After bonding with Spider-Man, Venom developed the same features of Spider-Man's albeit a pure black costume and a white spider symbol, as well as sharp teeth, a muscular build, and four tentacles out of his back.
Venom's origins can be traced to a race of symbiotes from the planet Klyntar. These beings merge with hosts, and the combined entity tends to have a personality based on both the symbiote and the host itself, though sometimes one side or the other tends to dominate.
The symbiote was first introduced as Spider-Man's new black costume in The Amazing Spider-Man #252 (May 1984) as part of a story called "Homecoming!" The story takes place after Spider-Man's return from the events of the miniseries Secret Wars, where he first obtains the black costume.
After the Venom symbiote was captured by Malekith during the War of the Realms, he tortured and imbued it with the Dark Elves' Dark Magic in order to use it as a weapon against Thor; wielding it as as the "Venom Blade/Symbio Sword". However, it was later established by Carnage that it was actually All-Black.
VENOM 3: ALONG CAME A SPIDER – Trailer | Tom Hardy, Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland | Sony Pictures HD
Is Venom red or black?
The recent Venom comic confirms that colors do matter in symbiote lore, with the implication that red symbiotes are stronger than black ones. The hierarchy of symbiote colors is now established, with red symbiotes being naturally stronger than black ones.
The Ultimate Comics version of Venom was purple instead of black. To date, it's the only Venom incarnation with the purple color scheme. This version of the character was featured in the Ultimate Spider-Man video game in 2005.
Just like the Norse god Odin, who sacrificed his eye to gain the wisdom to defeat Ragnorak and save Asgard, and Odin's godly son Thor, Eddie is now a cyclopean God as well, and while he did not willingly sacrifice his eye, there is a chance that this final betrayal will lead him to gaining the wisdom he needs to save ...
Venom refers to himself when merged with Eddie as “we” and usually switches between gendered pronouns depending on his host. Since Eddie is Venom's primary host, he's usually referred to with “he/him” pronouns, but the Symbiote race overall has no explicit gender.
Brock is enveloped in a new white “Anti-Venom” symbiote when remnants of the Venom symbiote in his body merge with special antibodies (produced by his white blood cells) due to Li's Lightforce energy.
This is why Carnage is more powerful than Venom, and it is also why he looks the way he does. The red hue and unstable, fluid-like design of the character is meant to represent its fusion with Kasady's blood. This strange connection to the color red and its association with blood goes well beyond Carnage's origins.
When a symbiote offspring of Eddie Brock, AKA Venom, merges with serial killer Cletus Kasady, the result is the nightmarish murdering menace known as Carnage! Reborn from an alien creature, he's a more psychotic and dangerous being that spawns a family of symbiotes.
Most folks are familiar with the fact that the symbiote who would come to be known as Venom first bonded with Peter Parker. It got a taste of the power of Spider-Man and grew to love that power. It grew to love the feeling of the wind on its face swinging through the city. It loved the force behind every punch.
Venom's symbiote has explained on many occasions that the Klyntar planet is practically devoid of emotions, yet over time he knows that he forms genuine love for Eddie. Venom bonds more with Eddie and experiences guilt, jealousy, and sadness over his other half.
With every symbiote, the ability to spawn a new puts the former in danger, as there is a possibility of the spawn is normally more powerful than the former. Knowing this, if venom were to spawn again, carnage would be rendered useless against the newer spawn, whether it be his or venom's.
Debuting in THOR: GOD OF THUNDER (2012) #2, All-Black the Necrosword is the first symbiote. In the Marvel Universe's distant past, the ancient god Knull created All-Black from the darkness of the Abyss.
When Venom is fully united, the alien doesn't identify inside the traditional gender binary, opting for using “we” as a preferred pronoun. Venom can also reproduce asexually and, at one point in the comics, has a child with Eddie.
The Venom symbiote's animosity toward Spider-Man stems from its initial bond with him. In the comics, Spider-Man rejected the symbiote when he realized it was trying to permanently bond with him, and he removed it. This rejection left the symbiote with a strong sense of betrayal and anger.
Venom is portrayed by Tom Hardy in the MCU with a height of 5'9” (1.75 m) though his size is variable. The comic book height of Venom is 6'3” (1.91 m). Venom is the name for a fictional human host, most famously Eddie Brock, combined with the alien symbiote that gives him powers.
Comic book characters with black costumes are often depicted with blue highlights. The colorists do this to show depth without being monochromatic and give some vibrancy to the characters looks. Venom, Spiderman 2099, and in some cases Batman are prime examples.
Toxin. The other symbiote alongside Riot, Scream and Phage is a blue and gold one, which - as initially shown in the Venom trailer - was set loose on unwitting test subjects.
Anti-Venom has orange eyes and an orange mouth, and his face is black and white. He is white all over with a black spider symbol. He is large and immensely powerful.
