Respect Venom (Flash Thompson): Marvel 616

Eugenene “Flash” Thompson is Peter Parker’s former classmate, childhood bully, and Spider-Man’s biggest fan. After highschool he joined the military and lost his legs saving a friend in Iraq. He is later enlisted into Project Rebirth 2.0 where he bonds with the Venom symbiote that had formerly been bonded to Eddie Brock and Mac Gargan (the Scorpion). Unlike the previous Venom hosts he uses the symbiote for good and has served on the Secret Avengers, the Thunderbolts, and the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Affiliations: Avengers, Thunderbolts, Circle of Four, Guardians of the Galaxy, U.S. Army

Enemies: Crime Master, Jack O’Lantern, Human Fly, Eddie Brock

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The Symbiote

Flash gains of his powers from the alien Venom symbiote. To keep the villainous Symbiote from gaining too much control over him he initially can only wear it for short periods of time and later keeps it drugged.

• The Symbiote allows Flash to walk again

• The Symbiote gives him multiple spider-based powers such as wall-crawling and webbing, as well as enhanced strength, speed, and agility

• Becomes stronger when he “venoms-out,” but also more brutal.

• First half of fight with Spider-Man while venomed-out

• Symbiote allows him to breathe in space

• Suit’s webbing catches up to an inflight Jack O’Lantern

• Uses webbing to block the Spider-King’s acid

• The symbiote is sentient and discards the bomb planted in the suit by the military

• The symbiote takes a liking to Flash as a host and will try to return to him if separated. In the past it has taken over both a dog and a gorilla to reach him.

• The symbiote protects him from gas attacks

• The symbiote is able to take over the minds of the U-Foes’ henchmen

• Flash can track pieces of the symbiote

• Eats Deadpool

• Is immune to the penance stare

• Symbiote gets rid of Mephisto’s mark and a demon

• While the symbiote is in control it easily incapacitates Punisher and Elektra

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Strength

The Venom symbiote gives Flash strength comparable to Spider-Man’s.

• Swings a man around as a club

• Sends Jack flying with a punch

• Punches Spider-Man into a pharmacy

• Throws a truck at Spider-Man

• He throws a church bell at the Human Fly

• Tackles the Spider-King through a wall

• Wrestles the Spider-King to the ground

• Punches Anti-Venom through a church window

• Knocks out Captain America

• Holds up a collapsing mine

• While venomed-out smashes through a wall and knocks over Mephisto’s son, Blackheart

• Knocks Red hulk down with a kick

• Pulls off the Human Fly’s wings

• Breaks through the floor of a high school

• Punches Jack so hard he cracks a wall

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Durability

Aside from his weakness to heat and sonics the Venom symbiote give Flash durability superior to Spider-Man’s as well as a minor healing factor.

• The symbiote makes him bulletproof

• It also grants him a minor healing factor

• It tanks getting slammed into the ground by Spider-Man. Spider-Man still thinks Venom is a villain at this point and believes he has kidnapped one of his friends, so he isn’t holding back.

• Despite the suit’s weakness to heat he ignores Jack O’ Lantern’s fire-breathing mechas

• Tanks hits from Megatak

• Is hit through a wall by Death Adder

• Tanks a beating from Kaine

• Survives getting stabbed by Toxin

• Tanks a punch from Red Hulk

• Takes blows from someone as tough as Captain America

• Is unfazed by slashes from Gamora’s swords

• Is electrocuted by Constrictor

• Is sent flying through the air by Red Hulk

• Tanks hits from someone as strong as Spider-Man

• Is hit by a bulldozer

• Is hit by a mind controlled Thing and Captain America

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Shape shifting

The Symbiote grants Flash minor shapeshifting abilities. It can change his appearance, transform into different types of clothing, as well as create blades and combat tentacles.

• Flash frequently uses the symbiote to change his clothing and appearance: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

• Uses tendrils to break a man’s arm

• Makes a glider with the Symbiote

• Disarms multiple gunmen with the suit’s tendrils

• Can create small items like lockpicks

• Uses symbiote as syringe

• While trapped by Jack O’Lantern uses symbiote’s tentacles to fire a tank. Since Flash can’t see inside the tank from where he is, he must able to see through the suit’s tentacles.

• Stores live grenade in suit and later uses it against Jack

• Uses tentacles to fire multiple guns

• Impales Kraven with tentacle

• Knock Anti-Venom down with an axe

• Can extend his arms (and theoretically other body parts): 1. 2.

• Creates giant claws

• Uses tendrils to wield multiple knives against Death Adder

• Can create webs from anywhere on his body

• Creates a duplicate to distract Toxin

• Disguises himself as a member of the DOA and uses tentacles to incapacitate Daimon Hellstrom and is henchman.

• Creates spikes from his chest and his arm

• Slices Carnage’s head off

• Plays dead to escape the U-Foes

• Stores gun parts and assembles them with the symbiote

• Creates two other human bodies, capable of speech with the suit

• More tentacles

• The Venom-Mobile!

• Climbing claws

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Speed

While Flash doesn’t make use of its speed that frequently, the symbiote give him speed on par with Spider-Man’s.

• Dodges Kraven moving faster than eyesight

• Dodges a blow from Captain America

• Dodges bullets

• Dodges close-range Skrull laser fire

• Dodges a blow from Red Hulk

• Avoids X-Ray’s lightning

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Skill

Flash has served in the army and is adept with multiple weapons as well as a skilled hand-to-hand combatant.

• Incapacitates a dozen men his first day with the Symbiote

• Stealthily infiltrates an enemy base

• Headshots a bat carrying him. Flash is incredibly weakened at this point, as he’s spent 3 days in the savage land getting hunted by Kraven, and was just hit by a powerful sonic attack.

• Some of his standard equipment

• After being extremely weakened from 3-days in the savage land manages to clear out an enemy compound.

• Improvises a plan to defeat the Spider-King

• Fends off demons without the symbiote, while low on ammo

• After getting beaten up shoots a bomb on the back of a gargoyle

• Takes a shot from Black Ant to the face while it’s not protected by the symbiote. Black Ant’s stinger has previously incapacitated both Black Widow and Valkyrie.

• After being marked by Mephisto gains magic resistance, as well as the ability to command demons and overcome demonic possession.

• Survives a few seconds in space without the symbiote

• Spars with Valkyrie

• Battles a gang of ninjas

• Beats up Crossbones

• He and Cletus are surprisingly agile for two guys with no legs

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Weaknesses

Unfortunately along with all of the powers it gives him, the Symbiote also comes with a few major weaknesses, mainly sound and fire.

• Sonic Weakness: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

• Fire Weakness: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

• He has difficulty controlling the Symbiote when emotional or under extreme duress.

• The presence of other symbiotes makes it harder for Flash to control his.

• The symbiote also becomes harder to control in the presence of Spider-Man

• To prevent the symbiote from bonding with him, at first he only wears it for short periods of time.

• Hank Pym and Beast eventually create a serum to keep the symbiote docile but it weakens the symbiote, and wears off after 24 hours

• Flash eventually becomes addicted to the symbiote

• The symbiote also becomes unstable in the microverse