Who Is Hybrid? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Hybrid is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Scott Washington, with over 33 comic issue appearances. Desperate to survive, Venom's children Agony, Phage, Lasher, and Riot merged into a single entity and then joined with former Guardsmen, Scott Washington, to become the symbiote hero known as Hybrid.

Who is Hybrid?

Origin Guardsmen of the Vault Scott Washington became one of the 35 armored Guardsmen whose job was to guard the Vault , a prison for superhuman criminals. Working there, he befriended one of the convicts named Vance Astrovik . He and other Guardsmen were transferred to guard Facility #12, where scientists were studying four alien symbiotes . Freeing the Symbiotes The four symbiotes: Agony , Phage , Lasher , and Riot were the offspring of Venom who were created by the Life Foundation . After their sister Scream and her host killed their hosts they were captured and sent to the Vault. Scott Washington was one of the guards who worked at the Vault. While there, he found out the four symbiotes were not evil and not a threat, and decided to release them due to their pain from their captors' experiments. As they escaped they merged into one entity, now calling themselves Hybrid.

Key facts

Hybrid is of alien origin and first appeared in "The Folding Circle". The character is published by Marvel. With 33 recorded issue appearances, Hybrid ranks among the most featured characters in comics.