Original sentence: Brock as Venom fought Spider-Man many times, and came close to winning on several occasions.But over the years as the symbiote itself lent toward more intelligence and moved to additional human hosts, the name began to apply to the symbiote as well as its hosts.Eddie and the symbiote both share, at times, a desire to protect innocent people from all harm, even if it means working side-by-side with the hated Spider-Man.This name originally applied to Brock, over the symbiote.Together they formed into the first version of the dark, villainous creature known as Venom
Edited sentence: Brock fought Spider-Man as Venom many times, and came close to winning on several occasions.But over the years, as the symbiote itself lent toward more intelligence and moved to additional human hosts, the name began to apply to the symbiote as well as its hosts.Eddie and the symbiote both shared, at times, a desire to protect innocent people from all harm, even if it meant working side-by-side with the hated Spider-Man.In Amazing Spider-Man # 298, they formed into the first version of the dark, villainous creature known as Venom.The name Venom originally applied to Brock, over the symbiote.Venom first appeared in a one-panel cameo in issue #299, and made his first full appearance in issue #300