Venom (Marvel)



""We are Venom, because we are like poison to you Spider-Man!""

- ~Venom

""Never wound... what you can't kill!""

- ~Venom

Venom is a villain from the Spider-Man comics and media.

After Spider-man got rid of the alien symbiote that infected his life, it attached itself to Eddie Brock, a frustrated reporter who had a grudge against Spider-man. They became Venom, and as both hated Spider-man, sought to destroy every aspect of his life. Venom had gained all the powers and knowledge of Spidey, only enhanced. The symbiote also granted him the powers of minor shape-shifting. Venom also has sharp teeth and claws, which are powerful enough to shred metal. Due to his duel personalities and beings, Venom speaks in the plural third-person, saying "we" instead of "I".

One of the odd things about Venom was that he was more of an anti-villain, as he thought that he was the hero and Spider-man the villain in his battle against him. Venom thus spent some of his time as a crime-fighting vigilante, calling himself "Lethal Protector".

When the Venom symbiote's spawn, Carnage, came onto the scene, Venom was forced to team-up with Spider-man in order to beat Carnage, who neither of them could defeat alone.

Eventually, Eddie was infected with cancer, and sold the Venom suit to Mac Gargan, who became the new and current Venom.

Venom appeared in Spider-man 3 as well as Spider-man: The Animated Series and The Spectacular Spider-man TV series.