Edward Charles Allan "Eddie" Brock is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane, and his earliest appearance was a cameo in Web of Spider-Man #18 (September 1986), before making his first full appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #300 (May 1988) as the original and most well-known host of the Venom symbiote. The character has since appeared in many Marvel Comics publications, including his own series Venom. Introduced as a villain of the superhero Spider-Man, the character has endured as one of Spider-Man's archenemies, and is regarded by many as a dark reflection of Spider-Man. He later evolved into an antiheroic figure, slowly distancing himself from his initial goal to ruin Spider-