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Marvel ⋅ 2018

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1st appearance of Tyrannosaurus, a symbiote impersonating Rex Strickland - Strickland appears in Venom #2 (2018)

1st appearance of the Grendel Symbiote

Origin of the Sym-Soldier Program aka Weapon V, a Vietnam-era initiative to bond symbiote biomass, extracted from the Grendel dragon to heal wounded soldiers

[October 2024 - it is rumored Chiwetel Ejiofor’s character in Venom: The Last Dance is Rex Strickland / October 2024 - Ejiofor as Strickland confirmed]

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Origin of Symbiotes

Introduction of the planet Klyntar, named after the Symbiote word for "cage”, comprised of Symbiote mass with Knull's physical body at the center - brief, unnamed appearance of Klyntar in Spider-Man Family #1 (2007)

First mention of the team Agents of the Cosmos

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Origin of Gorr the God Butcher

1st cameo appearance of Knull the Symbiote God

Marvel ⋅ 2018

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1st full appearance of Knull,the creator of the Symbiote alien race

Knull's first cameo appearance is in Thor: God of Thunder #6

The spiral emblem associated with Knull is a reference to Chthulhu mythology

Knull was the first being that existed in nothingness that preceded the creation of the current Marvel Universe

[September 2024 - the latest Venom trailer revealed Knull to be a villain in the film]

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Brief appearance of the yet-to-be named symbiote planet of Klyntar

Marvel ⋅ 2024

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1st appearance of the Venom Horse

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1st cameo appearance of Xenophage, an alien symbiote hunter

[May 2024 - the Venom 3 trailer reveals a symbiote-hunting creature]

Marvel ⋅ 1996

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1st full appearance of Xenophage, an alien symbiote hunter

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1st full appearance of Phage

1st full appearance of Agony

1st full appearance of Riot

1st full appearance of Lasher

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1st appearance of Scream

1st cameo appearance of Agony

1st cameo appearance of Lasher

1st cameo appearance of Phage

1st cameo appearance Riot

[April 2023 - Juno Temple’s casting in Venom 3 will likely cause speculation that she will portray Scream]

Marvel ⋅ 2004

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Patrick Mulligan becomes Toxin, the spawn of Carnage

Marvel ⋅ 2004

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1st appearance of Pat Mulligan, later becomes Toxin

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1st full appearance of Venom

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2nd cameo appearance of Venom

A copy of Amazing Spider-Man #299 is seen in the movie Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) being read by Jeff Conaway

⚠️ Debatable Firsts: Todd McFarlane explains in an interview that he considers The Amazing Spider-Man #299 the first full appearance of Venom but various comic book resources changed it to The Amazing Spider-Man #300

View additional images by tapping the cover image and swiping left

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1st cameo appearance of Venom, creeping over Eddie Brock's hands

First cover art by Todd McFarlane on the Amazing Spider-Man title

1st team appearance of the Life Foundation led by Carlton Drake

1st appearance of Carlton Drake who discovered there were five symbiote seeds that could be extracted from the Venom symbiote

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