Venom is again with Eddie Brock following the occasions of the “Queen in Black” storyline, and the primary concern of their new sequence has the 2 again to their previous methods. Ever since Venom arrived on Earth, bonding with Eddie Brock has all the time appeared like the fitting pairing, although Marvel has tried a number of different hosts through the years. A number of the hosts have been horrible choices, with Mac Gargan’s Scorpion turning Venom right into a terrifying villain whereas working with the Darkish Avengers. There have been different hosts who didn’t final very lengthy, principally as a result of they have been additionally dangerous folks and Venom actually didn’t have to be bonded to them.
Nevertheless, there are different hosts Venom has bonded with through the years that show that Eddie Brock additionally won’t be the best choice.
5) Dylan Brock
Dylan Brock first appeared in Venom #7 (2018) by Donny Cates and Iban Coello. He’s Eddie Brock’s son with Anne Weying. Dylan was raised by Eddie’s father, Carl Brock, after Anne left the toddler with him. He ended up bonding with Venom in Venom #35 (2021), which was the ultimate concern of the Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman run, and he grew to become the lead character within the subsequent Venom sequence by Al Ewing, Ram V, and Bryan Hitch. Venom saved Dylan, who was shot by Jack O’Lantern, earlier than receiving Eddie’s blessing to bond with the boy.
There was an enormous retcon within the sequence as a result of Eddie and Dylan first believed they have been half-brothers, with Venom hiding Eddie’s recollections that Dylan was his son. It turned out the Hive Thoughts prompted Dylan’s conception with the concept that he may at some point free the symbiotes from Knull’s management. Dylan has extra powers than his dad as a result of he can management symbiotes, and never simply Venom. Dylan and Venom ended up splitting in “Venom Conflict” when the anti-Carnage (Eganrac) started to kill Venom, inflicting the symbiote to push Dylan out of the bond to avoid wasting the boy.
4) Tel-Kar (his authentic host)
The unique host of Venom was not Spider-Man, as Marvel initially confirmed. As an alternative, this was retconned to indicate that Venom had a sentient host earlier than ever bonding to Peter Parker in Secret Wars. The primary Venom host was a Kree soldier named Tel-Kar, and he was launched in Venom: First Host #1 (2018) by Mike Costa and Mark Bagley. He served within the Lesser Magellanic Particular Ways Division, and Venom fought in a struggle alongside him.
Tel-Kar was the primary host for Venom as a result of the Kree received the symbiote as a child after its personal species forged it out. The Kree needed to alter shapes just like the Skrulls, which is why they bonded the symbiote to Tel-Kar. His job was to infiltrate the Skrulls through the Kree-Skrull Conflict. When the Skrulls found the reality, Tel-Kar erased the symbiote’s recollections and separated from it. As a result of Venom needed to bond solely to 1 host after this, different symbiotes imprisoned him and sealed him away, the place he remained till he was pulled onto Battleworld in Secret Wars.
3) Flash Thompson
Flash Thompson went from being a highschool bully who tormented Peter Parker to a struggle hero who misplaced each of his legs whereas combating in Iraq. The USA authorities began Challenge Rebirth 2.0, which was the Sym-Soldier Program, and it selected Thompson because the host for the Venom symbiote, which regrew Thompson’s legs when it bonded to him. Thompson may solely keep bonded for 48 hours to maintain Venom from taking full management, and he was informed he solely had about 20 missions earlier than somebody changed him.
Flash debuted as the brand new Venom in The Superb Spider-Man #654 (2011) by Dan Slott, Paulo Siqueira, and Ronan Cliquet. He had his personal solo tales that began in 2011 with Rick Remender and Tony Moore, and Cullen Bunn took over late within the sequence. He joined the Secret Avengers, Thunderbolt Ross’s Thunderbolts, and the Guardians of the Galaxy. After Flash and Venom separated, Flash bonded with Anti-Venom.
2) Mary Jane Watson
Marvel ran All-New Venom as a whodunit, and there was an enormous thriller over who the brand new host was. Readers suspected Luke Cage, Madame Masque, Rick Jones, Robbie Robertson, and Paul Rabin earlier than the reveal. Mary Jane Watson was lastly revealed as the brand new thriller Venom host in All-New Venom #5 (2025). Earlier than this, MJ was the hero often known as Jackpot, and he or she ended up bonding with Venom through the “Venom Conflict” storyline.
This was accomplished to avoid wasting each of their lives. Mary Jane was additionally dying when her Jackpot energy machine malfunctioned and prompted her physique to disintegrate at a molecular degree. To avoid wasting her, Venom fused along with her on a mobile degree, which meant that Venom was all that was holding her molecules collectively. They did quite a lot of good issues collectively, and Mary Jane had robust management over Venom, and even helped make the symbiote a greater hero than earlier than. Venom finally left MJ for Eddie once more after “Queen in Black,” however not till ensuring that MJ was cured and was not at risk of dying.
1) Peter Parker
For years, Marvel made it appear that Peter Parker was Venom’s first host when he discovered the symbiote on Battleworld and thought it was only a costume he may management together with his thoughts. In actuality, it was a symbiote that hid its true nature from Spider-Man and let him suppose he was controlling it. In actuality, the symbiote was occurring adventures when Peter was asleep, utilizing his physique, and making an attempt to be a hero in its personal proper. Nevertheless, when Peter discovered it was an alien in his physique, he had Reed Richards assist forcefully take away it.
Venom hated Spider-Man for rejecting him, and he discovered Eddie Brock, who hated Peter Parker, whom he blamed for ruining his journalism profession. Nevertheless, even with the hatred, which made Venom a villain for years, the symbiote by no means stopped desirous to be with Peter, and Venom considers Spider-Man simply as good a match as Eddie Brock. This relationship could be very tough, as Spider-Man hates just about every little thing concerning the symbiotes, even when Venom’s hatred has dissipated through the years.
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