Phage

The alien Symbiote known as Phage was created when the Life Foundation forced Venom to separate and spawn a new generation of Symbiotes which could be merged with mercenaries and marketed for their needs. Phage was bonded to Carl Mach and made the nominal leader of the field team, who displayed a particular fondness for bladed weapons during their time bonded together. After being defeated by Venom and Spider-Man, the Life Foundation team would beg Venom to train them to control their new Symbiotes, but after Brock refused to help, Mach was murdered by Scream, driven mad by her own bonding.

The Life Foundation Symbiotes would eventually become United States property, and after the success of Agent Venom they were inspired to create Mercury Team, an army unit that would keep the Symbiotes drugged and only partially bond with them. While effective, Mercury was wiped out by Carnage, with Phage and the others only surviving by bonding to one of the Team's attack dogs and escaping.

When Knull, the God of the Symbiotes, was reawakened, his call drove Phage and numerous other Symbiotes mad - causing the former Mercury Team to overtake and forcibly bond to a rural town family, before body-swapping to The Maker, and being driven off by The Avengers, who seemingly killed Phage once again.

Venom: Along Came a Spider - Phage
Phage's first action figure was released as a part of the 1997 Spider-Man Sub-Line, Venom: Along Came a Spider, which focused on Symbiote themed characters, most of whom had not received any action figures previously. The toy is not based on the symbiote, but on Xenophage (here nicknamed as Phage, which would later would be associated with the yellow symbiote), a giant alien creature that eats Symbiotes who debuted in the miniseries Venom: The Hunted.

The Along Came a Spider series included an original gimmick that granted it is name; each figure included a pack in bonus giant spider character. Phage was packed in with "Pincer the Spider" who featured "Clip Claw and Gripping Leg Action" - the spider included a set of levers on its back that, when squeezed, would contract its legs together in a menacing claw attack, or could be used to grapple on to other figures. The action could also be used to store the spider on Phage's back.

Phage (Venompool Series)
Released as part of Hasbro's Marvel Legends: Infinite Series line, Phage was included in the 2020 Venompool Series, a set of Venom themed characters originally intended to tie into the theatrical release of Venom: Let There Be Carnage before the Covid-19 Pandemic delayed the film into the following year too late to change the planned schedule for figures. The figure is based on the original appearance of Phage as a member of the Life Foundation while still bonded to Carl Mach.

Phage is based on the traditional Bucky-Cap base body, featuring an originally sculpted head, and new forearms and shin pieces which replicate the fin-like blades featured in the artwork seen in the classic mini-series. Much like the Anti-Venom figure released previously, Hasbro also created a separately molded piece to plug into the hole on the figure's back, replicating the shoulder spikes without necessitating any kind of new torso pieces.

The figure includes one traditional accessory; an alternate forearm mounted arm-blade, replicating Phage's weapon of choice through Mach's time bonded to the Symbiote. It also includes two Build-A-Figure pieces; both legs for the Venompool figure.