Eddie Brock

Edward Charles Allan Brock, also known as Anti-Venom, Eddie Brock, Edward Allen Brock, Edward Brock, King in Black, Lethal Protector, Toxin and Venom, is a character from the Marvel Comics series.
== Charactah Account ==
Eddie Brock bonded with the dark alien symbiote after it was discarded by Spider-Man, becoming the first Venom. Later, Brock became Anti-Venom, but the symbiote was lost during the events of Spider-Island. Brock has also been forcibly bonded to the Toxin Symbiote by the Crime-Master, but has reluctantly given it up to stop Carnage. Recently he has re-bonded with Venom.
Bonding with the Venom symbiote grants Eddie with various abilities similar to those of Spider-Man, its former host, including superhuman strength, agility, and reflexes, webbing creation, and the ability to adhere to walls. It does not inherit the " Spider-sense", but it does allow him to bypass Spider-Man's own senses. Due to Eddie Brock's muscular physique and natural physical strength from weight-training, his strength as Venom is superior to Spider-Man's, though he lacks Spider-Man's speed and reflexes. Venom's webbing is very similar to that of Spider-Man, albeit from the back of the host's hand instead of the wrist. The webbing is created from the symbiote itself, so it is much stronger. This also creates an upper limit for the webbing, as overuse can significantly weaken the symbiote, as evidenced by the manner of Venom's defeat in Amazing Spider-Man #300. It can also create tentacles and tendrils to grab enemies in addition to producing the standard webbing. The symbiote has shape-shifting abilities. It can alter its appearance to anything Brock desires, allowing Venom to camouflage himself and blend into the environment, or simply have the symbiote morph into normal clothing.
Venom's body is highly resistant to physical injury, and it can help its host survive in hostile environments by filtering air. It can also heal any injury or illness Brock suffers much more quickly than human medical care, and allowed him to survive indefinitely with terminal cancer. The symbiote is very susceptible to high-pitched sonic frequencies and fire. The Venom symbiote contains a small 'dimensional aperture', allowing Brock to carry items without adding mass to the costume, and it is able to transform to mimic any human or become camouflaged with its surroundings. The symbiote shares all of its knowledge with Brock, and projects its own desires into his mind. It is also capable of psychically detecting its offspring; however, this ability can be blocked.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Absolute Carnage
* Amazing Spider-Girl
* Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom - New Ways To Live
* Amazing Spider-Man Super Special
* Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows
* Backlash/Spider-Man
* Carnage
* Carnage: Black, White & Blood
* Code of Honor
* Contest of Champions
* Daredevil
* Darkhawk
* DC/Marvel: All Access
* Death of the Venomverse
* Defenders
* Essential Web of Spider-Man
* Extreme Venomverse
* Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirit of Vengeance
* Hail HydrA
* Iron Man
* King In Black
* Marvel Action: Spider-Man
* Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man
* Marvel Age
* Marvel Comics Presents
* Marvel Knights Spider-Man
* Marvel Zombies
* Nightwatch
* Nova
* Peter Parker: Spider-Man
* Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe
* Quasar
* Rune vs. Venom
* Secret Defenders
* Silver Sable and the Wild Pack
* Spectacular Spider-Man
* Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures
* Spider-Man
* Spider-Man & Venom: Double Trouble
* Spider-Man 2099
* Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man
* Spider-Man Adventures
* Spider-Man and Power Pack
* Spider-Man Fairy Tales
* Spider-Man Family
* Spider-Man Saga
* Spider-Man Universe
* Spider-Man Unlimited
* Spider-Man Vs. Venom
* Spider-Man/Red Sonja
* Spider-Man: Legend of the Spider-Clan
* Spider-Man: Reign
* Spider-Man: The Arachnis Project
* Spider-Man: The Next Chapter
* Spider-Man: The Spider's Shadow
* The Adventures of Spider-Man
* The Amazing Scarlet Spider
* The Amazing Spider-Girl
* The Amazing Spider-Man
* The Amazing Spider-Man Annual
* The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic
* The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic
* The Astonishing Spider-Man
* The Incredibel Hulk vs. Venom
* The Mighty Avengers
* The Sensational She-Hulk
* The Sensational Spider-Man
* The Spectacular Spider-Man
* The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual
* The Ultimates 3
* Thor
* Ultimate Spider-Man
* Uncanny Origins
* Untold Tales of Spider-Man
* Venom
* Venom Super Special
* Venom vs. Carnage
* Venom/Carnage Infinity Comic
* Venom: Along Came A Spider
* Venom: Carnage Unleashed
* Venom: Dark Origin
* Venom: First Host
* Venom: Funeral Pyre
* Venom: Lethal Protector
* Venom: Lethal Protector II
* Venom: License to Kill
* Venom: Nights of Vengeance
* Venom: On Trial
* Venom: Separation Anxiety
* Venom: Sign of the Boss
* Venom: Sinner Takes All
* Venom: The Enemy Within
* Venom: The Finale
* Venom: The Hunger
* Venom: The Hunted
* Venom: The Mace
* Venom: The Madness
* Venom: Tooth and Claw
* Venomized
* Venomnibus
* Venomverse
* Web of Spider-Man
* Web of Spider-Man Annual
* Wild Thing
* X-Men: Blue
== Trivia ==
* In the book Comic Creators on Spider-Man, David Michelinie revealed that when creating a new character to be bonded to the symbiote, his original idea was for the villain to be a woman. Her origin would be that she was pregnant and about to give birth, and her husband ran into the street to flag down a taxi in order to go to the hospital. However, the taxi driver was distracted by a sighting of Spider-Man and accidentally ran over the husband, killing him. This caused the woman to go into labour, losing her baby and her sanity. Eventually she would regain her sanity but have a deep hatred for Spider-Man, and the symbiote would bond to her in order to get revenge on Spider-Man - which is why the hands that shove Peter Parker in front of a train in Web of Spider-Man #18 and grab his ankle in Web of Spider-Man #24 resemble a woman's. This idea, however, was rejected by Jim Salicrup, who stated that a woman wasn't threatening enough to make a serious super villain.
* After Cletus Kasady, Eddie Brock is the human who has bonded with the most symbiotes, having been bonded to Venom, assimilated the original Carnage symbiote and Mania through Venom, Anti-Venom, Toxin, Tyrannosaurus merged with Venom, Sleeper, Dark Carnage, and a gestalt symbiote formed from amalgamated codices.
* Eddie believed that Spider-Man 2099 stole his costume design from him.
* According to Sensational Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #38, Eddie was only twenty-two years old when he was fired from the Daily Globe and bonded to the Venom symbiote.
* According to a 2021 interview with CBR, Venom's series of miniseries in the 1990s arose as a compromise between Marvel executives who disliked the character but wanted to capitalize on the character's runaway popularity as an antihero. Furthermore, according to Flavio Sette, Venom's reversion to villainy in the late 1990s and early 2000s was due the miniseries' decline in sales.
* During his Venom run starring Flash Thompson, writer Cullen Bunn originally planned for Eddie Brock to take the clone of the Venom symbiote with the Hell-Mark, becoming a second hellish version of Venom. However, since Eddie was bonded to Toxin around that time and he decided they could stay together longer, Bunn decided to keep the plot point, but introduce Andi Benton to become the symbiote clone's host instead.
* In Rick Remender and Cullen Bunn's plans for their prospective "War of the Symbiotes" arc in Venom Vol. 3, Eddie Brock was planned to sacrifice himself to stop the Toxin symbiote when it went "into heat" and began producing countless spores that would result in a worldwide plague of symbiotes -- the "Spawning" event alluded to in Venom (Vol. 2).
* For Eddie Brock's return as Venom starting with Venom (Vol. 3) #6, the character's exaggerated musculature and more monstrous features were toned down in favor of a look which called back to his earliest appearances. The monstrous aspects have instead been used thematically as a visual cue to reflect the symbiote's mental state.
* Eddie is a fan of Frank Sinatra and Rolling Stones.
* Eddie was raised as a devout Catholic - disparaging the notion of gods aside from the Abrahamic one as blasphemy and even developed a messiah complex after becoming Anti-Venom. Feeling abandoned by God, Eddie eventually came to question his faith, and eventually forsook it. However, Eddie is not a true atheist as he currently acknowledges the existence of gods such as Thor and Knull. While falling from the Empire State Building, Eddie prayed to the Abrahamic God to protect Dylan, showing that, while forsaking his faith, he still believes in God and doesn't want to simply discard his beliefs.
* Eddie likes dogs.
* Eddie follows the paternal family tradition of not putting ketchup on hotdogs.
* While Eddie was able to wield Mjolnir, he was not considered worthy as he was only able to lift it due to Mjolnir's enchantment being broken and Eddie having been bonded to Captain Universe.
* According to Black Cat, there was no grace in Eddie's web-slinging. He didn't swing with finesse, focusing rather on preventing himself from falling.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Edward Brock (Earth-616) at Marvel Database
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