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"Hey, buddy, can I tell you something, man to man? Because I have spent a significant amount of time with one of these creatures up my ass! It's not very fun. And I also found out that they're killing you."
―Eddie Brock[src]

Edward "Eddie" Brock is a freelance reporter who becomes the host of the symbiote alien known as Venom.

Biography[]

Venom[]

Eddie Brock was an investigative reporter living in San Francisco, and dating lawyer Anne Weying. Eddie used Anne's connections working for the law firm representing the Life Foundation to get an interview with the company's CEO, Carlton Drake. However, Eddie also took information from Anne's confidential emails and directed questions to Drake about the Life Foundation's more unethical practices. The stunt got both Eddie and Anne fired from their respective jobs, and ended their relationship.

Six months later, Eddie was approached by Dr. Dora Skirth from the Life Foundation who had become concerned about Drake's experiments with alien symbiotes that he was bonding to the city's homeless. Skirth wanted to expose Drake, and convinced Eddie to assist her by breaking into the Life Foundation and obtaining evidence of Drake's crimes. During the break in, Eddie found a local homeless woman named Maria, who he knew, as part of the experiments. As he tried to rescue her, the alien symbiote transferred itself from Maria to Eddie, killing the woman in the process. Eddie managed to escape the Life Foundation.

Eddie soon began experiencing strange symptoms relating to the symbiote possession. Eddie eventually reached out to Anne for help, and her new boyfriend, Dr. Dan Lewis examined him and discovered the symbiote's aversion to sound. Meanwhile, Eddie had been targeted by Carlton Drake since he was now in possession of the sole remaining living symbiote from the Life Foundation experiments. Mercenaries attempted to kidnap Eddie, causing the symbiote to take over and transform him into a monstrous creature. Eddie's new abilities allowed him to repel the attackers.

Taking shelter at a lighthouse, Eddie learned that the symbiote is sentient and named Venom. It persuaded Eddie to form an alliance of sorts; while Eddie would have the power and abilities that Venom can provide, Venom would experience life through Eddie. Eddie agreed and began to use his newfound abilities, breaking into his previous workplace to submit evidence about Drake's crimes. Once again, Eddie was attacked by mercenaries and managed to escape. However, Eddie's power was not without cost - the symbiote was slowly rotting his internal organs. Eddie used an MRI machine to separate from Venom, but was kidnapped by Drake's men.

Now powerless, Eddie learned that Drake had bonded with the Riot symbiote and planned to launch a craft into space to bring more of the symbiotes to Earth to assimilate the human race. Anne Weying, having bonded with Venom, arrived to rescue Eddie just as he was about to be executed. Eddie reclaimed the Venom symbiote and fought Drake and Riot, finally killing them in an exploding spacecraft. Venom seemingly sacrificed himself in order to save Eddie.

Sometime after, Eddie and Venom - who survived - secretly work to protect the city while Eddie returned to journalism and rebuilt his friendship with Anne. Visiting San Quentin Prison, Eddie prepared to interview the serial killer Cletus Kasady.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage[]

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Spider-Man: No Way Home[]

"There was a billionaire, he had a tin suit, and he could fly, right? Okay. And there was this really angry green man."
―Eddie Brock[src]

Having been transported to an alternate universe by Stephen Strange's spell, Eddie and Venom sit in a Mexican bar where an inebriated Eddie goes over the events of that world such as Tony Stark being Iron Man, the existence of the Hulk, and Thanos and the Infinity Stones. Eddie expresses doubt over the bartender's stories, but the man just replies that Thanos made his family disappear for five years. Eddie suggests that he should go to New York and find Peter Parker while Venom wants to go skinny dipping. However, Eddie is pulled back to his own universe along with Venom moments later.

Unnoticed by Eddie, Venom, or the bartender, Eddie inadvertantly left behind a small piece of Venom on the bar which starts to move on its own, suggesting that Eddie and Venom inadvertently spawned a new symbiote that got left behind.

Venom: The Last Dance[]

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Character traits[]

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Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

  • Venom Symbiote: Brock's abilities are granted to him by the symbiotic alien known as Venom. The creature is able to control Brock's body at will, from manipulating his motor functions to augmenting his physical performance to inhuman levels with conscious effort. However, as a Symbiote, the abilities that Venom can grant Brock is limited by their compatibility, as Symbiotes required compatible hosts to achieve a proper bond with them. Additionally, despite finding Brock to be an ideal match, Venom still has a degree of toxicity to Brock's body, as it's hunger for organic matter leads it to subsist partially on his organs and cause Brock's metabolism to rise tremendously, resulting in his host developing a voracious appetite. In order to combat this, while manifesting it's own body over Brock's, Venom is prone to eat other living creatures, having a particular craving for heads and brain tissue, in order to be less harmful towards it's host's body.

Relationships[]

Appearances/Actors[]

Behind the scenes[]

  • Josh Emerson was a fan favorite to play Eddie Brock/Venom.
  • Sony considered Finn Wittrock as Venom.
  • In late March of 2017, Zac Efron tweeted that he was cast as Venom in the upcoming film, but after a few days, this was revealed to be an early April Fools' Day joke.

Trivia[]

  • Tom Hardy is the second actor from the Batman film franchise to appear in the Spider-Man related film after Michael Keaton in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
  • Tom Hardy was uncredited in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Gallery[]

Venom[]

Venom: Let There Be Carnage[]

Spider-Man: No Way Home[]

See Also[]

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