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admonition : contain SPOILERS for What If … Venom # 1!Venomhas possessed no shortage of iconic host throughout his Marvel Comics career , with a character being ‘ Venomized ’ acting as something of a badge of laurels and notability in Marvel canon . And now , the symbiote can add another one to its lean , asVenom ’s chosen an MCU hero as its new host , claiming they ’ll make him stronger than ever .
In a preview forWhat If … Venom#1 by Jeremy Holt and Jesús Hervás , readers are thrown into the late of the supposititious worlds that inhabit theWhat If … ?multiverse . This sentence , the question is raised : “ What if Venom had bonded to She - Hulk ? ” - and just from this preview alone , it seems Venom is extremely excited about the reply .
This proceeds picks up where Eddie Brock originally bonded with the Venom symbiote . Brock is on the precipice of end his own life inside a church service , when theVenom symbiote that Spider - Man just ripped from his bodycrawls down from the church service bell to possess him . However , in this reality , She - Hulk interrupts the entire scenery . She - Hulk stops Eddie from taking his own life before she ’s grab by the symbiote , which run off no time in bonding with this powerful new horde .
Spider - Man convey back his first - ever costume while battle Doc Ock during his most late adventure , and no , it ’s not the suit of clothes you think it is .
Venom Confirms She-Hulk is a Better Host Than Eddie Brock
Venom possesses She-Hulk in a new What If…? storyline!
Venom has the power to smell when a certain host will be feasible , and if they are n’t , then Venom will only have them for a sentence before jumpstart to one that is . A great example of this can be establish inGuardians of the Galaxy#22 , when Venom jump from every member of the Guardians to reach its own goal . However , this issue indicates that Venom own She - Hulk is n’t something that ’s temporary ( like whenVenom possessed Drax , for instance ) , but rather an alternating beginning for Marvel ’s prime Venom .
ThisWhat If … ?proves that if She - Hulk were there the nighttime Venom possess Eddie Brock , then Marvel Comics would have a completely unlike ‘ Venom ’ , as the symbiote barely looks twice at Eddie once it has She - Hulk . Venom does include that it like Eddie Brock ’s hatred ( specifically of Spider - Man ) , but that it loved the tycoon it felt with She - Hulk derive from the gamma in her blood , which , as the symbiote describes , “ taste like strength . Like exponent . Like Venom ” .
She-Hulk Redefines Venom’s Name in Marvel Comics Canon
in the beginning , Eddie Brock and his alter egotism decided their name would be Venom in reference to the ‘ vicious ’ tabloids Brock was forced to drop a line for after Spider - Man purportedly destroyed his career . The name is iconic , the ground why , however , definitely is n’t . However , in thisWhat If … ? , Venom gets its name in a totally dissimilar way . The symbiote says that the Vasco da Gamma in She - Hulk ’s blood tastes “ Like Venom ” , and that this taste makes it feel impregnable and powerful . This stand for that She - Hulk is n’t just Venom ’s idealistic host ( over both Eddie Brock and presumptively Spider - Man ) , but she also redefined its iconic nickname .
While She - Hulk ’s in full Venomized form was n’t give away in this preview , Venom ’s own chemical reaction to its fresh host says everything fan require to know about this union . She - Hulk is indeed an MCU hero , but now , she ’s taking on an all - new role asVenom ’s everlasting host , one that makes the symbiote feel impregnable than ever .
What If … Venom # 1by Marvel Comics is usable February 28 , 2024 .
What If … ? Venom # 1 ( 2024 )
