Things Venom Can Do That Spider-Man Can’t Hey guys!
Welcome back to Top 10 Nerd, I’m Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey.
Venom was one of Spider-Man’s most popular villains.
Then he was Spidey’s teammate.
Then his villain.
Then they kinda got along a little bit.
Then he was in space.
Look, what I’m saying is, Venom has quite the history in Marvel comics.
While most people tend to root for Spider-Man when the two come face to face, there are
certain advantages Venom has over the webslinger.
So let’s talk about them!
Here are the Top 10 Things Venom can do that Spider-Man can’t!
Number 10: He can see Spidey coming, but Spidey can’t sense him.
This one’s a bit complicated but here goes.
As you know, Spider-man has his Spider sense which warns him of danger.
However, since the symbiote bonded with Peter before going to Eddie Brock, it is able to
go around Peter’s Spider-Sense, which is a really significant advantage.
Venom, on the other hand, doesn’t seem to have a Spider sense per se, but the symbiote
seems to be able to see everything around its host, able to warn the host and avoid
danger, acting essentially like a “Venom-sense”.
So if Spidey was trying to sneak up on Venom, there’s a good chance the symbiote would
notice, while Spider-Man doesn’t have that luxury.
Number 9: Lift bigger things.
Venom’s strength has varied greatly throughout the comics, but one thing that has remained
over all his iterations is that he is stronger than Spider-man.
Spidey’s no slouch, with the proportional strength of a spider, but he needs to use
his superior cunning to defeat Venom, since the symbiote grants its host incredible strength.
With the natural strength granted by the race combined with the power gained from Peter’s
abilities while bonded with him, Venom is significantly stronger than Spider-Man, even
able to fight the likes of Juggernaut.
Now that’s strong.
Number 8: Change his shape to fit combat.
While Spider-Man is pretty much set as the skinny, boyish frame, Venom has the ability
to change his shape to fit his needs.
Whether he’s giving himself long, sharp claws, or increasing his size to gain strength,
the guy has quite a few options.
Plus, even though he generally chose not to, he could even create weapons out of his hands,
similar to how Carnage tends to.
This malleable shape has given him quite an advantage over his adversaries over the years,
and it’s a pretty awesome ability that he’s using more and more in modern comics.
But this isn’t the only use of the symbiote’s shapeshifting ability…
Number 7: Turn invisible.
That’s right Spidey, you’re gonna have to up your game!
Not only can the suit change its shape to fight, it can even change to match whatever
it is near.
This means that Venom can stand against a wall and blend in with his surroundings, making
him effectively invisible to onlookers.
Since Spider-Man can’t sense Venom with his Spider sense, this is one power that Venom
can use to get the jump on the webslinger.
This ability also allows the symbiote to take the form of normal clothes, so its host can
walk around as normal, with the symbiote always secretly in tow.
So he can be invisible or take the form of clothes… he could be anywhere…
*looks around, examines shirt, scared* Number 6: Heal serious wounds.
Spider-man does have a somewhat increased healing factor, able to regenerate quite a
bit more rapidly than the average human.
However, Venom’s healing factor is somewhat more powerful for a few reasons.
For one, and somewhat related, the symbiote is able to essentially protect its host from
damage and disease, able to keep Eddie Brock’s cancer at bay and create legs for Flash Thompson.
But those benefits go away when the symbiote leaves.
However, it is also able to help its host recover from serious injuries, allowing Flash
to heal from being impaled by Toxin, or helping Mac Gargan when he was stabbed through the
chest by the Swordsman.
As we’ve learned from heroes like Wolverine, Deadpool, and the Hulk, healing factors can
be real game changers; and Venom has Spidey beat in this area.
Number 5: Genetic Memory.
Peter Parker is a ridiculously smart guy with a pretty bonkers memory, but he’s nothing
next to Venom.
I’m not saying Venom can memorize the periodic table or something, but the symbiote has a
unique genetic memory that allows it to know and understand things about others by simply
touching them, especially if bonded with them.
This allows it to avoid detection by Spider-Man, and to know Spider-Man’s true identity,
since the symbiote had previously bonded with Peter and taken in his memories.
Number 4: Travel through the internet and phone lines.
In the 1995 miniseries “Carnage Unleashed”, Venom found himself hunting after Carnage,
who had, based on the scientific laws of the 90s, uploaded himself to the internet.
So, of course, Venom uploaded himself too, travelling through the wires to battle Carnage
on the big screen.
He’s also used this ability to travel through phone wires to bond with Eddie Brock’s ex-wife
Anne Weying and break her out of prison.
It’s a pretty ridiculous and unrealistic power, but hey, it’s a slimy alien that
attaches to people and turns them into a monster…
I’m fine suspending disbelief just a hair more.
Number 3: Reproduce Asexually.
While Spider-Man has reproduced the good old fashioned way, and has had a number of clones
made, he’s never reproduced asexually.
Although as a teenage male, I’m sure he’s spent more than enough time trying.
But Venom can and has quite a few times, mostly against his will.
It seems that the symbiotes are born with a number of “seeds” inside them, one of
which will grow to become a viable offspring.
We first learned of this when he accidentally created Carnage, who ended up being one of
Venom’s greatest villains.
Kids these days, you know?
No respect I tell ya.
He also had a number of offspring by artificial means with various cloning and seed extraction
methods.
The dude’s quite the baby daddy.
Number 2: Create webbing internally.
Move over Tobey McGuire, the real Spider-Man doesn’t create webs as part of his powers.
Most versions of Spider-Man rely on web shooters, with cartridges of pressurized web fluid providing
the material.
Venom, on the other hand, produces his own webbing from the symbiote itself.
This has advantages and disadvantages.
On the plus side, it means you’re not reliant on technology, and in most cases you just
won’t have to worry about running out.
However, he does have a finite supply, and Spider-Man has taken advantage of this, tricking
Venom into using all his webbing, thus weakening him considerably.
Number 1: Access the Klyntar Hive Mind.
Unsurprisingly, Spider-Man does not have the ability to communicate with the hivemind of
the Klyntar, the race to which the Venom Symbiote belongs.
Because…
why would he?
Hell, for a long time, not even Venom could do this due to his corruption.
However, soon after he was cleansed when he was with Flash Thompson, Venom gained the
ability to access the Klyntar Hive Mind.
This gave him a number of benefits.
He could communicate with symbiotes back home, learn about the past of his species, and even
hear the voice of the Cosmos, which would tell him where people needed help.
Nifty!
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Later nerds!
Survive underwater.
It probably comes as no surprise to you that Spider-Man can’t breathe underwater, since
I don’t know a heck of a lot of spiders who can do that either.
But as luck would have it, Venom CAN survive underwater!
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