In Sony's Spider-Man Universe, Eddie Brock is a former journalist who became the host of a symbiote named Venom. Brock helped Venom defeat other symbiotes like Riot. Brock and Venom became very close, which caused relationship problems between them as they battled Carnage and Shriek. More @Wikipedia
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