Eddie Brock
Eddie Brock is a comic book character that first appeared in Web of Spider-Man #18Eddie Brock, a reporter for the Daily Globe, a rival paper to the Daily Bugle, was fired after incorrectly reporting the real identity of Sin-Eater. He received the alien Symbiote to become the first Venom. He is now the symbiote Anti-Venom
Bio
Eddie Brock was originally a reporter for the Daily Globe. After being diagnosed with Cancer he takes his mind off by investigating the Sin-Eater murders. One night Brock received an anonymous call from a man claiming to be the Sin-Eater. Brock kept his source's identity secret until his source wanted to come out publicly and confess to the killings. After Brock having published his article on the Sin-Eater's confession finds out the Sin-Eater he was interviewing a compulsive confessor, when Spider-Man disproved Brock's source by capturing the real Sin-Eater and arresting him. Having been accused of using false sources and being a liar who only wanted a story to move up in the world; Eddie became laughing stock and was fired from the Daily Globe.Venom
On the brink of suicide, Eddie went to a church to beg for forgiveness when fate intervened and God's funny sense of humor came into play. The alien Symbiote Peter obtained on the Beyonder's planet (Battleworld started to slithered away towards Eddie. Sensing his emotional pain, it felt a similar pain and hatred for Spider-Man emanating from Brock. Months later, Eddie Brock became the original Venom.
Although his body had been honed to near-perfection, Brock’s mind was reduced to an all-consuming vessel of hatred. It was this fierce emotion that attracted the empathic parasite. In order to survive, the alien costume had to feed off the nearest and greatest source of emotion. The Symbiote joined mentally and physically with Brock, whose emotions overwhelmed the already confused alien. The dominant thought on both their minds was that of Spider-Man. But Brock’s sheer hatred for the crime fighter twisted the Symbiote’s feelings to a similar extent. In effect, Brock’s emotions drove the Symbiote insane, just as their bonding may have driven Brock over the edge. Brock soon discovered that the costume gave him all the powers of Spider-Man, and more. It also added bulk to his already large frame and increased his strength to superhuman levels. Calling himself "Venom," Brock directed the costume to sprout a hideous grin and plotted his revenge. Through the costume, Venom learned a great deal about Spider-Man, including his secret identity.
Brock taunted Peter Parker with minor assaults, such as pushing him in front of a moving subway train. The alien costume could cancel out the wallcrawler’s spider-sense presumably by projecting conflicting frequencies upon Spider-Man's brain waves. Venom finally made a bold move when he confronted Parker’s wife, Mary Jane, at their old Chelsea apartment. Although Venom’s twisted sense of morality did not allow him to physically harm Mary Jane, Spider-Man immediately realized the nature of this threat. Taking the time to retrieve the sonic blaster from the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man challenged Venom at Our Lady of Saints Church. Although he fired the blaster at Venom, Spider-Man soon discovered that the Symbiote could not be separated from Brock because it had completely bonded with him. Trying to escape and rethink his options, Spider-Man was caught unaware by Venom. He captured Spider-Man and secured him to the inside of the church bell with a considerable amount of webbing. Spider-Man narrowly escaped the bell’s crushing clapper before defeating Venom by forcing him to deplete his webbing supply, of which the alien Symbiote was actually comprised. Before the alien could regenerate enough of its mass to become a renewed threat, Spider-Man brought Venom to the Fantastic Four who imprisoned him in a sonic containment cell. The Fantastic Four then shipped Venom to the government super-prison in the Colorado Rockies called the Vault. A young guard who had just been assigned to the Vault was fooled into thinking that Venom was a fallen colleague and released the gate mechanism, which imprisoned the criminal. Venom killed the naive guard and escaped to New York City, where he once again confronted Spider-Man. This time Spider-Man used psychological warfare upon Venom, by taunting the alien Symbiote to return to him. The alien, torn by its love-hate relationship for Spider-Man, tried to leave Brock and to re-establish its link with its original owner. But the trauma of trying to detach itself from Brock’s nervous system was too much to bear. The alien costume and Eddie Brock were both knocked unconscious and were subsequently returned to the Vault, where they were incarcerated. Since then, Venom has gone through many changes.
The next fight, Venom went after Spider-Man around the same time Jonathon Caesar, an insane and obsessed fan of Mary Jane Watson-Parker, sent two mercenaries Styx and Stone after the wallcrawler. Venom unintentionally became involved in the plot when the two attempted to follow him through the sewers in the hope of finding Spider-Man. Unfortunately for them, Venom escaped the sewers in his human guise. After yet another fight with Spider-Man, Styx and Stone found the two and attempted to kill Spider-Man. Fortunately for Spidey, albeit in a bad way, Venom would not allow anyone else to kill Spider-Man, save himself. Attacking the two, the fight ensued, before Styx, the living cancer, touched his Symbiote, killing it in the process.
The Symbiote seemingly dead, Eddie Brock was sent to a normal prison.
However, later, it was revealed the Symbiote was merely sent into a comatose state, seemingly immune to Earthly diseases. Returning to Eddie Brock, the two easily escaped. In the breakout, however, the suit left a small spawn behind it, which would bond with Eddie's cell mate, Cletus Kasady. No one would no about this for months. Eddie brought Spider-Man to an island in the Caribbeans, away from people and innocents, in the hope of killing him alone. However, Spider-Man later realized that Venom would only be happy if he knew that Spider-Man was dead. Faking his death, Spider-Man made Venom believe that he had died. Happy at last, Venom thought there was no reason to return to civilization, having all he needed on the island, and stayed there.
A few months later, however, the megalomaniacal serial killer, known only as
Carnage, began a mass-murdering rampage throughout Manhattan, killing hundreds of people. Spider-Man attempted to stop him, but swiftly learned that he was greatly outmatched, despite his superior experience. Realizing that Carnage possessed a Symbiote, Peter reluctantly realized that he needed Venom's help in order to stop this menace. Contacting the Human Torch, they went to the island where they had left Venom. When Venom realized that Spider-Man was alive, he attacked the two. After a brief spat, however, Venom listened to what Spider-Man had to say. Promising to help Spider-Man stop Carnage in exchange for his freedom, Spider-Man reluctantly agreed, starting the first of many uneasy alliances with each other. Returning to New York, Venom and Spider-Man attempted to stop Carnage's rampage twice with equal failure. Finally, however, at Madison Square Garden, they stopped Carnage after trying to kill J. Jonah Jameson. Turning on the sound system to the max, Spider-man stopped Carnage, and reluctantly attempted to stop Venom, before Venom attacked him, still possessing enough hatred and strength to attempt to choke him. However, Venom was stopped by the Fantastic Four, who Venom realized was behind this all along. Venom's hatred for Spider-Man was greater than ever. After years of combating, however, Venom reached an understanding with Spider-Man, and made a truce.
After dealing a truce with Spider-Man and relocating to San Francisco, Venom was recruited via an ultimatum by the government to be a special operations counter-terrorist agent. Venom agreed, but one stipulation of the deal did not sit too well with him. A bomb was planted in his chest to assure complete and utter obedience. After a few missions, Venom became tired of the situation and had the Symbiote perform surgery on him and extracted the bomb. A brouhaha ensued wherein the end result was Eddie Brock lying unconscious and the Symbiote "dead," only to return later on and re-join with Eddie. Thus Venom was whole again and looking to square things with Spider-Man once again. He had lost his memory and no longer knew the secret identity of Spider-Man, but knew that a deep seated hatred resided within him for the webhead.
Carnage would later escape again and be joined up with other super villains and start the Maximum Carnage. Once again Spider-Man and Venom would fight him again after Carnage called out Venom on Tv. Venom would later assemble his own team including Cloak, Dagger, Morbius, and fight Carnage. At one point Venom gets captured and tortured by Carnage and later escapes. He and Carnage later fight near a small plant and Venom defeats Carnage in a big explosion.
Shortly after the reunion, Venom joined the Sinister Six for a brief period in order to get at Spider-Man. After being scorned by the group, he hunted down certain members of the team for revenge (including Electro, the Sandman, and Alyosha Kravinoff. Later Eddie Brock approached his ex-wife Anne Weying, and at the thought of having the Symbiote back in her life, she jumped out of her apartment window and killed herself. Venom blamed Spider-Man, whom he had a skirmish with right before Anne died. Thus the hatred for the old webhead was fueled anew.
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Dark Origin
Venom: Dark Origin is a five part series going back to when Eddies Brock first became Venom. It gives insight into Eddie's mind, as well as the Symbiote, and shows what it was that made Brock tick.
The series starts with Eddie's childhood. On a quiet day on a nice street. Its a sunny day and a little girl has lost her cat. Wanting to help, a group of boys start a search party. When Eddie finds out, he goes inside. He pulls up his long sleeves, revealing long scratches up his arms. He goes into the basement and pulls out a box with holes in it. Inside is the missing cat. Eddie had the cat the entire time. He takes the cat to the little girl, who is very happy. All the other boys are impressed, and when they ask him how he did it he says,"It was easy". This is first time in a list of many where Eddie shows himself to be a compulsive liar with a hero complex.
Later at the dinner table, Eddie is about to tell his dad about how he "found" the cat. The dad however, shows little interest. That evening while watching the news, Eddie says that the man is lying. When his dad shows that he is confused, Eddie states that he can always tell when someone is lying (it is not known if this is a lie or if he is telling the truth). His sister then comes in complaining about how Eddie ruined his church clothes. When Eddie tells her that she isn't his mom, she yells back,"We used to have a mom before you". Eddies dad then scolds her, stating that they could not blame Eddie for what happened, and that it wasn't his fault. Eddie's dad then walks away and Eddie sighs. When his sister asked him what was wrong he says,"I can tell, He's lying". The next day at church, Eddie talks with an old woman. She says that the world has a place for everyone, and that you just had to find it. He then says that while he looks as hard as he can, it seems no one is looking for him.
We then skip a few years ahead and see Eddie in his teens at high school. He tries to impress a girl by wearing a wrestling team jacket and saying he made the team, even though in reality, he's just the water and towel boy. She shows no interest in him though and walks off. He then walks into the locker rooms still wearing the jacket. When the real owner of the jacket sees him, he gets beat up. That same day in what looks like English class, Eddie gets inspired to go into journalism when his teacher talks about the Watergate scandal and says that two journalists managed to bring down the most powerful man in the world.
We then skip a few more years and see Eddie applying in the Journalism course at E.S.U. After trying to attempt to not get caught lying about an internship, he runs into Anne Weying, his future wife. To try to get to know her, he says he lives off campus and he asks her if she could help him find his place. After walking around town for a bit, they end up in a real bad part of it. When she shows her discomfort, he reveals that he actually lives in one of the dorms and that he just wanted to spend some time with her. Just as she is about to freak out, some one smashes a wine bottle over Eddie's head. Anne gets pushed, and she hits her head on a fire hydrant knocking herself out. A group of men surrounds them and Eddie, showing his darker side, tries to make a deal. They take Anne ad let him be, and that he won't say a word. The men don't go for it and someone pulls out a knife. But just then Spider-man comes in and beats up the muggers. Afterwards, Spider-man tells Eddie to call the cops and swings off. Anne then wakes up and is shocked to see Eddie standing next to the group of muggers all unconscious. She then asks him how he did it and he says with the same grin he gave when he said it last time,"It was easy".
Much later, Eddie and Anne are married. Eddie is an intern at the Daily Globe. One day when he arrives, a reporter named Paul Barnum gives him a stack of letters to sort through. He opens one and reads it. It is a letter from a man who calls himself the Sin-Eater. The letter says,"Hello, I am the Sin-Eater. I just shot Jean Dewolf (Jean Dewolf was a police officer who was Sin-Eater's first victim). I took her badge because thats what the voices wanted. I hope the blood has dried. If you want to talk, I will call the pay-phone at Broadway at 12:00 on the 12th of June. Maybe you can stop me". Eddie looks at the clock and sees that today is the 12th, and at 12:00 on Broadway he answers the pay-phone. When the Sin-Eater asks for his name, he lies and says that he is a crime reporter for the Daily Globe and that if Sin-Eater wants his story told, it will have to be through Brock. Sin-Eater agrees.
Back at the Daily Globe, Brock fills in the Editor as to what happened. Paul Barnum is furious and says that he should be writing the story. However, Brock reminds him that Sin-Eater will only talk to him. The editor says that for now there is no real proof as to what, but that if within the week something happens Eddie will get front page. A few days later, Eddie gets another call. This time the victim was a judge who was apparently a friend to criminals. Also in a battle that later occurred between Spider-man and Sin-Eater, there were people that were accidentally hit by Sin-Eaters gun. Sin-Eater said that he would not be responsible for those who got in the way. He also asks Eddie if he will tell his story. He does. Brock becomes a star reporter. When Sin-Eater calls a third time, he asks if they can meet in person. While hesitant, Eddie agrees. Sin-Eater tells him to go to the church on Broadway and Eleventh. This is the same church where Eddie later on becomes Venom. When Eddie gets there, he sees at statue of the virgin Mary. While looking at it, a black tear appears out of one of her eyes. At that same time, a voice from behind asks if Eddie is forgiven. Still watching the tear, which is starting to move curiously, Eddie says yes. While they are talking, Eddie keeps watching the tear. It is now moving over the statues face, looking much like a spider web. Suddenly, the tear is gone. Eddie and Sin-Eater continue while the Venom Symbiote moves into the shadows. Sin-Eater makes to leave, but before he does Eddie asks him what his name is. He replies,"Emil. Emil Gregg". He leaves and later on, so does Eddie. While walking home, Eddie passes a policeman. For a second he goes to tell him, but then stops and keeps on walking.
Eddie keeps writing Sin-Eater articles. One day, he is visited by two policemen, who quickly asks him if he knows who the Sin-Eater is. Eddie doesn't reply, smiling. Taking that as a yes, the cop asks for every piece of information Eddie has on him and a name. Eddie says no. He is arrested. His lawyer later argues that this is unconstitutional, and that Eddie is just doing his job under the first amendment. When Eddie goes home that night he is confronted by his father. His father tells him that he is ashamed of Eddie, because Eddie knows exactly who he is. When Eddie tries to defend himself, his dad simply says that Eddies story isn't as important as the victims. The next day, Eddie prints the story revealing Sin-Eater's identity. Later that day, Paul Barnum tells Eddie that the editor wants to talk to him. Eddie is confused by Paul's happy behavior towards him but does what he says anyway. The editor then says the words that will change his life. Emil Gregg wasn't the real Sin-Eater. The real Sin-Eater was called Stan Carter. Spider-man found him trying to kill his next target an hour after the Globe printed Eddie's story. Eddie has made a mockery of the Daily Globe, and for that he is fired.
We then skip a few months/years. Eddie's answering machine records a message from Anne. She says that today she is bringing a lawyer so that he can sign the divorce papers. We then see Eddie leaving his apartment with a gun. He goes to the church where he first met Emil Gregg and he starts praying to God. He says that while he knows it is a sin, he has to kill himself. He blames Spider-man for ruining his life, and says that all he can think abut is killing him. As he starts talking about his hate for Spider-man, the Venom Symbiote appears as a tear once more under the statue's eye. However this time it heads straight for Brock. He notices a second before it happens. The Symbiote goes through his eye and begins to bond with him. Eddie, scared, begins screaming. The father of the church hears him and comes out. When he sees Eddie he runs away to call the police. Meanwhile, Eddie is seeing some of the Symbiote's memories, including Spider-man finding the Symbiote on Battleworld, and Spider-man getting rid of it. Eddie then starts to realize that the Symbiote isn't trying to hurt him, but that they are on the same side. Just as the Symbiote fully gets inside him, Eddie faints and two policemen show up. As they approach Brock, he wakes up. He then violently throws up the Symbiote and it covers him. The two policemen start shooting but the Symbiote stops the bullets and grabs one of them. The cop and the father run outside. The cop drives off, calling for back-up. Eddie approaches the father and asks him to forgive Eddie for the things hes done, including the murder he just finished. The remaining cop, seeing his dead partner, drives right at Eddie, trying to kill him. However the Symbiote creates a ramp, and the car goes right up it and crashes into the church. Eddie then promises that thats the last thing. After being forgiven, Eddie walks back to his apartment, where Anne and a lawyer are waiting. After the Symbiote shaves him and forms into a suit, Eddie approaches them. Anne is impressed, saying he looks much better then the last time he met. She says that then all he was talking about was Spider-Man. Edie then yells,"Spider-man ruined our lives"! (Him and the Symbiote, or him and Anne?) She then says that he doesn't even know who he is and vice-versa. After signing the papers, Eddie goes inside now talking to the Symbiote. "I might not know who he is, but you do". Eddie starts to giggle. Soon he is laughing, and the louder he laughs, the more prominent a mouth becomes on his face. Soon Eddie is laughing at the top of his lungs, and the mouth on his face has gone from normal to monstrous. And with that, Venom is born.
Moving On
After bonding once more with the Symbiote, Brock has a religious awakening and decides against permanently merging with it. Brock instead chooses to sell the Symbiote to crime lord Don Fortunato, intending to donate the $100 million received to charity before dying. Angelo Fortunato, the Don's son, becomes the second Venom for a brief period of time. However, Angelo begins killing innocent people in his quest for glory and later proves 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 him. 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. 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 a comatose 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 kill Aunt May.
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, he has a change of heart, finding he cannot murder someone as innocent as Aunt May. Eddie repeatedly slices his wrists in order to get rid of Venom. He tells Peter Parker 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 he accepts its presence, as long as it recognizes that from that moment on, he is in control.
New Way To Die
While once again praying at a church, Brock was discovered by philanthropist named Martin Li who is secretly Mr. Negative. After Matt Murdock proves in a court of law that Brock was not responsible for his actions while bonded to the Symbiote and has Eddies charges dropped, Li gets Brock a job in his soup kitchen. It is revealed that a touch from Mr. Negative completely cures Eddie's cancer and the remnants of the Venom Symbiote within his body bond to his white-blood-cells. One day Mac Gargan, the current Venom, while hunting for Spider-Man encounters Brock trying to hide from him. Venom then attempts to leave Mac Gargan to re-bond with Brock, much to Gargan's and Brock's dismay. However, upon making contact with Brock, his skin is shown to be caustic to his former Symbiote. As a white substance seeps out of his pores covering his body, Brock becomes Anti-Venom.
A fight ensues between Anti-Venom and Venom, only for the timely intervention of Spider-Man. The two then beat Spider-Man out of the fight only to continue their battle. After several hits against each other, Anti-Venom realizes that Spider-Man is an ally. Spider-Man then holds Venom down so Anti-Venom can cleanse Gargan of the Symbiote. After doing this, Anti-Venom senses small traces of the Symbiote in Spider-man. Anti-Venom turns to cleanse Spider-Man of his radioactive blood that gives him his spider powers.
Eddie is not successful in curing Spider-man, but from then on, Spider-Man's powers greatly weaken in the presence of Anti-Venom. The thunderbolts then arrive, and try to kill the new Symbiote. But Eddie proves immune to sound and fire, unlike the normal Symbiote. Eddie then tries to cleanse Radioactive Man but Songbird saves him. Norman then tells them to retreat, and they take Gargan back to base to heal him and Venom. After the fight, Spider-Man flees and Anti-Venom sneaks on to the Thunderbolts ship. He then disguises himself as one of their soldiers and infiltrates their base where he discovers their plan to kill Spider-man by using his camera, looted by Norman Osborn. They then reverse-engineer their weapons to follow Spider-mans tracer. In response to this, Brock steals back Peter's camera. Eddie then follows Bullseye and the troops where they ambush Spider-man, and forewarn him about his next move, in a show of friendship and good-will.
Eddie leads Spider-Man back to OsCorp and the two split up, due to Spider-Man's weakened state in Eddie's presence. Brock disguises himself as Spider-Man to distract the other Thunderbolts while Spider-Man goes after Osborn. After webbing Songbird and Radioactive Man to a wall, Anti-Venom faces Gargan and Venom, who is now wearing a new Scorpion battle suit designed to protect his recovering Symbiote. After a grueling battle, Gargan as Scorpion hits Anti-Venom with his stinger and injects a poisonous formula that seemingly destroys Brock's suit. Gargan advances to kill Brock, but is met with resistance by the Venom Symbiote. The Symbiote gains strength and breaks though Gargan's battle suit, refusing to let Gargan kill Brock. Gargan explains that the suit still loves Brock too much and gives up, but he promises Brock that he will get past this problem and someday finish him off, to which Brock replies "not if I kill you first." Unknown to Gargan, Brock's Anti-Venom suit reforms. He admits, that Spider-Man helped show a side of humanity he had long forgotten. Also saying that their was more he could learn from him. Now a fugitive for helping Spider-Man and fighting the Thunderbolts, Brock is back on the streets planning to continue his religous quest as Anti-Venom.
Recently, after Anti-Venom used his powers to cure a teenage girl named Jenna Cole from her heroin addiction, he send her to Martin Li's shelter FEAST. Unbeknownst to Eddie, Martin Li had started to turn down new residents. Aunt May would hear none of it, and went to talk to Mr. Li personally. She found him training the Asian refugees who had been rescued from OsCorp, training in the martial arts. Martin Li turned May away, stating that this was a closed session. Meanwhile, Anti-Venom followed the dealers to their suppliers (a group of masked men who called themselves The Inner Demons, a gang that worked for Mr. Negative). Upon finding and attacking them, Eddie was surprised that they were armed with weapons that had the same toxin Venom nearly killed him with. Anti-Venom was able to kill most of the Inner Demons who were present at the deal and get enough information from one he left alive to find out their next move. However, one of the men escaped and told Mr. Negative what happened. Anti-Venom showed up to stop the gang's next crime, stealing a truck of prescription medicine from OsCorp. But the gang was prepared and took the opportunity to ambush Anti-Venom in large numbers. Mr. Negative himself was present and confronted Anti-Venom, revealing his identity was Eddie Brock. Anti-Venom was shocked that Mr. Negative knew his real name, and more so that he knew Eddie's weakness. Anti-Venom found himself so greatly outnumbered that he had no choice but to retreat, the members of the Inner Demons spread out to hunt Eddie down, who had actually doubled back to the truck they were stealing and took out the men left guarding it, but since Eddie knew the truck belonged to Norman Osborn he chose to play Robin Hood and steal the medicine himself and donate it to FEAST. While Eddie was dropping off the medicine and wishing he could see the look on the needy peoples faces inside who needed it, he saw Mr. Negative entering the building, Eddie spied on Mr. Negative and to his horror discovered him to be Martin Li. This revelation threw everything Eddie held true into question, as Martin Li was the man he owed his second chance to. Now knowing Martin Li was Mr. Negative, and also knowing no one would believe him if he told them, Eddie is only left with self doubt and uncertainty. An unknown amount of time later, Eddie is back to his main goal, to protect the innocent, and to "cure evil". Jenna Cole returns, as Eddie's informant and key into the world of drugs, he uses her to infiltrate a gang. While taking down a gang member who keeps calling Jenna the nickname "Jenna the junkie", it is revealed Eddie still has unresolved anger issues, when he nearly kills the man, Jenna tells him to stop, so he does. After taking down that drug hideout, Jenna uses her skills to locate another, she goes there, Eddie follows, and in a fight in which the Punisher eventually gets involved, Jenna is kidnapped and taken across the border, Eddie going with Punisher in his Van after her. Punisher still thinks of Eddie as a killer, saying he hasn't changed a bit, which makes Eddie uncertain further, the only reason he takes Eddie in the van is because he knows no way to kill him. When they arrive, Punisher drops Eddie off when he asks, heading to another area. Eddie walks into a room full of guards, and after having a phone conversation with the drug lord, who reveals he has Jenna, high out of her mind, Eddie loses it, and grabs a guard and literally tears him in half in rage.
Powers
Eddie had no powers at first but after bonding with the Symbiote, grants 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 significantly weaken the Symbiote, as evidenced by the manner of Venom's defeat in Amazing Spider-Man #300. It can also create tentacles and tendrils to grab enemies in addition to producing the standard 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, and allowed him to survive indefinitely with terminal cancer. 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. Due to Eddie Brock's muscular physique and natural physical strength from weight training, his strength as Venom is superior to Spider-Man's tenfold. Brock's strength allows him to lift (press) 15-25 tons and at his peak before contacting the symbiote he can lift (press) 700 lbs.
Anti-Venom Powers
Negative's touch allows Brock to kill other Symbiotes in minutes by touch. It also gives him immunity to sonic and fire. this makes him more robust than Venom. He still has all the powers of Venom, only stronger and with full control. He is just as strong as Gargan as Venom, he can lift(press) over 86-100 tons as Anti-venom. Besides his enhanced strengths, the Anti-Venom symbiote allows him to heal and cleanse people. Taking away their urge, addiction or sickness.
Characteristics
Height:6'4" (Brock)7'6 1/2'"(Variable,with symbiote)
Weight:277 lbs (Brock),795 lbs (Variable,with symbiote)
Eyes:Blue
Hair: Reddish Blond
Beliefs and personality
- I am a monster. Since the day Eddie bonded with venom or anti venom he has thought himself a monster but is always changing his mind on the subject.
- Christianity . Brought up as a Christian Brock has sought justice but at the same time vengeance on his enemies he found both symbiotes in a church while praying.
Eddie is best described as an anti-hero. Eddie has a deep and lasting hatred for Spdier-Man and Peter Parker. Eddie Brock's main goal as Venom was to hurt Peter Parker/Spider-Man as much as possible. He wasn't a villain for money or power, he just wants to hurt Spider-Man. Under the Venom symbiote, Eddie is a caring person with a good heart. After Eddie realised he had killed a nurse in the hospital to get to Aunt May, he was overwhelmed with guilt and grief. This puts him in an akward position in the superhero community. He's constantly trying to kill Peter Parker, but is willing to risk his life for the sake of innocent lives. He's known to protect children and civillians on numerous occassions. He even teamed up with Spider-Man to save the world from Venom's spawn, Carnage. His heroics are more visible in his Anti-Venom persona, helping and healing people. He has the heart of a hero, but the methods of a villain.
Alternate Realities
Earth-1610 In the Ultimate Spider-Man series, the Venom Symbiote begins life as a biological experiment created by Richard Parker and Edward Brock, sees the suit as a possible cure for cancer due to it's regenerative capabilities while Edward Brock sees the suit in terms of it's military uses. After Edward Brock, Sr. and Richard Parker die, Eddie Brock, Jr. picks up the research where his father left off.
Peter Parker meets Eddie Brock, Jr. and the two reminisce about their childhood memories and bond while discussing the project that their fathers left behind. Peter takes a sample, determined to continue his father's work but the sample bonds with him. Spider-Man, now wearing the Venom Symbiote quickly discovers that the "suit" has many extra abilities that his old suit did not. However, while Spider-Man is fighting he becomes more and more aggressive. Eventually, the suit attempts to force Peter Parker to murder and Peter destroys it.
Peter attempts to convince Eddie Brock, Jr. that the suit is dangerous and destroys the remaining portion of the sample. Furious over this, Eddie Brock, Jr. retrieves a much larger sample that had been in storage. The second sample not only bonds with Eddie Brock, Jr. but completely takes him over and Venom is born.
Venom attacks Peter Parker at school but after Spider-Man defeats him, he vanishes into the night. In a most recent appearance, Venom fought the Ultimates, where after he was defeated, Hawkeye then came looking for Spider-Man for answers
Charateristics
Height:(Brock)5'11",(venom)7'8'Variable
Weight:(Brock)175 lbs,(Venom)2751 lbs Variable.
Eyes:(Brock)blue,(Venom)white
Hair:(Brock)blonde,(Venom)none
MC2
In this universe Eddie Brock has a son named Christian Nathaniel Alexander Brock
House of M
in this universe it is the Eddie Brock version but In this reality created by Scarlet Witch where earth is ruled by mutants and humans are the minority. Venom is an villain being played by an actor on the movie about Spider-Man, with Mary Jane playing Peter's wife, Gwen Stacy.
What if?
Eddie Brock appears in what if's along with him as venom
Marvel Zombies
Eddie is a Zomibe and still bonded to the alien symbiote
Spider-Man:Reign
In this universe Venom is disguised as Edward Saks (But Eddie Brock) has taken over the city and Spider-man killed him and the symbiotes.
Appearances in Other Media
Spider-Man Animated Series
Eddie Brock made a few appearances in the series, and was voiced by Hank Azaria, he eventually joins with the Symbiote and attempts to torment Spider-Man, and later learns his identity. After Venom was separated from Brock Spider-Man attached it to a rocket and it was sent to space. It eventually came back and gave birth to Carnage. It then went looking for Eddie Brock to bond with him again. After possessing a female bystander he then makes his host go to the institute to break Brock out of there. Venom eventually helps Spider-Man and Iron Man defeat Dormammu, but ends up being sucked into a portal, as he saves his girlfriend from Carnage.
Spider-Man Unlimited
Eddie Brock made very few apperances in this series due to Venom being in control of him. But eventually he breaks free of him only to be bonded back with Venom.
Spider-Man 3
Eddie Brock in the spider-man 3 film is played by Topher Grace. Eddie is a photographer for the daily bugle who is currently dating Gwen Stacy. Eddie makes his presence known when a crane accident took place. He was there taking pictures of the scene and saw spider-man come to the rescue then began to take pictures of him and told spider-man that he was "the new guy" at the bugle.peter was surprised under the mask and told Eddie that they all ready had a guy, Eddie replied with some insults to peter saying that his pictures make spider-man look chunky and that he was an armature.
And then Eddie went to the Daily Bugle to sell some Spidey pictures to J. Jonah Jameson. Eddie got held up at the front desk laying some pick-up lines on Jonahs secretary till he got the chance to slide into Jonah's office. Jonah didn't even know who Eddie was and until another member of his staff had reminded Jonah that he hired Eddie. Eddie introduced himself and tried to sell his pictures till peter bust on the scene and tried to sell his pictures of Spidey. once again Eddie insulted Peter's pictures saying that photography isn't all about "flag poles". so Eddie and Pete each tried to convince Jonah to buy there pictures but Jonah decided to go with Eddie's picture since they were cheaper and Eddie complimented on Jonah's shirt. Then Eddie said some sob things to get a staff job. peter immediately struck back saying he deserved the staff spot more. Jonah couldn't decide so set peter and Eddie on a mission,who ever got the picture of spider-man with "his hand in the cookie jar" would get the staff job. The two headed out to get the picture.
Peter had gotten sucked into the symbiote and had on his black suit when he went to go fight the Sandamn. Eddie showed up and took pictures of black suit Spidey to complete the mission Jonah sent him and Pete off to do. Eddie got the pictures but in the black suit spider-man was more cocky and "evil" so to speak and threw eddies camera into a wall destroying the pictures he took of black suit Spidey. Eddie complained but then took out a digital camera and took pictures of some things and then cheated to get the staff job by taking a picture of spider-man and turning it black putting a money bag in spider-mans hand and had him slinging away from a bank. Peter knew that the pictures were fake and edited by Eddie so then went to the Daily Bugle and interrupted eddies celebration on getting the staff job and put Eddie up against a wall telling him he knew they were fake pictures.Eddie begged peter not to tell anyone but peter didn't listen and told the staff and proved that the picture was edited, Eddie was immediately fired by Jonah.
later in the film Eddie was so mad about peter taking away his reputation that he went to the church to beg god to kill Peter Parker. While Eddie was at the church he heard someone screaming so went to check it out. it was Peter ripping off the symbiote suite, some of the symbiote got on Eddie and took over his body turning him into the dreaded Venom.He later roams the streets of New York and gets attacked by Sandman who thinks he is Spider-Man. At that point Venom gets Sandman to team-up with him to defeat Spider-Man. Eddie disguised as a cap driver kidnaps Mary Jane and traps her in the cab suspended in a big web hanging on a building at a construction site. He and Sandman are then seen on the news by Spider-Man of them attacking the cops. As Spider-Man arrives to get Mary Jane, Venom attacks Spider-Man. Venom gets the upper hand by tying Spider-Man down while Sandman crushes him. This is stopped by Harry Osbourne. Later on Venom almost kills Spider-Man with Harry's glider but Harry jumps in front of Spider-Man getting stabbed instead. All of a sudden after some pipes falls Venom's symbiote starts weakening from the high pitch sound which Spider-Man uses as a weapon. Trapping a weak Venom, Spider-Man manages to pull Eddie away from the symbiote. Spider- Man then throws a bomb at it but Eddie jumps into the symbiote trying to save it before the bomb goes off. The bomb explodes and both Eddie and the symbiote are gone. Only a small piece of the symbiote remains.
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Eddie Brock appears in The Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced by Ben Diskin. He is a close friend of Peter Parker, who is greatly interested in science. He begins to develop a hatred for Peter and Spider-Man over time, and after eventually bonds and becomes Venom, he then attempts to make Peter suffer.
| Super Name: | Eddie Brock |
| Real Name: | Edward Allen Brock |
| Aliases: |
Edward Charles Brock Jr. Lethal Protector Venom Anti-Venom |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | Web of Spider-Man #18 |
| Appears in: | 369 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man goes dancing. He also fights Sandman and Venom.
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