Venom Recommended Reading

One of Spider-Man's greatest enemy/ally, Venom has become a fan favorite character who has starred in his own comic series. Created in the 1980s, the Symbiote or Klyntar as it would later be called first made his appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #252. Attaching itself to Spider-Man, the hero rejected the Symbiote who found a new host in Eddie Brock and the two shared a hatred for Spider-Man. However, Venom developed a moral code against hurting innocent people which made him a lethal protector. Eddie donated the Symbiote which has bonded with other people including Scorpion and Peter's former high school bully now friend Flash Thompson who is the Symbiote's permanent host.
== New Readers ==
* Venom: Dark Origin: Tells about Eddie's past prior to obtaining the Venom Symbiote as well as his early days as Venom.
* Ultimate Spider-Man: Venom: Taking place in the Ultimate Universe, tells the origin of how Eddie Brock Jr. and Peter Parker's fathers were working a new bio-suit that could cure cancer but at the cost of loss of control of mind and actions. Eddie bonds with the suit resulting in Venom.
* Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man: Tells of Mac Gargan's adventures as Norman Osborn's Spider-Man.
== Further Reading ==
* Venom vs. Carnage
* Maximum Carnage
* Venom: Space Knight
* Birth of Venom Amazing Spider-Man #298 to Amazing Spider-Man #300
Category:Recommended Reading