Character from the Marvel Universe. A clone of the Venom (Marvel) Symbiote made as part of a plan to exterminate all life on Earth, it was initially bound to Patricia Robertson before bonding to Flash Thompson, who would unknowingy transfer it to Andrea Benton, who gave it the Mania name. Eventually the symbiote would be stolen by Lee Price, who dubbed himself Maniac.
The symbiote also carried a Hellmark from Mephisto (Marvel), which it passed on to Benton after it bound to her.