Venom (Spiderman villain)

Venom also refers to a fictional comic book character. Venom was one of Spiderman's villains a character whose popularity soared surprisingly during the 1990s. Created by writer David Micheline and brought to the page by artist Todd McFarlane based on a number of plot ideas and concepts from various other creators at Marvel Comics.

While embroiled in a major crossover storyline fighting a Secret War on an alien planet Spiderman acquired an alien costume. It appeared to respond to his thoughts, was able to mimic street clothes and seemed to provide an inexhaustible supply of webbing. Unfortunately, once on Earth Spider-man learnt that the costume was in fact a sentient parasite. With the aid of Reed Richards Spiderman managed to have the costume removed. The costume made one more attempt to bond itself to Spiderman but was forcibly rejected. Weakened by the rejection the costume slithered away, presumed by Spiderman to perish.

Meanwhile, reporter Eddie Brock had been penning a number of articles on the recent Sin-Eater case. Following a false lead he proceeded to writer a series of columns identifying the wrong man as the perpetrator of the crimes. His mistake was revealed when Spiderman caught the real criminal. Blaming Spiderman for the downturn in his career subsequent Eddie was found by the alien costume which bonded itself to the failed reporter. The process left both, already emotionally unstable individuals, permanently damaged. Adopting the name Venom the new symbiotic pair decided to take their revenge on Spiderman.

Gifted with strength in excess of Spiderman's, agility, speed, web-shooters and the ability to remain undetected by Spider-man's spider-sense the villain has come to be one of the more dangerous enemies the wall crawler has faced. Despite his lethal ability and homicidal hatred of Spider-man, Venom remains curiously protective of those he considers innocent. He will generally avoid killing bystanders or innocents in his quest for vengeance if it can be avoided. (Of course the fact that he is insane means his definition of innocent as well as necessary casualties fluctuates as the story demands).

VITAL STATISTICS OF VENOM

• Name: Eddie Brock
• Occupation: Freelance journalist, vigilante, stalker.
• Hieght: 6'2"
• Wieght: 266 lbs.
• Hair: Blonde
• Eyes: Blue
  • Intelligence Level- Normal or Greater
  • Strength Level- Superhuman Class 25
  • Endurance Level- Normal
  • Stamina Level- Normal
  • Speed Level- Superhuman
  • Agility Level- Superhuman
  • Reflexes Level- Superhuman
• Special Abilities: The alien symbiote costume has the ability to conceal Eddie Brock's identity. He can disguise himself as other people and as inanimate objects. It also allows for him to shoot webs as Spiderman does, and to stick to surfaces as an insect does. The alien symbiote cannot be seperated from Eddie Brock with out killing both entities.
• Special Limitations: Nuerosis. Vulnerability to extremely loud noises.