| Body | - *Sonic and Heat: Despite the great resistance to physical injury afforded him by the Venom symbiote, the symbiote itself is extremely vulnerable to heat and sonics and can be affected by attacks based on those two weaknesses. He no longer possesses this weakness due to the removal of the Venom symbiote.
- *Black Symbiotic Costume: The Venom symbiote which grafted itself to the nervous system of Mac Gargan somehow absorbed the powers of Spider-Man during its brief symbiotic relationship with him, effectively transferring him Spider-Man's powers.
:*Superhuman Strength: His strength enabled him to lift about 70 tons in his regular size . This was not his true limit as the symbiote's strength increases with his variable muscle mass.
:*Superhuman Stamina: He was capable of exerting himself at peak capacity for about 24 hours.
:*Superhuman Durability: When distributed at a typical thickness over Gargan's body, the symbiote was capable of absorbing bullets from small-arm weapons firing conventional ammunition. Gargan was also capable of surviving in harmful areas for long periods, such as underwater or in toxic gases, the symbiote filtering breathable air for him.
:*Accelerated Healing Factor: Additionally, the symbiote is capable of healing injuries in the host at a faster rate than normal human healing allows. The symbiote is even capable of healing injuries and illness that current human medical care cannot such as cancer.
:*Wall-Crawling: The alien costume replicates Spider-Man’s ability to cling to walls by controlling the flux of inter-atomic attraction between molecular boundary layers. Gargan could originally climb walls as the Scorpion, but achieved this by either punching handholds into the sides of walls or using his pincer-like fingers.
:*Symbiote-Generated Tail: The symbiote was able to replicate the Scorpion's tail. This new tail possessed all the powers of his original tail, as well as the ability to project organic webbing and deadly venom.
:*Webbing Generation: Gargan could shoot strands of the alien’s substance in the form of "webbing" at high pressure up to a distance of 70 feet. The alien’s substance seems to be composed of tough, flexible fibers of organic polymers, which regenerate swiftly after "shedding". The strands have extraordinary adhesive properties, which diminish rapidly once they abandon their living source. After about three hours, with no source to nourish them, the strands dry up like dead skin and dissolve into a powder. The strands possess a tensile strength of 125 pounds per square millimeter of cross section. Gargan was able to project this webbing through both his wrists and/or his symbiotic tail.
:*Genetic Memory: The symbiote possesses some limited psychic ability, making it capable of obtaining information from its hosts and even other people and symbiotes simply by touch. It can, however, be forced to forget information if the symbiote is inflicted with heavy trauma.
:*ESP : Gargan was also granted an extrasensory ability similar to Spider-Man’s spider-sense. This response was not as complicated as Spider-Man’s inherent sense since the alien costume can detect danger from every direction and conduct Gargan in plenty of time. It's a lot more efficient than Spider-Man’s spider-sense because it takes less time to sense the danger, and Gargan's reflexes are faster than Spider-Man's, because they are enhanced by the alien costume for instance Venom can dodge a gunshot or a barrage of bullets.
:*Immunity to Spider-Man's Spider Sense: Due to Spider-Man being a host to the symbiote, Gargan was able to bypass Spider-Man's spider-sense. As such, he could attack Spider-Man without alerting him.
:*Constituent-Matter Generation: Venom could also use the same substance comprising the symbiote in the form of constituent black matter or he could generate tentacle-like appendages from various parts of his body, which he often used either in combat situations or to restrain someone.
:*Camouflage Capabilities: The symbiote is capable of mimicking the appearance of any form of clothing, camouflaging with its surroundings, and even mimicking other people.
:*Stretching and deforming: Although it's wide known that the Symbiote can stretch and deform itself, recently it was able to perform this ability during bonded with a human host.
:*Poisonous Fangs: An ability developed by Eddie Brock when he bonded with the symbiote. Venom's fangs not only intimidate foes but deliver a powerful, venomous bite. As the third incarnation of Venom, Gargan inherited this ability.
*Scorpion Sense: After Alistaire Smythe provided Gargan with a new Scorpion Suit, he also explained it was designed to tap into his new Scorpion Sense, which allows him to sense any danger similar to Spider-Man.
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