Gametraders Live September Magazine

From the outset, Venom was set up as a
villain for Spider-Man. Bonded to Eddie
Brock after Spider-Man used a church bell
to get the symbiote to leave him. Venom
found Eddie, who was praying in the same
church, and bonded quickly with him
through their mutual hatred of Spider-Man.
What if someone who was unafraid to kill
and was a lot more physically imposing
had the same powers as Spider-Man
and was unaffected by his Spider-Sense?
That’s the basic idea of Venom. It worked
incredibly well in his first introduction,
where Venom had an almost horror movie
vibe to him and has continued to work
when various writers have remembered
that Venom is meant to be a little bit
terrifying.
But always Venom seems to come back
to Eddie Brock, the disgraced journalist
and that’s the Venom we’re getting in the
movie.
And arrayed against our Lethal Protector?
The Life Foundation.
I for one, am looking forward to seeing
what Sony can pull off.
By Shaun Stoddard
Throughout his stories and not always well
written appearances in Marvel comics,
the Venom symbiote has given birth to
everyone’s favourite maniac Carnage.
Who became an almost constant thorn in
Venom’s side, and the 5 symbiotes used by
the Life Foundation. The Venom symbiote
has also been bonded to a grand total of
11 hosts (give or take weird retcons and
shifts in storyline), been a superhero, a
super villain, a spy and a space knight,
and everything in between. In alternate
universes it’s been a suit of goo created to
cure cancer, a ninja, a zombie and oddly
enough an anthropomorphic pig.