Venom

About Venom

Eddie Brock worked as a reporter for the Daily Globe and investigated the serial criminal known as the Sin-Eater. A man named Emil Gregg confessed to Brock and supplied information that convinced him he had found the culprit. Brock published a series of articles that identified Gregg as the Sin-Eater. Spider-Man later captured the real offender and revealed him as police detective Stan Carter. The discovery destroyed Brock’s professional reputation because his reporting had supported a false confession. The Daily Globe dismissed him and other publications refused to employ him. Brock blamed Spider-Man for the loss of his career and directed his anger toward the hero rather than accepting responsibility for the failed investigation. He began intense physical training and eventually entered a church during a period of despair. An alien symbiote that Peter Parker had rejected was hiding within the same building. It sensed Brock’s hatred of Spider-Man and bonded with him. Their minds joined through the bond and they adopted the shared identity of Venom. The symbiote retained abilities and memories gained while bonded with Peter Parker. It gave Eddie immense strength and allowed him to cling to surfaces. It could form organic webbing and reshape itself into clothing. It also concealed Venom from Spider-Man’s danger sense. The memories stored by the symbiote revealed that Peter Parker was Spider-Man and gave Eddie access to knowledge of his private life. Venom used that information to stalk Peter and threaten the people around him. Eddie confronted Spider-Man several times and attempted to punish him for the collapse of his career. Venom was captured and imprisoned after these encounters but repeatedly escaped. Eddie and the symbiote gradually established a rule against harming anyone they considered innocent. Their targets expanded beyond Spider-Man as they began attacking criminals who endangered civilians. Brock eventually left New York and traveled to San Francisco. T