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We’ve already counted down 20 alternative versions of Venom but there is just too much
amazing content so we knew it was time to make a part 3 of our top 10 Alternative Versions
of Venom.
The new 2018 Venom movie has just come out and I want to know if you’ve seen it and
what you think about it in the comments below.
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Now, let’s get symbiotic.
10 Hail Hydra.
During Secret Wars and following Captain America: Hail Hyrdra, this series take place in a time
where Captain America is no longer the leader of Hydra.
Thank goodness.
He is helping lead the last of the rebellion against Hydra who seemingly are in charge
of pretty much everything now.
In this world Captain has a daughter named Ellie who saves a mysterious man named Nomad.
These two escape after, you guessed it Eddie Brock bonded with Venom and his team of Vipers
--ladies who also wear the symbiote and are controlled by Venom-- show up.
In this reality Venom enters the comic by killing the universe’s Tony Stark and later
this universe’s Captain America.
Regardless, Ellie and Nomad get away.
Eventually the symbiote catches up with them but only bond with Ellie.
So we get a wicked, badass version of Captain America’s daughter, Ellie as Venom.
She appears very in control of the symbiote and is able to kick butt in the name of good
while in control of it.
9 Spider Man & the Power Pack (2007).
In this version of Venom’s tale, he is bonded originally to Eddie Brock and is very similar
to our earth 6 1 6 version of him, despite that this comic takes place on earth 5 6 3
1.
Eddie Brock is separated with a sonic blaster by Spiderman who also has some help from the
Human Torch.
And here’s where this story gets interesting.
Brock is placed under arrest but the symbiote gets away and is found by a fashion designer
by the name of Rudolpho.
Rudolpho uses the symbiote to design clothes with and six months later has a fashion show.
Who models in that fashion show?
You guessed it, Mary Jane Wattson.
When the Venom symbiote realizes that Peter Parker is in the audience, it freaks out and
turns all the fashion models into Venom.
[insert Spider-Man & the Power Pack 2007, issue 3, page 13 here, link in script] Yeah,
pretty awesome.
Later the Power Pack shows up to defeat the symbiote where it bonds with Energizer aka
Katie Powers.
Katie Powers is kid of about 7 or 8, in this version of the Power Pack, who can hurl balls
of energy from her chest.
She is traditionally known for being one of the youngest superheros.
Energizer then joins the Sinister Six and they actually manage to kidnap Spiderman.
A pretty impressive feat.
8 Thunderbolt V.E.N.O.M.
Also known as Variable Engagement Neurosensitive Organic Mesh.
This version of symbiote was produced by the Osborn Corp and is used when the Thunderbolt
Department is marched in under the command of Norman Osborn.
Luckily this earth 1 3 8, Spider-Man also known as Spider-Punk Hobbie Brown manages
to take him out with an army of amps and punk rock.
This Venom is portrayed as being creepy as heck and to be honest, I just love this universe.
7 1602 Edwin Brocc.
In this version, Venom is appears as a demon being hunted by Witch Hunter Angela.
He also appears to have a bewitching affect on the ladies.
He appears to be a warlock with either potion making abilities that he uses on the most
beautiful ladies’ of the village to make them fall in love with him.
Although this doesn’t last long as he fights Angela transforming into Venom and is defeated.
Still if you haven’t read or looked at the 1602 comics, I highly recommend it.
The Witch Hunter series art is spearheaded by Stephanie Hans with Irene Koh joining her
for pencils and ink and Jordie Bellaire joining her for colours in issue #2 of this series,
where Venom appears.
6 2015 Civil War Venom.
During the war between Iron Man and Captain America, the symbiote Venom gets a new host:
Clint Barton.
That’s right, Hawkeye.
This version has the skill of Hawkeye and the abilities of Venom.
Pretty neat, right?
Clint Barton seems very in control of Venom during this symbiosis and is presented in
a sleek alternate version of the Venom symbiote.
He also doesn’t talk as much as almost any other version of Venom.
In fact, I’m not sure he utters a word in the comics at all.
He doesn’t need to talk to take out King Oc though.
King Oc is a combination of Kingpin and Doc Ocs tentacles.
Kingpin killed Doc Oc to get them and attached them to himself.
However this resulted in his brain being fried by the tentacles who did not like their new
host very much, leaving Kingpin a corpse that the tentacles had full control of.
If you can imagine how big and scary this villian is, you can imagine how cool it is
when Venom Hawkeye…
Ven-eye?
takes him out with a symbiotic bow.
5 Venom in the Spiderman 1990s animated series.
As you may already know, I’m a huge cartoon nerd.
So I couldn’t have a Venom list without mentioning one of the many Spiderman cartoons.
This is great and classic rendition of Venom.
One of the things I love about this series’ story is how is obsessed and crazy Brock and
the symbiote are together.
Everything is blamed on Spiderman and if they could just destroy him, maybe everything would
finally work out for Brock.
This version of Venom is strong, insane & ruthless.
Also fun fact, Hank Azaria who does the voice for Moe on the Simpsons also does the voice
for Venom in the show.
4 Mech-suit Venom.
In the Edge of Spider Geddon we get to see what Venom would look like if it were a mech
suit.
This Venom is referred to as VEN#m and ends up being deployed by Addy Brock, who expresses
she feels a great connection with suit.
However the programming ends up malfunctioning and she loses control.
Seriously, if someone turned this idea of Spider-Man and Venom as Mech Suits and turned
this into an anime, I would watch that.
3 Venom in Spider Girl (1999).
In this comic, Venom bonds with a few different people.
It bonds with Peter Parker and tries to kill his own family but his daughter May, as Spider
Girl stops him.
The symbiote also later bonds with Normie Osborn, son of Harry Osborn.
When Normie bonds with symbiote they actually become a hero, trying to do good.
Normie and the symbiote prefer not go by Venom as Venom was the name of Eddie Brock and the
symbiote when combined.
Kinda odd since Venom usually otherwise seems okay with this.
In the end the symbiote bonds with May Parker when she is badly wounded.
It heals her and in the process kills itself.
2 Venom Flash.
Venash…?
Flashnom?
They may not have a great ship name but boy, do the Flash and Venom symbiote make a strong
team.
After the Flash lost his legs in the Iraq War he bonds with Venom after he was enlisted
in Project Rebirth 2.0.
The symbiote creates leg for the Flash again so he can run around.
This version of Venom combines the Flash’s powers with the symbiotes powers, meaning
that he has spidey sense, can shoot webs, climb walls, is super strong and he can even
heal injuries and rid their bodies of impurities. 1
Venom the 2018 movie.
Okay, okay.
I know there is some contrasting opinions.
Do we like it or don’t we?
But this list is not about the about the whole story, this is list is about awesome versions
of Venom.
And although I too had some issues with the 2018 film in its entirety, I cannot deny that
I enjoyed Tom Hardy’s portrayal of Eddie Brock as Venom.
Although the this storyline share some overlap with with film, there is quite a lot that
is different.
Eddie Brock’s weakness is usually that he feels incomplete without Venom, that he feels
as though he is lesser of a person without Venom due to own low self-esteem and feelings
of worthlessness.
That and probably his hatred of Peter Parker and the symbiotes hatred of Spider-Man which
prevent Venom from living their own full and independent life.
In this version Eddie Brock is portrayed as, I would say, an overly confident guy and it
is own passion for always doing the right thing and his own hubris that lead to the
loss of his job and fiance.
This film more explores the buddy buddy dynamic of the symbiote Venom and Brock.
In fact this is not so much a co-dependent relationship as an equal one.
There is a give and take between both and although the two don’t need one another,
they choose to be with each other.
Okay, so the symbiote needs to achieve symbiosis to survive, but it could arguably do that
with someone else.
I personally love how funny, terrifying and fun this rendition of Venom is.
And that was our top 10 alternative versions of Venom part three.
Do you like Venom better as a villain or an anti-hero, let me know in the comments below.
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