Venom (Marvel)

The name or term "Venom" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Venom (disambiguation).

Venom is a symbiont from the Marvel portion of the Crossovers series.

Blah blah blah eat brains blah lethal protector blah. Do we get our paycheck now? We have over twenty crossovers to be in, you know.

As Scourge is to Optimus Prime, Venom is to Spider-Man. It seems that even organic superheroes can get black repaints. Go figure. Doctor Doom built him a transforming battlesuit, apparently thinking it was a good idea. He's quite fond of it, as it allows him to go incognito. Evidently Earth's law enforcement personnel haven't quite clued in to the fact that his insignia is painted across the hood.

Toys

Crossovers

No, he is not Big Daddy.

• Venom (Marvel, 2008)
  • Accessories: 2 missiles

Mister brain-guzzling lunatic becomes a gas-guzzling muscle car. He fires missiles from above the back of his hands—the same spot from which Venom in the comics shoots his webbing. His transformation will drive you insane.

This mold was redecoed to make Carnage. Yes, in a reversal of the trend, that makes him a black character who gets a red repaint.

• More information on Venom at TFU.info

Notes

• Venom was voiced by a few Transformers voice actors. Brian Drummond voiced Venom in Spider-Man Unlimited, Steve Blum voiced him in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance as well as Anti-Venom in Edge of Time, Daran Norris voiced Venom in the 2000 Spider-Man Game, Arthur Burghardt voiced Venom in the Ultimate Spider-Man Video Game, and Keith Szarabajka even voiced Venom in Web of Shadows.

External links

• Venom at Marvel Database
• Venom at Wikipedia