Eddie Brock
| Venom (Eddie Brock) | |
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| File:VenomSBHImage.jpg Venom drawn by Steven Butler. | |
| 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;
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Venom is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the Arch-enemy of Spider-Man. The character was created by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane in Web of Spider-Man #18 . 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. 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 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 character has appeared in several Spider-Man related media, such as animated series and video games. Most recently, Eddie Brock and Venom appeared in the feature film, Spider-Man 3 in which he is played by Topher Grace.
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. 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 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.
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. 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. 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]
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. Artists Mike Zeck and Rick Leonardi, as well as others, designed the black-and-white costume. 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. 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.[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. 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.[citation needed] Regardless of the issues surrounding his creation, Venom was created under a work for hire contract and Marvel owns all rights to the character.
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. 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. 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
Born in San Francisco, Edward Allan Charles Brock was raised in a Roman Catholic upbringing by a cold and unloving father who blamed him for his wife's death in childbirth. Though he desperately sought his father's approval and excelled in many subjects, particularly athletics, his father's response was always in the form of half-hearted encouragements. After reading a newspaper article on the Watergate scandal in college, Brock quit athletics and switched his major to journalism.
Upon graduating, he moved to New York City and obtained a job at the Daily Globe, a rival of the Daily Bugle. He proved himself to be highly talented, though even this could not get his father's approval.[7] At some point in his career, he married Anne Weying. She was apparently attracted by his wit and gentility, traits he had always hidden from his father.
Bonding with the symbiote
Brock's life takes a turn for the worse when he is diagnosed with cancer and is told by his doctor that he does not have long to live. Hoping to make the best of his last days and take his mind off the cancer, Brock buries himself in his work. He begins to investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a serial killer nicknamed the Sin-Eater, and surprisingly finds someone actually confessing to the murders. Brock interviews the man and The Globe's popularity soars. However, with the authorities pressing for a suspect, he is forced to reveal his subject's identity. To his horror, it turns out that Spider-Man had caught the real killer and the man he had been interviewing was nothing more than a compulsive confessor. 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. Now with his fear of the cancer growing, Brock resumes his passion for athletics through weight training to reduce stress. Though his body grows to near-Olympic standards, his anger and depression remained. Tiring of her husband's incessant brooding, Anne divorces him. With both his professional and personal life shattered, Brock contemplates suicide and goes to Our Lady of Saints Church where he prays to God for forgiveness, unaware the symbiote Spider-Man had discarded is waiting for him.
Attracted by the adrenaline caused by his cancer, the symbiote bonds with Brock, feeding off the cancer and keeping him alive. It also gives him superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, agility, an ability to cling to any surface, and web spinning; all powers that it received from Spider-Man. Grateful for the power it gave him and for stopping the cancer from killing him, Brock accepts the symbiote. However, he knows that the symbiote thinks of him as a second rate meal compared to Spider-Man and thus Brock turns the wallcrawler into his personal demon, knowing that as long as he lives, there is a chance he will accept the symbiote back, leaving Brock to die. The symbiote takes advantage of Brock's hatred, since it is still angry at Spider-Man for rejecting it. The symbiote imparts him with the knowledge of Spider-Man's secret identity, and Brock names himself "Venom" ("For that's what I'm paid to spew out these days") and torments Spider-Man and his family.[8]
Progeny
Venom is subdued and incarcerated when the plague-spreading supervillain, Styx, renders the symbiote unconscious.[9]The symbiote finds and bonds with Brock, aiding in his escape. During the escape, the symbiote reproduces, and its offspring bonds to Brock's cellmate Cletus Kasady, creating Carnage. He is also hired to take down the hero Quasar, but is defeated.
Venom later abducts Spider-Man, and takes him to a remote island. Spider-Man fakes his death to convince Venom that his vendetta is over, and Venom resigns himself to life on the island.[10]Venom's "retirement" ends when Spider-Man, unable to defeat Carnage, returns to enlist Venom's aid.[11] In the 1993 Spider-Man crossover storyline "Maximum Carnage", Venom teams up with Spider-Man and a number of other heroes to defeat Carnage when he and a team of powerful supervillains take over New York City. His willingness to kill the villains causes a deep rift with many of his allies, who only wish to subdue them.
Having made peace with Spider-Man after he rescued Brock's ex-wife, Venom moves back to Brock's hometown of San Francisco, where he acts as the protector of an underground society descended from survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Venom continues his mission of protecting innocent people, though he made mistakes along the way. For example, he believes he is killing a corrupt businessman but instead accidentally slays a cleaning lady who is enjoying a break in her boss' chair. Venom also works to protect the underground society from exploitation on the part of business concerns who cared nothing about killing. Also, during this time, he has a brief relationship with a woman named Beck. This lady and several other members of the society under his protection are taken hostage by alien-afflicted mercenaries known as 'Stalkers'. Venom teams up with the mystical antihero known as Vengeance in a rescue attempt. Most of the hostages escape before Venom and his ally have to personally fight to save Beck and another woman who had feelings for Brock.
His career as a lethal protector is cut short when the Spider-Man clone Ben Reilly hunts him down and separates Brock from the symbiote after an intense battle.
Five other spawns of Venom are created by the Life Foundation, to act as "super-cops" for its planned fallout shelter society. Due to his past experiences with Carnage, Venom assumes the rest of his progeny (the Life Foundation symbiotes Scream, Lasher, Riot, Phage, and Agony) would turn out the same way, and thus should be destroyed. However, the Life Foundation symbiotes were afraid of becoming like Carnage, and instead wanted Venom's help controlling their symbiotes so they could use them for good. Even though the Life Foundation symbiotes rescue him from imprisonment, Brock refuses to help them and Scream goes insane and kills them (Venom: Separation Anxiety #4). When Scream later reforms, she helps Venom several times. The remains of the other four symbiotes merge to form Hybrid, who considers Venom a threat.
Planet of the Symbiotes
For a while, Brock begins to doubt the nobility of his cause and temporarily abandons his alien other. The telepathically projected grief of the symbiote attracts a scouting party of other members of its own species which begins possessing people and forcing them to steal the material needed to create a portal to their home world. When the portal opens, the symbiotes invade New York, taking over the bodies of civilians and superheroes alike. Brock rejoins with the Venom symbiote to assist Spider-Man and Ben Reilly in fighting the other symbiotes. Venom convinces the heroes to distract the symbiotes while he concentrates on creating a "psychic scream" that would render the invaders unconscious. To Spider-Man and Ben's horror, however, the attack actually kills every alien symbiote on the planet.
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. Carnage is called as a witness, but he overcomes his own inhibitor and attacks. Venom, Spider-Man, and Daredevil team up and subdue Carnage. 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].
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.
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.
The Carnage symbiote gives birth to the Toxin symbiote. 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
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. 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. When Peter Parker unmasks himself publicly as Spider-Man, Brock is among the millions of witnesses. He is shown in the hospital, rapidly succumbing physically to his cancer and experiencing hallucinations of the symbiote, representing his dark side. He spots Mary Jane Watson Parker watching over Aunt May, who has been seriously wounded by a bullet. 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.
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
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. It does not inherit the "Spider-sense", but it does allow him to bypass Spider-man's own senses. 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 greatly weaken the symbiote. It can also create tentacles and tendrils to grab enemies instead of 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
Within the What If comic series, Venom is killed by the Punisher in the What If? The Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe. 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. 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.
Ultimate Venom
In Ultimate Spider-Man, Eddie Brock Jr. 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. 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. To alive 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 spier symbol on his chest. He then murders Boliviar Trask as revenge for his parents’ demise.
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 is an reporter is humiliated by Spider-man and comes into contact with the symbiote after Spider-man removes it. It came to Earth after moon-based exploration and merged with Spider-man until he forcefully removed it. As he attempts to torment Spider-man, he is able to send the symbiote back into space, but Dormammu returns it to Earth. He eventually helps Spider-Man and Iron Man defeat Dormammu, but ends up being sucked into a portal, as he saves Ashley from Carnage. He is voiced by Hank Azaria.
In Spider-Man Unlimited, Venom is voiced by Brian Drummond. He and Carnage attempt to conquer Counter-Earth with an invasion of symbiotes. Eddie Brock appears 'The Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced by Ben Diskin. 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 he will become Venom at the end of the first season.
Eddie Brock appears in The Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced by Ben Diskin. He will become Venom at the end of the first season. Eddie Brock is presented as Peter's oldest friend, who has fallen out with Peter after Peter said he was supposedly going home whilst his friends helped Doctor Connors who recently was transformed into the Lizard. Instead Peter tried to snap a picture of the Lizard for the Bugle's competition while stopping the Lizard at the same time as Spider-man. When Eddie sees Peter's picture of the Lizard in the paper he bares a small grudge against him and has trouble forgiving him which lines it up for Venom very well. He gains another grudge when Peter is seen with Mary Jane Watson rather than the heartbroken Gwen Stacy. He also gains a hatred for Spider-Man when it appears that he has stolen the Symbiote from Connor's lab, he also permanently severs his friendship with Peter when realizing Peter took pictues despite being told not to go and didn't call the police. Eddie attempts revenge on Peter by dating Mary Jane, nearly getting her hurt by driving his motorcycle foolishly in traffic. She rejects him stating that while Peter isn't perfect, "he's twice the man you'll ever be".
Film
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. Goyer said in an interview the film rights to Venom ultimately reverted to Sony.[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.[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. 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. Ultimate Venom is a main character in Ultimate Spider-Man. He is one of the playable characters in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, and Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.
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