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The Venom Saga

October 15, 2023

The Venom Saga is a story arc from the 1994 animated series Spider-Man that focused on Venom.[1] The description of the name and chosen episodes debuted in home media by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. The first three episodes are the three-part episode entitled "The Alien Costume" from the first season. The last two are the two-part episode entitled "Venom Returns" and "Carnage", which debuted in the third season. These certain episodes are responsible for debuting the symbiotic characters Venom and Carnage outside of comic books. The arc was released on DVD as Spider-Man: The Venom Saga.[2]

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"The Alien Costume" Edit

Production Edit

There were many difficulties with bringing Venom to television because everyone had different ideas for the Venom story.[3] Len Wein wrote the first draft, which was rejected.[4] In a later meeting the creative team came up with a scene by scene plot for the show.[3] The show took a different approach to bringing the alien costume to Earth from the comic books. In this episode the alien costume is brought by a space shuttle, while in the comics, Spider-Man first wore the symbiote during the Secret Wars storyline on an alien planet called Battleworld,[3] and later brought back to Earth.[5] The ending of the second part is loosely based on Web of Spider-Man #1, in which Spider-Man removes the symbiote costume using the loud noise created by a church bell. The symbiote flees and merges with Eddie Brock, transforming him into Venom. This is a direct adaptation of the comics storyline.[citation needed]

John Semper took the idea of Eddie Brock following Spider-Man on a train in the third part from Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train.[4]

"The Alien Costume" is the only three-part episode from the first season of the animated series Spider-Man. Venom was one of Spider-Man's most popular villains at the time this episode aired.[3] Originally, this was going to be a two-part episode; however, the fans wanted to see more of the black costume, so a new second part was added into the middle of the episodes.[4]

Part One Edit

John Jameson and fellow astronaut Paul Stevens discover a rock known as "Promethium X", which is said to be more powerful than plutonium. Unknown to the astronaut though, Promethium X also contains a mysterious element which manages to break free and tries to consume the two Astronauts. The space shuttle crashes on Manhattan Bridge, near the Hudson River, where Rhino is sent by The Kingpin to steal the Promethium X. Spider-Man arrives on the scene and manages to save Jameson and his fellow astronaut, yet unknown to Spider-Man, Eddie Brock is on the bridge too, and takes photos of him (and Rhino as well). However, when Jonah arrives on the scene, Eddie uses propaganda and frames Spider-Man for stealing something from the shuttle, which leads to a $1 million bounty on Spider-Man's head. However, Eddie deliberately does not mention to have seen Rhino at the scene also. Meanwhile, at home, Peter throws his costume in the garbage, as it is now useless to him. However, when he returned from the crash site, his suit carried what appeared to be "rich, thick, and creamy" Hudson River pollution. When Peter went to bed, the substance oozed over him and began to give him a nightmare and when he woke up, he found himself hanging from a building in a costume he had never seen before! This costume enhances Spider-Man's abilities. Meanwhile, Kingpin needed to gain some materials to test the power of Promethium X, he sent the Rhino to gain the necessary materials for his machine. Spider-Man managed to stop him, but almost lost himself to the power and tries to kill the Rhino. He eventually had to retreat back to the city, and ponder how the suit is changing him.

Part Two Edit

The story continues where it last left off, with the whole city hunting Spider-Man for Jonah's $1 million bounty. Spider-Man manages to fight them off until he is shot with a Sonic Blaster device, which weakens him. Despite this, Spider-Man manages to escape, and focuses his attention on Eddie Brock and Jonah Jameson and warns him to call off his reward, also mentioning Rhino and how Brock neglected to mention him. After Jonah visits his hospitalized son, Jameson finds out from him that Brock was lying and fires him. He also calls off the manhunt for Spider-Man.

Noticing another disturbing change in his behavior, Spider-Man seeks the assistance of Doctor Curt Connors, who studies the suit and realizes that it is a Symbiote. Spider-Man then uses the symbiote's powers to find a clue in Eddie's apartment, only to run into the Shocker, sent by The Kingpin to destroy the evidence Brock has of the crash site. The two fight, and Shocker gains the advantage, and flees, but Spider-Man follows him. Following Shocker leads him to Alistair Smythe and the Promethium X, which Spider-Man steals. Kingpin and Shocker form a plan to kidnap John Jameson in an attempt to gain the Promethium X back. Using John as bait, they manage to lure Spider-Man, to an old church. There the Shocker attacks Spider-Man, but is defeated. Eddie Brock tries to intervene, but is webbed up for his efforts. With Shocker at the mercy of Spider-Man, he begs for his life as Spider-Man is about to push him to his death. Spider-Man's conscience gets to him and he relents, only to have the symbiote push Shocker off the belltower, but Spider-Man uses two web lines to save him. Spider-Man, remembering how the symbiote was unusually weakened when he was earlier attacked with a Sonic Blaster, realizes that it is particularly sensitive to loud noises. Spider-Man then uses the church bells and the noise weakens the symbiote, and it sloughs off Peter and slinks weakly away. Peter Parker leaves, relieved to be away from the symbiote. Back at the Kingpin's headquarters, Smythe discovers why Spider-Man was so willing to trade the dangerous Promethium X back to them: as it turns out, Promethium X has an extremely short half-life, and in a matter of days it has already decayed into a harmless lump of lead. However, the symbiote was still alive and found a new host in Eddie Brock (who's cocooned by Spider-Man) and transformed him into his greatest unlikely friend and foe – Venom.

Part Three Edit

Spider-Man had returned to his old costume. He soon came across The Rhino and The Shocker. While Spider-Man was able to easily defeat The Rhino, The Shocker managed to get the upper hand. However, an unknown 'ally' arrived and defeated the two villains himself. The new 'ally' proved to be Eddie Brock, who revealed himself as 'Venom'. Spider-Man attempted to reason with Brock, but Venom webbed up Spider-Man and removed the hero's mask high over a crowded street. Venom allowed Spider-Man to live, haunting his every step. Venom ruined a date with Mary Jane and menaced Spider-Man's aunt, so Spider-Man decided to fight back. He put some archives newspaper pages, featuring Brock's firing of Daily Bugle. He set a trap for the villain near the launch of a space shuttle. The noise from the rocket's afterburners forced the symbiote off of Brock, and Spider-Man webbed the creature to the rocket. The symbiote was blasted into space, and Eddie Brock was imprisoned at Ravencroft Asylum. At the episode's conclusion, Spider-Man (as Peter Parker) and Mary Jane regard the night sky and wonder what else might be up there. Venom's menacing face appears on the moon.

"Venom Returns" and "Carnage" Edit

Production Edit

"Venom Returns" and "Carnage" are the eleventh and twelfth episodes from the third season of the Spider-Man, also marking the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth episodes.[6][7]

"Venom Returns" Edit

The symbiote returns to Earth and travels to Ravencroft to reunite with Eddie Brock, who then escapes as Venom. He is ordered by Dormammu, to whom the symbiote owes its earthly return, to steal a machine from Stark Enterprises capable of releasing Dormammu from his own far-off dimension. When Venom battles Spider-Man and War Machine, he is easily defeated by the two heroes. Baron Mordo and Dormammu help Eddie Brock's insane cell-mate Cletus Kasady bond with a symbiote, who later dubs himself Carnage. Carnage then assists Venom in his task to retrieve the technology from Stark Enterprises, though when Carnage attempts to destroy Spider-Man, Venom attacks him, telling him that Spider-Man is Venom's and Venom's only.

"Carnage" Edit

When Venom refuses to continue to work for Dormammu, Carnage is considered sufficient to collect life-force which is essential for Dormammu to enter Earth. Carnage kidnaps Dr. Ashley Kafka, whom Eddie has fallen in love with. Eddie then reluctantly teams with Iron Man and Spider-Man to save her. They are forced to send Carnage as well as Dormammu into the other dimension, as it appears he has formed a link between himself and Carnage. Carnage, unwilling to leave Earth alone, attempts to drag Ashley with him, though Venom sacrifices himself for the woman he loves.

Cast Edit

Main cast Edit

Minor cast Edit

Reception Edit

When the episodes were released in DVD as Spider-Man: The Venom Saga, Filip Vukcevic of IGN stated that while Venom "would ultimately suffer from over-exposure and endure too many misinterpretations on the printed page, all of his viciousness remained intact on the TV show."[8][9][10][11][12]

In other media Edit

Film Edit

The Venom Saga, as well as the comic book story arc "Maximum Carnage" (1993), would be primarily adapted for the basis for the plot of the 2021 film Venom: Let There Be Carnage.

References Edit

  1. ^ "Spider-Man: The Animated Series Producer Talks About the Venom Saga".
  2. ^ "Spider-Man Cartoons Through the Years".
  3. ^ a b c d "Berkowitz Interview". marvel.toonzone.net. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  4. ^ a b c "John Semper interview about symbiotes". marvel.toonzone.net. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
  5. ^ "Alien Costume part one". marvel.toonzone.net. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  6. ^ "Venom Returns". TV.com.
  7. ^ "Carnage". TV.com.
  8. ^ Vukcevic, Filip (July 7, 2005). "Spider-Man: The Venom Saga (Part one)". IGN. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  9. ^ "Spider-Man: The Venom Saga - IGN". 7 July 2005.
  10. ^ "DVD Talk".
  11. ^ "Spider-Man - the Venom Saga".
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 2019-07-29.

Sources Edit

  • Cockburn, Paul (1996). The alien costume. London: Pan Boxtree Sapling. ISBN 9780752201627.
  • Spider-Man: The Venom Saga [DVD]. Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

External links Edit

  • "Alien Costume part one". marvel.toonzone.net. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  • "Alien Costume part two". marvel.toonzone.net. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  • "Alien Costume part three". marvel.toonzone.net. Retrieved 2008-01-25.

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Venom Saga news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Venom Saga is a story arc from the 1994 animated series Spider Man that focused on Venom 1 The description of the name and chosen episodes debuted in home media by Buena Vista Home Entertainment The first three episodes are the three part episode entitled The Alien Costume from the first season The last two are the two part episode entitled Venom Returns and Carnage which debuted in the third season These certain episodes are responsible for debuting the symbiotic characters Venom and Carnage outside of comic books The arc was released on DVD as Spider Man The Venom Saga 2 The Venom SagaCover to the 2005 DVD release Based onSpider Manby Stan LeeSteve DitkoProductioncompanyMarvel Films AnimationRunning time100 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 The Alien Costume 1 1 Production 1 2 Part One 1 3 Part Two 1 4 Part Three 2 Venom Returns and Carnage 2 1 Production 2 2 Venom Returns 2 3 Carnage 3 Cast 3 1 Main cast 3 2 Minor cast 4 Reception 5 In other media 5 1 Film 6 References 7 Sources 8 External links The Alien Costume EditProduction Edit There were many difficulties with bringing Venom to television because everyone had different ideas for the Venom story 3 Len Wein wrote the first draft which was rejected 4 In a later meeting the creative team came up with a scene by scene plot for the show 3 The show took a different approach to bringing the alien costume to Earth from the comic books In this episode the alien costume is brought by a space shuttle while in the comics Spider Man first wore the symbiote during the Secret Wars storyline on an alien planet called Battleworld 3 and later brought back to Earth 5 The ending of the second part is loosely based on Web of Spider Man 1 in which Spider Man removes the symbiote costume using the loud noise created by a church bell The symbiote flees and merges with Eddie Brock transforming him into Venom This is a direct adaptation of the comics storyline citation needed John Semper took the idea of Eddie Brock following Spider Man on a train in the third part from Alfred Hitchcock s Strangers on a Train 4 The Alien Costume is the only three part episode from the first season of the animated series Spider Man Venom was one of Spider Man s most popular villains at the time this episode aired 3 Originally this was going to be a two part episode however the fans wanted to see more of the black costume so a new second part was added into the middle of the episodes 4 Part One Edit John Jameson and fellow astronaut Paul Stevens discover a rock known as Promethium X which is said to be more powerful than plutonium Unknown to the astronaut though Promethium X also contains a mysterious element which manages to break free and tries to consume the two Astronauts The space shuttle crashes on Manhattan Bridge near the Hudson River where Rhino is sent by The Kingpin to steal the Promethium X Spider Man arrives on the scene and manages to save Jameson and his fellow astronaut yet unknown to Spider Man Eddie Brock is on the bridge too and takes photos of him and Rhino as well However when Jonah arrives on the scene Eddie uses propaganda and frames Spider Man for stealing something from the shuttle which leads to a 1 million bounty on Spider Man s head However Eddie deliberately does not mention to have seen Rhino at the scene also Meanwhile at home Peter throws his costume in the garbage as it is now useless to him However when he returned from the crash site his suit carried what appeared to be rich thick and creamy Hudson River pollution When Peter went to bed the substance oozed over him and began to give him a nightmare and when he woke up he found himself hanging from a building in a costume he had never seen before This costume enhances Spider Man s abilities Meanwhile Kingpin needed to gain some materials to test the power of Promethium X he sent the Rhino to gain the necessary materials for his machine Spider Man managed to stop him but almost lost himself to the power and tries to kill the Rhino He eventually had to retreat back to the city and ponder how the suit is changing him Part Two Edit The story continues where it last left off with the whole city hunting Spider Man for Jonah s 1 million bounty Spider Man manages to fight them off until he is shot with a Sonic Blaster device which weakens him Despite this Spider Man manages to escape and focuses his attention on Eddie Brock and Jonah Jameson and warns him to call off his reward also mentioning Rhino and how Brock neglected to mention him After Jonah visits his hospitalized son Jameson finds out from him that Brock was lying and fires him He also calls off the manhunt for Spider Man Noticing another disturbing change in his behavior Spider Man seeks the assistance of Doctor Curt Connors who studies the suit and realizes that it is a Symbiote Spider Man then uses the symbiote s powers to find a clue in Eddie s apartment only to run into the Shocker sent by The Kingpin to destroy the evidence Brock has of the crash site The two fight and Shocker gains the advantage and flees but Spider Man follows him Following Shocker leads him to Alistair Smythe and the Promethium X which Spider Man steals Kingpin and Shocker form a plan to kidnap John Jameson in an attempt to gain the Promethium X back Using John as bait they manage to lure Spider Man to an old church There the Shocker attacks Spider Man but is defeated Eddie Brock tries to intervene but is webbed up for his efforts With Shocker at the mercy of Spider Man he begs for his life as Spider Man is about to push him to his death Spider Man s conscience gets to him and he relents only to have the symbiote push Shocker off the belltower but Spider Man uses two web lines to save him Spider Man remembering how the symbiote was unusually weakened when he was earlier attacked with a Sonic Blaster realizes that it is particularly sensitive to loud noises Spider Man then uses the church bells and the noise weakens the symbiote and it sloughs off Peter and slinks weakly away Peter Parker leaves relieved to be away from the symbiote Back at the Kingpin s headquarters Smythe discovers why Spider Man was so willing to trade the dangerous Promethium X back to them as it turns out Promethium X has an extremely short half life and in a matter of days it has already decayed into a harmless lump of lead However the symbiote was still alive and found a new host in Eddie Brock who s cocooned by Spider Man and transformed him into his greatest unlikely friend and foe Venom Part Three Edit Spider Man had returned to his old costume He soon came across The Rhino and The Shocker While Spider Man was able to easily defeat The Rhino The Shocker managed to get the upper hand However an unknown ally arrived and defeated the two villains himself The new ally proved to be Eddie Brock who revealed himself as Venom Spider Man attempted to reason with Brock but Venom webbed up Spider Man and removed the hero s mask high over a crowded street Venom allowed Spider Man to live haunting his every step Venom ruined a date with Mary Jane and menaced Spider Man s aunt so Spider Man decided to fight back He put some archives newspaper pages featuring Brock s firing of Daily Bugle He set a trap for the villain near the launch of a space shuttle The noise from the rocket s afterburners forced the symbiote off of Brock and Spider Man webbed the creature to the rocket The symbiote was blasted into space and Eddie Brock was imprisoned at Ravencroft Asylum At the episode s conclusion Spider Man as Peter Parker and Mary Jane regard the night sky and wonder what else might be up there Venom s menacing face appears on the moon Venom Returns and Carnage EditProduction Edit Venom Returns and Carnage are the eleventh and twelfth episodes from the third season of the Spider Man also marking the thirty eighth and thirty ninth episodes 6 7 Venom Returns Edit The symbiote returns to Earth and travels to Ravencroft to reunite with Eddie Brock who then escapes as Venom He is ordered by Dormammu to whom the symbiote owes its earthly return to steal a machine from Stark Enterprises capable of releasing Dormammu from his own far off dimension When Venom battles Spider Man and War Machine he is easily defeated by the two heroes Baron Mordo and Dormammu help Eddie Brock s insane cell mate Cletus Kasady bond with a symbiote who later dubs himself Carnage Carnage then assists Venom in his task to retrieve the technology from Stark Enterprises though when Carnage attempts to destroy Spider Man Venom attacks him telling him that Spider Man is Venom s and Venom s only Carnage Edit When Venom refuses to continue to work for Dormammu Carnage is considered sufficient to collect life force which is essential for Dormammu to enter Earth Carnage kidnaps Dr Ashley Kafka whom Eddie has fallen in love with Eddie then reluctantly teams with Iron Man and Spider Man to save her They are forced to send Carnage as well as Dormammu into the other dimension as it appears he has formed a link between himself and Carnage Carnage unwilling to leave Earth alone attempts to drag Ashley with him though Venom sacrifices himself for the woman he loves Cast EditMain cast Edit Christopher Daniel Barnes Spider Man Peter Parker Hank Azaria Venom Eddie Brock Roscoe Lee Browne The Kingpin Wilson Fisk Don Stark The Rhino Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich Jim Cummings The Shocker Herman Schultz Maxwell Caulfield Alistair Smythe Robert Hays Iron Man Tony Stark Ed Gilbert DormammuMinor cast Edit Ed Asner J Jonah Jameson Michael Horton John Jameson Linda Gary Aunt May Sara Ballantine Mary Jane Watson Joseph Campanella Doctor Curt Connors James Avery War Machine Jim Rhodey Rhodes Tony Jay Baron MordoReception EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it October 2015 When the episodes were released in DVD as Spider Man The Venom Saga Filip Vukcevic of IGN stated that while Venom would ultimately suffer from over exposure and endure too many misinterpretations on the printed page all of his viciousness remained intact on the TV show 8 9 10 11 12 In other media EditFilm Edit The Venom Saga as well as the comic book story arc Maximum Carnage 1993 would be primarily adapted for the basis for the plot of the 2021 film Venom Let There Be Carnage References Edit Spider Man The Animated Series Producer Talks About the Venom Saga Spider Man Cartoons Through the Years a b c d Berkowitz Interview marvel toonzone net Retrieved 2007 05 30 a b c John Semper interview about symbiotes marvel toonzone net Retrieved 2008 02 22 Alien Costume part one marvel toonzone net Retrieved 2008 01 25 Venom Returns TV com Carnage TV com Vukcevic Filip July 7 2005 Spider Man The Venom Saga Part one IGN Retrieved 2013 06 26 Spider Man The Venom Saga IGN 7 July 2005 DVD Talk Spider Man the Venom Saga Spider Man The Venom Saga Actual Cafe Blog Archived from the original on 2019 07 29 Sources EditCockburn Paul 1996 The alien costume London Pan Boxtree Sapling ISBN 9780752201627 Spider Man The Venom Saga DVD Buena Vista Home Entertainment External links Edit Alien Costume part one marvel toonzone net Retrieved 2008 01 25 Alien Costume part two marvel toonzone net Retrieved 2008 01 25 Alien Costume part three marvel toonzone net Retrieved 2008 01 25 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Venom Saga amp oldid 1106327033, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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