Line #36 Characters/VenomSupportingCharacters


1	[[WMG:[[center:[-''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Venom}} Main Character Index]]'''\
2	''Venom''\
3	[[Characters/MarvelComicsVenom The Venom Symbiote]] \| [[Characters/VenomMainHosts Main hosts of Venom]] ([[Characters/MarvelComicsEddieBrock Eddie Brock]] \| [[Characters/MarvelComicsFlashThompson Flash Thompson]]) \| [[Characters/VenomOtherHosts Other hosts of Venom]] \| [[Characters/AlternateIncarnationsOfVenom Alternate Incarnations of Venom]] \| '''Supporting Characters''' \| [[Characters/VenomRoguesGallery Rogues Gallery]]\
4	''Symbiotes in General''\
5	[[Characters/MarvelComicsSymbiotes Symbiotes]] \| [[Characters/MarvelComicsSymbioteHosts Hosts to other Symbiotes]]\
6	''Other Symbiotes''\
7	[[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage (Character)]] ([[Characters/MarvelComicsCletusKasady Cletus Kasady]]) \| [[Characters/MarvelComicsToxin Toxin (Character)]] \| [[Characters/MarvelComicsScream Scream (Character)]]\
8	''Comics Characters Pages''\
9	[[Characters/{{Carnage}} Carnage Characters Page]] \| [[Characters/{{Toxin}} Toxin Characters Page]] \| [[Characters/ScreamCurseOfCarnage Scream Characters Page]]]]-]]]
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11	[[foldercontrol]]
12
13	!Supporting Cast
14
15	These are characters who, while they may or may not host a symbiote, play prominent supporting roles in Venom's series.
16
17	!!The Brock family
18
19	A family largely based out of San Francisco, all of whom are related to Eddie Brock.
20
21	[[folder:Carl Brock]]
22	!!Carl Brock
23	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/40e0d0b858bff2fe40052bcfcb0a90cc.jpg]]
24
25	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #375
26
27	--> ''"What ever relationship between Edward Brock and myself is no longer applicable."''
28
29	Carl is Eddie Brock's father. He was a man who lacked emotion, that was until he met Jamie and fell in love with her. He experienced happiness for the first time in his life and soon, the two were married. What she wanted most of all was to have a family with the man she loved. But unfortunately she died of complications from giving birth to their first and only son, Eddie Brock.
30	----
31	* AbusiveParents: Carl blamed Eddie for his wife's death in childbirth and used it as a excuse to be physically abusive and neglectful towards Eddie, while just waiting for an excuse to disown him. He also outright denies the existence of his daughter Mary when Eddie brings her up, [[spoiler:and his younger son (or rather, grandson) approaches Eddie with a black eye and broken arm implied to have been inflicted by his father]]. Complicating matters somewhat is the fact that his denial, which takes place during ''ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates'', [[spoiler:is completely valid, as [[RetCon Mary never existed, and was a hallucination made up by the Venom symbiote to keep Eddie close]]]].
32	** It's also revealed that when Eddie killed a child in a drunk driving accident and tried to plead guilty to atone, Carl punched Eddie in the face and rammed his head into a table to make him agree into pleading not guilty.
33	* BenevolentBoss: Despite being callous and stoic, there were no indications he was cruel to his employees. The same maid has also been working for him since at least Eddie's early childhood.
34	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Used his status and wealth to have Eddie cleared of charges of intoxication manslaughter so it wouldn't ruin his reputation and when his son wanted to instead plea guilty to atone for his accidental murder, Carl physically assaulted Eddie until he agreed to say he was innocent.
35	* DeathGlare: The look Carl gave Peter when he brought up Eddie scared even him.
36	* IHaveNoSon: When Eddie's career was ended in disgrace, Carl used that as an excuse to disown his son. ''ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates'' has the Venom symbiote [[CallingTheOldManOut try speaking on Eddie's behalf]] [[YoureNotMyFather by disowning him]] for both his and Dylan's safety.
37	* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: His beloved wife died giving birth to Eddie, who Carl reviled as a result.
38	* {{Retcon}}: ''Dark Origin'' changed him from a wealthy businessman to a middle-class suburbanite, and made him into a balding man with a moustache.
39	* RichesToRags: Donny Cates' ''Venom'' reveals that he was a successful businessman until Eddie accidentally killed a child driving home while drunk, bankrupted him with hospital bills and paying the court off. Part of it is his own fault, given he refused to let Eddie plead guilty like he wanted to and beat him into pleading not guilty.
40	* TheStoic: He was pretty much emotionless until he met his wife Jamie, who he adored.
41	* {{Workaholic}}: In his first appearance, Carl is shown ignoring his son to focus on office work.
42	[[/folder]]
43
44	[[folder:Dylan Brock]]
45	!!Dylan Brock
46	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dylan_brock.jpg]]
47
48	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom'' Vol. 4 #7
49
50	Eddie's purported half-brother, later revealed to be his son. Eddie meets him while fleeing from The Maker's goons and is dragged away before they can be properly acquainted. Later on, Dylan manages to catch up to Eddie and decides that he'd rather be with Venom than their abusive father.
51	----
52	-> See ''Characters/VenomMainHosts''
53	[[/folder]]
54
55	!!The Thompson Family
56	Flash's family, who he largely does not talk to due to his troubled relationship with his father.
57
58	[[folder:Harrison Thompson]]
59	!!Harrison Thompson
60	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harrisonthompson.jpg]]
61
62	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Untold Tales of Spider-Man'' Vol. 1 #19
63
64	Flash's abusive, alcoholic father. He was a cop for the NYPD but is now retired, and Flash does not look fondly on his parenting, which instilled in him a need to impress his father. Flash also somewhat blames him for his bullying in his past.
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66	* AbusiveParents: Physically and emotionally abusive for the most part, but he had "good days" when he'd act like a loving parent. This largely went away when he went sober after Flash joined the military.
67	* TheAlcoholic: His career took its toll and Harrison eventually turned to the bottle. Flash assumed the Thompsons have a disposition for alcoholism in general.
68	* KilledOffForReal: Succumbed to cancer a little after Flash had started acting as Agent Venom.
69	* MyGreatestFailure: His last words lament how he treated Flash throughout his life.
70	* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Was a violent bully to his son which Flash attributes his bullying attitude to.
71	[[/folder]]
72
73	[[folder:Rosie Thompson]]
74	!!Rosie Thompson
75	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rosiethompson.jpg]]
76
77	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man'' Vol. 1 #1
78
79	Rose Thompson is the loving mother of Jessie Thompson and Flash Thompson and wife of Harrison Thompson. Although she cared for the children very much, she could not stop her husband's drinking and his violont outbursts after that, mostly towards their own children. Although Rose tried to keep the peace between the family, they mostly drifted apart after both Jessie and Flash had become adults.
80	----
81	* ParentsAsPeople: She worries about Flash and the effects that Harrison has had on him, but can't bring herself to leave Harrison, whom she still loves. All the chances she gives him have driven a rift between her and Flash.
82	* SecretKeeper: She's aware of Flash's life as Venom.
83	[[/folder]]
84
85	!!Flash's crew
86	During Flash's tenure as an Agent of the Cosmos, he found himself with an unlikely band of misfits.
87
88	[[folder:803]]
89	!!803
90	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/803ven.jpg]]
91	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/VenomSpaceKnight'' Vol. 1, #1
92
93	A servant and maintenance robot, 803 was the slave of a space pirate named Kio, who forced the hapless droid to do his malicious bidding. Centuries of mistreatment caused 803 to become suicidal, so he was quick to offer aid to Agent Venom when the Agent of the Cosmos infiltrated Kio's spaceship, convinced that Flash would destroy him afterward as a "reward" for his services. After killing Kio and his crew, and saving their captives, Flash instead took 803 on as a travelling companion, to the melancholic robot's immense disappointment.
94	----
95	* ArtificialLimbs: He builds Flash a pair of prosthetic limbs as a present, reducing his reliance on the symbiote for mobility.
96	* DeathSeeker: 803 continuously devises means of killing himself, necessitating Flash tell him not to. When torn in half by Pik Rollo, he is jubilant... only to be dismayed when this turns out to not be enough to do the job.
97	* GadgeteerGenius: He fashioned a pair of prosthetic legs, repaired himself after being ripped in half, and fixed Venom's ship after it was almost completely demolished.
98	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: He's jubilantly ripped in half by Pik Rollo, which enrages Venom. To 803's dismay, this isn't enough to kill him, so he repairs himself and fixes Venom's ship.
99	* SuicideAsComedy: 803's suicidal tendencies are played for laughs, with him devising dramatic manners of self-termination and being disappointed when told no by Flash.
100	[[/folder]]
101
102	[[folder:Hilla]]
103	!!Hilla
104	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hilla.jpg]]
105	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom: Space Knight'' Vol. 1, #6
106
107	Hilla Rollo is the daughter of the criminal Pik Rollo. She was kidnapped by Mercurio and his space pirates to force Pik into doing his bidding. Pik allied herself with one of Mercurio's enemies, Venom, and they eventually managed to rescue Hilla. Hilla joined her mother as she accompanied Venom in his ensuing adventures.
108	----
109	* BloodKnight: Despite only being a child she delights in tearing her enemies to shreds with her fangs and claws.
110	* CuteBruiser: Despite only being a cub, she can hold her own in combat against foes as formidable as Myntril.
111	* SoleSurvivor: She is the last Ruu'lto after Mercurio's genocide.
112	* UrsineAliens: She's a miniature version of her mother.
113	[[/folder]]
114
115	[[folder:Iqa]]
116	!!Iqa
117	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iqa_earth_616_from_venom_space_knight_vol_1_3_001.jpg]]
118	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/VenomSpaceKnight'' Vol. 1, #3
119
120	--> ''"I must make a name for myself in order to rule my people. Also, you seem unstable and I find that attractive."''
121
122	Iqa was the warrior queen of the Wugin, living peacefully on their volcanic planet until the alien terrorist Mercurio planted a piece of technology in a volcano that caused it to erupt, pitting the Wugin in a war against the Underdwellers.
123	----
124	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: After Venom goes berserk and tries to pound Mercurio into a meat-stain, Iqa states she finds his rage-issues attractive.
125	* BloodKnight: She's a warrior-queen who enjoys combat.
126	* ClingyJealousGirl: She takes an immediate dislike to Pik Rollo, assuming the Ruu'lto is a romantic rival.
127	* ConvectionSchmonvection: She's capable of standing in and around lava without sustaining injury.
128	* FourthDateMarriage: After Flash saves her planet by shutting down Mercurio's machine, she kisses him and offers him a prized position in her husband stable. He turns her down, but she follows him off-world and is jealously possessive of him when meeting Pik Rollo for the first time.
129	* GorgeousGorgon: She and the other Wugin have snakes for hair.
130	* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: The males of her species are weak and pathetic, so she finds Flash highly attractive.
131	* OfCourseImNotAVirgin: She has a husband stable, but her inquiries as to whether or not Flash and Tarna are mating - they were actually trying to kill each other - lead Pik Rollo to ask if she even knows what mating looks like, implying that she's not as experienced as her husband stable implies.
132	* RubberForeheadAliens: Aside from her red skin and serpentine hair, she looks like an attractive female human.
133	* WomenPreferStrongMen: She is the queen of an Amazonian society of Medusa-like aliens, but finds Flash Thompson irresistibly attractive due to his own strength, courage... and symbiote-enduced rage-issues.
134	[[/folder]]
135
136	[[folder:Pik Rollo]]
137	!!Pik Rollo
138	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pikrollo.jpg]]
139
140	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom: Space Knight'' Vol. 1, #3
141
142	-->''"I am not a pan-duh. I am a Ruu'lto. And I am not experiencing any sadness at the moment. I feel only rage."''
143
144	Pik Rollo is a warrior of the alien species known as the Ruu'lto. Her planet was raided by Mercurio and his pirates, where she was kidnapped alongside its other greatest fighters, forcing them into a life of crime. Additionally, the Gramosians took Pik Rollo's daughter, Hilla, captive.
145	----
146	* ApologeticAttacker: She apologizes for attacking Venom, but says she has no choice but to kill him.
147	* BackToBackBadass: When confronted by an army of Bhiv robots, Pik and Venom stand back-to-back in preparation for a last stand.
148	* BadassAdorable: She resembles nothing less than a gigantic fluffy panda with a lemur tail, but she is a wanted criminal who enjoys drinking the blood of her enemies.
149	* BloodLust: Venom notes she occasionally drinks the blood of her enemies, but still finds her adorable.
150	* EnemyMine: She was sent by Mercurio to kill Venom, but they end up working together to escape the Bhiv King's gladiator arena, and when Venom promises to save her child she turns on her master.
151	* FakingTheDead: She pretends to have been killed by Venom in order to lure the Bhiv King into a false sense of security, then rips his head off from behind.
152	* MamaBear: She works for Mercurio because he's holding her child hostage. She sides with Venom when Flash promises to rescue her kid, and says that if he goes back on his promise she'll kill him.
153	* RecruitingTheCriminal: She and Venom arrange a tenuous alliance after she was sent to kill him.
154	* RoarBeforeBeating: When Venom starts gushing about how adorable she is, Pik backhands him, rips 803 in half, and roars while baring her fangs.
155	* SoleSurvivor: She and her child are the last remaining Ruu'lto after Mercurio enslaved them.
156	* UnstoppableRage: Despite her nonthreatening appearance - ignoring her fangs and claws - Pik is solely motivated by rage over Mercurio's genocide of her species and holding her child hostage.
157	* UrsineAliens: Pik looks like a gigantic bipedal panda with gorilla-like arms, huge claws, and a lemur-like tail. She takes offence to Venom calling her "Sad Panda", though.
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder:Tarna]]
161	!!Tarna
162	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tarna.jpg]]
163
164	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/VenomSpaceKnight'' Vol. 1, #2
165
166	A hot-tempered Skrull Agent of the Cosmos bonded to a purple symbiote. She and her mentor, Myntril, followed Venom for some time before abducting his ship. Tarna immediately picked a fight with Agent Venom, having deemed him unworthy of being an Agent of the Cosmos, but was stopped by Tarna. After witnessing Flash's friendship with the symbiote, she was moved by the lengths he was willing to go to protect it, and ultimately defected to the Space Knights. She eventually rejoined the Skrull Empire, and in the wake of the [[ComicBook/{{Empyre}} war with the Cotati]] she was sent with a small squad -- including fellow former symbiote host M'lanz -- to investigate a series of attacks on Kree and Skrull colonies at the edge of the galaxy, unaware that it was the work of Knull, the ComicBook/KingInBlack and god of the symbiotes.
167	----
168	* BladeBelowTheShoulder: She morphs an arm into a hooked blade and slashes Venom across the chest, pissing him off.
169	* BroughtDownToBadass: She loses her symbiote, yet remains a skilled Skrull soldier.
170	* DrillSergeantNasty: She's supposed to be in charge of Venom's training in the ways of being a Guardian of the Cosmos, but Myntril doubts she'll fulfill her duty.
171	* DyingToBeReplaced: Flash assumes she intends to kill the Venom symbiote and take Flash back to the Planet of the Symbiotes to get a non-corrupted Klyntar after the Venom symbiote is re-corrupted by Mercurio. Tarna and her symbiote both state that they're wrong, but either don't bother to or aren't able to provide clarification before things escalate into a fight.
172	* FireForgedFriends: She initially disliked Flash, but after seeing his dedication to Venom even in the face of the symbiote's corruption, she begrudgingly comes to care for him and stands up for him against Myntrill.
173	* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The form we first see her in is her GameFace. Underneath it she's a Skrull.
174	-->'''Tarna:''' This upsets you?\
175	'''Flash:''' Skrulls and folks from Earth haven't always played well together.
176	* HeroicHost: She is the host of a purple Klyntar and an Agent of the Cosmos. She also proves to be more loyal to her friends than to her duty as an Agent, siding with Flash and Venom.
177	* LetsYouAndHimFight:
178	** She deliberately picks a fight with Venom, thinking he's not worthy of being a Guardian of the Cosmos.
179	** When she shows up to return the Venom symbiote to the Cosmos, her antagonistic attitude leads Flash to believe she intends to kill it. While she mentions he's misunderstanding, she doesn't bother clarifying and a fight breaks out instead.
180	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Stands out from other Skrulls by having turquoise-colored skin instead of the normal green, while her uniform is red with some gold rather than the typical purple.
181	* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Unusually for a being bonded with a sane Klyntar, her mouth is lined with fangs.
182	* MorphicResonance: Her symbiote form retains her long black hair.
183	* PurpleIsPowerful: Her Klyntar is purple, and she was strong enough to make Venom mad enough to show his fangs.
184	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Unlike the BlankWhiteEyes commonly associated with symbiotes, she has glowing red eyes.
185	* RoarBeforeBeating: While fighting Venom all she initially did was roar and snarl at him, leading him to think she was bonded to a feral Klyntar.
186	* RoyalRapier: Her weapon when not using the symbiote is a saber.
187	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After Myntril breaks up the fight between her and Venom, she complains to Myntril that Venom isn't worthy of being called a Guardian of the Cosmos, since he's a newbie and barely in-sync with his Klyntar.
188	* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:She and Talos are the only members of their squadron that manage to escape Knull's symbiotes, and even then, Talos doesn't know if she really escaped somewhere safe.]] [[spoiler:''ComicBook/KingInBlack: Wiccan and Hulkling'' reveals she didn't escape but she is ultimately rescued by the new Kree-Skrull Alliance]].
189	* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Talos doesn't know if her escape pod made it somewhere safe from which she can warn the rest of the universe of Knull's return, or she was assimilated like the rest of their squad. ''King in Black: Wiccan and Hulkling'' clears up the uncertainty by revealing her escape pod was intercepted and she was taken over by a symbiote.]]
190	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: She impersonates Myntril to help Flash get into the arena where the Venom symbiote is being tried, and morphs her arms into rocky fists to fight the guards.
191	[[/folder]]
192
193	!!Government Personnel
194	Over the years, the Venom symbiote and its hosts have found themselves embroiled in the affairs of Earth's various governments, from the Project Rebirth program to SHIELD.
195
196	[[folder:General Brad Dodge]]
197	!!General Brad Dodge
198	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/braddodge.jpg]]
199
200	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 1, #654
201
202	--> ''"You ever let that alpha-jock brute anger sully ''my'' "Operation Venom" again, I will '''cut you''' off the team faster than a '''mohel.'''"''
203
204	A United States General and the head of Project Rebirth 2.0, Dodge is the person who selected Flash to become Agent Venom. Because of his own disability -- he was blinded at some point in his life -- he has a soft spot for Flash, but is also willing to prioritise the mission above all else.
205	----
206	* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: He's killed at least one prior applicant because they lost control of the symbiote, and threatens to do so to Flash if he goes AWOL. When Flash briefly loses control of the symbiote, he hesitates to pull the trigger and instead settles for yelling at Flash. When Thompson goes AWOL a second time, Dodge detonates the bomb, but by this point the symbiote had extracted it and tried to use it to kill Crime Master and Jack O'Lantern.
207	* HandicappedBadass: Despite being blind, can play squash very well, so the man's still got some skills.
208	* HeroicDog: Has a seeing eye dog that can detect when Flash has bonded with the Symbiote.
209	* OhCrap: When he sees Captain America has discovered Project Rebirth 2.0, he has the rest of the team DestroyTheEvidence and tries to lie to Cap's face.
210	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He constantly hounds Flash about being bonded to the Symbiote for too long and will often remind Flash that he can detonate the both of them should he have to... and he's right to. Flash accidentally bonded to the symbiote only a few missions into his tenure as Agent Venom, and progressively did so more and more and lied to Dodge about it. The only reason he got away with it is because Dodge kept trusting him.
211	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Once Flash goes AWOL, Dodge is never really mentioned again.
212	[[/folder]]
213
214	[[folder:Captain Katherine "Kate" Glover]]
215	!!Captain Katherine "Kate" Glover
216	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1666068_tasm_654038.jpg]]
217
218	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 1, #654
219
220	-->''"I'm not babysitting you, Thompson. I'm monitoring the alien. '''That's''' my job. The first sign '''it's''' in control, I push this kill-switch, fry it, and leave you hanging in the wind. '''Literally''' without a leg to stand on. So when I say jump, you don't say ''"how high?"''... you shut the hell up and '''jump!'''"''
221
222	Captain Katherine Glover works for the United States Special Forces, she is in charge of Flash Thompson's Venom missions overseas. Kat is shown to be a strong and courageous woman, whom can take care of herself. Flash's partner during his time as Agent Venom, Kate, like Dodge, is in charge of keeping him in-check and on-mission. Unlike Dodge, she also assists Flash in the field.
223	----
224	* GoodLookingPrivates: Then first thing Flash does when he meets her is hit on her.
225	* OutOfFocus: Dan Slott clearly set her up with something in mind, putting a large amount of focus on her and Flash's dynamic... and she was never given a large role by anyone ''but'' him.
226	* StraightMan: Her primary purpose seems to be to play this role to Flash's jokey side.
227
228	[[/folder]]
229
230	[[folder:Tyrannosaurus/"Rex Strickland"]]
231	!!Tyrannosaurus/"Rex Strickland"
232	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tyrannosaurus_symbiote.png]]
233	!!! First Appearance:''' ''Venom'' Vol. 4 1
234
235	A former Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and one-time symbiote supersoldier during the Vietnam War, Rex Strickland begrudgingly recruits Eddie Brock to rescue his old comrades from a S.H.I.E.L.D. black-box facility in exchange for information regarding the symbiotes... until it's revealed that "Rex" is a symbiote himself -- an offshoot of the ancient Grendel symbiote-dragon that had bonded to the real Rex Strickland and impersonated him for decades after he was killed in the war.
236	----
237	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Delivers a number to Eddie in their first meeting, particularly centered about how much he actually knows his symbiote, like if he even knows its true name.
238	* DeadPersonImpersonation: It's revealed that "Rex" is actually the Tyrannosaurus symbiote impersonating the real Rex Strickland, who was killed by Nick Fury during the Vietnam War.
239	* DeadpanSnarker: He chuckles at Eddie's inquiries and exclamations with wry sarcasm and laughter at how naive Eddie is.
240	* FusionDance: After it's revealed that Rex is a symbiote impersonating its old host it fuses with Venom to increase their power.
241	* HeelFaceTurn: The Tyrannosaurus symbiote - moved by Rex's nobility and Logan's compassion - broke free from Knull's control and turned against its former master.
242	* HeroicSacrifice: In order to save Eddie, Tyrannosaurus grabs Knull's avatar and drags it into a blast furnace, sacrificing itself to immolate its progenitor.
243	* HumanityIsInfectious: After bonding to Rex Strickland and Logan, Tyrannosaurus was touched by their compassion and tried to save them when Nick Fury self-destructed his LMD to eliminate any witnesses to the failure of the Sym-Soldier Program. In the "Rex" arc, he can feel Knull trying to corrupt him again but doesn't want to succumb to it since he finds the "light" of compassion too beautiful to give up.
244	* MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: Or in Rex's case, my host will live through me, as it's revealed that while the real Rex died during the Vietnam War his symbiote imprinted his memories and personality into itself so that it could impersonate him.
245	* PiecesOfGod: Indirectly; Tyrannosaurus and the other Sym-Soldier symbiotes were all sampled from the symbiote dragon that Knull's consciousness was stuck in, leading to Knull trying to reabsorb all of them to become capable of freeing himself from Klyntar.
246	* ScaryBlackMan: While impersonating Rex Strickland, he used to be a supersoldier and agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., knows more about symbiotes than anyone aside from Flash Thompson, and is able to put that knowledge to use to subdue Venom. While he's more a DeadpanSnarker, the knowledge he possesses intimidates Eddie Brock.
247	* TogetherInDeath: In ''Venom'' #32, it's revealed that [[spoiler:the Tyrannosaurus symbiote was posthumously reunited with Rex Strickland -- or at least his codex -- in depths of the Hive-Mind, which functions as something of a symbiote afterlife]].
248	[[/folder]]
249
250	!!Civilians
251
252	[[folder:Beck Underwood]]
253	!!Rebecca "Beck" Underwood
254	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beck_underwood_earth_616_from_venom_the_mace_vol_1_2_0001.jpg]]
255	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom: The Madness'' #1
256
257	--> ''"He has a reputation for extreme violence. But he seems so... earnest. Sigh, why is it the bigger their problems the more I want to save them?"''
258
259	A young lawyer fighting for the oppressed people of San Francisco, Beck Underwood befriended Eddie Brock and had a short-lived romantic relationship with him during his time as the Lethal Protector of the Underground City.
260	----
261	* AttemptedRape: When the mercury virus causes Eddie to snap, he attempts to forcibly "bond" to Beck while spouting sexist and sleazy quips. The Juggernaut rescues her, and while Beck forgives Eddie since he wasn't in control of himself at the time, she breaks up with him.
262	* DamselInDistress: Beck is kidnapped by the Juggernaut in ''The Madness'', Mace in ''The Mace'', and the Stalkers in ''Nights of Vengeance''. The Mace incident was, admittedly, due to a series of misunderstandings.
263	--> '''Beck:''' Listen to me! This guy doesn't deserve...\
264	'''Venom:''' To live? I know.\
265	'''Beck:''' Nooo! [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu &%# it, shut up, and listen!]]
266	* EasilyForgiven: Beck's response to nearly being raped and[=/=]or killed by the temporarily psychotic and bestial Venom in ''The Madness'' is LetsJustBeFriends.
267	* HeKnowsTooMuch: This is why Scarmore, Inc. hired the Juggernaut to eliminate her in ''The Madness''.
268	* HelloAttorney: Beck is a lawyer, just like Ann was. Maybe Eddie has a thing for them?
269	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The Tiny Girl to Eddie's Huge Guy. [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/11863/339060-30726-beck.jpg Especially when he's Venom]].
270	* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: To ensure Beck's safety, Eddie moves back to New York, and leaves her behind in San Francisco.
271	* LoveTriangle: One forms between her, Eddie, and a doctor named Elizabeth.
272	* MoralityChain: She tried to get Venom to consider non-violent solutions. It rarely worked.
273	* PainMistakenForSex: The other tenants' reaction to the sounds of Eddie and the Juggernaut fighting in Beck's apartment in ''The Madness''.
274	* PuppeteerParasite: She's nearly taken over by the Stalkers in ''Nights of Vengeance''.
275	* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Beck manages to talk down the Juggernaut... and then the mutated and crazed Venom attacks.
276	[[/folder]]
277
278	[[folder:Jenna Cole]]
279	!!Jenna Cole
280	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/959060_jenna1.jpg]]
281	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Extra!'' #2
282
283	--> ''"Not gonna do bad things anymore, starting tomorrow... starting tomorrow... gonna be good... Eddie Brock... you're my hero."''
284
285	A teenaged heroin addict Eddie Brock befriended as Anti-Venom. Supposedly cured of her addiction, she helped him infiltrate and take down drug cartels, but was secretly getting high. She was captured by the Quintas cartel when the Punisher interrupted Eddie's shakedown, leading to them setting aside their differences to rescue her. She hasn't been seen since.
286	----
287	* TheConscience: As Anti-Venom, Eddie considers her to be the [[GoodAngelBadAngel good angel to his murderous impulses' - personified by hallucinations of the Venom symbiote - bad angel]].
288	* DarkSecret: Even after Eddie purged her, she kept shooting up.
289	* DrugsAreBad: Jenna was a heroin addict, and despite Anti-Venom's best efforts kept relapsing.
290	* EmbarrassingNickname: She's known on the streets as Jenna the Junkie. Anti-Venom nearly throttles a thug who insists on calling her that.
291	* FacialMarkings: She has a pair of horizontal black bars under her eyes.
292	* FreakOut: When she saw a berserk Anti-Venom she had a panic attack. Granted, she ''was'' high on drugs at the time.
293	* HookersAndBlow: When Jenna was abducted by the Quintas gang in ''New Ways to Live'' #2, she's next seen splayed next to drug lord Jorge Valdez alongside other scantily-clad women, high out of her mind on heroin.
294	-->'''Jenna:''' Hey there that Eddie? You dnt hafta worry bout me anymore Eddie… Jorge gave me some stuff an' I feel great… You cn go home now… I'm havin' a great time…
295	* TheInformant: Eddie used her to track down and bust drug dens.
296	* TheIngenue: Eddie thinks of her as being this. She's not nearly as innocent as he thinks, as she's secretly doing drugs behind his back and didn't say to ''not'' kill the gangster who insulted her, just not to do it in front of her.
297	* ItIsDehumanizing: [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Frank Castle]] refers to her as an "it" when he's about to shoot through her to get to a Quintas thug.
298	--> '''Quintas Thug:''' Hold up, ''cabron''! You shoot me with that thing you gonna kill the girl too!\
299	'''The Punisher:''' That's not a girl... it's a junkie.
300	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: She was [[MoralityChain the only thing]] keeping Eddie Brock from reverting back to his [[SociopathicHero Lethal Protector]] persona. When she was kidnapped, he snapped.
301	--> '''Jorge Valdez:''' Hear that, ''gringo''? She's my girl now. Wanted you to know before my men smoke your ass.\
302	'''Anti-Venom:''' [[{{Angrish}} Hrrg...]]\
303	'''Jorge Valdez:''' Adios, $%$#%$!\
304	'''Anti-Venom:''' '''''[[RageBreakingPoint ARRGH... YAARRGH]]!!!''''' rips the nearest thug in half
305	* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Call her a junkie in Anti-Venom's presence at your own risk.
306	* ShamefulStrip: Is forced to take her top off by some hoods, possibly for titillation or to prove she wasn't wearing a wire.
307	* VagueAge: Jenna's age is never addressed, just that she's a teenager.
308	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Hasn't been seen since the Anti-Venom[=/=]ComicBook/ThePunisher crossover ''New Ways to Live''.
309	* YouCanSeeThatRight: She thought Eddie's Anti-Venom form was a drug-induced hallucination when she first sees him.
310	[[/folder]]
311
312	[[folder:Katy Kiernan]]
313	!!Katherine "Katy" Kiernan
314	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/katherine_kiernan_earth_616_from_venom_vol_2_23.jpg]]
315	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom'' Vol. 2, #23
316
317	--> ''"Listen... not that I'm anything less than fabulous... but why would you need my help? I write about bat-babies and Jesus figures appearing in oatmeal. And you look like you have connections."''
318
319	A reporter working for the Daily Inquisitor, who serves as Agent Venom's eyes and ears in the criminal underworld of Philadelphia.
320	----
321	* AlliterativeName: '''K'''aty '''K'''iernan.
322	* DarkSecret: She has ties to J. Jonah Jameson... and ComicBook/TheKingpin.
323	* GoingForTheBigScoop: Agent Venom worries her involvement with him will cause her to be targeted.
324	* TheInformant: Agent Venom used her to get intel on the Department of Occult Armaments and later to track down Lord Ogre.
325	* IntrepidReporter: She actively helps Agent Venom in his investigations in order to get a better story out of it, though she takes offence when he accuses her of this being her sole motive for helping him.
326	* NervesOfSteel: After an understandable moment of panic upon being abducted and dragged into the Microverse, she quickly calms down and is unfazed by Carnage declaring he's going to eat her.
327	* OutOfFocus: She disappeared after the conclusion of ''Venom'' Vol. 2.
328	* {{Paparazzi}}: Agent Venom accuses her of being one, to which she takes offence.
329	[[/folder]]
330
331	[[folder:Dr. Steven]]
332	!!Dr. Steven
333	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doctor_steven_earth_616_from_venom_vol_1_151_001.jpg]]
334	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom'' Vol. 1 #152
335
336	An Alchemax astro-biologist whom Liz Allan assigns to help Eddie Brock keep his symbiote under control.
337	----
338	* BlackAndNerdy: He's African-American, very intelligent and he sure is nerdy.
339	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Thinks that Spider-Man (who was the mascot of the recently-bankrupted Parker Industries) had been hired by Alchemax as security when he turns up at his lab, only to be informed that it was because "[Spider-Man's] best friend and worst enemy were [[BodyHorror turning his lab into a Cronenberg film]]" right behind him.
340	* DeadpanSnarker: He frequently complains to Liz about the lack of funding his department receives and in general is rather sarcastic.
341	* FirstNameBasis: He's called Dr. Steven but his last name isn't mentioned.
342	* GeekPhysiques: Dr. Steven is morbidly obese, but highly intelligent and specializes in astro-biology.
343	* GeniusCripple: He's confined to a wheelchair, but is the head of Alchemax's astro-biology department and whips up a short-term treatment for the symbiote's degeneration issues in only a few hours.
344	* OnlyOneName: He is only ever called Doctor Steve(n). This actually gets lampshaded in ''ComicBook/KingInBlack.''
345	--> '''Doctor Korpse:''' Dr. Steve? What, do you have only one name? Like Cher?
346	[[/folder]]
347
348	[[folder:Tana]]
349	!!Tana
350	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6308239_venom_2016_158_005.jpg]]
351	!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Julia Fontana
352	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom'' Vol. 1 #156
353
354	A Spanish animal biologist who was used as a test subject for Stegron's dinosaur serum, being transformed into a humanoid pterosaur. She was freed from Stegron's control by Venom, and was later attacked by Kraven the Hunter.
355	----
356	* HornedHumanoid: She has a ''Parasaurolophus''-like crest on her head.
357	* OnlySaneMan: When the other dinosaur people go after the rats sent by Kraven to distract them, only Tana is wary.
358	* WasOnceAMan: She was once a Spanish animal biologist before being transformed by Stegron.
359	* WingedHumanoid: Tana is a ''pterosaur''-type hybrid, and has vestigial wings on her forearms that she can transform into full wings.
360	[[/folder]]
361
362	[[folder:Archer Lyle]]
363
364	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom'' Vol. 5, #2
365
366	An investigative journalist based out of Sacramento, California, and an old friend of Eddie Brock's.
367	----
368	* BoyishShortHair: Archer rocks a pixie cut and is more-than-capable of holding her own in a fight, even managing to get the jump on mercenaries sent by the Life Foundation.
369	* IntrepidReporter: Archer is an investigative journalist who knows how to avoid surveillance and is capable of getting the jump on mercenaries, as well as handling high-tech military hardware.
370	* RememberTheNewGuy: Archer is mentioned to be an old friend of Eddie's from his days as a journalist, but has never been mentioned before -- what with Eddie having been based in New York and Archer in California.
371	* SamusIsAGirl: Only having a name to go on, Dylan initially assumes that Archer Lyle is a man and is dismayed that nobody he asks knows of "him" -- the reason being that Archer is a woman.
372	[[/folder]]
373
374	!!Others
375
376	[[folder:The Suit]]
377	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thesuit_263.jpg]]
378
379	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom'' Vol. 1, #2
380
381	--> '''Venom Clone:''' Why have you come for me?\
382	'''The Suit:''' I have come to destroy you. I know what you are.\
383	'''Venom Clone:''' Yeah... and we know all about you. You're no better than we are.\
384	'''The Suit:''' That is arguable.\
385	'''Venom Clone:''' Heh-heh... wanna argue?\
386	'''The Suit:''' No.
387
388	Untold millennia ago, an alien entity informed a race of mechanical, self-replicating spider-like beings that humans were a violent and chaotic species that needed to be destroyed, lest they eventually spread throughout the cosmos. As they prepared to wipe out humanity, the spiders were delayed by horrific weather conditions, and during that time they realized that they had been duped, and that their benefactor had merely wanted the humans gone so that it could claim the Earth as its own. Most of the spiders left Earth, but a small cluster, still believing in their mission, stayed behind. Weakened, this group started slowly gathering physical and political power so that it could one day commit the genocide it was hired to.
389
390	In the present day, [[ComicBook/MisterFantastic Reed Richards]] discovered a swarm of the spiders during a space expedition. The spiders eventually created a humanoid form dubbed "The Suit". Making contact with ComicBook/NickFury, the Suit explained that the Venom symbiote, which he was briefly exposed to while it and Eddie Brock were in the custody of the Fantastic Four, was going to be used in a plot to cause chaos on a global scale. Learning that a clone of the Venom symbiote, made by the genocidal spiders to further their goals, was in the Arctic, the Suit headed there to eliminate it.
391	----
392	* AncientAstronauts: According to the Suit, [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy the story of the Ark]] is an overexaggerated fabrication.[[note]]Though this is contradicted by other accounts of the Biblical Flood.[[/note]] Noah was the alien that hired the spiders, having decided to save select members of humanity for unknown reasons. The "flood" was an exaggeration of the bad weather that fortunately delayed the spiders' attempt to KillAllHumans, allowing them to realize that they were being manipulated.
393	* BadassBoast: When Spider-Man tries to stop him from killing Venom by depriving him of his phone, the Suit remarks that he doesn't need it.
394	--> '''Spider-Man:''' [[SaveTheVillain I... won't let you... murder him]].\
395	'''The Suit:''' I do not require your permission... nor do I, at this distance, require the phone. It is merely a conductor. [[IAmTheNoun I am the weapon]].
396	* BadassInANiceSuit: He wears a black business suit, hence the name.
397	* CannotTellAJoke:
398	--> '''Venom:''' Come to papa...\
399	'''The Suit:''' Very well. But, as you can see--and to paraphrase--[[Music/JamesBrown papa now possesses an entirely brand-new bag]]. I believe my attempt at levity was successful. Ha. Ha.
400	* CoolShades: They're used to hide his lack of eyes, [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/15659/2049233-the_suit_origin.jpg and were Nick Fury's idea]].
401	* DramaticUnmask: While the Suit is fighting the Venom clone, his sunglasses are knocked off, revealing his eye sockets are completely empty.
402	* GoodCounterpart: To Bob, a member of the same race as him which intends to wipe out humanity.
403	* GoodIsNotNice: He does things like stick a bomb inside the unconscious ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} in order prevent him from being taken over by the Venom clone, and knocks Patricia out so that he can perform an invasive and disfiguring surgery that will give her the implants necessary to control the clone.
404	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: He operates as a torso for a while after being diced by the clone-possessed Wolverine.
405	* ImmuneToBullets: He simply repairs himself if shot, though high-caliber rounds can stun him.
406	* ImprobableWeaponUser: He channels electrical blasts through his cellphone. They can knock people out, or reduce them to smoldering skeletons.
407	* LanternJawOfJustice: Though due to the art style, he was far from the only one with an oversized mandible.
408	* MadeOfIndestructium: The spiders, which are more or less described as such by Reed Richards. He was unable to find a way to even dent them, and they emerge unscathed from being at ground zero of a nuclear warhead.
409	* TheMenInBlack: Obviously inspired by them, he comes off as very similar to [[Franchise/MenInBlack Agent K]].
410	* NoodleIncident: When the Suit reappears in New York, he's missing an arm and most of his head. The closest thing to an explanation that he offers is a [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction nonchalant]], "I was delayed".
411	* NoSell: The symbiote clone attempted to take over him but failed due to him neither being human or organic. It settled for tearing him apart instead.
412	* PullingThemselvesTogether: Whenever the Suit is dismembered or blown up, the spiders he contains piece him back together, good as new.
413	* ShockAndAwe: He's electrokinetic, but is usually only able to use his powers through his cellphone or something similar.
414	* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Because otherwise it would be even more awkward.
415	* TheStoic: The smirk he gives in the above image being one of the few exceptions to all-around cool demeanor.
416	* TimeAbyss: He's existed since pre-Biblical times.
417	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He supercharges himself in order to obliterate both Venoms, but the blast is contained by Invisible Woman. It's unknown if he survived the backfire, but seeing as how he has yet to reappear...
418	* TheWormThatWalks: He's full of innumerable robotic spiders, which exit and enter his body through his eye sockets.
419	[[/folder]]
420
421	[[folder:Myntril]]
422	!!Myntril
423	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/myntril.jpg]]
424
425	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/VenomSpaceKnight'' Vol. 1, #2
426
427	Myntril is a high-ranking member of the Agents of the Cosmos, and a champion of the universe dedicated to protecting those in need. He assigns Tarna to work with Venom, but once Venom's symbiote relapses into its corrupted state he puts it on trial for its life.
428	----
429	* BlackBeadEyes: He has six round solid-black eyes.
430	* HeroicHost: He is the host of a white Klyntar and an Agent of the Cosmos.
431	* KilledOffscreen: Cullen Bunn remarked that the Agents of the Cosmos had all been killed when asked if they were aware of the activities of symbiote poacher Haze Mancer. Even if he survived that and the Poisons' subsequent raid on the planet, [[spoiler:he would have been killed by Knull destroying Klyntar]].
432	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He breaks up the fight between Venom and Tarna and explains why they were following Flash around, as well as providing some clarification about how being an Agent of the Cosmos works. He even lets Tarna go with Flash after she sides with him against the Agents of the Cosmos - though he warns her she'll have to face trial for her treason when she returns.
433	* TopHeavyGuy: He has a cephalothorax and long, bulky arms in comparison to his relatively short and scrawny legs.
434	[[/folder]]
435
436	[[folder:M'lanz]]
437	!!M'lanz
438	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mlanz_earth_616_from_venom_first_host_vol_1_2_001.jpg]]
439	!!! '''Alter Ego''': M'lanz
440	!!! '''Notable Aliases''': Sleeper
441	!!! '''First Appearance''': ''[[ComicBook/VenomMikeCosta Venom: First Host]]'' #1
442
443	M'lanz was a Skrull intelligence officer sent to hunt down the Kree supersoldier Tel-Kar, who she had helped capture at the end of the Kree/Skrull War. Tracking Tel-Kar to Earth, M'lanz deduced that he intended to reclaim the symbiote he had used during the war -- now going by Venom -- and attacked Eddie Brock hoping to prevent Tel-Kar from reclaiming it. When Tel-Kar forced the Venom symbiote to rebond to him, M'lanz reluctantly teamed up with Eddie and Venom's latest spawn Sleeper, stopping Tel-Kar from unleashing a plague created to wipe out entire species.
444
445	M'lanz returned to the Skrull Empire, and in the wake of the [[ComicBook/{{Empyre}} war with the Cotati]] she was sent with a small squad -- including fellow former symbiote host Tarna -- to investigate a series of attacks on Kree and Skrull colonies at the edge of the galaxy, unaware that it was the work of Knull, the ComicBook/KingInBlack and god of the symbiotes.
446	----
447	For more on her, see Characters/MarvelComicsSkrulls
448	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / VenomSupportingCharacters