BothTopher GraceandTom Hardy’sVenomare the same theatrical role in Marvel traditional knowledge , but understanding exactly how think of apprehend the trueness of the symbiote in Marvel ’s modern comics .

The two actors brought Venom to life in separate movies , presumed to be separate universes . But as was revealed and explained in the pages ofVenom # 18 , the famousVenom symbiote is described as a in truth multiversal being , with tendrils of its existence spread across fourth dimension , reality , and incarnations across the Marvel Multiverse . And it all has to do with the use and purpose of the King in Black - - and we ’re not bring up toKnull the Symbiote God , either .

Venom begin life as a Spider - Man villain , score his first full appearing in 1988’sAmazing Spider - Man # 300 .

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The depictions of Venom , first by Topher Grace in 2007’sSpider - Man 3 , then Tom Hardy ’s trilogy begin in 2018 , are significantly unlike . But inVenom#18 , by Al Ewing , Cafu , and Frank D’Armata , Eddie Brock observe himself look to face withThe Eventuality , Venom ’s ultimate grade . Eddie struggles to enclose his brain around what he is get a line and hearing , leading The Eventuality to revealthe true history of the business leader in Black , and how Knull , the previous King , was not a honest fit .

The Eventuality goes on to explain that Knull recollect too linearly , and just opted to destroy everything in his path , but says“the timeline of the rightful King in Black for this realism is … more complicated . ”

It reveals to Eddie that , as the King in Black , he “ will move around back and forth , hither and yon , unsatisfied , rootless into forgotten pasts and possible futures . ”The artwork accompanying this revealtion depict a intellect - bending sequence , showing the various iterations of Venom throughout the Multiverse . Some sporting carcajou - style claws , and even a Venom / Captain America crossbreed ( unadulterated with Venom - ized shield ) . The implication is open : there is one Venom , one King in Black , existing in all forms and times as one , single entity , verbalize multiple ways across the Multiverse .

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While Each Venom is Unique, They Are One Being, Across Time

This disclosure , that Venom is a truly multiversal being , existing in multiple realities , allows both Topher Grace and Tom Hardy ’s interpretations to be valid . It has been instal that the MCU exists in the big Marvel Multiverse as Earth-19999 , andSpider - humanity : No Way Homerevealed Sam Raimi’sSpider - Manmovies still exist within the MCU , thus linking that trilogy to the Marvel multiverse as well . Now , fans can take quilt that the two depicting are merely various aspects of the larger , multiversal Venom knows as The Eventuality .

This revealing not only canonise Topher Grace and Tom Hardy ’s Venoms , but also demo the reader just how hefty he really is . As far as persona arc go , Venom has had one of the best in strip , rise from a retaliation - driven villain into a cosmic god . But his physique as The Eventuality is the one most valuable to take buffs , as the traditional knowledge which links Hardy and Grace ’s performances asVenomto one another , across the wide expanse of the Marvel Multiverse .

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Topher Grace’s Eddie Brock as the Venom symbiote covers most of his body in Spider-Man 3

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