@jashro44: I haven't dismissed anything of Eddie's. I've admitted his strengths several times. He is faster, he does have impressive damage soak. However I am also calling into account his common showings of not doing the bright thing, and taking hits instead of using speed and fighting smart. Eddie taking Juggs' hits and continuing to fight is PIS, not how he fought. A showing can be PIS even if the character is still acting normal. He fought as he normally did against Daredevil, that's not what was PIS. Getting manhandled by DD is. Frankly that's the problem with Eddie's Venom, he was rife with PIS in the 90s. So I'm looking at the highs and lows and considering the average. One of the few guys he had stable showings with was Carnage, and when both were healthy Carnage usually got the better of him. Flash takes damage too, but Flash has a lot of context in his early showings (Remender's run) and later takes a lot of hits protecting Mania (never been a fan of hers, not that that matters). Brock's showings as Toxin aren't stellar, but they're not jobbing. During Savage Six Flash clearly prepped (incendiary rounds is my guess from the artwork) and in the Toxic Arc Thompson was obviously outclassed and losing the fight (despite a good showing) and only won because he always carries the serum (which is the only real way he could have won).
So coming full circle, even if we assume durability being equal, Flash has better output, healing, and on the average fights a bit smarter than the faster and arguably stronger Brock. Both are going to take hits, neither are the most elusive fighters like Peter. However Flash will keep going after Eddie succumbs, and given that even in this scenario there's Miles and SpOck I think the healing will keep Flash in the fight longer. It's an attrition fight, and the guy who can take the hits while dishing them out will win those typically.
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