Reading comics in the attic to avoid his mother and father arguing, Billy was visited by his sister, Sadie, who wanted to introduce him to a strange dog she had found.
The dog, downstairs, had been watching the argument before a mysterious influence caused the dog's symbiote, Hybrid to split into four, each part violently bonding with a family member. Billy ultimately fell victim to the Phage symbiote.
The family, with new purpose, drove to New York, and were made to hunt down Normie Osborn for his codex. Tracking him to Rex Strickland's warehouse in Manhattan, the symbiotes encountered resistance from The Maker, but Phage managed to break into the safe room, noting that Dylan Brock smelled like Venom before his neck was snapped by Sleeper. Luckily thanks to the symbiote he survived and was detached by the symbiote along with his family by Maker, who kept them in his test tubes.
Powers:
Seemingly those of the original Phage, Carl Mach (Phage) of Earth-616.
-Orange Symbiotic Costume: Phage possessed all the powers the original Venom symbiote had, including an ability even his "father" did not have. Unfortunately since Carl could not properly control his "other," and the fact that he died early on in his career, Phage only exhibited some powers granted by the symbiote. His full range of powers would have consisted of: -Superhuman Strength -Superhuman Durability -Superhuman Stamina -Accelerated Healing Factor -Wall-Crawling -ESP (Spider-Sense) -Immunity to Spider-Man's Spider Sense -Webbing Generation -Camouflage Capabilities -Constituent-Matter Generation -Constituent-Matter Manipulation (Bladed Weapons): His primary method of attack was to form his symbiotic costume into long serrated blades and slash or stab his opponents. This ability was also possessed by his brother, Carnage. Another but unique ability was that he could throw pieces of his suit at enemies and it would be highly acidic and could even melt through metal.
Weaknesses:
-Intense Sound: The symbiote is extremely sensitive to high frequencies of sound and Sonic attacks. This was best exhibited when Carl was killed by Donna using a Sonic knife. -Intense Heat: The symbiote is also vulnerable to intense levels of heat generated by substances such as plasma, fire, and electricity.
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Key Issues & Appearances
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Significant comic book appearances featuring Phage
