COMICS: Marvel Inadvertently Reveals The Identity Of The New Venom!

COMICS: Marvel Inadvertently Reveals The Identity Of The New Venom!

Amazing Spider-Man editor Stephen Wacker has seemingly let slip the identity of the new Venom who is set to debut next month! Hit the jump to find out who it'll be...

By JoshWilding - Jan 28, 2011 01:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Venom
Source: Comic Book Resources

"My problem with Venom as a lead character is that he's such a bad guy," Amazing Spider-Man editor Stephen Wacker told Comic Book Resources in a recent interview. "It's hard to make him a hero when he's eating people."

However, the site go on to reveal something even more interesting. The identity of the new Venom!

He said that Flash Thompson would be a great host for the Venom symbiote, and the pitch was built from there. Wacker did not realize he was not supposed to reveal that Flash was the new Venom. "You're giving it away!" Remender said. There was general laughter.


I'd figured this one out since it was announced that a member of Spider-Man's supporting cast would be bonded with the symbiote! A great decision by Marvel though I think. You can read the entire interview with both Wacker and writer Rick Remender by following the link at the bottom of the page. Here are a few more excerpts about what to expect from the title courtesy of the site.

"What he's got is advanced technology, he's got the armed forces behind him, but it's just straight-up U.S. armed forces" rather than S.H.I.E.L.D., Remender said. Wacker added that Venom would have a large armament "beyond these giant teeth."

Asked about "building a threat that Venom can't eat," Remender said that making the weapon of the suit itself a danger helps build tension. The writer described Flash as "a true patriot" but "one with a temper." "He cannot let his temper get out of control, or the symbiote will take over," he said. At that point, "the teeth come out" and he may start killing indiscriminately. "The hard resolutions, the murdering that he might have to do, will come at moments you completely don't expect it—unless he loses control."

The suit will need to be removed after a certain time limit, Wacker said, to keep it from bonding with Flash's psyche. Remender added that there's a twenty-mission limit—"they don't want any one person wearing this thing more than twenty times. You've also got a character in Flash who's been disabled serving his country, and now he's no longer bound to a wheelchair but is swinging through the city and bounding through the Savage Land," Remender said, adding additional stakes to the time limit.

"The other interesting thing is Flash, who is historically Spider-Man's greatest fan in the world, now has the powers and could be Spider-Man's greatest enemy in the world."






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IronWarrior777
IronWarrior777 - 1/28/2011, 2:13 PM
Thats cool.
ThaMessenger07
ThaMessenger07 - 1/28/2011, 2:18 PM
AWESOME!!! He will be an interesting Venom. Then again I thought Gargan would be good....
Macdaddysamson
Macdaddysamson - 1/28/2011, 2:19 PM
[frick]in sweet!
Lert
Lert - 1/28/2011, 2:20 PM
TURN OFF THE DAMN COMMERCIAL ON THE SIDE SO I CAN READ THIS >>>>
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 1/28/2011, 2:21 PM
That actually may be a great idea.
ElBicho
ElBicho - 1/28/2011, 2:22 PM
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't really excited for this. Only a couple more weeks...
superotherside
superotherside - 1/28/2011, 2:24 PM
always wanted flash to be a villain but i don't like it that he's just a rip off of venom... but oh well...
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/28/2011, 2:30 PM
its a different look for venom,but you'll never top the original.

that picture reminds me of the cover to amazing spider-man 300 the 1st full venom story.
valiusprime
valiusprime - 1/28/2011, 2:47 PM
uhh idk venom a mercenary n its flash da story batter b good
Ripper
Ripper - 1/28/2011, 2:53 PM
It doesn't have his look, but Flash would be great!! He should have been a bad guys years ago. He is in Peters life.
ThePrince
ThePrince - 1/28/2011, 2:55 PM
ya kinda figured it would be Flash when they started giving away tidbits of the new hosts history. watching him struggle with the symbiotes desires should be good, i personally think its a great idea.
this sounds a lot like "License to Kill", but still cant wait to read it.
spiderman620
spiderman620 - 1/28/2011, 3:04 PM
honestly the best host that ever hosted the symbiote (in my mind) was Edward Brock, but you have to admit Anti-Venom is pretty bad ass
spiderman620
spiderman620 - 1/28/2011, 3:06 PM
didnt flash lose is legs in Iraq or something? i didnt know the symbiote could regenerate limbs
Destroyer14
Destroyer14 - 1/28/2011, 3:07 PM
What? Flash Thompson? This can't be happening. First we have the cheap Mac Gargan, and now we have this. Sigh, nice find anyway JoshW.
spiderman620
spiderman620 - 1/28/2011, 3:08 PM
i know for sure he lost his legs but not sure the location either Iraq or Afghanistan
Gutts81
Gutts81 - 1/28/2011, 3:08 PM
i kind of like the idea of flash being the new venom, but what the heck is u pwith all the guns and stuff? i did like mac as venom he was loose cannon for a while.
skullboy
skullboy - 1/28/2011, 3:10 PM
This is like a bad April Fool's joke gone horribly wrong.

OMD/BND reversal = Flash gets his legs back, right?
vermillion
vermillion - 1/28/2011, 3:10 PM
Actually it's kinda a cool idea. But c'mon, Eddie Brock IS Venom.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 1/28/2011, 3:13 PM
YOU KNOW I KINDA LIKE THIS DIRECTION, KINDA LIKE BLADE, IM A BAD ASS WITH POWER BUT I'M FIGHTING MY DEMON.



LOVE LOVE THE SUIT, ITS LIKE A SPIDERMAN PUNISHER MASH UP..

longbowhunter
longbowhunter - 1/28/2011, 3:19 PM
I like the idea. Rememder is doing good things with Uncanny X-Force.
nuck82
nuck82 - 1/28/2011, 3:27 PM
LOL BAZINGA INTRUDER!!
aishiteru
aishiteru - 1/28/2011, 3:35 PM
it's almost like the noir version of venom
JaySchluffy
JaySchluffy - 1/28/2011, 3:38 PM
God forbid have eddie brock back as venom....

It'd be like if someone suddenly replaced Magneto.
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 1/28/2011, 3:39 PM
So is this new Venom supposed to be some kind of "anti-hero"? Meh. It's been done.
ThunderCougarFalconBird
ThunderCougarFalconBird - 1/28/2011, 4:09 PM
@comicbookguy - Exactly! It might be an interesting story for the character but ultimately this is just another in a long line of troubled/anti-heroes.

• Punisher
• Spawn
• Blade
• Deadpool
• Wolverine
• Batman

I could go on! It seems the popular heroes need to have an inner demon or be reluctant to be the hero these days. It can make for an amazing character but the Market is getting saturated with these. No wonder poor Supes is classed as outdated and not relevant!
duncboy
duncboy - 1/28/2011, 4:10 PM
Seems like the new Venom is a rip off of the character "Haunt", who seemed like a mix/rip off of Spawn/Venom in the first!
duncboy
duncboy - 1/28/2011, 4:15 PM
I prefer the original Venom/Carnage characters :(
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 1/28/2011, 4:29 PM
IM GETTING A MAVERICK/WINTERSOLDIER VIBE FROM HIM..IM THINKING IF IT REALLY MAKES AN IMPRESSION, FLASH THOMPSON WILL BOND HIMSELF TO THE SYMBIOTE,
Shredder
Shredder - 1/28/2011, 4:29 PM

Great. ANOTHER wanna-be Venom. These stunts are really getting annoying. Oh, how I miss the old days.
Coon
Coon - 1/28/2011, 4:31 PM
So... Venom may be cool now? One question, does this fall in line with the comics the new spiderman movie is based off of?
JaySchluffy
JaySchluffy - 1/28/2011, 4:45 PM
I'm sorry but to me it's Brock or nothing. Eddie is venom, his personality just works with the symbiote perfectly. Gargan kinda worked because they hammered on the fact he is a C-D villain way over his head. But with flash in there? No interest now.

Hell it'd be like if they took Daredevil out of his book and replaced him with someone completely different/un-relevant to the characters history.

Oh wait....
valeriesghost
valeriesghost - 1/28/2011, 6:04 PM
me likey
luckylu
luckylu - 1/28/2011, 6:08 PM
i could dig this if he actually looked like venom. i loved eddie and slowly grew into gargan. didnt marvel try the whole anti hero thing when brock became anti-venom. just kinda seems repetitive.
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