54 Facts About Flash Thompson

Eugene "Flash" Thompson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Flash Thompson is a star high school football player who mercilessly bullies his high school classmate Peter Parker but greatly admires Spider-Man, an irony in which the superhero takes some gratification.

The main point of 'That Thompson Boy' was to show that there were other sides to Flash, to look behind the curtain and see the vulnerability, and depth, that was there.

Flash Thompson was eventually spun off into his own solo series, Venom: Space Knight, written by Robbie Thompson and drawn by Ariel Olivetti.

Eugene "Flash" Thompson is the nephew of actress Lea Thompson and a bully of high school classmate Peter Parker.

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Flash Thompson dubs Peter with the derogatory nickname "Puny Parker" and humiliates Parker daily at school.

When Spider-Man is seen committing robberies, Flash Thompson is one of the few to stand up for him claiming that he could still be innocent.

Towards the end of Ditko's run on the title, Flash Thompson was employed mainly as comic relief, more a local buffoon than a serious threat.

Unlike many students of the time, Flash Thompson was never conscripted—instead, he volunteers for service of his own free will.

However, Flash Thompson soon finds himself tailed by mysterious assassins, former acolytes of the temple who thought that Flash Thompson had betrayed them.

When Sha Shan was attacked by the Hobgoblin, Flash Thompson made the mistake of insulting the villain on television.

Spider-Man was aghast that his old friend was a villain, but Flash Thompson was legally exonerated when Hobgoblin's true identity was revealed.

Not knowing the reasons behind this, Flash Thompson became loyal to Norman for giving him a second chance and turning his life around.

Flash Thompson survived, thanks to his excellent physical condition, but he suffered severe brain damage that left him in a coma.

Peter, blaming himself for what happened to Flash Thompson, was eager to help and started spending his free time with him, lending emotional support and companionship.

Flash Thompson takes a job as the physical education teacher at Midtown High School, where Peter teaches science.

However, Flash Thompson suffers from severe memory gaps and again treats Peter like a nerd and picks on him, as he did in their high school days.

Flash Thompson flirts with Miss Arrow, unaware that she is a villain there to attack Peter.

Flash Thompson briefly appeared at the beginning of the "Brand New Day" story arc, attending a welcome home party for Harry.

Flash Thompson is still in a close friendship with Peter Parker, as he is seen, lying in his hospital camp bed, with a greeting card by his best friend, and an iPod loaded by Peter himself with "Christmas in Fallujah".

Flash Thompson's platoon is ambushed, and Flash Thompson suffers several bullet wounds in both legs but continues on in an attempt to save his superior officer from danger.

Flash Thompson's sacrifice is enough to earn him a recommendation for the Medal of Honor.

Flash Thompson reveals to Peter that Spider-Man was his inspiration in Iraq.

Flash Thompson later competes in a paraplegic sporting event at the local YMCA, managing to come in first place.

Flash Thompson is seen going through the so-called "stages of grief" backwards, even so far as to use dangerous experimental procedures to regain his legs, but seems to come to terms with his condition, thanks to the support of his friends, family, and his new rehabilitation trainer Sha Shan.

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Marvel confirmed Flash Thompson was to have his own comic using a military style version of Venom.

Flash Thompson was written as a hero working for the military, and encountered many heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe.

Flash Thompson tries to assassinate the third Crime Master for threatening his family, but Eddie Brock attacks him as he is about to fire.

The Avengers confess that because Flash Thompson was a good soldier and the secret identities in the Avengers' rules goes both ways.

Flash Thompson became extremely worried and, since he was left behind when the other Guardians were captured, he began to try to find a way back to Earth which the Symbiote encouraged.

Flash Thompson resolves to remain on Earth to care for Andi until he can find a way to remove the Hell-Mark permanently.

Flash Thompson uses his Anti-Venom to heal any of Peter's friends and family that were infected by the Carnage symbiote, and discovers Spider-Man's secret identity in the process.

Peter offers to use the Venom symbiote to heal him, but Flash Thompson refuses, worrying that it would die with him and knows Peter needs an edge over Norman's new powers.

Flash Thompson dies in Peter's arms and is honored by Peter and his friends at his funeral.

Flash Thompson joined Rex Strickland's army of former symbiote hosts when the dark symbiote god Knull started invading Earth, recovering his Anti-Venom symbiote replica.

When Eddie's son Dylan and Thor began freeing hosts from their symbiotes and fighting Knull, a red gash appeared - formed from the dissolved symbiotes of the recently freed hosts - and Flash Thompson followed Eddie and Rex through it into the core of the Hive-Mind, the place where they were before having been a "purgatory" for codices.

Flash Thompson is highly distrustful of Spider-Boy, believing him to be in league with the villains he fights.

Flash Thompson eventually deduced that Gwen was the vigilante Nightbird and began killing people connected to her.

Flash Thompson still is unaware of the fact that Peter Parker was Spider-Man, and is similarly unaware that Peter's daughter is Spider-Girl.

Flash Thompson is later killed in action in 1974, leading Peter to question if he could have saved Flash Thompson by volunteering as well.

Flash Thompson recently started dating Liz Allan again; this ended after she dumped him at homecoming for declaring his love to Mary Jane in front of the whole school.

Flash Thompson is the main protagonist in this Secret Wars Warzone version of Spider Island.

Flash Thompson leads the resistance after most of the heroes and citizens have been mutated into spider monsters by the Spider Queen.

Flash Thompson eventually leads the rebellion to successfully stop the Spider Queen, but at the cost of his own life .

Flash Thompson tries to calm down both Eddie and Spider-Man, but they're attacked by the Poisons and he himself is killed by a Poison Hulk.

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When Flash Thompson suddenly wants to talk to Peter alone for a moment on at least two occasions, Peter turns him down rather furiously, believing he just wanted to bully in private.

Jameson hires Flash Thompson to be Peter's bodyguard, writing off their antagonism as youthful energy.

However, the serum affects Flash Thompson's mind, causing him to go berserk, and Peter goes to try to bring him down.

Blinded by rage and addled by the serum, Flash Thompson refuses to believe that "Puny Parker" could be Spider-Man and attacks, nearly killing Peter until Jameson intervenes using a remote-controlled Spider-Slayer robot and shoots Flash Thompson with an antidote dart.

Flash Thompson appears in the 2002 live-action film Spider-Man, played by Joe Manganiello.

Additionally, Flash Thompson is stated to be a high school quarterback in the film's novelization.

At graduation, Flash Thompson proposes to Watson, but she rejects and breaks up with him.

In Spider-Man: Far From Home, Thompson is revealed to have been a victim of the Blip and a minor social media star with followers he dubs the "Flash Mob".

Flash Thompson appeared in the 2010 Broadway production Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, originally portrayed by Matt Caplan.