The only difference between you and me is that you don't have hair like this!
- —Andrea Benton, aka Scream
Backstory[]
Early Life[]
Born in the back of a car on the way to the hospital, Andrea's car crashed and her parents were killed, only the newborn Andi survived. She was taken in by a couple, but when she turned thirteen she ran away and lived on the streets. Strangely, she started getting packets of money, filled with enough to go to school and buy necessities but not enough to buy a house or rent an apartment. Unbeknownst to Andi, the money secretly came from Eddie Brock who was leaving money for the homeless, though he wasn't specifically targeting Andi. Andi started attending Brooklyn Pleasures High School.
Scream[]
Andi was in detention when she decided to explore the science lab. In a drawer, she found a vial containing a yellow and red sludge. When she opened it, the liquid jumped out and bonded with Andi. It turned out that the liquid was the Scream symbiote, that was one of the secret offspring of the Venom symbiote. At first, Scream and Andi were at war with each other, but they came to peace. Andi did not want to be evil or hurt people as badly as her symbiote did, and her strong will gave her almost complete control over Scream.
Scream had trouble convincing other heroes, especially Spider-Man, that she wasn't a villain. After Spider-Man captured her and separated her from Scream, he saw that she was a teenager and believed her story, So she re-bonded to Scream and resumed her hero activities. Andi emerged publicly as Scream after the events of Maximum Carnage and Absolute Carnage.
Bleeding Venom[]
When Venom gained new powers but accidentally attracted multiple Venoms from across the multiverse, Scream teamed up with Venom and other heroes to fight them off. Mostly she teamed up with Anti-Venom, and they fought off their patch of Venoms in a bloodier manner than most of the others. Eventually, Scream and Anti-Venom decided to work as partners.
Resurrected Evil[]
Not yet released.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Symbiotic Costume:
- Super Strength
- Super Speed
- Super Stamina
- Super Durability
- Super Agility
- Super Reflexes
- Danger Sense
- Regenerative Healing Factor
- Whip Control: On the symbiote's head, there are hair-like whips that Scream can control mentally.
Abilities[]
- Gifted Intelligence
In her normal form, Andi possesses the average physical stats for a teenage female that engages in moderate regular exercise.