toxin as the more heroic figure that he often is in Marvel Comics, and the two will team up against a different, hopefully visually distinct threat. Regardless, with Venom 3 set for release on November 8, 2024, more information should be on the way soon.
By eating Carnage, Venom is effectively returning his spawn back to his former "unborn" state within Venom's mass, not taking anything he didn't already have into his cells.
Toxin would be the 1000th symbiote to be born of their specific line. Carnage was afraid that this genetic position would make his child more powerful than him and as a result, Carnage hated Toxin before he was even born.
Like his comic book counterpart, Venom 2's Carnage is "a red one," meaning a red symbiote. The reason for this isn't just for cosmetics. The color scheme of Carnage has been an important staple of the character since his debut in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man #360.
Tom Holland's Spider-Man is unlikely to appear in Venom 3, despite speculation and the introduction of the multiverse in Spider-Man: No Way Home. The filming of Venom 3 was affected by the 2023 Hollywood strikes, but no public hints have been given about Holland's Spider-Man appearing in the film.
Another child of Carnage, Toxin bonded with police officer Pat Mulligan shortly after its birth and has since proven capable of standing toe-to-toe with both its progenitor and Venom. Later, Toxin changed hosts to a teenager named Bren Waters.
As he has only been born, Toxin's powers while incredibly vast, are still growing, and he will become much stronger and much more formidable as he grows with time. Superhuman Strength: He possesses vast superhuman strength and can lift 75 tons.
In the movie, Riot was not a child of Venom but was an alien that arrived on Earth at the same time as Venom. Furthermore, Riot was more equipped for battle and proved to be stronger than Venom every step of the way.
The Klyntar have a biological rule that each child is significantly stronger than their parents. And since Venom is the first, and only, of his kind to come to Earth and the vast majority of the rest of them are his children or grandchildren… Venom is actually (one of) THE weakest of the surviving Klyntar.
Venom is also depicted as having spawned several children—Scream, Lasher, Phage, Agony, Riot, Mania, Sleeper, and most notably, Carnage, who becomes Venom's archenemy after being bound to serial killer Cletus Kasady.
In his final scene, actor Stephen Graham shows off the glowing blue eyes of seemingly possessed police officer Pat Mulligan. Mulligan just so happens to share his name with the first host of the Toxin symbiote in Marvel's numerous Venom spinoff comics.
With every symbiote, the ability to spawn a new puts the former in danger, as there is a possibility of the spawn is normally more powerful than the former. Knowing this, if venom were to spawn again, carnage would be rendered useless against the newer spawn, whether it be his or venom's.
Drake would ultimately be bonded with a symbiote named Riot, and have no more use for Eddie. His last act is an attempt to launch a rocket that would bring more symbiotes back to Earth, but he is stopped and killed by Venom.
If you ask Joker, it's a moot point—as he famously states in Detective Comics #664, a side effect of Joker's tumble into the Ace Chemicals vat is an immunity to all toxins, up to and including fear gas.
Crane also suffers from brain damage from prolonged exposure to his own toxin that renders him nearly incapable of being afraid of anything - except Batman. This is problematic for him, as he is addicted to fear and compulsively seeks out confrontations with Batman to feed his addiction.
His background is similar to his comic book counterpart; he is portrayed as a psychiatrist who is obsessed with fear, and who was fired from his teaching job for experimenting on his students. He sought revenge on the superiors who fired him, using his Fear Toxin.
