Agony

Agony is one of five symbiotes forcibly spawned from the Venom symbiote by the Life Foundation, a survivalist corporation that sought to create super-powered protectors for its wealthy clients in the event of nuclear war.

Born in the pages of the landmark Venom: Lethal Protector #1 Gold Edition in 1993 — one of the most collectible debut issues of the Copper Age — Agony is a Marvel symbiote character conjured by the creative team of David Michelinie and Mark Bagley at the height of the Venom craze. Sharing the page with Eddie Brock's Venom, the fellow symbiote Phage, and a cast of memorable supporting players, Agony inhabits the dark, visceral corner of Marvel's symbiote mythology that Lethal Protector and Venom: Separation Anxiety made their stomping ground. With a presence stretching across 24 years of Marvel publishing, this is a character whose cult appeal among symbiote devotees far outpaces a modest appearance count — a rare find for collectors who love the wilder, more dangerous edges of the Venom universe.