Ultimate Spider-Man: Venom

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So without a doubt Venom was probably the most asked for character during the beginning of Ultimate Spider-Man but Bendis had no interest in doing it. He finally relented although the character was (aside from the visual appearance) effectively a new character for all intents and purposes. In my opinion Eddie Brock was one of Bendis's best characters and this story arc one of the best events on the title.

One of the things you might have heard was that then-VP Bill Jemas collaborated on the story with him. Well, he did and he didn't. He was the one to convince Bendis to do the character but if you look at the exchanges between him and Bendis available in the hardcover it's really clear that a lot of the ideas Jemas suggested weren't used and most of it came from Bendis himself. For example Jemas thought the idea of Eddie being a former childhood friend of Peter's was contrived (he wanted Eddie to be someone that Peter didn't know) and that the concept of 'the suit' being made to cure cancer was too far-fetched. These ideas, of course, are still in the finished product.

#33...

The issue starts with Peter reeling from the break-up with MJ. He ends up finding some old photographs and videotapes from his parents.











He finds Eddie and calls him. Eddie is surprised to hear from him.




He meets Eddie at his college. The two go out for a coffee.








#34...

Peter asks what the goo is supposed to be. Eddie tells him it was going to be the cure for cancer.





Eddie later shows up at Peter's high school. Gwen asks to come along.








Peter vows to finish his dad's work for him.








#35...

Peter (now in his new black costume) is fighting crime as Spider-Man. He gets shot at one point but the suit absorbs the bullet.

















#36...





She leaves in a huff. Eddie calls her a tease and turns on the TV where he sees Spider-Man in the suit. He puts two and two together and heads off to the lab where he sees Peter.




Peter admits to him that he's Spider-Man and tells him everything that's happened. He tells him that it's dangerous and the suit has to be destroyed.








Peter changes into some clothes and heads back home. Gwen is angry about what happened with Eddie and tells Peter about it.








#37...

Peter is having nightmares about the burglar he almost killed and goes to see MJ.





Back at the university, a janitor comes across Eddie who is stuck in a congealed mass of goo.







At school Peter sees something outside.




Peter goes outside.




#38...

The issue opens with a flash-forward of Peter listening to a videotape from his father.











The cops arrive and begin to shoot at Venom.








#39...

Peter goes to see Nick Fury. He tells him what happened with Eddie.









Peter later goes to Eddie's dorm. His roommate is cleaning things up; someone has been there and taken all of Eddie's belongings with him there. Peter heads over to the lab where he finds Curt Conners. He puts two and two together and deduces that Peter is Spider-Man.

There was an earlier issue of 'Team-Up' where Curt became the Lizard, so that's where Peter knew him from earlier.