Eddie Brock

*"It's Brock, sir. Edward Brock, Jr.. I work at the* Daily Bugle*. And I'm dating your daughter."*
―Eddie Brock to George Stacy[src]
**Edward "Eddie" Brock, Jr.** was a freelance photographer at the *Daily Bugle* dating Gwen Stacy. Losing his job and girlfriend to a Symbiote-infected Peter Parker, he became enraged and bonded with his symbiote, allying with Flint Marko to try and kill him.

## Biography

### Early Life

*"You hired him last week. Freelance."*
―Robbie Robertson to J. Jonah Jameson[src]
Edward "Eddie" Brock, Jr. once met Gwen Stacy, entering a relationship with her, and also became a freelance photographer at the *Daily Bugle*.

### Working at the Daily Bugle

#### Crane Failure at Sixth Avenue

*"Yeah, um, look, between you and me. The guy's kind of an amateur. Have you noticed, his stuff makes you look a little... bloated. Just a little chunky."
"Okay..."
"Don't have to worry about that anymore, buddy."*
―Eddie Brock to Spider-Man[src]
Arriving at Sixth Avenue to take pictures, he spotted Gwen Stacy struggling to hang onto a building after a crane hit this building. He stood next to police commissioner George Stacy, who was told that Brock is dating his daughter.

Once Spider-Man rescued Stacy, Eddie Brock walked up to him to take his picture, but was asked where the 'other guy' is. Brock told him he will be photographing him from now on, noting that he thinks of Parker as an amateur.

#### Pictures of Spider-Man

*"You better get in there. A new guy. He's trying to sell some Spidey photos."*
―Betty Brant to Peter Parker[src]
Eddie Brock met with J. Jonah Jameson to sell his pictures of Spider-Man, slightly impressed when Peter Parker entered Jameson's office with a picture he 'climbed a flagpole' for to take. Yet, instead of choosing Parker's picture, Jameson agreed to use Brock's for $50 dollars, prompting Brock to ask for a staff job, as well as Parker. To settle who gets the job, Jameson has them enter a race to deliver him a photo of Spider-Man in a bad light.

Sometime after taking pictures of Gwen Stacy at Spider-Man's festival, he would attempt to do so with Spider-Man in a black suit. Spider-Man would however break his camera. Brock would however still be able to get the job as staff photographer with a doctored image, as exposed by Peter Parker. Brock would lose his job at the *Daily Bugle* afterwards.

### Symbiotic Relationship

#### Battle at the Construction Site

*"We can find a way to settle this."
"You're so right. I'm thinking humiliation. Kinda like you humiliated me. Do you remember? Do you remember what you did to me? You made me lose my girl. Now I'm gonna make you lose yours. How's that sound, tiger?"*
―Venom to Spider-Man[src]
*To be added*

## Personality

*"Uh all right, JJ. I'm your man. I know more about what makes a good picture than any photographer in this town. See, photography, it's not just about no offense, flagpoles. Whatever. It's about lighting. Composition. Drama. I want a staff job, sir. I have a girl that I intend to marry, and I have this stupid little dream of working with one of the greatest newspaper editors of our time J. Jonah Jameson."*
―Eddie Brock to J. Jonah Jameson[src]
*To be added*

### Infused with Venom

*"I want him dead too, Flint. That's why I've been looking for you. Oh yeah. I know all about you. Like the fact that Spider-Man won't let you help your poor daughter. It's just It doesn't seem right to me. Look. I wanna kill the Spider. You wanna kill the Spider. Together, he doesn't stand a chance. Interested?"*
―Venom to Flint Marko[src]
*To be added*

## Powers and Abilities

### Former Powers

*"Never wound what you can't kill."*
―Venom to Spider-Man[src]
* **Symbiotic Enhancement**: When visiting a church, requesting a way to kill Peter Parker, Eddie came across a Symbiote that would take him as its host, becoming Venom. The Symbiote would grant him extraordinary powers.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: *To be added*
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: *To be added*
	+ **Superhuman Stamina**: *To be added*
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**: *To be added*
	+ **Genetic Memory**: *To be added*
	+ **Constituent-Matter Generation**: *To be added*
	+ **Parasitic Inheritance**: *To be added*
	+ **Wall-Crawling**: *To be added*
	+ **Webbing Generation**: *To be added*
	+ **Immunity to Spider-Man's Spider-Sense**: *To be added*

### Abilities

*"You're so beautiful. This is front page stuff. I've got to practice."*
―Eddie Brock to Gwen Stacy[src]
* **Photographer**: Eddie Brock is an aspiring photographer, taking a freelance job at the *Daily Bugle*.

*"It's a fake! Empire State Photographic Department confirms it."*
―Robbie Robertson to J. Jonah Jameson[src]
* **Expert Photoshopper**: While a relatively good photographer, Eddie Brock had to resort to photograph manipulation in order to receive the role of staff photographer at the *Daily Bugle*. Brock's doings were discovered by Peter Parker, the photographer behind the original image Brock doctored, and was fired for it.

## Relationships

### Allies

* *Daily Bugle*
	+ J. Jonah Jameson - Former Boss
	+ Betty Brant - Former Co-Worker
* Gwen Stacy - Ex-Girlfriend
* Flint Marko/Sandman - Former Ally

### Enemies

* Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Former Co-Worker, Rival

## Trivia

* In the comics, **Edward Charles Allen "Eddie" Brock, Jr.**...
* In the *Spider-Man* novel, Eddie Brock is mentioned as part of the *Daily Bugle* already, before the events of the third film.

## Behind the Scenes

* A photographer by the name of Eddie was mentioned by Robbie Robertson in *Spider-Man*.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 *Spider-Man 3*