Anti-Venom

Born in the thick of Marvel's Modern Age symbiote renaissance, Anti-Venom made their debut in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man #792 (2018), arriving into one of the most chaotic corners of the Marvel Universe imaginable. This is a character forged in the company of heavy hitters — Venom, Carnage, Toxin, and the notorious Cletus Kasady all share the page in their adventures, which tells you everything about the high-stakes, visceral world they inhabit. Their appearances across Carnage, Venom War, and Amazing Spider-Man plant them squarely at the heart of Marvel's ongoing symbiote saga, a mythology that only grows richer and more complex with each passing year. With 19 catalog appearances and counting, Anti-Venom is a modern player worth tracking closely — this symbiote-adjacent corner of Marvel storytelling is as electric as it gets right now.