" Venom War " is a 2024 American comic book crossover event written by Al Ewing with art by Iban Coello and published by Marvel Comics . The event follows Eddie Brock and his son Dylan who, after seeing glimpses of each other's potential future, engage in a war to determine who will be the one true Venom. Meanwhile, artificial zombified symbiotes known as Zombiotes attack New York.
60-403: Various issues of the series are dedicated to deceased Marvel employees Ray Chan , Don Perlin , and John Cassaday . Marvel released teaser art by Philip Tan showing Eddie Brock and Dylan Brock leading their symbiote armies in battle, with Agent Anti-Venom , Tyro, Wilde, Bedlam, and Meridius on Eddie's side and Black Widow , Sleeper , Red Goblin , and Flexo on Dylan's side. Venom War
120-515: A Zombiote and killed by Misery spreading the Anti-Venom cure through Alchemax. Unbeknownst to Misery, a fragment of Sliver survives and escapes. In Downtown, New York, She-Hulk and Hellcat are fighting the Zombiotes. However, the Zombiotes infect Hellcat and Speed Demon , and later confront Shocker and Overdrive . Shocker retrieves a specific item from his car, planning to take it to
180-409: A golden symbiote form and kill him and the Zombiotes. However, Venom begins dying due to the bullet's effects and abandons Dylan to prevent him from dying as well. Later, Carnage approaches Eddie and considers bonding with him to survive. In a possible future, Dylan Brock's future self is attacked by mechanical symbiotes before being saved by Normie Osborn, Liz Allan, and Spider-Boy and transported to
240-399: A group of mechanical symbiotes. Chthon magically enhances the two in exchange for Dylan's knowledge and experiences. After the two leave, Strange transports Dylan to a polar location where he encounters Loki . However, Dylan escapes from Loki after a Nidavellir dwarf forges a special dagger and bullets for him. In flashbacks, Meridius blends in with life after being sent back in time and sees
300-690: A lethal touch and is even feared by Knull . Venom insists that he and Spider-Man must fully work together to fight it. Spider-Man stops Arachniote and frees Hobgoblin, but the former survives and attacks Jackpot, absorbing her and her gauntlets. After a brief envisioning induced by Arachniote where he was the King in Black, Spider-Man fights off the mental attack and divides the Venom symbiote among Eddie Brock and Dylan Brock. Spider-Man enters Arachniote's body to save Jackpot. Then they work together to destroy it from
360-485: A longtime ally to Silver Sable and her Wild Pack organization, working for pay, of course. He once helped them protect a scientist from a kidnapping attempt by the Heroes for Hire , a group he would later join. His main opponent was Misty Knight , who seemed to be an equal match. Paladin had exhibited a certain amount of honor in some cases. For example, he was once hired by a corrupt government to assist rebels as part of
420-480: A mission and inadvertently leave the former's pet Jeff the Land Shark behind. He is possessed by a Symbiote and causes chaos before a group of Zombiotes attack Coney Island . Jeff works with Hawkeye, America, Gwenpool, and Fuse to fight the Zombiotes as Hawkeye recaps Jeff having been possessed by a Symbiote before. They defeat them when America gets the largest speakers she could obtain. Afterwards, Jeff gives up
480-517: A rampage. Meanwhile, Meridius and Carlton Drake use the K-Chemical to create zombified symbiotes, dubbed "zombiotes". Meridius infects Drake with a zombiote and fends of Liz Allan's Misery form before being approached by Cletus Kasady's clone. At Grand Garden Arena, Eddie fuses with Bedlam, Tyro, and Wilde. Dylan similarly bonds with Sleeper and Flexo to battle him as the Prince in Black. Meanwhile,
540-587: A soldier and learns that the weapon was made by Alchemax . Meanwhile, Black Widow and the Widow symbiote infiltrate an Alchemax facility and steal a symbiote-killing serum. At Grand Garden Arena, wrestler Symbiote Smith issues a challenge to the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation, with Crusher Hogan and Doc Sawbones serving as commentators. However, the match is disrupted when Eddie arrives and battles Smith. Eddie declares that
600-443: A sting operation. He aided the rebels in a bomb-laying operation at a government facility. When the rebels were caught, his government handler remarked how lucky they were that the bomb had not gone off. Paladin replied, "I'm sorry, that would have been extra," and activated the bomb by remote control while driving away. In the 1990 one-shot The Punisher: No Escape , he was offered 10 million dollars by mobster Vincent Mangano to kill
660-424: A support group and receives a call from someone who invites him out for a drink as Carnage reunites with Cletus Kasady 's clone. At a pub, Flash meets with Liz, who tells him about Misery and why she was at the building where he fought Carnage, which has reformed over time. At Investar, Carnage massacres its employees and, two weeks later, attacks a crowd at Ashford Park as soldiers attempt to kill him. Carnage abducts
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#1732797645847720-649: A wrestling match that was commentated by Crusher Hogan and Doc Sawbones in Grand Garden Arena. They are defeated and deposited outside for the EMTs to find. It was revealed that they were hired by someone in Alchemax due to a lack of in-house talent. Paladin possesses superhuman strength, stamina, speed, and reaction time. He is also a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant, with knowledge of Boxing , Judo , Savate , and Taekwondo . In addition, Paladin
780-425: A younger Eddie Brock with his father Carl . Dylan fights Meridius and accidentally infects him with temporal radiation. He escapes to Grand Garden Arena, but is stabbed by his younger counterpart. Spider-Man bonds with Venom before being attacked by Hobgoblin and his similarly-dressed Hobgoblin followers, who he works with Jackpot to stop. Meanwhile, Meridius releases Arachniote, a legendary symbiote who possesses
840-478: A zombiote and arrives at Peter Parker 's apartment. After Dylan has a nightmare about Doctor Doom , he is visited by his future self, who he initially believes to be Eddie. After shooting Carnage with a sonic laser, Flash Thompson confronts Liz Allan , who has become Misery. She tells him that she will explain the Misery symbiote to him later, as they must flee before the police arrive. The next day, Flash attends
900-575: Is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer Jim Shooter and artist Carmine Infantino , the character first appeared in Daredevil #150 (January 1978). Paul Denning, whose real identity remains a mystery, is a mercenary known under the codename Paladin . Although not a supervillain , his mercenary activities often bring him into conflict with superheroes , facing characters like Daredevil and
960-561: Is a skilled marksman, actor, espionage agent, bodyguard and detective. While he has been known to use lethal force, his preferred weapon is his stun gun, firing a beam which scrambles the signals within the target's nervous system sufficiently to render most people unconscious. The range and effectiveness are unknown. The gun is equipped so that only Paladin may operate it. Paladin wears a bodysuit of synthetic stretch fabric, and his boots, gloves, helmet, torso, and knee and elbow guards are made of bulletproof composite materials. Paladin's helmet
1020-474: Is attacked by Boomerang's zombie form. He ends up smashing the resurrection stone into Boomerang's head, which gradually resurrects him. Hilda and Overdrive activate the stereo, freeing those present from the Zombiotes. Overdrive enhances Shocker's vibro-gauntlets, and they head outside with She-Hulk, Hellcat, and Boomerang to fight the Zombiotes. In a flashback to the day before the Venom War began, Wolverine
1080-538: Is bitten by Zombiotes, Agony abandons him and moves to Silver Sable as the Lethal Protector's kill switch causes Navvab to explode. Sable then gets a transmission from Meridius to stay out of his affairs. The Wild Pack encounter Scorpion , who is infected by a Zombiote. In response, the Pack destroys a Life Foundation tank containing Shriek , emitting a sonic burst that blasts the Zombiotes away. Unable to fight
1140-534: Is equipped with a belt-activated faceplate which slides down to make the helmet airtight; the sealed helmet has a one-hour air supply. The lenses in Paladin's helmet can be adjusted for infrared vision. Matthew Aguilar of ComicBook.com stated Paladin became a fan favorite since his time with the Thunderbolts and Heroes for Hire. The Ultimate Marvel version of Marc Spector used the Paladin name for
1200-511: Is incredulous that Spider-Man offers his heroic services without charge (Paladin literally laughs in Spider-Man's face upon learning this ), while Spider-Man in turn is disgusted by Paladin's mercenary ways. Paladin also considers Spider-Man's incessant battle banter "unprofessional". Paladin was later employed by Silver Sable to investigate a conspiracy which threatened her native country of Symkaria, and he allied with Spider-Man. Paladin
1260-578: Is playing pool at a bar in Manhattan. He then bonds with a symbiote as Zombiotes attack. After Wolverine wakes up in the presence of his old friend Emily Burke, the Zombiote that was on him resurrects the corpses at Baylight Cemetery as they are confronted by someone. Keene then tells the Zombiotes about his previous encounter with Wolverine, who crippled him. Later that night, Keene's son Flynn and Wolverine are attacked by Zombiotes before being rescued by
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#17327976458471320-414: Is toxic to symbiotes. Meanwhile, Peter talks to Venom, who explains that Eddie and Dylan are better off without him. Outside Grand Garden Arena, Eddie battles Paladin and her crew before confronting Spider-Man and Venom. After escaping from Alchemax, a horse bonded with a copy of the Venom symbiote as this things about "The Book of Simulacra and Simulation" as it compares the stages of simulacrums while on
1380-472: The Dark Reign storyline, Paladin became a member of the post- Secret Invasion Thunderbolts , serving as Norman Osborn 's personal black ops team. Hired to assassinate Elektra for 82 million dollars, Paladin broke into H.A.M.M.E.R. headquarters. However, Elektra overpowered him by choking him with one of her teeth that was loosened when Paladin punched her. Begging for his life, Paladin gave Elektra
1440-620: The Marvel Comics Presents anthology. Paladin is a mercenary and private investigator, whose past is largely unrevealed. When first seen, he sought Daredevil while engaged in an assignment to track down the Purple Man , and battled Daredevil. He clashed with Daredevil a second time after the crime fighter inadvertently interfered with Paladin's search for the Purple Man. Paladin allied with Daredevil in battle against
1500-792: The Cobra , the Jester , and Mister Hyde , who were under control of the Purple Man. Paladin next battled the Ghost . Paladin aided the Wasp against Baron Brimstone , acquired a modified uniform, and began a romance with the Wasp. Paladin aided the Avengers in battle against the Masters of Evil . Paladin allied with Spider-Man and the Wasp against mobsters; despite respecting Spider-Man's abilities, Paladin
1560-616: The Mania symbiote to defeat the Captive. Afterwards, Meridius appears and Price abandons Venom to merge with him. Before leaving, Meridius tells Venom that Eddie Brock is returning and that "Then the war can begin". Dylan Brock tells of how he went to a place beyond death and encountered a being who introduced itself as the Eventuality and spoke in his father's voice, telling him that he could ask it five questions. When he asked it if
1620-802: The Punisher . He has notably worked for the Wild Pack , the Thunderbolts , and the Serpent Society . The character was inspired by the 1950s Western television series Have Gun – Will Travel , in which the title character, Paladin, an investigator/gunfighter, travels around the Old West working as a mercenary for people who hire him to solve their problems. Paladin debuted in Daredevil #150 (January 1978), with follow-up appearances in #152 (May 1978) and #154 (September 1978) as part of
1680-462: The Punisher . Paladin agreed to this arrangement, but did not succeed, and in the ensuing fight both of his legs were broken by the U.S. Agent . Paladin once took down Daredevil with a sniper rifle from a helicopter at a great distance. He did so for the FBI, in exchange for getting his record expunged. The hit, while serious, was not fatal; Paladin's sniper attack led to Daredevil's arrest. Paladin
1740-534: The X-Men members Gambit , Jubilee , Nightcrawler , and Rogue as Keene is decapitated. As Nightcrawler transports the captured Zombiotes to the Vault, one of them secretly possesses Keene's head and bites Flynn. Keene forms a body from several corpses, attacks a boat, and takes Emily hostage, during which he is possessed by a Zombiote. After Emily uses a sonar device on the Zombiote, Flynn sacrifices himself to capsize
1800-535: The Bar With No Name. She-Hulk later learns that the item is a stone that previously belonged to the League of Necromancers, which Shocker learned of from Doctor Bong . However, a Zombiote fragment infects the bartender Hilda and her cat. Boomerang , who was zombified and hidden in a body bag, escapes and attacks the patrons. After flashing back to his fight with Spider-Man and Boomerang's sacrifice, Shocker
1860-672: The Conqueror , with the latter creating the Rascal symbiote from a fragment of Bedlam. The Venom symbiote then leaves Spider-Man as pieces of it bond to both Eddie and Dylan. Meanwhile, the Venom Horse crashes a mob funeral while thinking about the works of Oscar Wilde . Agent Anti-Venom arrives, neutralizes Bedlam, and informs those present of the Zombiotes as they attack as Crusher Hogan and Doc Sawbones get converted into Zombiotes. The Anti-Venom symbiote moves to Eddie who uses it to kill
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1920-715: The Galaxy , Avengers: Age of Ultron , Doctor Strange , Avengers: Infinity War , Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home . Chan's credits as a production designer included The Falcon and the Winter Soldier , Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania , Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves , and Deadpool & Wolverine . Chan's credits as art director also include King Arthur , Monte Carlo , Nanny McPhee , National Treasure , Blood Diamond , Knight and Day , Wrath of
1980-585: The Hydra agents. In the present, Agent Anti-Venom and Black Widow battle the Zombiotes at the Cadaver Lab to free their hosts. Outside Alchemax HQ, Misery recovers and sees that the Zombiotes are loose in New York City. She then learns that her Anti-Venom symbiote can cure Zombiotes, and works with Agent Anti-Venom and Black Widow to help fight them. Sliver separates from Black Widow, but is possessed by
2040-558: The Living Mummy , Morbius , Manphibian , and Zombie . However, the Zombiotes follow them there and infect several monsters, including Man-Thing . Deadpool prepares to fight the Zombiotes with help from Jimmy Hudson / Poison. With Man-Thing freed from the Zombiotes who are repelled, Deadpool persuades the monsters to help fight the Zombiotes. However, Poison loses control and injures Princess, leading her to bond with Deadpool. His healing factor enables her to recover. Deadpool and
2100-605: The Symbiote and everyone celebrates by having churros. Ray Chan (art director) Raymond Chan (1 December 1967 – 23 April 2024) was a British art director and production designer who is perhaps best known for his work on several films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise. Raymond Chan was born the oldest of three children to Hong Kong parents in Oldham on 1 December 1967. His mother
2160-797: The Titans , Alien vs. Predator and Children of Men . He was featured on Marvel Studios: Assembled in 2021. Nominated for it five times, Chan won the ADG Excellence in Production Design Award for his work on Guardians of the Galaxy in 2015 and for his work on Avengers: Endgame in 2020. Chan was married to Lindsay Gibbon, an architect and had two children. Chan died from an intracerebral haemorrhage near his home in Wales on 23 April 2024, aged 56. Paladin (comics) Paladin (often going by Paul Denning )
2220-636: The Venom Horse disrupts a performance at the Metropolitan Opera House while thinking about Scott McCloud and his understanding of comics. At Alchemax HQ, Meridius and Carnage are watching the Zombiote chaos unfold. Willie Lumpkin is among those infected by the Zombiotes. However, Agent Anti-Venom frees him and heads to Grand Garden Arena to make Eddie stand down. Flexo attacks Eddie, preventing him from healing properly, before Red Goblin removes him from Dylan. Flexo and Red Goblin are revealed to have been manipulated by Doctor Doom and Kang
2280-455: The Venom symbiote reunited with Eddie, it showed him a vision of him as Venom defeating an opponent and stating "We are Venom". When he asked how to stop him, the Eventuality stated that he would know when he was older and he saw a vision of himself when he was older, telling Dylan that he would get through this. Eddie Brock has become unstuck in time, along with Bedlam , Meridius, Tyro, and Wilde. Meridius tries to kill Eddie, but Tyro transports
2340-534: The Wasp at a time when she was separated from Hank Pym , much to the Black Knight 's jealousy, who was also attracted to her. For a time, he also enlisted Generation X into helping him retrieve a sword for Adrienne Frost , the sister of current X-Men member Emma Frost . During this period, the mutant known as Jubilee was strongly attracted to Paladin, but that affection disappeared when Generation X and Paladin later went their separate ways. He has also been
2400-601: The Wild Pack to New York to fight the Zombiotes. At the Life Foundation building, Silver Sable then activates the Lethal Protector Mode on the devices planted on the Wild Pack's arms, causing them each to bond with a symbiote: Carl Striklan is possessed by Phage , Puma by Riot , Tarantula by Lasher , Navvab Tadjvar by Agony , Lightbright by Scream , and Lina Abbas by Flicker. After Navvab
2460-588: The Zombiotes attack, Shriek betrays the group and kills Striklan while Dominic gets free. However, the Wild Pack activates the amplifier and evacuates the Mississippi Queen . As Elektra reflects on her life, she and Matt Murdock work to rescue the citizens from symbiotes and evacuate them to the Saint Nicholas Youth Center. While fighting a zombified Father Javi, Matt uses the church bell's vibrations to free him and others from
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2520-471: The Zombiotes directly, the Wild Pack and Shriek flee to the Mississippi Queen and take command of it. In a flashback, Silver Sable describes the night her mother Anastasia was killed by German men to demonstrate her skilled memory and join the Wild Pack. In the present with Dominic tied up, the Wild Pack prepares an Alchemax amplifier to channel Shriek's abilities and destroy the Zombiotes. When
2580-604: The Zombiotes. However, Elektra becomes concerned after seeing fragments of the Zombiotes escape. In Chronopolis, Kang detects that the Fantastic Four are time-traveling and confronts them, desiring to counter Doom's chronoscheme. He directs them to eight decades earlier to stop Doom from manipulating Flexo. They succeed and trap the Kang variant "He Who Schemes" in a time loop with Doctor Doom's Schemebots as he vows to escape. Hawkeye , Gwenpool and America Chavez leave on
2640-540: The Zombiotes. However, Meridius remotely possesses Eddie and the Zombiotes using Carnage's All-Blood the Necrospear causing some Zombiotes to sport Venom and Carnage traits. This forces Dylan to apparently kill Eddie. Meanwhile, the Venom Horse attacks a ball pit somewhere while wondering why people drive on a parkway and park on a driveway. Eddie survives, but is wounded and cut off from Venom's power. Meridius attacks Dylan, who uses his future self's weaponry to obtain
2700-537: The boat as Wolverine, Emily, and Flynn escape. Deadpool battles the Zombiotes in New York and is assisted by Andrea Benton / Silence and Princess, a dog-like clone of Carnage. A Zombiote-infected circus lion bites off Deadpool's arm which is possessed by a separate Zombiote. Deadpool, Silence, and Princess escape underground, arrive in Monster Metropolis, and encounter Frankenstein's Monster , N'Kantu,
2760-533: The fight took place, with a special gas weapon that affected the nervous system. He then radioed S.H.I.E.L.D. and told them he had Captain America in custody. However, he did not account for Shang-Chi 's ability to hold his breath over an extended period (thanks to his martial arts training) and was overpowered by him. Shang-Chi then aided Captain America, who afterwards switched his costume with Paladin, causing S.H.I.E.L.D. to take Paladin instead into custody. In
2820-436: The former to prehistoric times, where he bonds with a Tyrannosaurus . While Eddie states that they will find Meridius again, Tyro tells him that he may find them first. Knowing that if Dylan keeps Venom, Earth will become Venom in the future that Meridius was trying to create, Eddie nominates himself to help set him straight since he is the only one with a body. Back in the present, Venom reveals that Lee Price has been revived as
2880-513: The inside. Carnage is experimenting on humans in an abandoned subway system when a fire attack disrupts him. He subsequently possesses Alchemax employees Sally Christiansen and Finn Taylor in an attempt to learn about Alchemax and its K-Project. At Avery Penny Residential Center, Carnage controls Finn and heads to the center of the K-Project to meet with Dr. Frekk, who is experimenting on prisoners. Carnage then bursts out of Finn's body and kills
2940-613: The key to escape her prison. During the Siege of Asgard, Paladin and the other Thunderbolts were sent to Asgard with the mission of stealing the Spear of Odin for Osborn. After fighting through a contingent of Asgardians , they managed to find the Spear of Odin. Paladin, finally having had enough of serving a madman like Osborn, turned on his teammates and tried to take back the object. After being attacked by fellow Thunderbolt Grizzly, Paladin
3000-493: The mafia. Following this, Misty Knight reopens Heroes for Hire under the influence of Puppet Master; Paladin joins the team and soon realizes this and frees Misty from Puppet Master's control with the help from Iron Fist. After the defeat of Puppet Master, Paladin convinces Misty to keep the operation open, but under their terms. During the " Venom War " storyline, Paladin, Solo , and their fellow mercenaries went up against Eddie Brock , Bedlam , Tyro, and Wilde when they crashed
3060-577: The monsters fend off the Zombiotes and Poison. Afterwards, Mobius M. Mobius and the Time Variance Authority arrive and arrest Jimmy as he is from another universe . Furthermore, Silence decides to become Monster Metropolis' ambassador. While working in Istanbul, Silver Sable and Dominic Fortune are spending some time together. He implores her to reactivate the Wild Pack . In the present, Liz Allan as Misery calls Silver Sable and
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#17327976458473120-495: The present. He meets with his younger self and explains his mission to change the future before sedating Molten Man , who has escaped prison. Spider-Man confronts Dylan and webs him up. Dylan escapes and meets with Doctor Strange , who traps the Venom symbiote. The two travel to find a way to defeat the symbiotes, only to be ambushed by demons. In the Flickering Realms, Dylan and Doctor Strange encounter Chthon and
3180-623: The ring is now under the control of the Kings in Black, and that he will only relinquish control if they give him Dylan and Venom. Meanwhile, Dylan tries to connect with Venom while telling his future counterpart about his contact with the Eventuality. After his future counterpart fades away, Toxin approaches Dylan and tells him of the events at Grand Garden Arena where Bedlam, Tyro, and Wilde have bested Paladin and his mercenaries. At Alchemax, Liz holds an emergency meeting with Carlton Drake and Meridius regarding Eddie and learns of Chemical K-43, which
3240-652: The same story arc . The character had a one-shot story published in Marvel Premiere #43 (August 1978), and was a billed guest star in the Spider-Man team-up title Marvel Team-Up #108 (August 1981). From there on, Paladin has mostly appeared as a guest star across the Marvel Universe, with occasional forays as a superteam member, in Silver Sable and the Wild Pack , Heroes for Hire , and Thunderbolts , and occasional feature appearances in
3300-681: The security before Meridius ambushes him and informs him of a possible future involving mechanical Symbiotes. Refusing to take a side in Eddie and Dylan's battle, Carnage leaves and takes an unspecified item from Meridius. Black Widow and the Widow symbiote (now named Sliver) attend an auction in disguise to obtain K42T, a symbiote-killing serum created by Dr. Frekk. Afterwards, she travels to Alchemax and works with Flash Thompson to battle and free symbiote-possessed workers, who they trap in storage. Before, Black Widow, Sliver, and Agent Anti-Venom are fighting
3360-562: Was a machinist and his father was a bus driver. He graduated from the Liverpool School of Art , with a degree in graphic design. Chan then went on to earn a Masters degree in Film and Television at Kingston School of Art . Chan began his career in 1993 with The Secret Rapture . He first joined Marvel Studios on Thor: The Dark World as a supervising art director. His credits as a supervising art director included Guardians of
3420-547: Was a main character in the 2006 Heroes for Hire series, although as Misty Knight said he was just there for the money. As it turns out, he was a traitor to the group, only using the Heroes as a means to hunt down Captain America for S.H.I.E.L.D. as part of the Civil War . He single-handedly defeated Captain America and the entire Heroes for Hire team, with the exceptions of Tarantula , and Orka , who weren't present when
3480-515: Was announced as a five-issue limited series written by Al Ewing which would tie into various tie-in issues and spinoff limited series debuting in August 2024. It is described as the fateful confrontation between father and son after going on separate journeys and realizing that only one of them can be Venom. During the " Blood Hunt " storyline, the Venom symbiote works with the zombified Lee Price and
3540-503: Was saved by Ant-Man . Grizzly then lost the Spear of Odin to Mr. X who in turn was easily defeated by Quicksilver. Ant-Man recovered the Spear of Odin and gave it to Paladin who decided to take the object in order to keep Osborn from using its power for his own ends. Paladin then departed from Asgard after saying goodbye to Ant-Man. During the " Shadowland " storyline, Paladin is paired with Silver Sable , Misty Knight , and Shroud when Daredevil's Hand ninjas end up targeting members of
3600-447: Was then hired by Diamondback to raid Serpent Society headquarters. He was captured, but freed by Captain America . Paladin accompanied Captain America in his search for Diamondback, the Asp , and Black Mamba . With his new allies, Paladin battled Superia 's horde of female superhumans . An unabashed womanizer, Paladin often flirted with whoever woman caught his eye. He briefly dated
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