GRACE

grace-chimpsymb-cocm3-facegrace-chimpsymb-cocm2-fullReal Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Terrestrial fauna (chimpanzee) mutate bonded to symbiote

Occupation: Former test subject

Group Membership: None known

Affiliations: At least formerly Misery (Liz Allan)
    formerly Dr. Steven

Enemies: Dr. Steven

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
    formerly Alchemax labs, Manhattan, New York

First Appearance: Cult of Carnage: Misery#1 (July, 2023)

   

   
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Powers/Abilities: As a chimpanzee, Grace is strong, with relatively long arms, reaching below the knees, and an opposable big toe that allows her to grasp objects with her feet. She is skilled with brachiation (arm swinging from tree to tree), and she can run on two limbs or on all four.

    Grace is highly intelligent, likely above average or even gifted to genius level human intelligence; the source of her advanced intelligence is unrevealed.

    Grace wore a voice collar that allowed her to speak fluently.

    Bonded to the Carnage and Anti-Venom symbiotes, Grace can form various tendrils and extensions. She is strong enough to tear a human body in half, and like other similarly-bonded symbiotes, she can swiftly restore her body, even when it (including her head) has been torn in half.

   

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5')
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 100 lbs.)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark brown

   

   

grace-chimpsymb-cocm1-carnHistory:
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Cult of Carnage: Misery#1 (fb) - BTS) - The chimpanzee Grace served as a non-human test subject for Alchemax.grace-chimpsymb-cocm1-carnvav

    Dr. Steven sought to use Anti-Venom cells to control Carnage symbiote cells; he found that the only way to ensure they didn't kill each other was to immediately bond them both to a host to mediate.

    Wishing to let his subject get accustomed to the Carnage symbiote before administering the Anti-Venom, Dr. Steven and his associates deliberately chose the most aggressive primate they could fine in the hopes that it could survive these strains.

    Grace was bonded to Carnage cells. She subsequently either slew or incapacitated the other chimpanzees with whom she was housed.

(Cult of Carnage: Misery#1) - As Dr. Steven showed Alchemax CEO Liz Allan into the lab, the Carnage-bonded Grace greeted the wheelchair-bound scientist with "Hello, Wheel Man." 

    Dr. Steven asked Grace how she was feeling, and she replied, "Hungry." Dr. Steven told her she might like the medicine he was giving her as he added the Anti-Venom symbiote cells to her chamber, but she screamed in agony and begged for help as the Anti-Venom cells attacked the Carnage symbiote cells.

    Dr. Steven subsequently explained to Liz that Grace was not sufficiently aggressive to tame the symbiote and had gotten lost between the Carnage strain and Anti-Venom. He asked Grace how she was feeling, and she could only answer, "Mis...Mis..." before losing consciousness.

(Cult of Carnage: Misery#1 - BTS) - Dr. Steven speculated that if they could find a host strong enough, the two differing strains could theoretically be harmonious.

    The next day, when Corwin Jones assaulted the Alchemax facility and abducted the other symbiotes in their possession, the injured Liz merged with the Carnage symbiote-Anti-Venom combination, and she noted that it felt like Misery.

(Cult of Carnage: Misery#2 (fb) - BTS) - Dr. Steven upgraded Grace's voice collar.

(Cult of Carnage: Misery#2) - After Liz expressed that she had no idea how her symbiote worked, Grace, now merged with both Carnage and Anti-Venom symbiotes, rushed in -- screeching in primate syllables -- and tore Liz/Misery in half, leaving Liz to learn that she could repair her severed halves. Misery then tore Grace in half to see if it worked the same for her, and Grace restored herself as well.

    When Grace voiced, "Reconstitute your principal being all you want, my fair lady, but you will not cage me again," Liz questioned how her vocabulary had evolved so much from the day before. Grace replied, "My accomplishments are my own. Simply put, I'm a quick study."
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    She continued, "I am life. And you pricked and prodded me nearly to death. My only solace? A sedative administered at your leisure."

    Misery noted Alchemax's good intentions and then began to batter Grace relentlessly, offering a more permanent mercy, Liz's step-son, Stanley cried out for her to stop, which she did.

   

    As Grace slept in a tree, Dr. Steven told Liz how he had upgraded her voice collar. Liz acknowledged Grace's point that it was not fair to keep her imprisoned. Dr. Steven told her that they could look into other arrangements once he had safely removed the symbiotes from her.

(Cult of Carnage: Misery#3 (fb) - BTS) - Hearing conversations in the lab, Grace deduced the spy within the Life Foundation, who had alerted Dr. Steven to Liz's location, to be Lily Hollister (aka Queen Cat).grace-chimpsymb-cocm5-mostlyuncostumed

(Cult of Carnage: Misery#3) - Grace told Dr. Steven that she knew who was the spy within the Life Foundation. She told him that if he let her out of her confined environment, she could help, "Maybe then I won't have to cave in your skull for what you've done to me."

(Cult of Carnage: Misery#5) - Quoting Alexander Dumas, the still symbiote-bonded Grace broke out of her habitat/confinement area and then wondered, "What's a chimpanzee to do?"
     
Comments: Created by Sabir Pirzada and Francesco Mortarino.

    The source of Grace's advanced intellect is unrevealed.

   This profile was completed 05/26/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event.
   Thanks to Loki for recommending Grace to repesent Misery for the event.


Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Grace should be distinguished from:

  • GRACE ?? - former secretary of Maxie Shiffman--Amazing Fantasy I#17
  • GRACE ?? - agent of Owl (Leland Owsley)--Daredevil: Yellow#3
  • GRACE (Francesca Lexley Grace) - former agent of Bane and CEO of Omni Corporation, later allied with Knights of Pendragon, allegedly possessed by spirit of Morgause--Knights of Pendragon I#1
  • GRACE ( ) - Mannites. female, blue skin + hair, dark patches @ eyes, tall + thin, cybernetic telepath--Uncanny X-Men I#372
  • GRACE ?? - blind mutant, family slaughtered in Africa, saved from mugging by Nightcrawler, shared conversation with him about hiding their true natures. eye on forehead, telepath, cast illusions--X-Men Unlimited II#7
  • GRACE ?? - lover/widow ?? of Wolverine's friend Johnny, helped him put the bad days behind him--X-Men Unlimited I#9
  • GRACE ?? - secretary to Jack Cameron at Hunter Technologies--Incredible Hulk Annual#19
  • GRACE - New Warriors support staff, formerly homeless, saved from becoming a hooker by Night Thrasher who recruited her to his organization for her computer skills--New Warriors IV#3
  • GRACE (    ) - America's Next Super Hero--Eternals III#2
  • GRACE, MARCO - Brothers Grace, older brother, escaped--Marvel Knights II#1
  • GRACE, POLO CAIUS - Brothers Grace, younger brother, arrested, extradited --Marvel Knights II#1
  • GRACE, ZOLA - sister of Marco + Polo--Marvel Knights II#6
  • GRACE, Lt. SYLVIA - Extreme Emergency Team--Spider-Man: Web of Doom#2
  • GRACE & TUMBALT (Nigel Blacque) - public relations firm, associated with 66 Bridges--Black Panther III#54
  • GRACES (Cerise, Nebula, Spirit, Stellaris, Tana Nile) - summoned to Godthab Omega, assisted Gamora in systematically conquering the world - aka GAMORA's GRACE--Annihilation: Ronan#1
  • other "Grace" characters, groups, items, events, races or places...




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Cult of Carnage: Misery#1
    #2, pg. 4, panel 1 (Carnage/Anti-Venom form);
          panel 2 (tearing Misery in half);
       pg. 5, panel 2 (face torn in half by Misery);
    #3, pg. 13, panel 7 (face)

Appearances:
Cult of Carnage: Misery#1-5 (July-November, 2023) - Sabir Pirzada (writer), Francesco Mortarino (artist), Tom Groneman (assistant editor), Devin Lewis (editor)


First posted: 09/30/2026
Last updated: 05/26/2026

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