- NOTE: This article is about the symbiote part of Venom from the Venom film trilogy, and not Eddie Brock, as he is not portrayed as a villain.
| “ | Eddie Brock: Oh, again? You're gonna get me killed. Venom: You die, I die. Eddie Brock: Yeah, well, you can always just shed my carcass and exchange it for another one whenever you need. Venom: Why would I do that? You are far too good of a match to throw away so soon. Plus, I'm starting to like you. You and I are not so different. Eddie Brock: Thank you. Okay. Here's your evidence. |
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| ~ Eddie and Venom when they break into Eddie's former workplace. |
| “ | You come in here again- In fact, you go anywhere in this city, preying on innocent people and we will find you. And eat both your arms and then both of your legs and then we will eat your face right off your head, do you understand? Yes, so you will be this armless, legless, faceless thing, won't you, rolling down the street like a turd in the wind? Do you feel me? | „ |
| ~ Venom threatening the convenience store robber. |
| “ | WE... are Venom. | „ |
| ~ Eddie Brock and Venom's most famous quote. |
Venom is one of the two titular main protagonists (alongside Eddie Brock) of the superhero film trilogy of the same name within Sony's Spider-Man Universe and a minor character in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home.
He was an alien symbiote who bonded with investigative journalist, Eddie Brock, whom he forms a co-inhabiting partnership with, eventually becoming his best friend and sidekick. By using Venom's superhuman strength and durability as well as Eddie's intellect and moral conscience, they elect to help those in need by fighting against criminals and supervillains while also satisfying Venom's hunger for human flesh.
He is voiced and motion-captured by Tom Hardy, who also played Shinzon in Star Trek: Nemesis, Charles Bronson in Bronson, Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, Alfie Solomons in Peaky Blinders and John Fitzgerald in The Revenant.
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What is the origin of the Venom symbiote in Sony's Spider-Man Universe?
The Venom symbiote in Sony's Spider-Man Universe is a parasitic species from the planet Klyntar. It was initially brought to Earth and bonded with Peter Parker, Spider-Man. However, due to Venom's villainous influence, Parker discarded it. This led to Venom bonding with Eddie Brock, a disgruntled employee of The Daily Bugle. Additionally, Doctor Octopus created a version of Venom using Peter Parker's DNA, which represented the most dangerous aspects of Peter's personality.
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How does Venom bond with Eddie Brock in the 2018 film?
In the 2018 film, Eddie Brock becomes the super-villain Venom after bonding with the Venom symbiote. This bond endows him with enhanced powers, surpassing those of Spider-Man, and includes the ability to shapeshift. The symbiote-infected Brock adopts a plural first-person reference, using 'We' instead of 'I'.
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What role does Venom play in the 2021 film Spider-Man: No Way Home?
Venom's role in Spider-Man: No Way Home is minimal. He isn't transported to New York, Queens, in the MCU and doesn't encounter MCU Spider-Man. A fragment of the Venom symbiote remains when Venom and Eddie return to their universe, hinting at a possible future interaction with Peter. Initially, Venom was intended to have a more substantial role, potentially battling the three Spider-Men.
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Is Venom portrayed as a villain or a protagonist in the Venom film trilogy?
Venom, a notable character in the Spider-Man franchise, is frequently depicted as a villain, holding the position of Spider-Man's third arch-nemesis. His antagonistic role is prominent in various media, including Spider-Man#300 and Spider-Man (2017) season three. In the Sam Raimi Spider-Man film series, Venom's villainous persona is also emphasized. Contrarily, in the Venom film trilogy, Venom takes on the role of the protagonist.
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How does the relationship between Venom and Eddie Brock evolve throughout the trilogy?
Venom and Eddie Brock's relationship develops from a symbiotic bond to a complex alliance. The symbiote initially bonds with Eddie, turning him into the super-villain Venom, with enhanced powers like Spider-Man, including shapeshifting. The symbiote-infected Eddie refers to themselves as 'We', indicating a shared identity. Despite conflicts and separations, Eddie tries to rebond with Venom. Even after their demise in an explosion, Venom maintains that Eddie Brock is a minor part of their shared entity.
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Personality[]
The Venom symbiote was originally a malicious and controlling being that worked for Riot in wreaking havoc and conquering planets with life with their current target being Earth. His controlling side best displayed through their early interactions with Eddie and how he caused his host troubles. He also enjoys combat and bloodshed, and has a sadistic sense of humor to boot, a trait that he retained even after befriending Eddie.
Even so, Venom is not without positive qualities, as through his time with Eddie, he grew to appreciate humanity and developed a soft spot for his host and Anne; even agreeing with Eddie that they should only kill criminals instead of innocent people. In contrast to Riot who treated his hosts as disposable battery, Venom cares for Eddie over time in spite of initially for his own survival. This was shown where the symbiote frantically plead to Eddie that he will fix the organs he just feed on and later, leaving Anne unharmed from his possession on her as they join forces to save Eddie from being killed by Drake's mercenaries (though Anne was nevertheless left horrified from Venom eating their heads through her). Venom also had an insecure side, as when telling Eddie how he had a change of heart, he told the man how he was treated like a loser and sees much of himself in Eddie, which eventually allow him to stand up against Riot by the climax of the film.
In Venom: Let There be Carnage, Venom has gotten adjusted to being bonded with Eddie and becoming an anti-hero. He also seems to have become more civil and cheery, as he is seen cooking breakfast while singing and he says hello to Mrs. Cheng as Eddie enters her store while waving a tentacle.
In Venom: The Last Dance, it has been one year since he has bonded with Eddie. However, when they arrive in their universe they find that they have been convicted of killing Officer Patrick Mulligan and are accused of several more crimes related to their vigilantism. During this time, Venom bonds even closer with Eddie and retains his cheerful personality found at the end of the second movie, such as when he sings "Space Oddity" with Martin's family.
Appearance[]
Venom's appearance is mostly similar to that of his comic book counterpart, being a large monstrous-looking creature made of black liquefied slime with eyes that have a white outline, a long tongue, a mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth, a muscular physique, white veins all over his body and hands with sharp claws. Unlike his comic book counterpart, he has no spider logo on his chest.
Other Media[]
Venom (Comic)[]
In September 14, 2018 Venom appears in the comic of the same name for the film.
Venom Unleashed[]
In Venom Unleashed, Venom is the titular playable character.
Feed the Beast[]
In Feed the Beast, Venom is walking and hiding in Eddie Brock's apartment, while trying to a catch food products.
Fortnite[]
Venom appears in Fortnite, in the Venom pack/Symbiotes Set with Eddie in the Selectable Styles, that can be purchased in the Item Shop for 2,000 V-Bucks or with the Venom Bundle for 2,800 V-Bucks. Eddie Brock was first released in Chapter 2: Season 8 and is part of the Set.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Klynthar Physiology: Venom is a symbiote, a race of parasitic goo-like alien lifeforms that can possess a living being upon physical contact and endow them superhuman abilities including enhanced strength, speed, durability, healing factor, shapeshifting, and construct creation. While he is capable of seemingly suppressing a host's mind and use their bodies as if it were his own, he is able to almost meld minds with them and work collectively with them while sharing the same body. Eddie Brock himself on the other hand, lacked notable superhuman abilities of his own, but thanks to his compatibility with Venom, the alien symbiote who merged with his body, he gained the access for all powers and abilities Venom endowed to him.
- Possession/Symbiotic Enhancement: Being a symbiote, Venom can possesses any living beings upon physical contact with them, passing into their flesh as if intangible and taking full control of their bodies. Once inside the host, Venom is able to enhance their physical abilities to inhuman levels, allowing them to overpower other humans with ease and heal from severe injuries such as broken bones and damaged tissue in seconds. Venom displayed that it can suppress its host's mind to fully control their bodies should they reject him. Should they accept it, both it and them can able to almost meld minds with them and work collectively with them while sharing the same body as demonstrated through the teamwork with Eddie. The abilities it can use while bonded with a host, as well as how good its host exploit them for their advantage, is fueled by the compatibility to each other.
- Shapeshifting: Being a Klynthar, Venom possesses the ability to change both shape and appearance of his very form as well as fashion part of its very being into weapons and constructs.
- Symbiotic Costume: The symbiote can envelop the host's body to form its own that akin to a sentient, malleable but durable suit complete with eyes, claws and a mouth with powerful jaws and sharp teeth while increasing in mass, turning him into powerful opponent.
- Construct Creation: As stated before, Venom can fashion parts of his very being and that of host into weapon such as talons, web-like tendrils, shields, and as shown in climax of the film, using most of its biomass into a parachute/shield to both slow the descend and protection from harm. Venom's mastery over this ability notably pales in comparison to other more powerful symbiote’s such as Riot and Carnage, as most of his constructs are still malleable and he has yet to demonstrate being able to create more solid and detachable ones, such as blades.
- Superhuman Intelligence: As a symbiote, Venom possesses greater intelligence than most species on earth. Venom can speak English, Mandarin, and Japanese. He also possesses a photographic memory as seen by how he was able to recreate the drawings from Cletus Kasady's prison cell just from some glimpses, He also withholds 80-billion-light-years of hive-knowledge that expands across the Multiverse, which is also shared with all other members of his species. Notably, when transported to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Venom instantly recognizes the local Spider-Man despite having never crossed paths with his reality's Spider-Man, most likely from at least one symbiote from the multiverse having encountered Spider-Man before.
- Superhuman Strength: Venom can give the host tremendous superhuman strength; enabling the host easily to overpower, lift, toss and kill others (as Eddie easily took out multiple Life Foundation guards by himself). The symbiote is able to exert immense physical force; their strikes can easily break various metals, and send objects and people flying at high speed and force. Venom can easily bend, rip and tear metal frames, and send doors flying off of their hinges with a single strike.
- Superhuman Leap: By having Venom increasing the strength of his leg muscles, Eddie can leap superhumanly high at will.
- Superhuman Durability: Due to Venom's presence inside him, Eddie's bodily tissue becomes substantially harder than normal human, which increased to maximum level by forming black, slimy armor around him. His durability is further increased upon forming his hulking body over his host's.
- Superhuman Speed: Venom's enhancement on his muscles also enable Eddie to move faster than regular humans can keep up. A testament of this best displayed throughout his ability to dodge bullets and catch a tear gas that was fired from him.
- Superhuman Agility: Venom's ability to amplify his host's physicality allow him to increase dexterity and mobility to inhuman levels, to the point where Eddie was able climb to the top of a tree in mere seconds. While manifesting his full body over Eddie, Venom demonstrated acrobatic and gymnastic capabilities despite his burly and hulking frame, being able to move on all fours with ease, charge up the side's of buildings,
- Regenerative Healing Factor: In addition of muscular enhancements and increase of bodily tissue's durability, Venom's presence in Eddie's body enable him to quickly regenerate from the most severe of injuries in mere seconds, from ruptured organs to broken bones. This allowed Brock to almost instantly recover from being hit by a van and having much of his body broken, as well as bring him back from the brink of death after he had been impaled by Riot. Even without a host, Venom can regenerate himself even from smallest bit of his very being provided that he has enough nourishment to so, as seen when the symbiote recovered some time after sacrificing most part of himself to protect Eddie.
- Symbiote Hive Mind: According to Venom, all the symbiotes including himself are connected through a hive mind that extends across many universes thus enabling him to experience what the others do and subsequently use the knowledge from the same experience to his advantage. Because of such quirk proved too much for their host to handle, Venom was understandably hesitant to share it to Eddie and that he could endow a fraction of it under the symbiote's discretion.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Knull - Creator, father
- Riot † - Brother
- Carnage † - Son, second archenemy, Attempted Killer, and Victim
- Toxin † - Grandson
- Flicker † - Brother
- Phage † - Brother
- Lasher † - Sister
- Rascal † - Brother
- Agony - Sister
- Xenophages - sisters
Friends/Allies[]
- Maria † - Former Host
- Eddie Brock - Host and Best Friend
- Anne Weying
- Dan Lewis
- Mrs. Chen
- Dr. Payne
- Dr. Sadie
- Patrick Mulligan/Toxin †
- Martin and his family
- Toxin †
- Flicker †
- Phage †
- Lasher †
- Rascal †
- Agony
Enemies[]
- Life Foundation
- Carlton Drake/Riot (archenemy) † - Victims
- Roland Treece † - Victim
- Shakedown Thug † - Victim
- Cletus Kasady/Carnage † - Victims
- Patrick Mulligan/Toxin † - for their side (formerly)
- Frances Barrison/Shriek † - Indirect Victim
- Rex Strickland † - Former enemy, head of the (now) decommissioned Area 51
- Dog-Fighting Gang Members † - Victims
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- Knull - Creator, father
- Xenophages - Sisters, Archenemies, Attempted Killer and Victims
Quotes[]
Venom[]
| “ | Parasite!? | „ |
| ~ Venom's response when being called a Parasite. |
| “ | Eyes, lungs, pancreas. So many snacks, so little time. | „ |
| ~ Venom's most famous quote, saying while looking at Roland Treece. |
| “ | Eddie: What the hell are you? Venom: I am Venom, and you are mine. Eddie: You bit somebody's' head off... Venom: Fuel in the tank. Listen closely, Eddie. You did not find us, we found you. Think of yourself as my ride. Eddie: Where are you going? Venom: We need Carlton Drake's rocket. You remember him? Eddie: How did you know about that? Venom: I know everything, Eddie. Eddie: You know? Venom: Everything about you. Eddie: How? Venom: I am inside your head. You are a loser, Eddie. Eddie: You're gonna eat somebody else? Venom: Most likely. Eddie: Oh god... Venom: That is why we are here, cooperate and you might just survive. That is the deal. |
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| ~ Venom introduces himself to Eddie. |
| “ | Eddie: Damn it! What the hell happened there?! We just left Anne! Venom: It is not safe for her. If we do not stop Riot, he will come back here with millions more of my kind. Eddie: Millions? What? You were gonna... You were gonna take the rocket and come back with an invasion force, and then what were you gonna do? Were you gonna feed on the whole planet? Venom: Yes! But it is different now, Eddie. I have decided to stay. Eddie: Woah Venom: On my planet, I am kind of a loser, like you. But here, we could be more. Eddie: Excuse me? Venom: And I am getting to like it here. Eddie: Oh, you like this now, do you huh? Venom: However, there will be nothing to like if we do not stop that rocket. Eddie: Oh, I see. Great! When it comes to being completely annihilated, then it's back to we. Venom: It is we. Like it or not, it's gonna take both of us. Eddie: Cut the bulls**t, what really made you change your mind? Venom: You. You did, Eddie. |
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| ~ Eddie and Venom prepare to fight Riot. |
| “ | SWAT: HANDS!!! ON THE GROUND NOW!! Eddie: Guys. You do not want to do this. Trust me. SWAT: MASK!!! Other SWAT: Copy! Eddie: Alright. Have it your way. Mask! Venom: Copy! |
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| ~ Eddie and the SWAT team before Venom takes over and fights them. |
| “ | Eddie: You can take this guy, right? Venom: He has got s**t you have never seen! Eddie: What does that mean? What are our chances? Venom: Mm. Pretty much zero. Eddie: F**k it, let's go save the planet. |
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| ~ Eddie and Venom on their luck against Riot. |
| “ | Venom: Jump! [Eddie press the elevator button] Pussy... | „ |
| ~ Venom insult Eddie when Eddie takes the elevator than jumping out of the window. |
| “ | Venom: Parasite?! Eddie: Yeah. It's a term of endearment, that's all. Venom: Apologize! Eddie: No. Venom: Apologize!!! Eddie: All right, fine. I'm sorry. So, what do you want to do now? Venom: The way I see it, we can do whatever we want. |
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| ~ Eddie and Venom before the ending credits. |
Venom: Let There Be Carnage[]
| “ | Venom: I shall remove your head! Eddie: No, you won't! Venom: I will use it for bowling! Eddie: No, you will not! Venom: I will take it to... what is the one that we like, Eddie? Eddie: It's Lucky Strike! Put him down! Venom: Yeah, Lucky Strike! I will take it to Lucky Strike, and I will score a 300-point game! Eddie: You won't! Venom: The rest of your puny little boy body will be left here, rolling around in dumpster juice! Eddie: Oh, god... |
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| ~ Venom threatens a mugger, much to Eddie's protests. |
| “ | Eddie:: No, y-you don't- you don't understand what I'm talking about, okay, this is about me wanting to live without you whining in my ear all the time about eating bad guys or, like, nagging me about Anne, or destroying my place, or destroying my LIFE! Venom: Do you know how lucky you are that I chose you? Eddie: You chose me? Buddy, I'm the only person that took you in when your friends kicked you off the planet Ming-Mong, 'cause you are a reject! You are a pariah! "Lethal Protection", my ass, you couldn't protect anything! You are useless! You couldn't get a job down here cleaning toilets! Venom: I'm sorry! I-I don't know what came over me, here, please, let me fix it... So I can break it again! |
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| ~ Eddie and Venom during their argument. |
| “ | [Venom then transfers himself onto a nearby cyclist] Eddie: No, no no! I WISH I NEVER MET YOU!!! Venom: (forming a middle finger) SAYONARA! |
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| ~ Eddie and Venom after their argument testing their friendship. |
| “ | He did not taste good. | „ |
| ~ Venom after devouring Carnage. |
| “ | F-ck this guy! | „ |
| ~ Venom before eating Cletus Kasady. |
| “ | Venom: Eddie was wrong! He kept me hidden because he was ashamed! But look at me now! You love me, and I'm free! Stop this cruel treatment of aliens! It is wrong! All of us should be able to live together upon this ball of rock! Free to be who we've been! Random audience member: I LOVE YOU! Venom: I love you too! Yeah! Lethal Protector, out! |
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| ~ Venom makes a speech at a rave. |
Venom: The Last Dance[]
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Trivia[]
- A running gag in the movie is Venom does not like being called a "parasite", even if it is by Eddie (as they are arguing with this at the end of the film). He likely considers it a racist term, although he was fine with Eddie calling him that, after Anne told him that she was getting married.
- However, a parasite is a mindless creature that swaps any host in order to survive, while a Symbiote's bond benefits both the host and the symbiote. It is most likely Venom felt Eddie was ungrateful for his possession and the benefits endowed to him because of it.
- In the comic, the symbiote's best way of attaining nourishment is in phenethylamine, a chemical that stimulates the brain in humans. This is required by symbiotes of Venom's species, however it can also find in chocolate, which Venom asks Eddie for.
- It was also shown that Venom did like Anne and care about her; this could be one of the reasons why Venom didn't kill her while re-swapping into Eddie (which is weird as a symbiote would have to kill its host if he/she wasn't suitable to their nature or when swapping to another host).
- It is implied that Venom may want a romantic relationship with Anne. After fighting with the SWAT team, when Anne asked Eddie to go to the hospital while the latter didn't want to do so, Venom suggested to Eddie to get in the car because he "likes" her. Another piece of evidence was after the battle with Riot, a surviving Venom tells Eddie that Anne doesn't know they are going to steal her back.
- The kiss actually is a nod of The Venom Kiss, which is memorable as Thanos kissing a Venom-ized Death.
- It is implied that Venom may want a romantic relationship with Anne. After fighting with the SWAT team, when Anne asked Eddie to go to the hospital while the latter didn't want to do so, Venom suggested to Eddie to get in the car because he "likes" her. Another piece of evidence was after the battle with Riot, a surviving Venom tells Eddie that Anne doesn't know they are going to steal her back.
- This is the second live-action cinematic incarnation of Venom, the first being Topher Grace's portrayal.
- Ironically, while Topher Grace's portrayal was disliked by the fans, Hardy's portrayal had received more critical acclaim. Also, Topher's Eddie Brock was shown to like being evil, which doesn't fit the original comic book's counterpart; Hardy's Brock was more fit to Venom's anti-hero/anti-villain side, and the appearance and personality are more fit to the comic's counterpart.
- For the same reasons, Topher Grace himself greatly approved Hardy's portrayal of the character.
- Ironically, while Topher Grace's portrayal was disliked by the fans, Hardy's portrayal had received more critical acclaim. Also, Topher's Eddie Brock was shown to like being evil, which doesn't fit the original comic book's counterpart; Hardy's Brock was more fit to Venom's anti-hero/anti-villain side, and the appearance and personality are more fit to the comic's counterpart.
- The notable difference between Tom Hardy's Venom and his comic's counterpart are that both Eddie and the symbiote never met Spider-Man, which explained why Venom lacks the symbol on his chest. Also, Hardy's Venom is not biologically related with Riot, the symbiote antagonist in the movie.
- Although, when Venom healed Eddie after Riot stab the latter's chest, their wound looked like the iconic Spider-symbol in the comic.
- Stan Lee, the creator of Marvel Comics once again appears in the film as a cameo. Venom replies by asking Eddie who the old man, credited as Dapper Dog Walker, even is, which is an extra joke for comic fans, since Lee had nothing to do with the creation of Venom.
- According to Venom, on his planet he was a loser just like Eddie, which is one of the reasons for his attachment particularly to him.
- This is partly a nod to his comic book counterpart that considered as an outcast among its kind because it wanted to form a bond with its hosts that benefited both parties when their species is usually purely parasitic.
- The line "Eyes, lungs, pancreas. So many snacks, so little time" is directly taken from The Amazing Spider-Man #374.
- Venom was the only person not to be sent in New York, Queens, after being transported in the MCU, and the only one MCU Spider-Man has not interacted or encountered.
- However, since a splinter of the Venom symbiote was left behind when Venom and Eddie are sent back to their universe, it may be possible that Peter will cross paths with it in the future.
- Venom's role in Spider-Man: No Way Home was intended to be much larger as he was originally considered to face off the three Spider-Men alongside the other five villains in the final battle. Had this been the final draft of the film, this would have been the first live action iteration of the Sinister Six.
- Although, despite his death, Mysterio was technically the first member, thus him with Doctor Octopus, Electro, Sandman, Green Goblin, and the Lizard together are six.
- There is a continuity error in the method of Eddie Brock/Venom's transportation back to his home reality: in Spider-Man: No Way Home, he fades as light, like every variant returned by Dr. Strange's amended spell, however, in Venom: The Last Dance a portal (akin to ones made by Knull) opened behind them, dragging them into their home universe.
- Although Venom is thought to be dead, a cockroach is shown in the post-credits coming into contact with what appears to be a part of him, indicating that Venom isn't really dead as it's likely implied that he is still alive and will possibly return in the future where he will reunite with Eddie.
- Another theory is that Venom is likely alive via a piece of himself that he left behind in the MCU when he and Eddie were sent back to their universe, implying that he is going to find a new host body in order to survive in the MCU. It is also implied that since he left a part of himself behind in the MCU, he will possibly make his way to New York City by jumping from one host body to another, where he will likely encounter and interact with Spider-Man in the upcoming fourth Spider-Man movie as he had been wanting to meet and fight him due to recognizing the latter as a criminal.
External Links[]
- Venom on the Wikipedia
- Venom on the Heroes Wiki (along with Eddie)
- Venom on the Marvel Database Wiki
- Venom on the Sony's Spider-Man Universe Wiki
- Venom on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
- Venom on the Disney Wiki
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