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{{Short description|Marvel Comics character}}

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| character_name = Toxin

|caption=Cover to ''Toxin'' #3<br />[[Simon Bisley]], artist

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| caption = Textless cover of ''Toxin'' #3 (August 2005).<br>Art by [[Simon Bisley]]

|character_name=Toxin

| real_name =Patrick MulliganVarious hosts

| publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]

| debut = '''As Patrick Mulligan:'''<br />''Venom/Carnage'' #1 (September 2004)<br>'''As Toxin:'''<br />''Venom/Carnage'' #2 (October 2004)<br />'''As Eddie Brock:'''<br />''[[Venom (comic book)|Venom]]'' #17 (May 2012)<br />'''As Bren Waters:'''<br />''King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes'' #3 (April 2021)

|debut=''Venom/Carnage'' #1 (Patrick Mulligan)<br />''Venom/Carnage'' #2 (Toxin)

| creators = [[Peter Milligan]]<br />[[Clayton Crain]]

| alliances = As Patrick Mulligan: [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]]<br />As Eddie Brock: [[Savage Six]], [[FBI]], [[Symbiote (comics)|Symbiote]] Task Force

|alliance_color=background:#cccccc

| aliases = Son of [[Carnage (character)|Carnage]]

|status=Active

| powers = [[Symbiote (comics)|Alien symbiote grants:]]

|alliances=Spider-Man

* Superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina, durability, endurance and reflexes

|previous_alliances= NYPD

* Organic "webbing"

|aliases=Toxin

* Regenerative healing factor

|relatives=[[Carnage (comics)|Carnage]] ("father"), [[Venom (comics)|Venom]] ("grandfather"), [[Scream (comics)|Scream]] ("aunt"), [[Hybrid of the New Warriors | Hybrid]] ("uncle"), [[Phage (comics)|Phage]] ("uncle"), [[Riot (comics)|Riot]] ("uncle"), [[Lasher (comics)|Lasher]] ("uncle"), [[Shriek Symbiote (comics)|Shriek]] ("aunt")

* Ability to cling to most surfaces

|powers=Super-strength, Unlimited "webbing", ability to form blades and projectiles from symbiotic costume. Increased agility and durability.

* Limited shapeshifting, including the ability to shape shift his limbs into weapons, and camouflage

|}}

* Immunity to Spider Sense as well as Venom and Carnage tracking him down

* Fangs and claws appear when he is angry or in danger

}}

'''Toxin''' is a [[fiction]]al character appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. He has been depicted as a [[superhero]] and at times a [[supervillain]]. The character is the offspring of [[Carnage (comics)|Carnage]], the third major [[symbiote (comics)|symbiote]] in the [[Marvel Universe]], the ninth known to have appeared in the comics outside of the [[Planet of the Symbiotes]] storyline, and the first symbiote that [[Spider-Man]] considers an ally, despite several temporary alliances with [[Venom (Marvel Comics character)|Venom]] in the past. The Toxin symbiote's various hosts are former [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] police officer '''Patrick Mulligan''', '''[[Eddie Brock]]''', and teenager '''Bren Waters'''.

'''Toxin''' is a [[fictional character]], an [[anti hero]], in the [[Marvel Comics]] [[Marvel Universe|universe]]. He is the third major [[symbiote (comics)|Symbiote]] of the Spider-Man series.

[[Stephen Graham]] portrayed Detective Mulligan in the [[Sony's Spider-Man Universe]] films ''[[Venom: Let There Be Carnage]]'' and ''[[Venom: The Last Dance]]''.

==Character history==

Much like his father [[Venom (comics)|Venom]], [[Carnage (comics)|Carnage]] produced a third [[symbiote (comics)|Symbiote]]. Carnage felt only dislike and hatred towards his new spawn, even before he "gave birth" to it, both fearing that it could become much more powerful than himself, and being generally disgusted at the thought of giving birth. At the same time, Carnage's rival and "father" Venom became aware that Carnage was "pregnant" and sought out Carnage to talk about this new symbiote. Carnage had resolved to kill his spawn as soon as it was birthed. Venom was doing his best to protect the new symbiote, with the intention of raising it to become his new partner.

==Fictional character biography==

After the birth of his "son", Carnage felt too weak to kill his newborn (due in no small part to his attempt to repress the birth), so he tried blowing it up and burying it. Much to Carnage's dismay however, his newborn son would find a human host to live with, in the shape of Patrick Mulligan.

[[Carnage (comics)|Carnage]] produced an offspring: a third [[symbiote (comics)|symbiote]]. Carnage felt only dislike and hatred towards this new spawn, even before giving "birth" to it, both fearing that it could become much stronger, and being generally disgusted at the thought of giving birth. At the same time, [[Venom (character)|Venom]] became aware that Carnage was "pregnant" and sought out Carnage to talk about this new symbiote. Carnage had resolved to kill this spawn as soon as it was born. Venom was doing the best to protect the new symbiote, with the intention of raising it to become a new partner. Venom was also concerned that, as the 1,000th symbiote of their line, the new symbiote could potentially become psychotic and violent because of genetic breakdown.<ref name="Venom vs. Carnage #1">{{Cite comic

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===Patrick Mulligan===

Prior to finding the alien symbiote, Patrick Mulligan was one of New York City's finest cops, yet he was also troubled with various personal problems. His stressful job, along with the strain of his new family (his wife just gave birth to their first son) were taking their toll on him. One night, while on duty, he came across the site where Carnage was giving birth and the newborn symbiote, needing a host to survive, bonded to him. Carnage resolved to kill both Pat and the symbiote currently hiding in his body (Toxin wasn't yet strong enough to manifest in a superpowered costume like the Venom and Carnage symbiotes.) Venom was still hopeful that he'd be able to use this new Symbiote as a partner, and fought Carnage to a standstill to protect Pat and the symbiote, who he christened Toxin, after himself.

Patrick Mulligan was one of [[New York City]]'s finest cops, yet troubled with various personal problems. His stressful job, along with the strain of his new family (his wife Gina was pregnant with their first son Edward) were taking their toll. One night while on duty, he came across the site where Carnage was giving birth to the new symbiote. Carnage, needing a host to hide the symbiote to keep it from Venom, bonded it to Mulligan. Carnage resolved to kill both Mulligan and the symbiote since they were not yet strong enough to manifest a super-powered costume like the Venom and Carnage symbiotes. Venom still hoped to use this new symbiote as a partner, and fought Carnage to a standstill to protect Mulligan and the symbiote, whom he christened Toxin, after himself.<ref name="Venom vs. Carnage #1"/> At first, Mulligan did not realize what had happened to him. Before long, the Toxin symbiote had matured enough to gain both conscious thought and the strength to form a symbiote costume on Mulligan's body.

At first, Patrick didn't realize quite what had happened to him, but before long, the Toxin symbiote had matured enough to gain both conscious thought, and the strength to form a symbiote costume on Pat's body. After Carnage attacked Patrick's wifeGina and newborn sonEdward at histheir home, heMulligan realized the Toxin symbiote was a danger to both himself and his family. He walked out on his wife and child, and left the police force to try and come to terms with his new life. During a futuresubsequent confrontation between Venom, Carnage, and Toxin, Venom realized PatrickMulligan was dedicated to a life of virtue, or as close as he could come bearing the demon ofunder the symbiote's in himinfluence. Venom and Carnage formed a temporary pact to destroy Toxin, asWhen it wasbecame clear by now that heToxin was easily as strong as either of his predecessors, and was still growing, Venom and Carnage formed a temporary pact to destroy Toxin.<ref>''Venom vs. Carnage'' #2-3</ref> [[Spider-Man]] stumbled into the final confrontation betweenamong the symbiote trinitytrio, and helped Toxin. After they fended off Venom and Carnage, Toxin had a conversation with Spider-Man, filling himthe latter in on what had happened to him. Spider-Man gaveencouraged him a kind of superhero heart-to-heart, and passed on his Uncle Ben's message: "With great power comes great responsibility." Toxin resigned himself to a life of battling his base symbiote urges while trying to indulgeharness inhis violencepower for good. He left his wife and destructionchild, whileand tryingthe police force, to harnesstry to come to terms with his powernew forlife.<ref>''Venom goodvs. Carnage'' #4</ref>

In 2005, after Spider-Man joined the [[The New Avengers (comics)|New Avengers]], Marvel introduced a six-issue ''Toxin'' [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]], which followed Toxin's battles with various supervillains escaped from the [[Raft (comics)|Raft]] as a result of events at the beginning of ''The New Avengers'' series. The series also portrayed Mulligan's constant battle to keep the Toxin symbiote under control; as the host and symbiote minds had conversations and arguments with each other. Throughout the miniseries, he battled [[Cobra (Marvel Comics)|King Cobra]], the [[Wrecker (comics)|Wrecker]], [[Piledriver (comics)|Piledriver]], and [[Razor Fist]].<ref>''Toxin'' #1-3</ref> At one point, trying to live with the Toxin symbiote became too much for Mulligan, who attempted suicide by throwing himself in front of a train. The Toxin symbiote intervened at the last moment, saving Mulligan and claiming that Mulligan did not really want to die. When Mulligan pressed the issue, it became clear that, unlike the Venom and Carnage symbiotes, Toxin is not sure it could survive on its own and find a new host.

[[Image:toxin5.jpg|225px|thumb|left|Toxin vs. Carnage.]]

In the limited series, Razor Fist murdered Mulligan's father, but Toxin begins to show signs of a heroic behavior; he tracked Razor Fist down, but rather than slaughtering (as both the Toxin symbiote and Razor Fist himself urge), Toxin controls himself and turns Razor Fist over to the police. Mulligan reconciled with Gina by 'introducing' his estranged wife to the Toxin symbiote as a way of explaining why he walked out on his family.<ref>''Toxin'' #6</ref> Mulligan and the Toxin symbiote co-operate peacefully with an agreement: Mulligan will be in complete control, if he allows Toxin two hours of "playtime" each night. But in those two hours, Toxin is not allowed to commit any acts of grand theft, arson, or homicide.<ref>''Toxin'' #5</ref>

In 2005, after Spider-Man joined the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]], Marvel started a six-issue ''Toxin'' [[limited series]], which charts Toxin's battles with various supervillains who had escaped from [[Rikers Island]] as a result of the events beginning The New Avengers series, as well as his constant battle to keep the Toxin symbiote under control, as unlike Venom and Carnage, the host and symbiote minds stayed separate in Toxin, and they even had conversations and arguments with each other; like his "father" Carnage, Toxin does not refer to himself as "we". Throughout the course of the mini-series he battled King Cobra, The Wrecker, Piledriver, and [[Razor Fist]]. At one point, trying to live with Toxin becomes too much for Pat, and he attempts to commit suicide by throwing himself in front of a train. Toxin interferes at the last moment, saving Pat and claiming that deep down, Pat didn't really want to die, but when Pat presses the issue it becomes clear that unlike the Venom and Carnage symbiotes, Toxin is not sure it could survive on its own and find a new host if it were separated from Pat, or if Pat were killed (both Venom and Carnage have left their normal hosts, Eddie Brock and Cletus Kasady, to bond with others.) It was in this limited series that Razor Fist murders Patrick Mulligan's father, but we see Pat/Toxin begin to show true signs of a Marvel Hero when he tracks Razor Fist down, but instead of slaughtering him as both the symbiote and Razor Fist himself urge, he controls himself and turns Razor Fist over to the police. At the end of the limited series we see Pat try to reconcile with his estranged wife, by 'introducing' her to the Toxin symbiote as way of explaining why he walked out on his family. It is unclear where Toxin went from there, as he has yet to appear in any more comics to date.

Mulligan is killed by [[Blackheart]], resulting in the Toxin symbiote appearing in an underground lab in Las Vegas.<ref name="Venom vol. 2 #11" >''Venom'' vol. 2 #11 (December 2011)</ref>

===Eddie Brock===

{{Main article|Eddie Brock}}

Afterwards, the [[Crime Master]]'s underling [[Jack O'Lantern (Marvel Comics)#Crime Master's Jack O'Lantern|Jack O'Lantern]] blackmails [[Flash Thompson|Venom]] into retrieving the Toxin symbiote. A fight with security personnel results in Jack O'Lantern taking the Toxin symbiote and fleeing.<ref name="Venom vol. 2 #11"/> Blackheart is revealed to have bound pieces of the Toxin symbiote to clones of [[X-23]], and also retained a small sample of the Toxin symbiote in a test tube because of needing an "alien's flesh" as an ingredient in a ritual to bring hell to Earth.<ref>''Venom'' vol. 2 #13 (February 2012)</ref>

Along with Venom, [[Anti-Venom]], [[Hybrid (Scott Washington)|Hybrid]] and his sister [[Scorn (Marvel Comics)|Scorn]], Toxin is mentioned as being the next option to stop [[Cletus Kasady|Carnage]]'s rampage in the Midwest after the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] are defeated.<ref>''Carnage U.S.A.'' #1 (December 2011)</ref> However, the US military is unable to find Toxin, leaving it up to the hybrid symbiotes and Scorn to stop Carnage.<ref>''Carnage U.S.A.'' #2 (January 2012)</ref>

After killing Hybrid and [[Scream (comics)|Scream]], [[Eddie Brock]] follows Venom into Crime Master's headquarters as part of his plan to destroy all symbiotes. During the ensuing fight between Venom and Crime Master's underlings, Crime Master locks Brock up and forcibly bonds him to the Toxin symbiote, making him the new Toxin.<ref>''Venom'' vol. 2 #17 (May 2012)</ref> Brock joins the [[Savage Six]] to fight Venom,<ref>''Venom'' vol. 2 #18 (May 2012)</ref> but is severely burned in the fight.<ref>''Venom'' vol. 2 #21 (July 2012)</ref>

Eddie and the Toxin symbiote eventually track down Venom and discover a group of creatures called the "symbiote slayers" that are determined to destroy the symbiotes. Venom and Toxin have to team up to fight the "slayers". After this, Toxin agrees to leave Venom alone, and Brock as Toxin reclaims his title as the "[[Venom: Lethal Protector|lethal protector]]".

Brock and the Toxin symbiote appear once more in the [[All-New, All-Different Marvel]] miniseries ''Carnage'', where Brock serves in a task force led by [[John Jameson (character)|John Jameson]], in hopes to entrap Carnage who was hidden in a mine-shaft. Toxin is considered "Plan B" to the force, and Brock's transformation into Toxin is manually controlled through a button. The Toxin symbiote's look has changed into resembling Agent Venom's, in which he sports red body armor. But at the end, Brock loses the suit.

Carnage has taken hold of the book known as the Darkhold, to resurrect Chthon, Eddie Brock ultimately sacrifices the Toxin symbiote in the final issue against Chthon.

===Bren Waters===

Toxin returns during the ''[[King in Black]]'' tie-in miniseries ''Planet of the Symbiotes''. Toxin has now bonded with a new host, teenager Bren Waters, the son of the new [[Guardsman (comics)|Guardsman]] (Ozkar Waters); the two have a brief scuffle.<ref>''King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes'' #3 (April 2021)</ref>

==Powers and abilities==

The Toxin symbiote possessed the special abilities of his two symbiote predecessors: he can stick to walls (which originally came from when Spider-Man was a host of the Venom symbiote), can change his identity to that of a completely different person, and also has unlimited webbing. With Patrick Mulligan as the host, Toxin is red from the abdomen up and black from the abdomen down.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Spider-Man: Venom Vs. Carnage|publisher=Marvel|year=2007}}</ref> With Eddie Brock as the host, Toxin resembles a combination of Venom and Carnage but with the entire body red—light on the chest, and dark on the arms and lower body.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Venom'' #31''|last=Bunn|first=Cullen|publisher=Marvel|year=2011}}</ref> Toxin can also blend in with his surroundings and become undetectable, an ability he gained from his grandfather Venom, and he can form solid weapons from his limbs, an ability first seen in his father Carnage. Toxin also seems to have some sort of quick-healing ability like his predecessors, as his wounds from his first battle with Razor Fist healed remarkably quickly. Unlike the others, Toxin can track anyone—not just other symbiotes or symbiote host—within the entire city of New York and possibly further, as long as he has something to begin from.<ref name=":0" />

Unlike many of the other symbiotes, Toxin did not try to take over the mind of his human host. Instead, the Toxin symbiote actually thinks and voices its opinions to the human host (as evidenced in Toxin's "Cut to the Chase" storyline). The Toxin symbiote usually speaks when the host is in his "human form", and acts very immature and childlike because of its nascent existence, once refusing to aid Pat in battle until he apologized for an earlier argument. In addition, he seems to have a stronger resistance to sonics and intense heat compared to Carnage, though this does not mean that Toxin is more resistant to violent urges: it can get carried away with violence and fighting crime, even if it is a petty crime. When he is not angry or fighting, Toxin is slim and smooth-lined, although still well muscled, closely resembling Carnage or Spider-Man's symbiote costume. When he becomes upset or aggressive, he grows into his much bigger and stronger form like Venom, with vicious fangs and long curving claws. The Toxin symbiote recently developed a venomous bite after bonding to Eddie.

[[Image:TOXIN0101.jpg|180px|thumb|Toxin without a jaw.]]

==In other media==

Toxin is considered to be stronger than both Carnage and Venom, and even possesses the "unique" special abilities of his two symbiote predecessors. He can stick to walls, can change his identity to that of a completely different person and also has unlimited webbing, which takes on a shape of a steel chain in his case. Toxin can also blend in with its surroundings and become undetectably [[camouflage]]d. He can also form solid weapons from his limbs like his father. Toxin also seems to have some sort of quick-healing ability, as his wounds from his first battle with Razor Fist healed remarkably quickly. Unlike the others, Toxin can track anyone, not just other symbiotes, as long as he has something to begin from. He can track easily within the entire city of New York, possibly further. Unlike the other symbiotes, Toxin does not try to take over the mind of his human host - instead, the symbiote actually thinks and voices its opinions to the human host (as evidenced in Toxin's ''Cut to the chase'' storyline). The symbiote usually speaks when the host is in his "human form". In addition to that, it seems that he has a stronger resistance to sonics and intense heat, compared to Venom or Carnage) though this does not mean that Toxin is completely perfect: It can get carried away with violence and fighting crime (even if it's something petty crime). When he's not angry or busy fighting a villain, Toxin is slim and smooth-lined, although still well muscled, closely resembling Spider-Man in his Symbiote costume, although colored black/blue and orange instead of just black. When he becomes upset or begins to battle someone, he grows into a much bigger, much stronger form, with vicious fangs and long curving claws, looking like a cross between Venom and Carnage, but larger than either of them.

===Film===

* Patrick Mulligan appears in ''[[Venom: Let There Be Carnage]]'', portrayed by [[Stephen Graham]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Venom: Let There Be Carnage - Exclusive Trailer Breakdown with Director Andy Serkis - IGN|date=10 May 2021 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/venom-let-there-be-carnage-exclusive-trailer-breakdown-with-director-andy-serkis|language=en|access-date=2021-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=D'Alessandro|first1=Amanda N'Duka, Anthony|last2=N'Duka|first2=Amanda|last3=D'Alessandro|first3=Anthony|date=2019-12-05|title='Venom 2': 'The Irishman' & 'Rocketman' Actor Stephen Graham Boards Sony Sequel|url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/venom-2-stephen-graham-cast-irishman-rocketman-boardwalk-empire-actor-1202801847/|access-date=2021-08-05|website=Deadline }}</ref> This version is a [[San Francisco Police Department]] detective who wears a hearing aid due to a past encounter with [[Shriek (character)|Frances Barrison]] while working as an officer. In the present, he attempts to use [[Eddie Brock (Sony's Spider-Man Universe)|Eddie Brock]] to investigate [[Cletus Kasady]], but is seemingly killed during a battle between the Venom and [[Carnage (character)|Carnage]] symbiotes and Frances. However, he absorbs a piece of Carnage, which later revives him and causes his eyes to glow blue.

* Patrick Mulligan appears in ''[[Venom: The Last Dance]]'', portrayed again by Stephen Graham.<ref name="TrailerPolygon">{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/24170373/venom-3-trailer-last-dance|title=trailer breakdown|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=3 June 2024 }}</ref> His symbiote left him for dead before Mulligan was subsequently apprehended by a group sent by the government organization Imperium, taken to [[Area 51]], and bonded to a green symbiote.{{efn|While neither symbiote is named on-screen, the official subtitles of the movie trailer call the green symbiote Toxin. The symbiote that saved Mulligan's life remains unidentified.}} The green symbiote proceeds to inform Rex Strickland and Teddy Paine about Knull's plans before briefly speaking to Eddie. When the base comes under attack by [[Knull]]'s Xenophages, the green symbiote sacrifices itself along with Mulligan to free Venom.

==Trivia=Video games===

* The Patrick Mulligan incarnation of Toxin appeared as a card in ''Marvel War of Heroes''.

*Despite the fact that [[Spider-Man]] has allied with [[Venom (comics)|Venom]] on numerous occasions, Toxin is actually the first symbiote that Spider-Man considers a friend and ally.

* The Eddie Brock incarnation of Toxin appeared as an alternate skin for Eddie Brock / Venom in ''[[Marvel Heroes (video game)|Marvel Heroes]]''.

*Toxin has two facial appearances: He can form a jaw with sharp teeth, or he can go without one. When he goes without a mouth, his appearance looks like a cross between Spider-Man and [[Deadpool]]. With a jaw, he looks somewhat identical to Carnage and Venom.

* The Patrick Mulligan and Eddie Brock incarnations of Toxin appeared as unlockable playable characters in ''[[Spider-Man Unlimited (video game)|Spider-Man Unlimited]]''.

*Personality and character-wise, Toxin is very similar to [[Hybrid (Venom Spawn) | Hybrid]], his predecessor.

* The Bren Waters incarnation of Toxin appears as an unlockable playable character in ''[[Marvel Future Fight]]''.

*Compared with the other symbiotes ([[She-Venom]], [[Scream (comics)|Scream]] etc.), Toxin is considered to be a great success and not a "carbon copy" of his predecessors.

*His webbing form (which usually takes the shape and appearance of a steel chain) is said to be a reference to [[Ghost Rider]].

==SeeCollected alsoeditions==

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* [[Symbiote (comics)|Symbiote]]

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!Title

!Material collected

!Published date

!ISBN

|-

|''Toxin: The Devil You Know''

|''Toxin'' #1-6

|November 2005

|{{ISBNT|978-0785118046}}

|-

|''Extreme Carnage''

|''Extreme Carnage: Toxin'' and ''Extreme Carnage: Alpha'', ''Scream'', ''Phage'', ''Riot'', ''Lasher,'' ''Agony'', ''Omega''

|February 2022

|{{ISBNT|978-1302932077}}

|}

== Notes ==

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==References==

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==External links==

* [[MarvelDatabase:{{Marvelwiki|Toxin|MDP: Toxin]] - Marvel Database Project}}

* [http://www.spiderfan.org/characters/toxin.html Toxin's profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904065618/http://www.spiderfan.org/characters/toxin.html |date=2019-09-04 }} at Spiderfan.org

* {{Marveldatabase|Toxin (Klyntar) (Earth-616)|Toxin}}

* [http://www.thevenomsite.com Toxin's comics] at TheVenomSite.com

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