Venom Facts

Let's see how much of a Venom Fan you are! Here are One Dozen Venom Facts!

1. There have been three men to take on the identity of Venom: Eddie Brock (1988), Mac Gargan (2005), and Flash Thompson (2010). The Venom Symbiot has also attached to Spider-Man, Ann Weying, Patricia Robertson, Angelo Fortunato, and Deadpool.

2. The Black & White Spider-Man costume was influenced by Julia Carpenter/Spider-Woman who wore a costume of the same colors. After Spider-Man had rejected The Venom Symbiot he would craft a suit that looked just like the Black & White Suit, but obviously out of cloth. Spider-Man would wear this suit when on a stealth mission or if he was in mourning over the death of a friend. Mary Jane Watson has expressed great discomfort when she sees him in the suit, for legitimate reasons.

3. In the possible future of "Old Man Logan", The Venom Symbiot has attached to a Tyrannosaurus Rex. In the possible future of "Spider-Man: Reign" Venom covers New York in a dome so he can spread himself out and eat it's citizens. Venom from "Ultimate Comics" began as a scientific suit that could cure cancer. In the possible future of "Spider-Man 2099" the Venom Symbiot has mutated over the years and attached to Kron Stone, the half-brother of Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099. Venom is a demon in "Spider-Man: India" and a former member of a ninja clan in "Marvel Mangaverse".

4. After selling The Venom Symbiot on the black market, Eddie Brock developed cancer and was in hospice for a long time. His riddled mind actually developed a figment of Venom that guided him to escape the hospital. The white blood cells within Brock's body would fuse with remaining fragments of the Venom Symbiot and allow Eddie Brock to create a new Symbiot from his body. He used this new suit to become Anti-Venom.

5. Venom's offspring includes Carnage, Toxin, Scream, Lasher, Phage, Agony, Riot, Hybrid, Scorn, and Mania.

6. According to SHIELD, Venom is considered one of the greatest threats to humanity alongside Doctor Doom, Magneto, and The Red Skull.

7. Before becoming Venom in 2010, Flash Thompson was widely known as Peter Parker's high school bully and a huge Spider-Man fan. Flash's worship of Spider-Man was so great that after high school he'd join the U.S. Army and travel overseas to Afghanistan. While there, Flash suffered an injury that costed both of his legs. Back home he'd struggle with an alcoholism his abusive father suffered from as well. It was thanks to his reputation as a soldier that the U.S. government would select him to be "Agent Venom".

8. While on The Guardians of The Galaxy, Flash/Venom travels to The Symbiot's planet. There it is revealed that Symbiots are called Klyntars and use their hosts energy to survive. While Kylntars are not naturally evil, they can be corrupted by the negative emotions of their hosts which is why Venom turned out the way he did.

9. Because The Venom Symbiot had attached to Spider-Man first, it has the ability to negate his Spider-Sense. This makes Venom one of the only characters who can surprise Spider-Man.

10. Despite threatening to eat Spider-Man, Eddie Brock never seemed to make the attempt. Funny enough, Mac Gargan would develop cannibalism while using The Venom Symbiot and once eat an alien called a Skrull.

11. Before becoming Venom, Mac Gargan had been the villain known as The Scorpion. In the 60's when he first appeared, Scorpion was the first Spider-Man villain to defeat him in their initial fight.

12. In "Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars" it is revealed that Deadpool wore the Symbiot for six panels before putting where Spider-Man found it on Breakworld.

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