I love a good anecdote and former Marvel artist Todd McFarlane just dropped a doozy. McFarlane, who created and designed Venom, just revealed the origin of the idea behind the creation of the character. It harkens back to “Secret Wars” #8, a classic issue in which Spider-Man physically binds with an alien symbiote and brings it back to Earth, rocking it as his brand new, super cool all-black costume.
The new outfit would segue into the “Amazing Spider-Man” comics for several years (beginning with #252), leading up to the introduction of Eddie Brock and Venom (“Amazing Spiderman” #298-300). Obviously, Venom wasn’t in the cards back in 1984, so what spawned his creation? It wasn’t the symbiote…it was Marvel and McFarlane’s desire to bring back the classic red and blue costume for issue #300! Here’s the wild story, as told by McFarlane.
Also, if you missed it yesterday, McFarlane did a live critique of Sony’s Venom design for the upcoming film adaptation. Check it!