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Never has Spider-Man faced a more vicious mass of mayhem than the super-brute known as Venom, a man whose intense hatred for the wall-crawler is matched only by the alien symbiote to which he's bonded! Real
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Eddie Brock Height:
6'3" Powers: Venom possesses all of Spider-Man's powers and even greater strength. He can disguise himself to look like any person he can imagine, and is invisible to the wall-crawler's protective Spider-Sense. But Venom is vulnerable to fire, and loud noise can shred the symbiote right off Brock's back. Weapons: None History: Venom is an amalgamation of two beings: Eddie Brock, a human whose career as a reporter for the Daily Globe came to an abrupt end when Spider-Man unwittingly exposed a story he had written as false; and the alien symbiote that posed for a time as Spider-Man's black costume, until the wall-crawler realized it was alive and rejected it. Losing his job drove Brock to consider killing himself. Praying to be forgiven for his suicidal thoughts, Brock's expression of fierce emotion attracted the empathic symbiote. This chance meeting enabled man and alien to combine their separate hatreds for Spider-Man into one overwhelming animosity when they merged to form Venom.
Too many innocent individuals have fallen victim to Venom's bloodthirsty obsession -- none closer to Brock than his ex-wife, Ann Weying. Since accidentally merging with the symbiote, Ann had been terrified of the world outside her apartment. When Brock arrived at her doorstep seeking reconciliation, a confluence of bizarre circumstances resulted in tragedy. Already fearful of an unwanted reunion with the symbiote, Ann fell into a hysterical fit as Spider-Man swung by her window wearing his black costume. Brock's subsequent transformation into Venom pushed her over the edge, causing her to commit suicide. Brock, not understanding he was to blame for his ex-wife's death, swore to eradicate everything Spider-Man held dear. |
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Spider-Man
had rejected the symbiote, but Brock accepted it completely.
Extraterrestrial entity and human being became virtually
indistinguishable: Venom often refers to itself as "we." With
the symbiote came all of Spider-Man's powers, as well as several new
abilities. But most damaging, Brock now knew the web-slinger's secret
identity. Armed with this knowledge, Venom set out to destroy the man it
believed had ruined the lives of both the symbiote and Brock.
