50 Facts About Eddie Brock

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Edward Charles Allan "Eddie" Brock is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Eddie Brock has endured as one of Spider-Man's most prominent villains, and is regarded as one of his three archenemies, alongside the Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus.

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Eddie Brock later evolved into an antihero, slowly distancing himself from his initial goal to ruin Spider-Man's life to instead do good.

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4.

Eddie Brock excels in academics and sports in an attempt to earn his father's approval but does not succeed.

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5.

However, the real Sin-Eater is caught by Spider-Man and Eddie Brock is revealed to have been interviewing a compulsive confessor.

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6.

Eddie Brock is fired from his job in disgrace and Anne divorces him.

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7.

Unable to cope with his own mistakes, Eddie Brock becomes obsessed with gaining revenge against Spider-Man, blaming him for catching the real Sin-Eater.

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8.

Eddie Brock takes up bodybuilding to reduce stress but his anger and depression remain.

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9.

Eddie Brock first pushes Peter in front of a moving subway and later reaches from behind a window and dislodges him as he scales a building, both times without activating his spider-sense.

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10.

Eddie Brock is incarcerated and Spider-Man disposes of the Symbiote's remains.

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11.

Eddie Brock is later taken prisoner by the Life Foundation who harvest the last five spawn within the symbiote to create super-powered policemen and Brock is forcibly separated from the symbiote.

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12.

Venom's spawn: Phage, Lasher, Scream, Riot, and Agony are revealed to still be alive and arrive to free Eddie Brock, seeking his help to gain control over their symbiotes.

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13.

Eddie Brock is ultimately reunited with the symbiote, but the experience forces him to evaluate his relationship with the costume.

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14.

The 1995 "Planet of the Symbiotes" event continued the narrative from Separation Anxiety, with Eddie Brock forcing the symbiote to leave him, concerned about how much influence it may be having on him.

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15.

Eddie Brock is forced to bond completely and irrevocably with the symbiote in order to inflict psychic trauma on the symbiotes, causing them to commit suicide.

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16.

When Eddie Brock takes back the Symbiote, Anne tells him to keep himself and the Symbiote away from her after witnessing his brutality against the criminals.

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17.

Eddie Brock is captured in his sewer hideout and put on trial, with Matt Murdock acting in his defense, his symbiote held in check by a chemical inhibitor.

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18.

Eddie Brock is later separated from the symbiote, which is presumed killed by the government Overreach Committee.

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19.

Eddie Brock temporarily joins the Sinister Six to get Spider-Man but after being betrayed by them, he begins hunting down the members for revenge.

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20.

Eddie Brock is left reliant on the suit to live, and pursues Spider-Man out of fear that he will take the symbiote back, rather than for revenge over his lost career.

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21.

Eddie Brock dies after the symbiote leaves him for Spider-Man, not wanting a diseased host.

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22.

Eddie Brock asks for Peter's forgiveness before jumping out of a window, but Peter manages to catch him.

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23.

Matt Murdock convinces a court of law that Eddie Brock is not responsible for his actions while bonded to the symbiote and has criminal charges against him dropped.

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24.

Eddie Brock is unknowingly cured of his cancer by Li, who possesses special abilities, and Eddie Brock believes it to be a miracle.

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25.

Eddie Brock's skin becomes caustic to the symbiote, and he is enveloped in a new white symbiote forged from the remnants of the Venom symbiote in his body bonding with his white blood cells charged with Li's healing energy, becoming Anti-Venom.

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26.

When Eddie Brock detects remnants of the symbiote inside Spider-Man, he attempts to "cure" him, draining radiation from his body and nearly de-powering him.

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27.

In "The Return of Anti-Venom", Eddie Brock is unable to expose Negative's true identity, believing no one will trust him.

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28.

Eddie Brock decides to help the FBI against the new villainous Venom.

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29.

Eddie Brock then finds his lair, but is spotted and captured by Stegron's dinosaurs.

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30.

Eddie Brock then tells Black Cat to give up her criminal empire, telling her that New York City always needs more heroes.

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31.

Jameson sends Eddie Brock to defend Mary Jane Watson at the Stark Tower Complex and while she does not trust him, Mary Jane disables Stark Tower's anti symbiote defenses to allow Eddie Brock to fight Norman.

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32.

Spider-Man arrives and teams up again with Eddie Brock to stop Red Goblin, but the villain overpowers them both.

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33.

In Venom First Host, Venom after gave birth to its last offspring, Eddie Brock gets attacked by a Warbride Skrull until a Kree intervened and started battling the Skrull.

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34.

Eddie Brock got convinced by the symbiote to save the "blue skin", so he stopped the Skrull and saved the Kree.

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35.

Eddie Brock's reveals to Eddie that Tel-Kar's body was biologically altered so he would have full control over Venom's mind.

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36.

The symbiote then completely overtakes Eddie Brock, compelled by a mysterious external influence, nearly killing Jack in the process before being subdued and captured by a man named Rex Strickland.

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37.

Eddie Brock resolves to stop the monster before it destroys the city.

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38.

Eddie Brock after getting recovered, he's interrogated by the Maker about the incident revolving around the Grendel symbiote and Knull while stating that he is not the Mister Fantastic that he is familiar with.

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39.

When Eddie Brock asks Maker if he would be able to restore it, Maker states that the only way to do that is to connect it to the Symbiote hive mind and the last person to do that was the late Flash Thompson.

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40.

Now the symbiote with the mind of Flash Thompson helps Eddie Brock to escape and then Eddie Brock goes to Flash's grave to admit that Flash was a better host than him.

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41.

Eddie Brock is a human and has no superpowers without the Symbiote.

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42.

Eddie Brock's cancer is cured in the 2008 story "New Ways to Die", and he is later shown with a restored large physique.

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43.

Eddie Brock is shown to be proficient fighter and capable of using specialized weaponry to defeat symbiote-empowered enemies.

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44.

Michelinie later clarified in the interview that a healthy Eddie Brock is stronger without super powers than Peter Parker is without his super powers, which explains how the Symbiote is able to make him stronger than Spider-Man.

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45.

In both of these stories Eddie Brock is seen lifting weights and training himself without the help of the symbiote, remarking that making himself inherently stronger and more fit will enable the symbiote to grant him even greater super strength, speed, and agility.

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46.

Once Eddie Brock became the new King in Black, he attended almost god-like abilities through the symbiotes Hive Mind.

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47.

The bond between the Symbiote and Eddie Brock was strong enough that using sonics against the Symbiote could stun and kill Eddie Brock.

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48.

Eddie Brock is capable of rapidly healing significant injury as Anti-Venom, recovering almost instantly after being shot in the head and suffering damage to his brain.

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49.

Eddie Brock is able to cure ailments from hepatitis to removing narcotics and even radiation from a person's body.

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50.

Eddie Brock is capable of extending and morphing the suit to create disguises, form items such as shields, extend his reach, attack from a distance, and create tendrils.

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