Venom

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Venom is an extraterrestrial symbiote who is bonded to Eddie Brock, and together, the pair are known as the Lethal Protector. It and Brock were temporarily transported from their universe to another, where they learned about Spider-Man, the Avengers and Thanos before being returned to their universe. However, Venom had left behind a fragment of itself in Spider-Man's reality.

Biography[]

Arriving at a New Universe[]

Venom met Eddie Brock and bonded with him, leading to it calling themselves the Lethal Protector, a name that Brock disliked. One day, Venom and its host went into hiding in a secluded coastal area in Mexico. Inside their hotel room, Venom told Brock that symbiotes shared a hive mind that transcended the Multiverse.^[2] Unbeknownst to Venom, in another universe, a spell cast by Doctor Strange transported people from any universe who knew Peter Parker's secret identity as Spider-Man into his own.^[1] As a result of accessing the hive mind,^[2] Venom was aware of Parker being Spider-Man and thus was taken out of its universe, along with its host Brock, and brought into Strange's universe.^[1]

Finding themselves in a resort room that differed from theirs, Venom and Brock questioned their surroundings before turning on the television and witnessing a report on from The Daily Bugle where J. Jonah Jameson showed a photo of Parker and harshly criticized Spider-Man for his actions. Upon seeing Parker's face on the television, Venom took over Brock's body and licked the television.^[3][4]

Returning to Their Universe[]

Venom and Brock then left the room and went to the resort's bar in an attempt to make sense of their surroundings. Over the course of the next several hours, Brock conversed with the bartender and learned that the universe they now occupied contained a multitude of individuals with superhuman abilities, with Venom having to remind Brock of this due to his intoxicated state. The two learned about Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, with Venom chiding Brock for disliking the name "Lethal Protector" after learning that Banner went by the name "Hulk". They also learned about Thanos and how his quest to obtain the Infinity Stones resulted in the Snap. Brock did not believe the story about Thanos' desire for the Stones, as he believed all aliens had Venom's singular desire to eat brains.

When Brock decided to go to New York City and meet Spider-Man, Venom suggested that they go skinny dipping instead, although Brock refused. As the bartender reminded Brock that he needed to pay the bill, Venom, along with Brock, found themselves enveloped in a bright light. Realizing what was occurring, Venom stated that it did not wish to return yet as they had only recently arrived, but its attempts to resist were futile as it and Brock were transported back to their universe. However, Venom left a detached piece of itself behind in the other universe, which began to move on its own.^[1]

Personality[]

Venom is impulsive and quick to anger, chastising Eddie Brock for disliking the name "Lethal Protector" and for making assumptions about aliens. It is also opportunistic, seeking to go skinny dipping and expressing disappointment at being sent back to its own universe after such a short time.^[1]

Relationships[]

Allies[]

• Eddie Brock - Host

Trivia[]

• In the comics, Venom is a symbiote that came to Earth from the planet Klyntar and first bonded with Spider-Man. After that, it made its way through a variety of different hosts, most notably being Eddie Brock. After being bonded with Brock, he initially became a supervillain and one of the greatest adversaries of Spider-Man but later became more of an anti-hero.
• In Sony's Spider-Man Universe, Venom is a symbiote who is considered one of the weaker of their kind. They crashlanded on Earth and Venom soon bonded with Eddie Brock. Together, they took down Riot, Carnage and Shriek. Following the battle against Carnage, the two realized that they become fugitives and they were hunted by the military and even hunted by his home planet, and eventually Venom sacrificed himself to save Eddie from the threat of his world.

Behind the Scenes[]

• Venom in the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues the live-action incarnation of the character from Sony's Spider-Man Universe, who was also portrayed by Tom Hardy; it is the second live-action incarnation of the character, following an incarnation portrayed by Topher Grace.
• Tom Hardy was uncredited for his appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
• Venom and Eddie Brock are shown entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the mid-credits-scene of Venom: Let There Be Carnage. The scene was created through a collaboration between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment^[5] and was shot on the set of Spider-Man: No Way Home.^[6]

References[]

External Links[]

• Venom on Wikipedia
• Venom on Marvel Database
• Venom (Earth-688B) on Marvel Database