The fan-favorite Spider-Man foe, Venom, will be appearing in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, but the Venom symbiote’s origin story may have been subtly set up in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Venom’s appearance had been more overtly teased in both Marvel’s Spider-Man and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ post-credit scenes, which showed the terminally ill Harry Osborn in a spider-man-miles-morales-drop-clues-about-venoms-backstory.html” title=”Possible rewritten title: Did Spider-Man: Miles Morales Drop Clues About Venom's Backstory?”>green liquid-filled tank with the symbiote’s tendrils attaching themselves to him.
With the symbiote being used in such a way, many presumed that Insomniac’s interpretation would be taking inspiration from the Ultimate Spider-Man comics run. In this 2000s-era reboot of the Spider-Man lore, the Venom symbiote was created by Richard Parker and Eddie Brock Sr. as a suit that could cure illnesses such as cancer, so Norman Osborn choosing to use it similarly in a bid to cure his son was a plot point that immediately drew comparison from fans. However, one clue in the series’ previous game, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, has sown the seeds for a more traditional origin for Venom instead.
Traditionally, the Venom symbiote came from space. In its first appearance in 1984 as part of the massive Secret Wars crossover comics arc, Peter Parker acquires the symbiote on Battleworld when he discovers a machine thought to be a fabric replicator upon damaging his original costume in battle. The suit initially had perks such as enhanced healing and increased strength, so Peter used it for a while when back on Earth, and only much later did he discover the suit was alive and influencing his actions, making him more aggressive and reckless, which led to him removing it and inadvertently creating Venom when the symbiote found its new host in the disgraced journalist, Eddie Brock.
While Battleworld and the Secret Wars events are unlikely to appear in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, it is still possible that the symbiote could be of alien origin, even if it is being used similarly to Ultimate Spider-Man’s as a method of treatment. Other iterations such as the 90s Spider-Man animated series and the 2018 Venom movie saw the symbiote return with astronauts after a space mission, and 2007’s Spider-Man 3 movie showed it conveniently arriving in Central Park upon a small meteorite that crash-landed right around the time Peter and Mary Jane were in the area. If Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 were to opt for a space-based origin for Venom, it’s likely that Venom would have been obtained as part of an Oscorp space mission and brought back to New York for experimentation.
A flashback sequence in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ penultimate mission, “Like Real Scientists” showed Miles and his childhood friend Phin Mason visiting Oscorp Science Center. While the aim of the mission is to see Miles and Phin’s award-winning project – which is on display as part of the special Spacebound exhibition – there are entire exhibitions on sea and space exploration to look at. The latter is key as access to the technology on display -…
2023-06-11 08:00:04
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