Cletus Kasady (Earth-31)

Cletus Kasady presumably shares much of his history with his Earth-616 counterpart, including being orphaned and inducted into St. Estes Home for Boys, which he ultimately razed. Becoming a notorious serial killer, Cletus eventually became the host of the Venom symbiote and a notorious archenemy of Kraven the Hunter-Spider, who frequently tried to claim the murderer's head for his collection of trophies.

At some point after the events of the war between the Spider-Totems and Shathra's Wasp-Totems, Kraven was imbued with the power of the Inheritors on top of his abilities as a Spider-Totem, facing Venom in what he intended to be their final battle. Their fight was interrupted by the Carnage symbiote of Earth-616, who sought to kill Kraven to claim the Inheritors' power for itself. Sensing Carnage was akin to himself, having formerly been bonded to the Cletus Kasady of its dimension, Venom attacked it. Attempting to pursue Kraven, Carnage abandoned its host, police detective Jon Shayde, to fight Venom.

Cornering Shayde in a warehouse, Venom mocked his threat to set them both ablaze with an overturned oil drum, though Shayde countered that Cletus' sadism meant he wanted to watch Shayde burn alive even if it meant risking his own life. Kraven -- stripped of the power of the Inheritor by Morlun -- returned to continue his fight with Venom, while Carnage -- not caring whether Venom won or lost -- returned Shayde to Earth-616 and left to continue its crusade.^[1]

A sadistic sociopath, Cletus Kasady razed St. Estes Home for Boys to the ground and became a notoriously bloodthirsty serial killer, delighting in his battles with Kraven the Hunter-Spider.^[1]

Black and White Symbiote Costume: When bonded to the Venom symbiote, Cletus possesses the powers inherit to it.^[1]

• Superhuman Strength
• Superhuman Speed
• Superhuman Agility
• Superhuman Senses
• Superhuman Stamina
• Superhuman Reflexes
• Superhuman Durability
• Regenerative Healing Factor
• Webbing Generation
• Wall-Crawling
• Offspring Detection
• Genetic Memory
• ESP
• Spider-Sense Immunity
• Constituent-Matter Generation
• Constituent-Matter Manipulation
• Invisibility
• Shapeshifting

As Venom, Cletus is presumably weak to flames and sonics.^[1]

As Venom, Cletus has fangs and claws he uses as weapons to fight his opponents, and is capable of producing tendrils he can use to attack and restrain opponents.^[1]

• When drawn by Francesco Manna, Cletus has straight black hair, black eyes, and his appearance as Venom is identical to Earth-616 Eddie Brock's. When drawn by José Carlos Silva, Cletus has curly red hair, green eyes, and a unique appearance as Venom.