Venom (Eddie Brock)
Venom drawn by Steven Butler. Steven Butler is an artist who has worked in the comic book industry for several decades
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Amazing Spider-Man #252 (alien symbiote) Web of Spiderman #18 (behind the scenes) Amazing Spider-Man #299 (partial appearance as Venom) Amazing Spider-Man #300 (full appearance as Venom)
Created by	David Michelinie Todd McFarlane
In story information
Alter ego	Edward Allan [1] Charles "Eddie" Brock
Team affiliations	Sinister Six Daily Globe
Abilities	Alien symbiote grants the host all of Spider-Man's powers as well other superhuman abilities; Superhuman physical attributes Wall-Crawling Organic Webbing Shape-shifting Accelerated Healing factor Immunity to Spider-Man's "spider-sense"

Venom is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. David Michelinie (born May 6 1948) is an American Comic book Writer. Todd McFarlane (born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian Comic book artist writer toy manufacturer/designer and media Entrepreneur who is best known The Sinister Six are a group of Supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe, who serve as a collection of Spider-Man 's foes The Daily Globe is a fictional New York City Newspaper in the. A symbiote, in Marvel Comics ' fictional universe is a living sentient alien organism that bonds with other living organisms in order to survive Spider-Man's powers abilities and equipment are used by Marvel Comics Superhero Spider-Man in tandem to combat his many foes A healing factor is a term used to describe the ability of some characters in Fiction to recover from bodily injuries or disease at a superhuman rate A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc The character was created by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane in Web of Spider-Man #18 . David Michelinie (born May 6 1948) is an American Comic book Writer. Todd McFarlane (born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian Comic book artist writer toy manufacturer/designer and media Entrepreneur who is best known Web of Spider-Man is the name of a Comic book series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 129 issues between 1985 and Venom is the result of symbiosis between an extraterrestrial symbiote and a human host, Edward "Eddie" Charles Brock; a journalist who held a personal grudge against Spider-Man. This article is about the biological phenomenon for other uses see Symbiosis (disambiguation The term symbiosis (from the Greek See also List of extraterrestrials in fiction In Popular cultures Life forms -especially intelligent life forms that are of extraterrestrial A symbiote, in Marvel Comics ' fictional universe is a living sentient alien organism that bonds with other living organisms in order to survive After merging with Spider-Man and later being rejected and forceably removed due to the negative influence the alien had on him, the symbiote bonded with Eddie Brock to create Venom, granting Brock a host of superhuman abilities similar to those of the symbiote's previous host. Venom is a Fictional character, a symbiote life form in the Marvel Comics universe. Venom featured prominently throughout the decade following his inception in the 1990s, playing a role in several Spider-Man related events such as Maximum Carnage where he took on the role of an antagonistic ally rather than main villain. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Maximum Carnage is a fourteen-part Comic book crossover published in Marvel Comics 's Spider-Man family of titles in 1993

The character has appeared in several Spider-Man related media, such as animated series and video games. Eddie Brock and Venom appeared in the feature film, Spider-Man 3 in which he is played by Topher Grace. For the video game based on the film see Spider-Man 3 (video game. Christopher John "Topher" Grace (born July 12, 1978) is an American Actor, best known for playing the lead role of Eric Forman Recently, on the Spectacular Spider-man Animated Series, the alien symbiote has bonded with Eddie Brock to form Venom.

Publication history

Writer David Michelinie and artist Todd McFarlane are generally credited with the character's creation, based on a number of plot ideas and concepts from various other creators, though the degree to which McFarlane should be credited with co-creating the character has been a source of dispute in the comic book industry. David Michelinie (born May 6 1948) is an American Comic book Writer. Todd McFarlane (born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian Comic book artist writer toy manufacturer/designer and media Entrepreneur who is best known Venom's existence was first indicated in Web of Spider-Man #18 (Sept. 1986), when he shoved Peter Parker in front of a subway train without Parker's spider-sense warning him, though only Brock's hand was seen on-panel. (It would later be established that the alien symbiote, having once been grafted to Parker, did not trigger his spider-sense. ) The next indication of Venom's existence was in Web of Spider-Man #24 (March 1987), when Parker had climbed out of a high story window to change into Spider-Man, but found a black arm coming through the window and grabbing him, again without being warned by his spider-sense. He then made a partial appearance on the final page of The Amazing Spider-Man #298 (April 1988), in which he was obscured by shadow, before making his first full appearance on the final page of #299 (May 1988).

The Amazing Spider-Man #316. Art by Todd McFarlane. Todd McFarlane (born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian Comic book artist writer toy manufacturer/designer and media Entrepreneur who is best known

The question of who created the character of Venom became an issue of contention in 1993 when Michelinie wrote to the comic-book industry magazine Wizard, which had referred to Michelinie in issue #17 as "co-creator" of Venom. In his letter, printed in issue #21 (May 1993), Michelinie wrote that he was the character's sole creator, while saying also he believed that without McFarlane the character would not have attained the popularity it did. Michelinie pointed out that Venom's earliest appearances were in Web of Spider-Man #18 (Sept. 1986), written by Michelinie and drawn by Marc Silvestri; and Web of Spider-Man #24, plotted by Michelinie, scripted by Len Kaminski, and drawn by Del Barras. Marc Silvestri (born March 29, 1958) is an American Comic book artist, creator and publisher

The character would remain unseen and inactive until Amazing Spider-Man editor Jim Salicrup required a villain for that book's 300th issue, and Michelinie suggested a villain consisting of the alien symbiote grafted onto the body of a human female. Jim Salicrup is an American comic book editor who lives and works in New York City. A symbiote, in Marvel Comics ' fictional universe is a living sentient alien organism that bonds with other living organisms in order to survive Salicrup accepted the suggestion, but changed the character to a male. Michelinie then devised the Eddie Brock identity. Michelinie contends that the plots for issues #298-299, as well as the visual descriptions of the character, were written and bought by Salicrup before McFarlane was ever assigned to the book.

Writer Peter David corroborated Michelinie’s view in his "But I Digress" column in the June 4, 1993 Comics Buyer's Guide, in which he stated that Michelinie discussed the ideas behind the character with him at the time of its creation. For the Grenadian politician see Peter David (politician. Peter Allen David (often abbreviated PAD) (born September 23 Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Comics Buyer's Guide ( (CBG is the second longest-running Periodical reporting on the Comic book industry At that time, David was the writer on The Spectacular Spider-Man and wrote the "Sin Eater" storyline from which Eddie Brock’s back story would be derived, well before McFarlane was assigned to the art duties on Amazing. Because artists who design the costumes or appearances of major characters and/or illustrate their first appearances are generally credited as co-creators, Venom represents a complex situation, because the costume from which Venom's appearance is derived was not designed by McFarlane. ^[2]

The Amazing Spider-Man #346. Erik Larsen, who followed McFarlane as artist on Amazing, added Venom's pointy teeth and tongue as well as the green drool to the character's appearance. Erik J Larsen (born December 8, 1962) is an American Comic book writer artist and publisher

Erik Larsen responded to Michelinie's letter with one of his own that was printed in Wizard #23 (July 1993), in which he dismissed Michelinie's contributions to the character, arguing that Michelinie merely "swiped" the preexisting symbiote and its powers to place it on a character whose motivations were poorly conceived, one-dimensional, unbelievable, and clichéd. Larsen also argued that it was McFarlane’s rendition of the character that made it commercial. ^[3]

The preexisting elements that dealt with the symbiote costume itself - to which Michelinie did not contribute - have also been noted. For example, editor Jim Shooter came up with the idea of switching Spider-Man to a black-and-white costume, possibly influenced by the intended costume design for the new Spider-Woman. James Shooter (born September 27 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American Writer, occasional fill-in artist editor, and Arachne ( Julia Carpenter, née Cornwall) formerly known as Spider-Woman, is a Fictional character and a superheroine Artists Mike Zeck and Rick Leonardi, as well as others, designed the black-and-white costume. Mike Zeck is an American Comic book illustrator He was born in Greenville Pennsylvania on September 6, 1949 to Michael and Kathryn Jean Rick Leonardi is an American Comic book illustrator Biography Leonardi was born in Philadelphia in 1957 and grew up in Haverhill Writer/artist John Byrne asserts on his website that the idea for a costume made of self-healing biological material was one he originated when he was the artist on Iron Fist to explain how that character’s costume was constantly being torn and then apparently repaired by the next issue, explaining that he ended up not using the idea on that title, but that Roger Stern later asked him if he could use the idea for Spider-Man's alien costume. John Lindley Byrne (born July 6 1950) is a British -born Canadian - American author and artist of Comic books Since the Iron Fist ( Daniel Rand) is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a practitioner Roger Stern (born September 17 1950) is an American Comic book Author and Novelist. Stern in turn plotted the issue in which the costume first appeared but then left the title. It was writer Tom DeFalco and artist Ron Frenz who had established that the costume was a sentient alien being and also that it was vulnerable to high sonic energy during their run on The Amazing Spider-Man that preceded Michelinie's. Tom DeFalco (b June 26 1950) is an American comics Writer and Editor, well-known for his association with Marvel Ronald Wade Frenz is an American Comic book artist born in Pittsburgh in 1960 ^[4] Regardless, Peter David's position is that Michelinie is the sole creator, since the idea of creating a separate character using the alien symbiote was Michelinie’s, as was Eddie Brock's backstory, and that without the idea to create such a character, the character would not have existed. ^[5]

In an interview with Tom DeFalco,^[6] Mcfarlane claims that Michelinie did indeed come up with the idea of Venom and the characters basic design ("a big guy in the black costume"). However he contends that it was he (Mcfarlane) who gave Venom his monster-like features. He claims; "I just wanted to make him kooky and creepy, and not just some guy in a black suit. "

This dispute arose at a time when artists such as McFarlane and Larsen were enjoying a great deal of popularity and clout with readers, and capitalizing on their popularity by publishing creator-owned books with their new company, Image Comics, and it is possible that this issue was a subtext of the greater debate over the importance of writers versus artists that was being waged in the industry at the time. Image Comics is an American Comic book publisher It was founded in 1992 by seven high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their Prior to McFarlane's departure from Marvel, the company stated that Venom was a creation of McFarlane's, and Michelinie shared credit as co-creator. Regardless of the issues surrounding his creation, Venom was created under a work for hire contract and Marvel owns all rights to the character. A work made for hire (sometimes abbreviated as work for hire and WFH) is an exception to the general rule that the person who actually creates a work is the legally-recognized

Throughout most of his career in print, Brock's sole motivation for hating Spider-Man was because the webslinger's capture of the villain Sin Eater exposed the man who had previously confessed to Brock to being responsible for the Sin Eater's crimes as a compulsive confessor, thus destroying Brock's credibility and reputation as a journalist. Sin-Eater is a name given to several fictional characters in the Marvel Universe. The symbiote was attracted to Brock's hatred. In 2003, writer Paul Jenkins, in the second volume of Spectacular Spider-Man, revealed Brock had cancer and the symbiote was attracted to it because it released adrenaline, which the symbiote fed off of. Paul Jenkins (born December 6 1965) is a British Comic book Writer. The Spectacular Spider-Man is the name of several Comic books and one Magazine series starring Marvel Comics ' Spider-Man. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled In the same comic, there were many victims (who were cancer patients) who suffered identical injuries - Venom sucked out their energy from the adrenal gland. The symbiote's feeding of the cancer kept Brock alive and his hatred of Spider-Man stemmed from the fear that Spider-Man would accept the symbiote back, leaving him to be taken by the cancer.

Fictional character biography

Early life

As a child, Edward Allan Charles Brock is raised in a Roman Catholic household in San Francisco. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city His father is cold and unloving towards him because he blames Eddie for his wife's death during childbirth. Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a Human Pregnancy or Eddie constantly attempts to obtain his father's approval, though even after excelling in school, he only receieves half-hearted encouragements. Though exceptional in athletics, Brock switches his major in college to journalism after reading an article on the Watergate scandal. Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's Upon graduating, he moves to New York City and obtains a job at the Daily Globe. The City of New York The Daily Globe is a fictional New York City Newspaper in the. He proves himself to be highly talented, though even this does not get his father's approval. ^[7] He eventually marries Anne Weying, who is attracted by his wit and gentility. Venom is a Fictional character, a symbiote life form in the Marvel Comics universe.

Bonding with the symbiote

After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Brock decides to take his mind off it by burring himself in his work. He investigates the serial killer nicknamed Sin-Eater, and surprisingly finds someone actually confessing to the murders. Sin-Eater is a name given to several fictional characters in the Marvel Universe. Once the case is finally closed, it is revealed that the real killer was already caught by Spider-Man, and that Brock had been interviewing a compulsive confessor. Compulsion can refer to among other things Compulsion (album, a 1965 jazz album by American pianist Andrew Hill Compulsion Brock is fired from his job in disgrace, and his father practically disowns him. With no decent publishers willing to hire him, he is forced to work for sleazy tabloid magazines. A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest Now with his fear of the cancer growing, Brock resumes his passion for athletics through weight training to reduce stress. Weight training is a common type of Strength training for developing the strength and size of Skeletal muscles It uses the Force of gravity Though his body grows to near-Olympic standards, his anger and depression remain, causing Anne to divorce him. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Major depressive disorder, also known as major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, clinical depression, or simply depression With both his professional and personal life shattered, Brock contemplates suicide and goes to a church where he prays to God for forgiveness, unaware the symbiote Spider-Man has discarded is waiting for him. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity.

Attracted by the adrenaline caused by his cancer, the symbiote bonds with Brock, feeding off the cancer and keeping him alive. A chemical bond is the physical process responsible for the attractive interactions between Atoms and Molecules and which confers stability to diatomic and polyatomic Brock willingly accepts it due to stopping the cancer and the powers similar to those of Spider-man, though he learns that the symbiote thinks of him as second rate compared to Spider-Man. Brock, knowing that the symbiote could potentially go back to Spider-Man, leaving him to die, becomes determined to torment Spider-man and his family. The symbiote imparts him with the knowledge of Spider-Man's secret identity, and Brock names himself "Venom" in reference to what he is "paid to spew out these days. A secret identity is an element of fiction wherein a character develops a separate Persona (usually adopting a Pseudonym) while keeping their true identity " ^[8]

Progeny

After being rendered unconscious by Styx, the symbiote is removed, and Brock is incarcerated to await trail. Styx and Stone ( Jacob Eishorn and Gerald Stone) are two Fictional Comic book characters in the Marvel Comics universe ^[9] The symbiote finds Brock, enabling him to escape from jail, though the symbiote reproduces at the same time. The offspring quickly bonds to Brock's cell mate, Cletus Kasady, creating Carnage. Carnage is a Fictional character that appears in the Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Soon after, Venom abducts Spider-Man, and takes him to a remote island where Spider-Man fakes his death. Venom, content with the outcome, resigns himself to life on the island. ^[10] Once Spider-Man becomes unable to defeat Carnage, he enlists Venom's help to defeat Carnage and other supervillains. ^[11] His willingness to kill the villains causes a deep rift with many of his allies, who only wish to subdue them.

Venom soon makes peace with Spider-Man after Anne is rescused by him, so he moves back to San Francisco, where he acts as the protector of an underground society descended from survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. He is involved in conflicts with corrupt businessmen and a group of mercenaries known as 'Stalkers', who kidnap various members of the society, including two romantic interests of Brock. After rescuing them, Ben Reilly finds Venom, separating the symbiote from Brock after an intense battle. Ben Reilly (also the Scarlet Spider, the second Spider-Man and Spider-Carnage) is a Fictional character in the Marvel Comics Taken in by the Life Foundation, they forcefully spawn five more symbiotes from Venom, and keep him prisoner. With the help of Spider-Man, he escapes the prison, managing to incapacitate the other symbiotes. After defecting from the foundation, they seek Venom's help to keep from becoming like Carnage, but he refuses to help. Their leader, Scream eventually goes insane and kills the other four, who eventually reform into Hybrid. For the Redeemers member Scream see Angar the Screamer. Scream ( Donna Diego) is a fictional Anti-hero Hybrid ( Scott Washington) is a Fictional Anti-hero of the Marvel Universe. Scream eventually enters a normal state of mind, and seeks to help Venom.

Brock soon abandons the symbiote, and its telepathically projected grief attracts other members of its species. Telepathy ( Greek τηλε tele meaning "distant" and πάθεια patheia meaning "to be affected by" describes the purported transfer They create a portal to their home world, allowing them to invade New York and take over its inhabitants. Brock eventually becomes Venom once again, working with Spider-Man to defeat the symbiotes. He manages to create a "psychic scream" designed to incapacitate them, though it ends up killing all of them.

Venom on Trial

Brock is captured in his sewer hideout and put on trial, with Matt Murdock acting in his defense,^[12] and his symbiote held in check with a chemical inhibitor. Daredevil is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Carnage is called as a witness, but he overcomes his own inhibitor and attacks. Venom, Spider-Man, and Daredevil team up and subdue Carnage. Daredevil is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. However, before the trial can continue, Venom is unexpectedly taken into custody by a secret government organization who offered him amnesty if he joined them as an agent. Though Venom at first relished his new found immunities, he left after being abandoned during a dangerous mission. ^[13] This would lead to Eddie Brock being given selective amnesia from a head wound and later being separated from the symbiote, which is presumed killed by the government Overreach Committee^[14]. Amnesia (from Greek) is a condition in which Memory is disturbed

The symbiote in fact survives and tracks down the amnesiac Brock, turning him into Venom again. Venom then infiltrates Ravencroft prison, slaughters the guards, and temporarily absorbs the Carnage symbiote. He joins the Sinister Six, but turns on the other members after they mock him, crippling Sandman and Electro before making peace with Spider-Man. The Sinister Six are a group of Supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe, who serve as a collection of Spider-Man 's foes Sandman ( William Baker, aka Flint Marko) is a Fictional Character who appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics Electro is the name of several Fictional characters that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics, including two from Marvel's predecessors

Like all prior agreements with Spider-Man, this peace is short-lived, as Venom's hatred for Spider-Man is renewed when Anne Weying, driven over the edge by fear of her husband, committed suicide after seeing Spider-Man in his black suit. Venom loses his chance for revenge when the powerful human/alien hybrid Senator Ward forcefully removes the symbiote from Brock once more. In Biology, hybrid has two meanings The first meaning is the result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different taxa. Spider-Man has one of the best-known rogues galleries in comics in part because he has been the featured character in more individual titles ( Amazing Spider-Man, Spectacular

The Carnage symbiote gives birth to the Toxin symbiote. Toxin ( Patrick Mulligan) is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Carnage attempts to kill the newborn Toxin, but Venom opposes him until he realizes that Toxin's policeman host would not ally with him. Venom calls a truce with Carnage in order to destroy Toxin, who is aided by Spider-Man. Spider-Man and Toxin drive Carnage and Venom away. ^[15]

An alien race, secretly operating within the United States government, clones the Venom symbiote. Venom absorbs the clone, gains its knowledge, and decides to carry out the aliens' orders. ^[16] Before he does, however, Brock knows that he will die if he does not permanently bond with the symbiote. ^[17] The Symbiote rejects Brock, not desiring to be bonded with a diseased body anymore. Ultimately, Spider-Man tricks the symbiote into permanently merging with Brock. ^[18]

Separation

A dying Eddie Brock separated from the Venom symbiote

After bonding once more with the symbiote, Brock has a religious awakening and decides against permanently merging with the symbiote. Brock instead chooses to sell the symbiote to crimelord Don Fortunato, intending to donate the $100 million received to charity before dying. ^[19] Angelo Fortunato, the Don's son, became the second Venom for a brief period of time. Venom is a Fictional character, a symbiote life form in the Marvel Comics universe. However, Angelo began killing innocent people in his quest for glory and later proved to be a weak host for the Symbiote, being humiliated in a battle with Spider-Man. The symbiote abandons Angelo mid-leap, and the subsequent fall kills Fortunato. Upon hearing about this, Brock feels responsible and attempts to commit suicide by slitting his wrists, but survives.

The symbiote then becomes attached to Mac Gargan, better known as the Scorpion at the time, and is currently still with him as he is now a member of the Thunderbolts. MacDonald "Mac" Gargan is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Thunderbolts are a Marvel Comics Superhero team which consists mostly of former Supervillains The group was conceived by writer Kurt Busiek When Peter Parker unmasks himself publicly as Spider-Man, Brock is among the millions of witnesses. Spider-Man is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is shown in the hospital, rapidly succumbing physically to his cancer and experiencing hallucinations of the symbiote, representing his dark side. A hallucination, in the broadest sense is a Perception in the absence of a stimulus. He spots Mary Jane Watson Parker watching over Aunt May, who has been seriously wounded by a bullet. Mary Jane Watson is a fictional Supporting character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. May Reilly Parker commonly known as Aunt May, is a Supporting character in Marvel Comics ' Spider-Man series Brock has no idea what to do, but his dark side then persuades him to order a black suit similar to Peter's and put it on.

Making a decision to go and try to murder Aunt May while she's in a coma, Brock orders a dress-up costume of Spider-Man's black costume and sets out to kill her, first murdering a nurse for getting in his way. At the last minute, however, he has a change of heart, finding he could not murder someone as innocent as Aunt May. Peter enters the room moments later to find Brock sitting on the shattered window, and having slit his own wrists dozens of times to get rid of Venom. He tells Peter that while he's done terrible things, he's not a terrible person, and asks for his forgiveness before jumping out the window. Peter breaks his fall by catching him with two strands of webbing. Awakening chained to his bed, Brock decides to take better control of himself in the short time he has left. He tells his dark side that it's all right if they are together forever, as long as they know that Eddie Brock is in charge.

Brock is reported to return in Amazing Spider-Man #568, which will be his first appearance since One More Day. "Spider-Man One More Day" is a four part 2007 Comic book crossover storyline connecting all of the main Spider-Man series published There is speculation he is Anti-Venom.

Personality

The Venom symbiote and Eddie Brock bond together up to a certain point. They share many views, but each has their own say as Venom, leading to Venom referring to himself as using "We" instead of singular pronouns. The symbiote, having once bonded with Spider-man, holds a grudge against him. Along with Brock's own personal hatred, Venom is constantly out to kill and torture Spider-man, though he is often able to put this anger aside and form truces with Spider-man. Before Brock's religious re-awakening, Brock shows himself to be prone to extremely violent mood swings whenever separated from his other, showing none of the joviality displayed when fighting as Venom. He often broods over his crimes, expressing a great deal of guilt until once again being rejoined and once again becoming the lethal protector. ^[20]

Venom has little interest in wealth, money, or power. He often fights against crime, though in contrast to Spider-man, he is fine with murdering the criminals. He finds this method much more efficient than Spider-man's method of justice. Venom makes little effort of hiding the obvious glee he experiences in terrifying and butchering those he considers guilty. Though, he sometimes is inconsistent, with the human side of Venom feeling saddened by his actions. Though he likes to stop the perpetrators, he is much more concerned about protecting the victims of crime. This has been used against him, as some of his opponents know he will let them escape in order to rescue an innocent civilian.

Brock's father didn't provide him with the affection he desired, so he is totally devoted to his wife Anne, even after their divorce. He tries to rekindle their relationship up until her suicide, which leaves him devastated. At one point, he tries to start a new relationship, but cuts it off because it is "too dangerous" to romantically commit himself. Upon his entry into hospital life, Brock becomes depressed while trying to fend off his murderous side. After murdering a nurse and almost attacking Peter Parker's aunt, he becomes overwhelmed by remorse and he is able to take control.

Powers and abilities

Main article: Symbiote (comics)

The symbiote provides Eddie Brock with various abilities similar to Spider-man, its former host, including superhuman strength, agility, and reflexes, webbing creation, and the ability to adhere to walls. A symbiote, in Marvel Comics ' fictional universe is a living sentient alien organism that bonds with other living organisms in order to survive It does not inherit the "Spider-sense", but it does allow him to bypass Spider-man's own senses. Spider-Man's powers abilities and equipment are used by Marvel Comics Superhero Spider-Man in tandem to combat his many foes Due to Eddie Brock's muscular physique and natural physical strength from weight-training, his strength as Venom is superior to Spider-man's, though he lacks Spider-man's speed and reflexes. Venom's webbing is very similar to that of Spider-man, albeit from the back of the host's hand instead of the wrist. The webbing is created from the symbiote itself, so it is much stronger. This also creates an upper limit for the webbing, as overuse can slightly weaken the symbiote. It can also create tentacles and tendrils to grab enemies as well as webbing.

Venom's body is highly resistant to physical injury, and it can help its host survive in hostile environments by filtering air. It can also heal any injury or illness Brock suffers much more quickly than human medical care. The symbiote is very susceptible to high-pitched sonic frequencies and fire. The Venom symbiote contains a small 'dimensional aperture', allowing Brock to carry items without adding mass to the costume, and it is able to transform to mimic any human or become camouflaged with its surroundings. The symbiote shares all of its knowledge with Brock, and projects its own desires into his mind. It is also capable of psychically detecting its offspring; however, this ability can be blocked.

Other versions

Main article: Venom (comics)

Within the What If comic series, Venom is killed by the Punisher in the What If? The Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe. Venom is a Fictional character, a symbiote life form in the Marvel Comics universe. What If, sometimes rendered as What If?, is the title of several Comic book series published by Marvel Comics, exploring "the In the What If? Spider-Man Had Kept His Cosmic Powers story, Venom is easily beaten by Spider-man with his Captain Universe powers, and is forced to surrender to him. Captain Universe is a disembodied Superhero in Marvel Comics ' universe who was created by Bill Mantlo, and first appeared in Micronauts Venom later focuses on becoming a hero, his new arch-enemy becoming the Hobgoblin, who had his face accidentally turned into replica's of Peter Parker's face by Spider-man. The symbiote eventually loses its attraction to Spider-Man, telling Eddie Brock that Spider-man "wasn't the same man anymore. " In Marvel Zombies series, Brock and Venom are easily killed by the zombie Spider-man. Marvel Zombies is a five-issue Limited series published from December 2005 to April 2006 by Marvel Comics.

Ultimate Venom

Ultimate Venom in as he appears in the end of the Venom story arc; Eddie Brock, Jr. having bonded with 'The Suit'. Art by Mark Bagley. Mark Bagley (born August 7, 1957) is an American Comic book artist

In Ultimate Spider-Man, Eddie Brock Jr. Ultimate Spider-Man is a Superhero Comic book series published by Marvel Comics. is Peter Parker's closest childhood friend. The Venom symbiote is a genetically-engineered protoplasmic "suit" designed by Peter's and Eddie's fathers as a medical tool to help cure cancer. Both scientists are killed, so Eddie continues the research. After Peter accidentally bonds with a sample, he is almost driven to murder, so he destroys it. Eddie is furious after learning of Peter's actions, so he also bonds with a sample. It manages to take over Eddie, transforming him into the large, strong, power-hungry, symbiotic monster known as Venom. He attacks Peter at his school, but eventually leaves after being electrocuted. He returns in Ultimates 3, attacking the Ultimates at their mansion looking for an unknown female. The Ultimates are a fictional group of Superheroes that appear in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is eventually repelled by the group.

In the Ultimate Spider-Man video game, which was intended to be canon^[21], the suit causes Eddie great pain. Ultimate Spider-Man is a Video game based on the Comic book of the same name by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley To alieve this pain, he consumes humans to sustain his life. He eventually learns that Peter Parker still has particles of the suit in his blood that want to rejoin with the main suit, causing Venom great pain and Peter's overloaded Spider-Sense. He eventually absorbs the particles, which completes the suit, relieving him of his pain and causing the suit to develop the white spider symbol on his chest. He then murders Bolivar Trask as revenge for his parents’ demise. Bolivar Trask is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe.

His powers are similar to the mainstream Venom's, excepting that this Venom is not immune to Spider-Man's "spider sense. " He does, however, overload it, incapacitating Spider-Man. He also lacks chameleonic powers and psychic abilities. He also lacks the weaknesses to fire and sonics; instead he bears a weakness to electricity. In the video game, he is able to absorb the life force of humans in order to sustain his own.

In other media

Television

Venom appears in several of the Spider-man cartoon series. In Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Eddie Brock, voiced by Hank Azaria, joins with the symbiote and attempts to torment Spider-Man. Spider-Man (also known as Spider-Man The Animated Series) is an American Animated television series featuring the Hank Albert Azaria (born April 25 1964 is an American Film and Television Actor, director, Comedian and voice artist Venom eventually helps Spider-Man and Iron Man defeat Dormammu, but ends up being sucked into a portal, as he saves a woman from Carnage. Iron Man is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dormammu is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. In the later series, Spider-Man Unlimited, Venom is voiced by Brian Drummond. Spider-Man Unlimited is a short lived Animated series featuring the Marvel Comic book Superhero Spider-Man. Brian Drummond (born August 10, 1969) is a Canadian Actor. He also serves on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban He and Carnage attempt to conquer Counter-Earth with an invasion of symbiotes. In the Fictional Marvel Universe, the hypothetical planet known as Counter-Earth has thrice been created each time as a near-duplicate of Earth Eddie Brock appears The Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced by Ben Diskin. The Spectacular Spider-Man (entitled The Spectacular Spider-Man Benjamin Diskin (born August 25, 1982) in Los Angeles County California) is an American voice actor He is a close friend of Peter, who is greatly interested in science. He begins to develop a hatred for Peter and Spider-man over time, and eventually becomes Venom and learns that Peter is Spider-man.

Film

Venom lunges at Spider-Man. Spider-Man is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Venom's first appearance in a motion picture was originally planned for a titular film written by David S. Goyer and produced by New Line Cinema, in which Venom would have been portrayed as an anti-hero, and Carnage as the antagonist. David Samuel Goyer (born December 22 1965) is an American Screenwriter, Film director and Comic book writer New Line Cinema, founded in 1967 is one of the major American Film studios Though it initially began as an independent film studio it became a Carnage is a Fictional character that appears in the Comic books published by Marvel Comics. An antagonist (from Greek ανταγωνιστής - antagonistes, "opponent competitor rival" is a character or Goyer said in an interview the film rights to Venom ultimately reverted to Sony. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with ^[22] Producer and former Marvel Comics executive Avi Arad said in an interview that he plans to produce a Venom movie, although it is currently unknown if Topher Grace will reprise his role. Avi Arad (אבי ארד is an Israeli American Businessman. He became the CEO of the company Toy Biz in the 1990s and Christopher John "Topher" Grace (born July 12, 1978) is an American Actor, best known for playing the lead role of Eric Forman ^[23] Marvel is moving forward with the film, and the studio has met with several "A list" writers about it. ^[24] Venom later appears in the 2007 feature film Spider-Man 3, played by Topher Grace. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. For the video game based on the film see Spider-Man 3 (video game. Christopher John "Topher" Grace (born July 12, 1978) is an American Actor, best known for playing the lead role of Eric Forman Eddie Brock Jr. is humiliated by Peter Parker after he reveals that Eddie sold Peter's photos as his own. After being fired, he travels to a church to pray for revenge. At the same time, Peter removes the symbiote from himself, and it bonds with Eddie. He attempts to take revenge with his new powers, but he and the symbiote are eventually caught in an explosion.

Video games

Venom is a playable character and boss character in a number of video games. He is a main character in Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage and Spider-Man and Venom: Separation Anxiety. Spider-Man and Venom Maximum Carnage is a scrolling fighting game for the Super NES and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, developed by Software Ultimate Venom is a main character in Ultimate Spider-Man. Ultimate Spider-Man is a Video game based on the Comic book of the same name by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley He is one of the playable characters in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes,Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects,and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

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