How Eddie Brock had the Symbiote has yet to be revealed.
In the 616 continuity, Mac Gargan was Venom's host at the time.
Eddie is clearly exhausted and hurt, and claims that he is unable to stop Venom. Spider-Man again asks Eddie Brock to look at what he has become, and after some coaxing, Eddie Brock emerges from the massive Venom monster. Venom is not fazed, however, and leaps back onto the deck, attempting to kill Spider-Man. Spider-Man succeeds in destroying four of Venom's heads before blasting Venom with the Helicarrier's cannons. Spider-Man and Venom engage in a final fight, with Venom spewing Symbiotes to aid it. Spider-Man asks Eddie why he abandoned his beliefs about the innocent, to which Venom responds that "Eddie Brock is such a small part of what we are." Venom informs Spider-Man that it intends to complete itself with Spider-Man's power.
Venom reveals that he will use the helicarrier to infect the rest of the world. Venom himself appears, and by this time, the Symbiote has replicated so much that Venom manifests itself as a massive, five-headed Hydra-like creature.
Spider-Man gives chase with Moon Knight, assembling the other heroes to aid him as Spider-Man sets bombs on the Helicarrier, determined to stop Venom once and for all. Venom's final move was to attack the S.H.I.E.L.D. or Spider-Man until much later, but during that time the Symbiote infects many more individuals, including those tasked with helping to get rid of Venom, such as Wolverine, Vulture and Black Cat. Venom himself is not seen by S.H.I.E.L.D. Despite the best efforts of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Spider-Man, Manhattan quickly becomes flooded with the Venom Symbiotes, which also begins to manisfest itself as symbiotic webs attached to buildings as well as hives. Venom is forced to flee, but it is revealed that Venom has made more pods across New York.
After defeating Venom and destroying the first pod, Venom flees to a second hive, with Spider-Man again destroying the hive and defeating Venom. When Spider-Man discovers this, he tracks Venom down, only to discover that Venom has subverted Eddie Brock's personality, and that Venom has created hives containing pods which turn the infected into copies of himself. Spider-Man emerges victorious, and Venom vanishes.ĭuring the absence, Venom learns that he can copy his Symbiote, and he begins infecting the citizens of New York with the Symbiote. The two battle, with Venom attempting to kill Mary-Jane as punishment for Spider-Man daring to take "the other". During a fight between Venom and Spider-Man, part of the Symbiote attaches itself to Spider-Man, much to Venom's dismay.