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Originally Posted by Nitelife

I know everyone loves brock as fenom but i personally felt, for, flash thompson agent venom was at his best. Especially since brock was toxin at the time. I didnt care for space venom but i woulda liked to have seen flash stay as venoms host and retirn to the commando look.

Keep in mind that the following opinions are those of someone that has experienced Venom ((outside of the character's origin - both as the symbiote/Secret Wars, and later, as Brock/Spidey books)) from a distance.

For me, Brock is the most acceptable Venom. His hatred for Parker/Spidey was written well enough and coupled smartly with the demented/spurned/jilted lover that represents the symbiote's feelings for Peter, its first human host. However, that was then.

As is common knowledge, Venom has since morphed, first into an Anti-hero, then later, transitioning into a full-blown hero. Personally, I think this move represents a mistake that Marvel often makes when a villainous character becomes far more popular than they'd anticipated (ie Doom - eventually in the Future Foundation, Magneto - multiple stints as the leader of the X-men, Thanos - Infinity War/Crusade, etc). As a reformed hero, Flash makes more sense than Brock. Spidey fans had already been treated to the reformation of Flash; from bully of Petey in HS to buddy in college. He sorta fits a reformed Venom role, as a result. So from that perspective, I feel what you're saying. The only caveat I would offer is that while that's fine for Flash, it chafes for Brock.

All that shared. my preference for Venom is for him to be evil. That may be why I was one of the few in my circle of friends to like the Scorpion Venom. It was clumsy and flawed, but at least he represented a Venom I was more familiar (and comfortable) with...crazy, tormented, and hateful. Villains are sometimes popular. Marvel understood this at one point. I've read and own many old Silver Age comics that featured villains in stand alone stories. Stories just about Doom doing F'ed up shit. Team-ups between villains; most notably, Namor and Doom. If Marvel's going to make an anti-hero Venom, he should at least skew toward malevolent. Bare minimum? Neutral/Evil.