Venom: Other Hosts / Characters

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Tel-Kar

First Appearance: Venom: First Host #1 (October, 2018)

See Venom: Rogues Gallery

Quentin Beck

Alter Ego: Mysterio

First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man #2 (May, 1963) ^noteAs Quentin Beck; Amazing Spider-Man #13 (June, 1964) ^noteAs Mysterio

See Mysterio

Reed Richards

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Alter Ego: Mister Fantastic

First Appearance: Fantastic Four #1 (November, 1961)

See Mister Fantastic

Jennifer Walters

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Alter Ego: She-Hulk

First Appearance: Savage She-Hulk #1 (February, 1980) ^noteAs She-Hulk; Hulk Vol 4 #6 (July, 2017) ^noteAs Hulk

See She-Hulk

Susan Storm

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Alter Ego: Invisible Woman

First Appearance: Fantastic Four #1 (November, 1961) ^noteAs Invisible Girl; Fantastic Four #284 (November, 1985) ^noteAs Invisible Woman

See Invisible Woman

Franklin Richards

Alter Ego: Powerhouse

First Appearance: Fantastic Four Annual #6 (November, 1968)

See Fantastic Four

Leonard Elkhart

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First Appearance: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #99 (February, 1985)

A middle-aged judge from Illinois who took a trip to New York City to distract from a messy divorce with his wife, and wound up being briefly taken over by Spider-Man's symbiote following its escape from the Fantastic Four's lab. A chance encounter with Lorina Dodson — the supervillain White Rabbit — led to the accidental death of Leonard's son. Arrested after a failed attempt at revenge, Leonard became a death-seeking nihilist and — years later — was granted his wish by the serial killer-turned-cultist Dark Carnage.

The Cameo: He was originally an unnamed tourist who was taken over by the Venom symbiote after its escape from Mister Fantastic's lab, with Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Spider-Man expanding on his backstory and what happened to him afterwards.
Death Seeker: Following his son's death, Leonard became a nihilist who believed that people were inherently evil and nothing mattered anymore — including his own life. As such, he welcomed the brutal beatings he received from the inmates he'd convicted and happily offered himself to Dark Carnage.
Despair Event Horizon: Watching his son die in front of him due to White Rabbit's petty prank, his ex-wife blaming him for their son's death at the funeral, accidentally killing a court recorder while trying to avenge him, and then having White Rabbit go from contritely accepting her sentence to mocking him for having done so caused him to snap and become a nihilist. When Dark Carnage comes to claim his codex, Leonard — who was dying of cancer anyway — openly offers himself to the serial killer-turned-cultist.
In Prison with the Rogues: After being arrested, Leonard was locked up with many of the same convicts he'd put behind bars - who wasted no time brutalizing him until they realized that he was a nihilistic Death Seeker.
Outliving One's Offspring: His son died of a heart attack after White Rabbit pulled a fake gun on them, despite her attempts to resuscitate him with her electroshock gloves.
Stern Old Judge: Leonard was old enough to have an adult son, and put numerous criminals behind bars during his tenure. Unluckily for Lorina Dodson, Leonard wound up overseeing her trial and convicted her right off the bat due to having witnessed her brutalizing customers at a fast-food restaurant over not being able to order off the breakfast menu after 11:00 AM.

Carol Danvers

Alter Egos: Ms. Marvel, Binary, Warbird, Captain Marvel

First Apperance: Marvel Super-Heroes #13 (March 1968) ^noteAs Carol Danvers; Ms. Marvel #1 (January 1977) ^noteAs Ms. Marvel; The Uncanny X-Men #164 (December 1982) ^noteAs Binary; The Avengers #4 (May 1998) ^noteAs Warbird; Avenging Spider-Man #9 (July 2012) ^noteAs Captain Marvel

See Carol Danvers

Samson

First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man #654 (April, 2011)

A German Shepherd owned General Dodge of Project Rebirth who temporarily bonded to the Venom Symbiote.

Canine Companion: For General Dodge.

Cal Henricksen

Alter Ego: Agent Venom

First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man #654 (April, 2011) ^noteMentioned

Flash Thompson's ill-fated precursor as Agent Venom, after having lost control of the symbiote and been blown up.

Explosive Leash: Like Flash after him, Cal was implanted with a bomb to kill him if he ever lost control of the symbiote.
The Ghost: Cal Henricksen is never shown, but wasn't Agent Venom for very long. He almost immediately lost control of the symbiote and was blown up.
Super-Soldier: He was a military recruit brought into Project Rebirth 2.0 to serve as a symbiote-augmented supersoldier. At the very least his death helped them work some of the kinks out of the process.

Thaddeus Ross