Warning: Contains spoilers for Venom War: It’s Jeff! #1!!
There’s no guidebook for handling symbiotes gone wild, especially if they start taking over Coney Island, such as happens in Marvel’s latestVenomWar tie-in comic. Enter the remnants of Kate Bishop’s West CoastAvengersteam to do what they do best: improvise. When Jeff the Land Shark becomesthe latest symbiote vessel, and dozens of Swingers attack, the team uses a clever tool to keep the threat at bay.
InVenom War: It’s Jeff!#1 – written by Kelly Thompson, with art by Gurihuru – Hawkeye, Gwenpool, America Chavez, and Fuse get pulled into themiddle of theVenom War, as Jeff the Land Shark becomes a host for a hungry symbiote, yet that’s quickly secondary as Swingers begin taking over Coney Island.
Luckily for everyone except the unwanted symbiotes, nobody thinks on their feet quite like Gwen, Kate, and America. In one memorable move,America Chavez portals in the largest speaker in the world, and they blast the Swingers off their hosts with the loudest rendition of “Baby Shark” ever.
Hawkeye’s West Coast Avengers Use Sound To Their Advantage Against Venom War’s Stray Symbiotes
Venom War: It’s Jeff!#1 – Written By Kelly Thompson; Art By Gurihuru; Lettering By Clayton Cowles
One of the former West Coast Avengers’strongest assets was an affinity for fumbling their way out of chaos via out-of-the-box thinking and plenty of luck. With Coney Island getting rapidly overrun by the “Swingers”, they needed a lot of both. TheVenom Warunleashed symbiote pieces into the world, all searching for hosts, but “Swingers” are still alive. Unlike their undead Zombiote counterparts, they can’t just be dispatched with brute force without killing their innocent host in the process. While that limits options, having America Chavez around theoretically puts the universe at their fingertips again – including the World’s Largest Speaker.
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While some symbiotes are notably stronger than others, most boast increased strength and agility as a baseline. In short, they’re a threat by default, but they come equipped with a few important weaknesses, including a sensitivity to sonic waves and high-frequency sounds. Gwenpool’s idea zeroed in on that weakness and the team took it as far as possible.By blasting the “Baby Shark” song across Coney Island at extreme volume, they were able to defeat the symbiotes en masseand stop at least one corner of the Venom War invasion;though played for laughs, the tactic itself is incredibly effective.
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Neutralizing Large Numbers Of Symbiotes Is Key
Venom Warpresents a situation where one surviving symbiote, or Zombiote, can lead to the situation getting out of hand once more. The only way to get it under control is to respond on a massive level, rather than trying to handle individual “Swingers” or Zombiotes. In that respect,the previous West Coast Avengerswere certainly successful. They freed dozens of civilians and stopped all the symbiotes at the same time, preventing them from finding new hosts. By bringing in the World’s Largest Speaker and blasting the symbiotes with sound,Hawkeye’s West CoastAvengersintroduced one ofVenom War’sbest tactics.
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The sixth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers is an action superhero film that sees the heroes assembled across the franchise face off with a deadly galactic threat. With the arrival of Thor’s brother, Loki, heroes such as Captain America, The Hulk, Iron Man, and Black Widow are brought together to stop him from unleashing an alien race upon earth.
