Venom was originally Eddie Brock (after Peter Parker rejected the alien suit and it sought revenge). However, at this point, so many people have been Venom or shared their body with a symbiote that it might be easier to make a list of who hasn't even bonded with one. Eddie Brock is currently working with the Carnage symbiote so as to keep its bloodthirsty urges in check and for a while his son, Dylan, was bonded with the Venom symbiote but after some assorted comic events, it became a mystery who the newest Venom was. That's been the plot of the latest ongoing series, "All-New Venom," which introduced a variety of, "Suspects," but within the fifth issue this week, it will be revealed it wasn't anybody on our radar. Nope, it's Mary Jane Watson, because why not?
I'm a little befuddled why Mary Jane would want to bond with Venom considering when he first emerged on the scene (bonded with Eddie Brock back in his earliest appearances) he harassed/terrified/otherwise was pretty awful towards her and Peter Parker. I guess she's come around on the idea of sharing a body with a symbiote, however, as it has been confirmed that, "All-New Venom," #5 is coming out this week and will confirm she is the latest iteration of the anti-hero (he quit being a baddie a good number of decades ago). I'm not mad at this reveal or particularly excited. I'm fine with it. I read the news and said, "Okay," with a bit more confusion than anything else. If it serves the story well (and writer Al Ewing is a fantastic storyteller) I'm all good with this latest, "Host," for Venom.
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