Eddie Brock/Venom (1994-1998)

History
Eddie Brock was a reporter for the Daily Bugle who shared J. Jonah Jameson's hatred for Spider-Man. Eddie found out that Dr Curt Connors was the Lizard but Spider-Man prevented him from telling Jameson. The next day Eddie was made a fool out of when Connors turned up in his human appearance. Eddie ended up fired from the Bugle and found it hard to get a job as Spider-Man would always get in the way.

After Spider-Man separated himself from an alien symbiote that had bonded with him and made him more aggressive, the symbiote bonded with Eddie and they became the villain, Venom. Venom battled Spider-Man and, as the symbiote had passed it's knowledge onto Eddie, knew how to evade his spider sense and knew his secret identity. Spider-Man eventually separated Eddie from the symbiote and sent it into space. Eddie was sent to Ravencroft asylum and kept Spider-Man's secret to himself, hoping that the symbiote would return.

Eddie's therapist, Ashley Kafka, was convinced that the symbiote was an illusion until Dormammu and Baron Mordo returned it to Earth and it bonded with Eddie again to become Venom. However, the symbiote had reproduced and it's offspring had bonded with Cletus Kasady, a serial killer who was in the cell next to Eddie's in Ravencroft, to become the villain Carnage.

At first, Venom and Carnage were allies but after Eddie realised he had romantic feelings for Ashley and he separated from the symbiote again, he turned against Carnage. Spider-Man and Iron Man asked for Eddie's help in fighting Carnage and he agreed to, despite the fact that he had to bond with the symbiote again and another separation from it would kill him. After the battle, both Venom and Carnage ended up trapped in Dormammu's dimension.

Basic Facts

 * Real Name: Edward Brock
 * Base of Operations: New York City
 * Occupation: Ex Journalist, Super Villain
 * Eyes: Brown (when Venom, white)
 * Hair: Brown (when Venom, none)
 * First Appearance: Night of the Lizard
 * Last Appearance: Sins of the Fathers Part 11: Carnage