![]() ![]() After being found by Martin Li praying in a church, Martin hired Matt Murdock to acquit Eddie for his crimes and gave Eddie a job at his soup kitchen, where Eddie would find some peace. However, this would do little but feed his guilt and he would attempt suicide on numerous occasions. Eddie would go on to act as a protector of innocents and even a government agent.Įventually becoming disillusioned with the symbiote after it absorbed its evil clone and became abusive, Eddie sold it to the highest bidder. Working with Spider-Man, the two defeated Carnage and after helping Venom save his ex-wife in a later confrontation they would come to an uneasy alliance - they would stay out of each other's way. They were brought back into Spider-Man's life when it was revealed that the symbiote had spawned another symbiote during Eddie's breakout, which bonded to his then-cellmate, Cletus Kasady, who became the supervillain Carnage. After Eddie's defeat by Spider-Man, the symbiote would break him out of prison, and the two, thinking they had killed Spider-Man on a secluded island, would retire. Eddie wages a campaign of torment against Peter Parker, invading his private life and threatening his loved ones, yet still exhibiting moments of compassion. In the process, Brock learns Spider-Man's true identity, and Brock's overwhelming hatred for Spider-Man turns the already bitter symbiote's love into a twisted obsession.Ĭalling himself Venom, Eddie becomes one of Spider-Man's most formidable foes: stronger, faster, and immune to his Spider-Sense. ![]() The symbiote, lying in wait for an appropriate host, is drawn to Brock's mutual obsession with Spider-Man and bonds with him. Blaming Spider-Man for his troubles, he begins to work out obsessively in an attempt to assuage his rage, but eventually Eddie cannot take it anymore and goes to the Our Lady of Saints church to pray for forgiveness for the suicide he is contemplating - unaware that Spider-Man had used the bells in the selfsame church to drive away his symbiotic Black Suit. Reputation destroyed, he is only able to find employment as a two-bit writer for a disreputable tabloid. Brock is subsequently fired from the Daily Globe, divorced by his wife, and disowned by his father. Unbeknownst to Eddie, the very next day Spider-Man seemingly debunks Brock's article by capturing a copy cat going by the name Stan Carter. Eddie's interviews with the Sin-Eater initially bring him great success until the police force him to out his source, Emil Gregg. ![]() Eddie's luck changes for the worst when he is contacted by a a man claiming to be the serial killer called the Sin-Eater. As an adult, Eddie marries Anne Weying, a lawyer, and becomes a successful journalist for the Daily Globe in New York. We are Venom!"Įddie Brock was raised a devout Catholic by his cold and distant father, who blamed Eddie for his wife's death during childbirth, resulting in a distance between the two that instilled in Eddie a need to impress his father. "It's not about control, or following orders like a soldier. ![]()
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