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Real Name: Horatio Walters | ||||||||
Also Known As: Horatio Venomm | ||||||||
Place Of Birth: Wakanda | ||||||||
First Appearance: Jungle Action Vol.2 #6 (1973) Bronze Age Villain | ||||||||
Known Associates: Erik Killmonger, Baron Macabre, Kazibe, King Cadaver, Salamander K'Ruel, Lord Karnaj, Malice, Sombre, Tanzika, Tayete, Madam Slay | ||||||||
Group Affiliation: Department of Occult Armaments | ||||||||
Base Of Operations: Royal Palace, Wakanda | ||||||||
Grudges: Black Panther | ||||||||
Creators: Don McGregor and Rich Buckler | ||||||||
Gallery: Click | ||||||||
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Animal Communication and Control: Venomm is a phenomenally gifted snake charmer, using potions, hypnosis and personal rapport to train them. Venomm always carries various snakes with him, poisonous and constrictors. | |||||||
Bullwhip: Venomm carries a bullwhip which, he is an expert at using. | |||||||
Immunity: Venomm is immune to most snake venom’s. |
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Horatio Walters fancied himself a poet but gave up due to harsh criticism. During Junior High, a fellow student Bruce Morgan deliberately threw acid in Horatio's face during chemistry class. His features were hideously scarred and had taken on a corpse like appearance, Horatio became a recluse and began to identify with snakes because they were shunned like him, Horatio spent years studying and experimenting, becoming an expert snake charmer and developing immunity to most snake venoms. | ||||
Forced to be a loner, Horatio was befriended by N’Jadaka an embittered Wakandian expatriate. Years later N’Jadaka became a brutal revolutionary leader Killmonger, he was backed by a number of lieutenants, including Horatio, now known as Venomm. |
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Venomm at Marvel Database | ||||
Venomm at Marvel Universe: The Appendix | ||||