The orders for The Amazing Spider-Man tees for August have finally come to a close and the orders are in the process of being finalized to ship. The theme for September’s tee has been set to Venom!
Who is Venom?
A more appropriate question to ask is not who, but what is Venom? Venom is a symbiote born on the artificial planet, Klyntar. Symbiotes are a species of amorphous, symbiotic extraterrestrials that have the ability to bond with a host and feed off of their emotions much like a parasite. Once attached to a host, the Symbiotes generally take on the hosts emotions and characteristics as their own. The Venom Symbiotes first host was an evil inhabitant of an icy planet who utilized the symbiotes power to cause a genocide on his homeworld. Once separated from the host, Venom became twisted and filled with hate and because of this, was imprisoned only to become bonded with Spider-Man at a later time.
Spider-Man and the Venom Symbiote
After being kidnapped by Beyonder and forced to fight in his Secret Wars, Spider-Man’s suit was damaged. While trying to repair the suit with futuristic technology, he ultimately replaced his classic suit with the Venom Symbiote. The Symbiote wrapped around Peter’s body and took form in the Black Suit.
Venom Symbiote Spider-Man Suit
The Black Suit was able to transform into street clothing and can generate its own webs. Upon returning to Earth, Peter noticed that the suit was behaving strangely and with the help of Mister Fantastic, was able to forcefully remove it. The Symbiote was housed at the Fantastic Four’s headquarters for a short while until it escaped and eventually merged with Eddie Brock to form Venom.
Eddie Brock Becomes Venom
Eddie Brocks story began as a successful reporter for the Daily Globe, however his success was short-lived when Spider-Man debunked his exclusive story by revealing the true identity of the serial killer — Sin Eater. After the true identity was revealed, Eddie Brock got fired from the Daily Globe and became the laughing stock of his peers when he is forced to work at a tabloid magazine covering cheap gossip stories. As if his successful career abruptly coming to an end was not hard enough, he then found out he had terminal cancer, becomes disowned by his father and divorced by his wife. He spent much of his time at the gym to get his mind off of his misfortune but blamed everything on Spider-Man.
Eddie Brock Becomes Venom
While going to Our Lady of Saints Church to pray, he becomes bonded with the Venom Symbiote who was drawn by his aggression toward Spider-Man. Venom amplified Eddie’s Strength and kept him alive. After being bonded to Spider-Man, Venom managed to copy some of his characteristics and granted Eddie the ability to shoot webs and climb walls. The two went on to clash on many occasions with Venom almost winning several times.
Venom
What’s Next?
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