POISON GROOT
Reality-17952
Real Name: Unrevealed, if any (see comments)
Identity/Class: Alternate reality
(Reality-17952) extraterrestrial (Poison) mutate
Occupation: Predator
Group Membership: The Hive (Poison Doctor Doom, Poison Gamora, Poison Gladiator, Poison Spider-Woman, Poison Star-Lord, Poison Super-Skrull, Poison Thanos, Poison Thor, Poison Whirlwind, numerous other unidentified Poisons)
Affiliations: The Hive
Enemies: H.E.R.B.I.E.
of Earth-616; possibly Venom Rocket of Reality-18197 (see comments)
Known Relatives: Unrevealed (see comments)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: The spaceship of the Poison Thanos, mobile throughout space, Reality-22249
First Appearance: (possibly referenced only as
a Poison that devoured Reality-18197's Groot) Venomverse I#4 (November,
2017) (see comments);
(fully seen, unidentified) Venomverse
I#5 (December, 2017);
(identified) Venomized I#2 (June, 2018)
Powers/Abilities: Despite not outright
displaying any direct superhuman powers, the Poison Groot presumably
had abilities similar to that of his Reality-616 counterpart, Groot.
His form resembled the plant-like form of Reality-616's Groot with
various limb-like protrusions sticking out from his body and he was
covered in durable, armor-like plating that increased his resistance to
physical injury.
Due to its devouring and harvesting of an alien symbiote once bonded to an alternate reality Groot, the Poison Groot possesses residual memories and personality traits of the symbiote's previous host, including Groot's speech patterns.
Presumably, like all other Poisons, the Poison
Groot's original form had the ability to bond with alien Klyntar
symbiotes and consume the symbiote's previous host for energy, an act
that transformed it into a much more powerful form, complete with any
superhuman abilities the previous host possessed. It presumably also
had a psychic defense mechanism that allowed it to affect the minds of
potential victims, creating psychic illusions of its potential victims
of someone non-threatening in an effort to get in close to its victim.
These abilities would have disappeared upon the Poison's transformation
into Poison Groot.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'3")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 165 lbs.)
Eyes: No visible irises
Hair: None
History:
(Venomverse I#4 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, an extraterrestrial Poison
creature devoured an alternate reality Flora colossus known as Groot (possibly from Reality-18197 - see comments)
and was transformed into a superpowered form resembling that Groot.
Battling Reality-18197's symbiote-empowered Venom Rocket, the Poison
Groot was seemingly killed. (see
comments)
(Venomverse I#5 (fb) - BTS) - Surviving his encounter
with Venom Rocket, the Poison Groot returned to spaceship housing the
Poison Thanos and several other Poisons. (see comments)
(Venomverse I#5) - After failing to conquer
Earth-22249, the Poison Doctor Doom returned to the Poison Thanos and
the Poison Groot and others were by the Poison Thanos' side. As the
Poison Groot stood silently, the Poison Thanos remarked that, due to
the involvement of a Multiversal Anti-Poison Resistance during the
Poison Doom's attempt to conquer Earth-22249, the Poisons now knew that
there were many other realities out there and the Poison Thanos
announced that the Poisons would conquer them all.
(Venomized I#2) - The
Poison Groot was sent to the terraformed island of Mu on Earth-616 with
the Poison Spider-Woman, Poison Whirlwind and several other
non-transformed Poison as part of a plan by the Poison Thanos to
acquire a Poison version of Earth-616's Kid Kaiju. When they arrived at
Kid Kaiju's home, they were greeted by the robot H.E.R.B.I.E., who
played a message left by monster hunter Elsa Bloodstone explaining how
she had gotten Kid Kaiju and his family elsewhere before the Poisons
showed up. H.E.R.B.I.E. then continued playing the recording, in which
Bloodstone expressed wishes that she could see the Poisons' faces when
they realized how they had messed up their mission, before changing its
facial expression to anger and playing the portion of the message in
which Bloodstone sarcastically told the Poisons to have a nice day.
H.E.R.B.I.E. then exploded, seemingly destroying the Poison Groot and
all of the
Poisons that were with him.
Watching from afar, Elsa Bloodstone noticed a piece of the Poison
Groot's body landed near her and she stomped it, remarking on how she
had sorted out the situation with the Poisons.
Comments: Created by Cullen Bunn and Iban Coello.
Poisons consume beings that are bonded to symbiotes. Poisons themselves are from Reality-17952 but many of them devoured an alternate reality superhuman that had been bonded to a symbiote in order to transform into the armored form resembling that superhuman. In this case, a Reality-17952 Poison devoured an alternate reality Groot then transformed into a form resembling a merger of the two.
Poisons are not identified by name due to their hive mind nature and, as such, one could argue that they were all related to one another in the Hive despite them not being biologically related.
Despite Elsa Bloodstone stomping
on the piece of the Poison Groot's body and squishing it, she really
only succeeded into breaking that piece into smaller pieces, one of
which she completely destroyed with her boot. However, since not all
pieces were incinerated, it's very possible the Poison Groot could grow
from the pieces that were left and thereby resurrect itself, given that
it it likely had Groot's abilities. Maybe someday the Poison Groot will
show back up on Earth-616!
It is unclear whether the Poison
Groot that Reality-18197's Venom Rocket mentions in Venomverse I#4 as
having killed is the same Poison Groot seen in Venomverse I#5 and
Venomized I#2. IF Venom Rocket did indeed kill a Poison Groot that had
devoured Reality-18197's Groot then this profile's Poison Groot would
be the second Poison Groot, created when a Poison devoured a different
reality's Groot. Personally, I don't see why they would not be the same
Poison Groot who devoured Groot-18197, especially since the Poisons
assimilate the powers and abilities of those they devour. Venom Rocket
could have merely thought he killed the Poison Groot who devoured
Groot-18197 but a splinter could have easily survived and regrew into
the Poison Groot we see at the end of Venomverse I#5 and in Venomized
I#2. I treated the profile as if they are one and the same but if they
are indeed two different Poison Groots then this would not have been
mentioned in Venomverse I#4 and would not have encountered Venom Rocket
at all.
BIG thanks to Mike Fichera for his
assistance in helping approximate the weight of a 6'3" Groot!
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Reality-17952's Poison Groot should be distinguished from:
The Poison Gladiator, transformed after devouring Reality-72256's Gladiator, was one of the many Poisons alongside the Poison Groot serving the Poison Thanos aboard his spaceship.
--Venomverse I#5
The Poison Star-Lord, transformed after devouring Reality-18197's Quill, was one of the many Poisons alongside the Poison Groot serving the Poison Thanos aboard his spaceship.
--Venomverse I#4 (fb) - BTS (#5,
The Poison Super-Skrull, transformed after devouring Reality-91206's Super-Skrull, was one of the many Poisons alongside the Poison Groot serving the Poison Thanos aboard his spaceship.
--Venomverse I#5
The Poison Thor, transformed after devouring Reality-17147's Thor, was one of the many Poisons alongside the Poison Groot serving the Poison Thanos aboard his spaceship.
--Venomverse I#5
Appearances:
Venomverse I#5 (December, 2017) - Cullen Bunn (writer), Iban Coello
(art), Devin Lewis (editor)
Venomized I#2 (June, 2018) - Cullen Bunn (writer), Iban Coello (art),
Devin Lewis (editor)
First posted: 03/03/2023
Last updated: 03/03/2023
Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.
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