Did Marvel Just Nerf Symbiotes?
Summary
- The Symbiotes’ energy and standing in Marvel Comics are diminished in Spider-Man 2099 with the introduction of the proper Venom-killing weapon: the Beta Blaster.
- Miguel O’Hara groups up with Venom 2099 (Kron Stone) once they run into armed guards with these weapons, which hurt their symbiots immediately.
- While symbiotes could also be nerfed in 2099, they continue to be formidable in Marvel’s prime universe of Earth-616, as these Beta Blasters solely exist within the alternate-future timeline.
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Symbiote Spider-Man 2099! Symbiotes in Marvel Comics have at all times been offered as immensely highly effective cosmic beings that even have the potential to succeed in godhood, although their power-scale appears to have been dialed again as of late in Spider-Man 2099 continuity with the introduction of a brand new anti-Venom weapon. So a lot so, in truth, that one could be proper to query if the symbiotes simply bought completely nerfed.
In a preview for Symbiote Spider-Man 2099 #3 by Peter David and Rogê Antônio, Miguel O’Hara has teamed up with Kron Stone in an completely surprising transfer that seemingly goes in opposition to every thing Miguel stands for. At least, it will, if Miguel wasn’t presently possessed by the offspring of the Venom symbiote – which, itself, has re-bonded to Stone (the unique Venom 2099).
The two be a part of forces after Stone barges into O’Hara’s workplace (since Miguel is the brand new CEO of Alchemax). Hoping to steer Stone in the proper path after mistakenly believing he has management over his personal symbiote, Spider-Man agrees to team-up with Stone (who’s additionally his half-brother) in the event that they go away the constructing collectively proper then. However, on the best way out, they have been accosted within the hallway by Alchemex safety, which used sonic weapons known as Beta Blasters to incapacitate each Spider-Man and Venom prefer it was nothing.
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Spider-Man 2099 Turned Venomized ‘Upgrades’ Into Massive ‘Downgrades’
It was once {that a} symbiote assault might have meant the top of the world (as proven within the King In Black occasion), however now, with these Beta Blasters, it appears anybody can take down these traditionally vicious Spider-Man antagonists. The guards who used the Beta Blasters appeared shocked that they really labored (which explains the ‘beta’ within the identify), that means it is a completely new invention within the Marvel Universe. However, whereas it might be new, it’s right here now, which completely upsets the steadiness of energy in Marvel Comics lore.
Getting ‘Venomized’ in Marvel Comics was at all times synonymous with getting an improve. Even somebody as just about untouchable as Deadpool bought much more highly effective when he wore the Venom symbiote and have become Venompool. However, with these new Beta Blasters floating round, anybody with a Venomized improve from this level ahead would truly be getting a reasonably vital downgrade. It doesn’t matter if the Venomized characters-in-question (like Deadpool) have been already highly effective, as they might all of a sudden change into susceptible to the Beta Blasters due to the symbiote they have been sporting, making the symbiotes themselves completely nugatory – or, as beforehand put, ‘nerfed’.
Symbiotes Aren’t Totally Useless in Marvel Comics Canon – For 1 Important Reason
While the invention of those Beta Blasters appeared to have closed the door on the symbiotes’ collective future in Marvel Comics canon, that’s truly not the case for one purpose: they have been invented in 2099. The overwhelming majority of Marvel Comics is ready earlier than the 12 months 2099, and the truth that 2099 is extra of an alternate universe reasonably than a possible future solely separates these weapons farther from Marvel’s foremost Earth-616 continuity. Therefore, whereas symbiotes is likely to be nerfed in 2099, they’re nonetheless as lethal as ever within the prime Marvel Universe.
So, did Marvel simply nerf symbiotes? Yes and no. However, that’s solely assuming these Beta Blasters are capable of put Spider-Man and Venom down for good, as a result of if they’ll’t, then the reply is a powerful ‘no’. Although, it could actually’t be argued that the Beta Blaster is at the least efficient sufficient to fight Spider-Man 2099 and Venom, that means it’s nonetheless the proper anti-symbiote weapon.
Symbiote Spider-Man 2099 #3 is out there May 22, 2024.
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