When Marvel, David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane unleashed Venom back in May of 1984, it didn’t take long for fans to fall in love with the sentient symbiote. “The Symbiote was first introduced as Spider-man’s new black costume in The Amazing Spider-Man #252 (May 1984) as part of a story called “Homecoming!” The story takes place after Spider-Man’s return from the events of the miniseries Secret Wars, where he first obtains the black costume. The full first appearance of Venom is in The Amazing Spider-Man #300 (May 1988), after the Symbiote bonds with Eddie Brock.”
We can’t WAIT to see what Tom Hardy does with the character later this year but to celebrate the character’s 30th anniversary this month, The Poster Posse is paying tribute to the man in black with some art.
Image by John Aslarona
Image by Vincent Aseo
Image by Orlando Arocena
Image by Ben Mcleod
Image by Andy Fairhurst
Though it requires a living host in order to survive, the Venom symbiote has been shown to be adept at fending for itself independent of a host. The Symbiote is capable of shape-shifting abilities, including the ability to form spikes or expand its size, as well as mimic the appearance of other humanoids after it has obtained a host. The organism can additionally use its shape-shifting abilities to conceal itself by altering its coloration or by becoming completely invisible. It also contains a small “dimensional aperture”, allowing its hosts to carry items without adding mass to the costume. The Symbiote also exhibits telepathic abilities, primarily when it needs to communicate with its host.
Because of its contact with Spider-Man, the Symbiote grants all of its subsequent hosts that hero’s powers and cannot be detected by his spider-sense. As Spider-Man’s fighting style is partly dependent on his spider-sense, his effectiveness was somewhat hampered when he battled Eddie Brock. Retaining its memory from the time it was bonded with Spider-Man, Venom is also capable of producing webbing similar to Spider-Man’s own variety created from itself.
The Symbiote greatly enhances the physical strength of those it bonds with. Its hosts experience a vastly larger size and musculature. The Symbiote displays non-human teeth, which are very sharp, and commonly protrudes a long tongue from its mouth. Venom is depicted as being physically much bigger than Spider-Man, as well as having more brute strength.
Venom exhibits some immunities to the supernatural powers of others such as the Penance Stare of Ghost Rider or Spider-Man’s extrasensory spider-sense. Some incarnations of the Venom Symbiote have shown it able to replicate itself. This ability is shown in the 2005–2006 miniseries Spider-Man: Reign, when Venom recreates his own Symbiote to combat his loneliness.
The Venom Symbiote is vulnerable to fire and sonic waves, causing it great pain and exhaustion if it sustains enough exposure. It can sense and track all of its offspring Symbiotes except Carnage, who learned how to block this ability shortly after bonding with Cletus Kasady and confronting Venom/Eddie Brock for the first time. – Wikipedia
Image by Kaz Oomori
Image by Rafal Rola
Image by Orlando Arocena
Image by John Aslarona
Image by The Dark Inker
Image by Andrew Swainson
2 Comments on “The Poster Posse Wishes A Happy 30th Anniversary To Venom”
Is any of this artwork going to available to purchase a print of?
unfortunately, these are just tribute posters. The only one that IS for sale is Andy Fairhurst’s print over at Grey Matter Art.