Editing Marvel Comics (section)

===Venom===
On Battleworld, Spider-man got a new black costume, which was actually the member of an alien species known as Klyntar, which bonded to him and provided benefits such as turning into other clothes and shooting unlimited webbing. However, the symbiote puppeted his body while he was asleep, and in other media it's often depicted as making him more agressive and merciless as well, prompting him to get rid of it. Spurned, it latched itself to Eddie Brock, who also had reason to hate Peter Parker when he got him fired for selling faked photos. They became Venom, a being referring to itself in the plural "we" with the powers of Spider-man but with a lot of sharp teeth and able to prevent the spider-sense from triggering, but was weak to fire and loud noises. They aimed to get revenge on the wall-crawler, though over time Venom would go from villain to anti-hero, calling himself the Lethal Protector. The Symbiote would sometimes bond with other characters, and become the source of a myriad of other symbiotes (who inherited its ability to bypass spider-sense).

*'''Eddie Brock:''' The first and most iconic. A failed news reporter who nursed a grudge towards Spidey as much as the Symbiote did, leading to the birth of Venom. He would eventually develop some sort of cancer that made him unsuitable as a host and thus they parted ways. A chance encounter with Mister Negative managed to trigger a reaction that forced his white blood cells to act like the Symbiote did and turned him into '''Anti-Venom''' - All the same powers, plus the ability to instantly purge poisons.
*'''Mac Gargan:''' Otherwise known as the Scorpion. Gained the suit as part of Norman's "Dark Avengers" initiative, suppressing the more monstrous parts of the suit's powers via specialized drugs.
*'''Flash Thompson:''' Formerly Peter's high-school bully, but serving in the Middle-East and losing both his legs saw him seriously change as a person. A special government initiative saw him bonded to a pacified symbiote to become '''Agent Venom''', using his own willpower to try and suppress the more monstrous parts. Unlike any of the other hosts, Flash was very much a good person.

====Carnage====
The first offspring of Venom, the Carnage symbiote bonded itself to Kletus Cassidy, a sadistic serial killing redneck that was Eddie's cellmate. Kletus and the symbiote would have a stronger bond than Venom did, referring to himself as "I" and not "We" and eventually fusing into one entity. Carnage has proven far more dangerous and evil than Venom, usually forcing him and Spidey to team up against the mass murderer.