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| “ | Venom: You were always talking about responsibility and power. You didn't want them anymore, Peter. So I took them both. Something wrong? Not enjoying my little gift? Surprise, surprise! It was so easy to find someone like Waters. Together we did what you could only dream of! We saved this city from itself! Jealous? Spider-Man: This...this whole thing...is about me? Venom: Yes! That's it! My whole existence is about you! |
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| ~ Venom mocking Spider-Man |
Venom is the main antagonist of Karee Andrews' 2006-2007 comic book mini-series Spider-Man: Reign.
Being part of Earth-70237, he was a counterpart of the mainstream Venom, being a parasitic alien creature from another world who came to Earth. Unlike its mainstream incarnation, however, this version of Venom is far worse, being fairly unsympathetic and irredeemable compared to most of its other incarnations.
What Makes It Pure Evil?[]
- Plotted along with Mayor Waters to take over New York City under the pretext that he wanted to save the city from itself, posing as his assistant Edward Saks and allowing Waters to believe he was the boss.
- Established along with Waters the police force known as the Reign, full of brutal yet efficient officers, to keep the New Yorkers from causing any kind of trouble.
- Replicated its symbiote so they could devour and enslave all New Yorkers once Waters established the WEBB system, a type of laser-composed dome which would keep New York City safe from any potential terrorist attacks in the next 100 years. It lied to Waters saying that its symbiote would only eat criminals.
- It's heavily implied that over the years, it drained up Eddie Brock's life from his body until it became an empty shell and a vessel for it, though it persisted that Eddie was still a part of it, yet it was most likely referring that it was using his body as a disguise. In comparison, the original Venom finds Eddie as a host and a friend rather than a pawn.
- It kept Wilson Fisk, the former Kingpin of Crime, alive via an IV drip and every year took him to accompany Waters for dinner at the mayoralty, fully knowing that Kingpin couldn't eat anything solid, and then put him away for the next year. While Waters ordered it to do so, it showed sadistic pleasure in such act.
- Ordered the Sinner Six to go after Spider-Man and threatened to detonate some nano-bombs he implanted in them if they refused to follow Waters' orders.
- When Jameson revealed his disguise, he mercilessly devoured two Reign officers and two doctors who were assisting Waters after Jameson stabbed him non-fatally on the neck, believing him to be Venom.
- Threatened to kill Waters if he refused to continue aiding him, despite Waters' reluctance with carrying on Venom's plan upon realizing that the parasite had lied to him.
- To provoke Spider-Man in their fight, insulted Mary Jane Watson, Parker's late wife, with a very offensive slur (though its unknown which slur is because it's present as a grawlix).
- It forced Waters to order all Reign members to kill the children that Jameson had reunited to knock the bell. This led to their leader Susie Marko, which has revealed herself to be Sandman's daughter, being killed, causing her father to turn against the Reign by triggering the nano-bombs with the other Sinner Six members still inside the tower to kill it and destroy the WEBB System once and for all.
- Despite its allegations that it turned evil because Peter Parker abandoned it after bringing it to Earth, Venom completely ignores the fact that Parker left it due its negative influence as if it wasn't true, proving that it didn't care about this detail and thus has no tragic backstory at all unlike the original Venom.
Trivia[]
- Despite being Pure Evil and his background being no excuse for his actions, when reviewing Spider-Man: Reign, Chad Nevett from CBR.com described Venom rather in a sympathetic light. His review identifies Peter Parker as the story's main antagonist and Venom one of the "innocent bystanders" affected by his selfishness.
- However, while Peter does eventually realize how selfish he was and redeems himself, Venom pursues revenge against him by imprisoning and attacking countless of people who have nothing to do with his grudge against Parker. This proves that Venom isn't truly tragic as the review makes it look.
- This is, alongside his Spider-Man film series film and The Spectacular Spider-Man versions, one of the four versions of Venom to be Pure Evil.
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