COMICS: Marvel Unveils A Drastic New Look For Their Armored "All-New Venom"

COMICS: Marvel Unveils A Drastic New Look For Their Armored "All-New Venom"

Remember when Venom was a "Lethal Protector" who made Spider-Man's life a living hell? These days, he's a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and Marvel have unveiled a very different new look for the villain which is quite unlike anything we've seen before. Check it out...

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By JoshWilding - Jan 21, 2015 08:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Comics
Source: Marvel.com
Things have changed a lot for Venom over the past decade or so. Once Eddie Brock lost the symbiote, MacGargan (a.k.a. The Scorpion) took over for a time before wounded war veteran Flash Thompson inherited the alien suit as a heroic government agent. As of right now, Venom is a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and looks set to receive a very new look in the Brian Michael Bendis penned series. Artist Valerio Schiti had this to say about the reason for the redesign. "I suppose that the main reason for this change is the new readers—at least that’s what Brian Bendis said! The new generations of readers have a totally different idea of Venom; most of them don’t even know that once he was a bad guy. In this moment nobody perceives him like a monster, everybody knows that he’s a hero, a good guy with a super cool costume that can do amazing things so why don’t we concentrate on them?" Thoughts on the new look?
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geekachino33
geekachino33 - 1/21/2015, 8:41 AM
first
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 1/21/2015, 8:43 AM
What!!!!
ThedamnBatman
ThedamnBatman - 1/21/2015, 8:43 AM
huh? didn't even know Venom was a part of GOTG now
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 1/21/2015, 8:43 AM
That looks Off...I don't know how i feel about it.

UrbanEnigma
UrbanEnigma - 1/21/2015, 8:46 AM
I don't hate it, but I also don't love it. They could have done better IMO.
cronnyberg
cronnyberg - 1/21/2015, 8:49 AM
Venom being part of GOTG makes sense for the direction Marvel are going with him. He's an entirely different character to the one I grew up with, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. There are some pretty cool avenues they can go down writing about a 'hero with a suit which is actually an alien'.

I do miss the original venom though
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 1/21/2015, 8:50 AM
I always hated the character and had a hard time understanding his popularity. Then I realized that most of his diehard fans are still in their adolescence. In all revolves around sexual frustration.
D3srow
D3srow - 1/21/2015, 8:51 AM
...
DatScarletPimPerNeLL
DatScarletPimPerNeLL - 1/21/2015, 8:53 AM
I'm sure the 'soft reboot' to the MCU will give us the standard issue,(but slightly tweaked)classic Eddie Brock/Venom hybrid somehow.
imkennypowers
imkennypowers - 1/21/2015, 8:53 AM
ThedamnBatman
ThedamnBatman - 1/21/2015, 8:54 AM
I just want him to look like this again, pleaseeeeeeeeeee
Dinotron
Dinotron - 1/21/2015, 8:54 AM
Eddie Brock will forever be my Venom. I'm not a fan of all this suit passing. When I first saw venom as a kid on the 90s show I was hooked
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 1/21/2015, 8:55 AM
Venom having Armour is stupid.....defeats the purpose of the character.
Dinotron
Dinotron - 1/21/2015, 8:55 AM
Did any of youall seen that fan film with Venom? I think it's called the "Truth in Journalism"
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/21/2015, 8:56 AM
Not bad,it could of looked a lot worse.
breakUbatman
breakUbatman - 1/21/2015, 8:56 AM
Oh it's for a New Generation just like those TASM movies.

Looks like a Ben 10 character mixed with Black Beetle from Young Justice, and don't current gen readers know evil Venom from Ultimate Spider-Man comics?


Anyways lets hope it's written well
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 1/21/2015, 8:57 AM
Um... Isn't Marvel doing a hard reboot after Secret Wars anyway?
ClosetNerd
ClosetNerd - 1/21/2015, 8:57 AM
So did Flash get his legs back?
DatScarletPimPerNeLL
DatScarletPimPerNeLL - 1/21/2015, 8:58 AM
Then again...since Venom is attached to Sony & their misadventures on screen...this could be Marvel's way of just tweaking the whole concept of him to really set itself apart from whatever connection people will make going forward.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 1/21/2015, 9:00 AM
Stupid!!!!
ekrolo2
ekrolo2 - 1/21/2015, 9:00 AM
Rick Remender's run on Agent Venom was awesome and easily the best the core concept was done in anything more than the ubber 90s villain & anti-hero bs he was for so long.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 1/21/2015, 9:01 AM
The new generations of readers have a totally different idea of Venom; most of them don’t even know that once he was a bad guy.

Because more people read comics over watching movies, cartoons, and video games.

Marvel has no [frick]ing idea what to do with Venom.
TheRealIntruder
TheRealIntruder - 1/21/2015, 9:05 AM
The Symbiote is alien.
SageMode
SageMode - 1/21/2015, 9:08 AM
Some Comic book fans hate change. They want everything to remain the same for all eternity.

It's gonna be déjà vu again. I remember when people were bitching about Agent Venom and the fact that it was Flash Thompson but yet he became a positively received character.

We'll see.
Crawler
Crawler - 1/21/2015, 9:12 AM
I actually really liked the original Flash Thompson redesign for Remender's run.
EhMaybeSays
EhMaybeSays - 1/21/2015, 9:14 AM
DC and Marvel do the same things then people complain. They do something different and people complain more.
slyrax
slyrax - 1/21/2015, 9:15 AM
Vaguely reminds me of this guy:
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 1/21/2015, 9:19 AM

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