#Barney bushkin

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Voodoo priestess Calypso first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man 209#, cover date October, 1980. She was created by Dennis O'Neil and Alan Weiss. ("To Salvage My Honor!", Amazing Spider-Man 209#, Marvel Comic Event)

[elzore-da-great]

Erm so I've drawn hit Marvel character Barney Bushkin in one of those bunny outfits. He's not doing anything inappropriate the outfit's just a little revealing.

[wharfspider]

Dammit, I think I’m cursed to read every issue relating to this Bugle v. Globe side plot out of order. Cool to see that they kept the bit about Peter being put off by Bushkin’s overly-friendly attitude after all this time, though.

Can’t wait for it to eventually drive him back to the Bugle, just like the first time

[lilsoupboiii]

Marvel Rewatch Easter Eggs, Notes and Other Stuff: Venom

- John Jameson (J Jonah Jameson’s astronaut son) was the astronaut to survive the Life Foundation’s ship crash

- Eddie’s old employer was the Daily Globe, the Daily Bugle’s main rival

- Eddie messages Barney Bushkin (publisher for the Daily Globe) about potential jobs

- Cletus Cassidy tease

Easter Egg Masterlist

[kudosmyhero]

The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #27: Bring Back My Goblin to Me!

Read Date: October 20, 2022 Cover Date: August 1965 ● Writer: Stan Lee ● Penciler: Steve Ditko ● Inker: Steve Ditko ● Colorist: {uncredited} ● Letterer: Artie Simek ● Editor: Stan Lee ●

Synopsis: The Green Goblin brings Spider-Man's limp body on stage, much to the surprise of the Crime-Master. A henchman ties Spider-Man in chains but as the two criminal masterminds chat to each other, the sleeping gas wears off and Spider-Man tries to wriggle free. As the gathered mobsters attack Spider-Man, the cops flood in and Spider-Man breaks free from the chains and assists the policemen who now have been cornered.

Spider-Man realizes he can’t catch up to the Goblin’s glider and instead chases after the Crime-Master. As he weaves underneath piers, he's finally lost him in a thick green cloud of nerve gas. Spider-Man suspects that Frederick Foswell is one of the criminals and as he confronts J. Jonah Jameson on it, Foswell is invited into their office for a discussion. Across the way on a rooftop, the Crime-Master plots his revenge but in a struggle is shot by police. He laughs and begins to tell the Goblin’s identity but falls dead before he can.

The police rush to Jameson’s office and personally thank Foswell for his assistance and Foswell reveals the Crime-Master to be Nick “Lucky” Lewis. Since Peter is tight on money, he decides to sell his pictures to a different publisher, Barney Bushkin but decides not to in the future since he asks so many questions. Finally, we see Peter Parker sewing a new Spider-Man outfit together, while an unmasked Green Goblin (whose face cannot be seen) swears revenge on Spider-Man.

(https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Amazing_Spider-Man_Vol_1_27)

Fan Art: The Green Goblin by MattDeMino

Accompanying Podcast: ● Swinging Through Spider-Man - episode 30

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Unfortunately still thinking about this.

(Amazing Spider-Man Annual #13)

Peter had a whole-ass office. With his NAME on it. It's not big, no, but man Barney Bushkin really loved having Peter there. He was so happy to snatch him up lol.

But like, Eddie actually catching Peter at one of the thirty-minute windows of the day Peter's actually in his office-

"Parker, right? Listen, something interesting just came up in midtown and I could use a photog-"

"Wow, that's great, uh-"

"Eddie Brock."

"Right, Eddie. Still learning names. Listen, though, I've gotta run-"

Eddie, who usually snaps his own photos anyways: "You don't want to share a byline? I've been here a couple years, and as the new guy, it would probably do you good to actually work with some of us here-"

Peter, already rushing towards the roof access: "We'll see plenty of each other in the future! I'm sure of it!"

Reading comics is insane because now I'm realizing there's a point in time where Peter Parker and Eddie Brock both could've been working at the Daily Globe at the same time, they could've crossed paths and never even realized it.

Thank you, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man for giving me this knowledge I don't know what to do with.

Update: I'm not saying I need April bitching to fellow reporter Eddie over coffee about that rude Peter Parker!! I hope the Bugle takes him back because I can't stand him!! but. I kinda do. It would be funny.

(Amazing Spider-Man #201)

[comicwaren]

From Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 #011, “Lifetime Achievement - Part One”

Art by Ryan Ottley, Cliff Rathburn and Laura Martin

Written by Nick Spencer

[fyeahspiderverse]

Still, even if I can’t stand the old bird, I still hope he gets better! He was a lot more fun to spar with than Barney Bushkin at The Globe. Yeechh! That man virtually slobbers all over me!

Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 201: "Man-Hunt!“

[hellzyeahwebwieldingreviews]

Untold Tales of Spider-Man 12: Livewires – by Steve Lyons

Pretty good.

We’re back in the days when Peter Parker was a Empire State University graduate student “shortly after Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #45, August 1980” as the Continuity Guide helpfully tells us. Marcy Kane, back in the days before she was revealed as an alien, is conducting a research project for which she has gotten special permission to bring Max Dillon, Electro, from Ryker’s Island prison. Peter is there taking pictures, having been given the assignment by Barney Bushkin since this is during the time that Pete works for the Daily Globe. 

Electro is on a pallet “anesthetized, swathed from head to foot in nonconductive bandages, and accompanied by four armed guards.” (Not “four-armed guards.”) When fellow grad student Philip Chang shows up, Marcy recruits him as her replacement assistant for Steve Hopkins who is running late. She tells Phil that she is intending to discover “what makes Electro’s body such an efficient storage battery,” adding, “My instruments will give us all the data we need as soon as he tries to use his powers.” She claims that “any energy he builds up will be sapped and fed back into the generators,” but we know how such safeguards usually work out in these stories.Steve Lyons then shifts the perspective over to Electro. He observes his surroundings, feels “cool air against his skin” as the nonconductive bandages are removed, tests his powers only to feel the machine counteract him, and decides to be patient. “Admittedly,” he knows, “that wasn’t his greatest virtue.” When Marcy prompts him to use his powers, he refuses, thinking all the while about how “he would fry her, crisp her skin, blacken her bones” when given the chance. He glories in Marcy’s anger when he refuses to cooperate.Soon after, Steve shows up and Marcy, still seething, refuses to let him replace Phil. 

Steve cleverly disrespects Electro, goading Max into using his powers which Marcy’s machine successfully dampens. Marcy gets the electric surge she wants but still won’t let Steve back into her good graces.Later, Steve Lyons switches us to Peter’s perspective as Spidey keeps an eye on the lab from outside. It is a wet night and things seem to be going as planned so Spidey decides to get back into his Parker duds and go work in his cubicle. Entering, he runs into one of Steve Hopkins’ practical jokes, a plastic skeleton dangling in the doorway, then finds Steve himself lying beneath Phil’s desk, setting up a prank as revenge for Phil getting the experiment’s assistant position. “I’ve crosswired everything in his cubicle,” Steve tells Pete, “When he turns on his desk lamp, he’ll activate the radio. When he tries to use the fan, he’ll operate the heating instead.” Pete realizes the implications of this but is not fast enough to stop Steve from pulling his switch. 

With Marcy drawing electricity from outside the lab, this prank puts too much stress on the system and the power goes out. Sensing his moment, Electro melts his way free before the back-up generator kicks in.In the darkness, Peter changes into Spidey and heads for the lab. Arriving, he finds Electro gone and six bodies laid out on the floor. He checks Marcy and Philip, finding them still alive. (He doesn’t bother to check the four guards but later says something about an ambulance for them so they appear to be alive too.) He tells Marcy that Dillon is probably not fully charged up yet or he would have killed them. Then he goes after Electro.Meanwhile, Electro, who has taken a gun off of one of the guards, dodges into a dark campus building, hoping to evade pursuit. There, he runs into Steve Hopkins. Still, too weak to use his powers, Max raises the gun, intending to get revenge for Steve’s earlier taunting. Before he can fire, the police outside order him to come out with his hands up.

Spying the police cordon, Spidey joins them and gets permission to tackle Electro alone. He confronts the villain who uses Steve as a hostage. It isn’t long, though, before Steve is shoved aside and the super-powered foes go at it. Electro gets the upper hand but Steve realizes that Dillon is, other than his electric abilities, a normal-powered man. He sneaks up behind Electro and clubs him over the head with his plastic skeleton, knocking him unconscious.In the aftermath, Steve tells a crowd of reporters, “Electro’s not as tough as people think. Last time out, he was defeated by a fire hose. I just thought, well, nobody could top that. So that’s what I used against him: ‘no body’!” Marcy tells Peter, “[Steve’s] clowning around could have gotten him killed. I did hope he might have learned a lesson from it.” “He did,” Pete tells her, “but you know Steve. I think he just unlearned it.” He smiles at the thought and thinks he sees Marcy smile too. But he’s not sure. “Perhaps he had imagined it.”

Truth be told I do not have all that much to say about this story. It is set at some point after Spec #47 as Peter and Deb Whitman have been dating and represents arguably the most unique period of time in Spidey’s life. This was when he was a grad student and working for the Daily Globe, surrounded by a whole new supporting cast of students, faculty and Globe reporters.

The most infamous of these supporting characters were the love interests Marcy Kane and Deb Whitman. Marcy is a fairly unknown but to those aware of her is forever remembered for he reveal as an alien. Deb Whitman by contrast is essentially the most famous Spidey love interest after MJ, Gwen, Black Cat, Betty Brant and Liz Allan. Whilst MJ is Spidey’s great love, Gwen his first, Black Cat his sole costumed lover, Betty Brant his first GF, Liz as Betty’s rival Deb Whitman is…kind of just the other girlfriend Peter had. Her enduring legacy is likely owed to being the least glamorous of all of Spidey’s lovers and also her adaptations into other media, minor though those were.

You might’ve noticed I’ve not spoken much about the story here and that’s because there just isn’t all that much to say in the first place.

There is nothing wrong with this story. You don’t get lost in the narration, the action and sequence of events is all very clear cut, the characterization holds up to scrutiny and the plot hits typical Spidey beats. To be honest were this a comic book it would’ve been a decent yet forgettable filler issue of Spec during this time period. There is just nothing to really write home about beyond a nice gag about Marcy’s alien origins.

That’s all I can say really. It’s a serviceable but ultimately skippable story. I’d still take it over many other entries in this book though.

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The prophecy of Madame Web!

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #210 NOVEMBER 1980 BY DENNIS O’NEIL, JOHN ROMITA JR, JOE SINNOTT AND BOB SHAREN

SYNOPSIS (FROM MARVEL DATABASE)

Rupert Dockery is talking to five masked hoodlums in the basement storage room of the Daily Globe. Their instructions are clear: they are to kidnap the "good-looking woman" and if necessary kill anyone who gets in their way. The elevators will be closed and the switchboard inoperative, continues Dockery, so they should have no trouble. Meanwhile, Peter Parker and Debra Whitman are strolling through New York City's China-town. Peter is surprised to learn that Debra is seeing a clairvoyant. Then Debra shows Peter the business card of the psychic, Madame Web. Peter remarks that Madame Web looks like a fraud to him. Just then, Peter sees a clock and realizes that he must attend a meeting at the Daily Globe in five minutes, so he has to abandon Debra on the sidewalk. He arrives 15 minutes late, but when he tries to enter the elevator the guard tells him that no one is allowed in the editorial department before five o'clock. Peter finds this peculiar, and he goes to a storage room to change into his Spider-Man costume. Then he climbs up the building to the 14th floor. In the Globe's conference room, Rupert Dockery introduces the newspaper's publisher to Barney Bushkin, April Maye, and Mike Mullaney. This is the first time they have met K. J. Clayton, who to their surprise turns out to be a stunning blonde. She apologizes for having been so secretive, explaining that she has come forward now to turn control of the newspaper over to Rupert Dockery.

Suddenly Dockery's five hoodlums break through the conference-room door. Holding the newsmen at gunpoint, they grab the woman introduced as Ms. Clayton, but Spider-Man suddenly smashes into the room through the window. The hoodlums immediately open fire, but Spider-Man dodges their bullets and knocks four of them out. Unfortunately, the remaining hoodlum escapes with the woman. As Spider-Man starts out in pursuit, Dockery blocks his way, and the delay is Just long enough for the criminal to escape down the elevator. Disappointed at his failure to stop the kidnapping, Spider-Man sees a scrap of paper on the floor, apparently dropped by the criminal or the victim. The paper has Madame Web's picture on it, and Spider-Man web-swings across town to Madame Web's apartment. He enters through an open window and finds the psychic at the center of a large, spider-web-like contrivance. When Spider-Man inquires about the structure, she explains that it is a life-support system designed by her late husband, without which she would be dead in a minute. She explains that she has certain "gifts," and although she is blind, she can see things beyond normal sight; she is a clairvoyant. Further, she continues, she is able to nurture this power in others who are born with the ability. When Spider-Man asks how reliable her powers are, she says she can guarantee nothing. Spider-Man then hands her the slip of paper with her picture on it and asks whether she can tell him anything about it.0 The aura from the picture, explains Madame Web, is that of her newest student, Belinda Bell, a model, and actress. Belinda handled the paper in a moment of great peril while cooperating with a second woman, Katrinka Janice Clayton.

Belinda realizes that she has done wrong, continues Madame Web, and now she is afraid. Although Madame Web cannot tell where Belinda is, Spider-Man presses her, and she has a vision of railroad cars piled up as if there were an accident. She then urges Spider-Man to hurry, because unless he can locate Belinda, both she and K. J. Clayton will die. In the basement of the Hickory Dockery Toy Store in lower Manhattan, Belinda Bell is tied to a pillar, the captive of four of Dockery's hoodlums. An electric train set is assembled in the middle of the room. (it is this toy train that Madame Web saw in her vision.) The thugs explain that their orders are to hold her until they hear from their boss; he might let her go, and he might not. Dockery himself is four miles uptown at the penthouse suite of the Daily Globe with the real K. J. Clayton. She is bewildered because she trusted him and now he wants to kill her. Dockery explains that by disposing of her he will gain complete control of the newspaper. Because she felt old and unattractive, K. J. Clayton operated the Daily Globe as a recluse, never allowing herself to be seen. She went along with Dockery's plan to hire Belinda Bell to appear in her place at the staff meeting, never suspecting what Dockery's real objective was. There is no one to hear her cry for help, says Dockery, and after making a telephone call, he shall attend to her personally. Then he telephones the toy store and tells his hoodlums to dispose of Belinda Bell. Fortunately, Spider-Man arrives at the store in time. Smashing through the glass roof and using the electric-train table as a giant shield, he disables the hoodlums and knocks them out by dropping two shelves of toys on them.

He explains that he found the place when he realized that the trains in Madame Web's vision were toys, and on checking discovered a toy store owned by Dockery. Then he unties Belinda, who tells him that Dockery is about to do away with K. J. Clayton. Spider-Man web-swings to the Daily Globe as fast as he can, and he finds that the penthouse office has been set on fire. As smoke fills the building, Spider-Man smashes through a window and rescues Ms. Clayton. Then Spider-Man descends to the sidewalk, where he finds Dockery entering his limousine. Spider-Man turns the vehicle over, tears off a door, and pulls Dockery out. Dockery quickly confesses. Later, in his apartment, Peter Parker reads in the Times about Dockery's capture and confession. He also reads that K. J. Clayton has decided to suspend publication of the Daily Globe.

This is annoying, because now Peter has no one to work for and no source of income. Then his telephone rings. Peter answers, and it is Madame Web, who congratulates him on his success and tells him that she will protect his secret identity as Spider-Man. She also tells him not to worry about money, because someone is considering hiring him. Sure enough, J. Jonah Jameson is trying to call Peter at that very moment. Irritated when he finds Peter's line busy, Jameson will keep trying to get through.

REVIEW

In what seems to be a standalone issue, we get Madame Web, a character that kids that grew up in the nineties may know from the Animated Series.

Apart from her first appearance, there is little else to this issue. Sure Peter Parker loses his job, but in the long run, it doesn’t seem like anything else happening in this story will matter.

John Romita Jr makes Spidey look good and clean. He is still to develop his unique style, and in the meantime, he is just keeping the tone of the book (I can see Milgrom’s style in the final output though).

I give this issue a score of 7

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双頭の鷲の旗の下に ベニー・グッドマン楽団 1946年録音

 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE (BENJIE'S BUBBLE)

 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

The performance with the BG orchestra of 1946 was not a precise thing as the heyday. 

However, this performance is the result that is not bad for "pre-bop BG band".

 Benny Goodman (clarinet) John Best, Nate Kazebier, Dick Mains, Mickey McMickele (trumpet) Cutty Cutshall, Leon Cox (trombone) Addison Collins (french horn) Hymie Schertzer, Larry Molinelli (alto sax) Cliff Strickland, Lester Clark (tenor sax) Al Klink(baritone sax) Joe Bushkin (piano) Mike Bryan (guitar) Barney Spieler (bass) Louis Bellson (drums)

 Recorded:September 1946 

[elzore-da-great]

Hot Barney 🥵

I agree. He is.

[hellzyeahthewebwieldingavenger]

ASM v5 #13/814 Thoughts

 SPOILERS!

 This resolution was very very mixed.

 The main good point was that it mostly delivered on the over all promise of the concept. That concept being someone angry at Jameson for betraying his crusade against Spider-Man and Jonah growing as a person to further move away from his old grudge and reaffirm his newfound loyalty to Spider-Man.

 Lets’ put aside any discussions about whether or not that’s believable for Jonah to do as I’ve talked at length about that before. Short story: based upon his actions throughout his history and specifically in Civil War 2006 Jonah clearly values his hatred for Spider-Man over his affection for Peter Parker.

 But that wasn’t Spencer’s fault and given what a major status quo shift it was and how recent he might not be allowed to undo it if he even hypothetically desires to do so. It is unto itself though a major problem with the story.

 But if you view the story in isolation the innate premise was mostly delivered upon because Jonah had some nice speeches and dialogue reprimanding his past actions, Kingpin and affirming Spider-Man’s innocence and heroism.

 The art and action was also okay, with the lovely idea of a literally giant Big Man of crime being so obvious you wonder why it’s never been done before. I will say this though the action wasn’t like mindblowing or anything. Also the cover lied to us as we only got Scorpion (not even as part of the fight) and Big Man and nothing else.

 The MAJOR problems with the issue (aside from the Jonah status quo thing I mentioned above) lies in Jonah’s interaction with Kingpin and the main villain.

 In my post about the previous issue I mentioned how it didn’t really add up that Jonah would blame Spider-Man for Foswell’s death as he literally saw Foswell die in front of him and knew Kingpin was responsible. The latter point I brought up in issue #11’s post too regarding Jonah being okay with accepting Fisk’s award.

 As problematic as those things were this issue made them worse by outright showing and acknowledging those events. It wasn’t like Spencer forgot how things played out he is aware of them but is committing to a direction and characterization for Jonah that therefore doesn’t make any sense.

 I mean its great seeing Jonah call out Fisk but it just doesn’t add up with him even considering accepting an award from him, even at Jonah’s most obnoxious and unreasonable he wouldn’t do that. Especially if as this story implies for the first time Foswell was someone Jonah really cared for.

 Perhaps the bigger problem as I see it is the culprit being the Big Man’s son. Now look I’m willing to be corrected on this in case I’ve made a mistake or am misinterpreting things, but I was very much under the impression that by showing us the mastermind in both prior issues and covering him in shadow the identity of the culprit was intended to be a mystery we could figure out.

 The resolution being Foswell’s never before mentioned son is therefore royally bogus and unsatisfying. In the previous issue’s post I mentioned how the story heavily implies that Tessa, Foswell’s presumed (and in this issue confirmed) wife was likely the culprit because of how she’d never been seen or mentioned before and the story was pointing her out.

 Well I was sort of half right because that scene was the key to who the villain was, but making it Foswell and Tessa’s son who was literally just out of shot it honestly a pathetic and cheap piece of writing. As pathetic and weak as it would have been to have had it BEEN Tessa, that at least would’ve been less bad.

 Honestly if Spencer had wanted the culprit to be Foswell’s son we should’ve seen the guy off the bat and then seen Tessa with her children last issue, that way it would’ve worked. It would’ve been subtler because the clues are there with even a possible red herring but you’d be unlikely to just presume the kid and the now adult man are one and the same.

 Now look just because I feel this is the most problematic issue since issue #2 witht he Lizard doesn’t mean I’m saying it’s really a BAD issue....not by the standards of bad of the last 10 years anyway.

 There was a lot to like about this story.

 The acknowledgement that the past arcs have all been about Spidey reevaluating his relationships.

 Another set of old school in-story recap pages.

 The further building upon continuity and classic (albeit often ignored) continuity at that. Along with obscure and dumb continuity like Foswell’s daughter who was the second Big Man in those 2 really dumb and racist MTU issues.

 Furthering along the Norah Winters/Kraven subplots in an interesting way.

 And again delivering on the basic premise I outlined above, along with Jonah’s character development (that really doesn’t make much sense but you know points for effort I guess).

 Some further little points:

 -          The new Vulture outfit, until I saw it drawn by a competent artist instead of Ramos, I couldn’t really appreciate how...ugly it was.

-          The Spider Slayer displays Jonah’s face but the reason it did that originally was because it’s remote control panel basically had a webcam. If the remote is how a hand held device behind Jonah’s back how/why is it displaying his face?

-          I didn’t realize this at first but Barney Bushkin was working with Jonah on the radio show. Another nice continuity pull.

 This issue can still be enjoyable and this arc over all was 2/3 solid-good, but there is no denying this climax did let it down.

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Venom Easter Eggs And References

I realize the movie has been out for a couple of weeks and everyone is more interested in Daredevil right now, but I finally got the chance to type out my Easter eggs. It’s likely I didn’t catch them all, but here’s everything I’ve got.

Note: There are, obviously, spoilers for the movie. You’ve been warned if you haven’t yet seen Venom. If you’re holding off because critics say it sucks, I’ll tell you it’s exactly what I expected out of a Venom movie, and definitely not nearly the worst comic book movie I’ve seen.

Now, on to the Easter eggs.

The Life Foundation

In the comics, the group isn’t really a scientific think tank. Instead, they were a group of survivalists. They believed the Cold War was going to end the planet. They used Venom’s spawn to create five new symbiotes. We get a twist on that in the movie as they discover the symbiotes instead.

The Jameson Connection

One of the astronauts on the Life Foundation’s rocket, in fact, the only one left alive, is designated Jameson. That would be John Jameson, son of J. Jonah Jameson, Daily Bugle editor, meaning at least we know he exists in the Venom universe, even if he hasn’t appeared in any Marvel stuff lately.

It’s also a nice nod to the 90s Spider-Man cartoon where it was John who brought Venom to Earth during a space mission.

San Francisco

Setting the movie in San Francisco, away from all the usual Spider-Man action in New York, allows Sony to push back deciding if Venom and Spidey exist in the same universe or not. They’ve called it MCU-adjacent, so probably not.

San Francisco is also where Eddie Brock spent a lot of time in the comics after losing his job in New York. He spent two years there, and he actually spent a lot of time protecting the homeless, which gets a nod here as well.

Eddie’s Boss

Jack? Surprisingly, not credited in the credits at the end of the movie. Not sure why. But that’s Ron Cephas Jones. You might recognize him as Bobby Fish from Luke Cage.

Carlton Drake

In the comics, he did lead the Life Foundation for a while. He’s also the one who knew he could “extract seeds” from Venom to create more symbiotes. Just how he because so good at figuring out symbiotes in the comics isn’t clear, so it’s nice that he becomes a host for Riot in the movie.

Daily Globe

Yes, this paper exists in the comics. It’s a rival to the Bugle.

Eddie did lose his job at a paper with a bad call. He had someone confess to being a serial killer, and published an article about the guy. Turned out it was a false confession and Spider-Man caught the real killer. Eddie was run out of town. Something similar must have happened for him to lose his job here.

Barney Bushkin

When Eddie’s looking for work, this is the name of one of the people he texts. Barney also happens to be the editor of the Daily Globe. He always wants to one-up J. Jonah Jameson.

Annie Weying

Not Eddie’s almost wife in the comics, but his ex-wife. She is the host of Venom a couple of times in the comics, usually to help Eddie. She’s so overcome with guilt at what the symbiote makes her do though that she and Eddie can never really reconnect. She actually commits suicide eventually. Doesn’t look like that’s something we’ll see from her in the movie if a sequel moves forward since she actually seems to understand Venom pretty well. And yes, her transformation into Venom is straight out of the comic book illustration of She-Venom.

Eddie’s Weights

All those weights all over the floor of Eddie’s apartment have comic book precedent too. Eddie actually was incredible strong before he bonded with Venom, able to lift a few hundred pounds. He keeps up his workout routine even with Venom because he’s always preparing to take on Spider-Man, just in case.

The Schueller Building

Eddie’s apartment building is named after a longtime comic book fan by the name of Randy Schueller. The fan can actually be credited with the first inkling of Venom’s existence. It was he who sent in a letter recommending a black suit for Spider-Man decades ago. Marvel paid him $220 for the idea because they liked the black suit. That idea evolved to be Spider-Man finding a black suit in space that turned out to be a symbiotic alien creature. It’s evolved since then. Schueller gets a little credit with a building named for him.

Michelinie and McFarlane

The law firm that Annie works for is also named for people behind Venom’s origin story. Michelinie and MacFarlane are the comic creators credited with bringing Venom to the page as we know him today.

The Cancer Connection

Drake mentions wanting to use the symbiotes to cure cancer. In the Ultimate Universe of the comics, the symbiotes were actually created as suits to help control the progression of cancer. In the regular 616 continuity, Eddie had adrenal cancer when he bonded with Venom.

Roland Treece

Drake’s head of security was also in the comics, though not in the same role. He was on the board of directors for the Life Foundation. He also ended up in jail every time he went up against Venom. The two versions don’t really have much in common other than their names.

“Eyes, lungs, pancreas… so many snacks, so little time.”

Creepy line of dialogue, yes. But it was actually said by Venom to Spider-Man in the comics first.

A Dog Named Gemini

Okay, a lot of people picked up on the fact that Venom using a dog as an escape route had been one in the comics. To be fair, Venom can bond with just about anything. He’s bonded with a dinosaur and a car, amongst other things. What’s cute about this is that the dog’s name is Gemini. As in “the twins” in astrology, as in two personalities. And then it gets a symbiote? Nice foreshadowing.

Riot

The leader of the symbiotes is one of Venom’s offspring in the comics, and not any kind of invasion leader. Most of the abilities he exhibits actually belong to the other symbiotes in the comics, but it was probably less expensive to have one massive fight instead of several, so that’s forgivable.

One of the standout moments in his fight with Venom at the climax of the movie though? He forces Venom and Eddie to momentarily separate. That was actually a comic book cover once upon a time, only it was Carnage in the fight, not Riot.

Donna Diego

Okay, so I have to mention that one of Riot’s hosts is a woman who later eats a live eel to try and control his hunger. This is while Riot is bouncing from host to host to find its way to the Life Foundation. While she’s not named during the movie, she’s named as Donna Diego in the credits. In the comics, Donna Diego was actually a member of the Life Foundation and she becomes the one who bonds with the Scream symbiote. We see the colors for Scream (red and yellow) in the containment chambers, but never see Scream in action.

Stan Lee Cameo

He appears to give Eddie a little advice, but not just Eddie as he remarks “both of you,” indicating he knows about Venom as well. This is likely a nod to Lee appearing with the Watchers in the MCU, a note that he sees all. Does this mean Venom is in the MCU? No. Because the Watchers can see into other timelines and universes.

“I’m a loser too.”

Venom’s line of dialogue makes reference to more modern comic book stories that reveal he wasn’t a model Klyntar. Instead, he’s been paired with unstable hosts that have corrupted him. In fact, one of his first did just that, making him an outcast of his people.

Chocolate

When Venom tells Eddie he wants tater tots and chocolate, that’s no coincidence. Depending on the story, Venom’s species survives on different chemicals. One of those is adrenaline, which is why Eddie having adrenal cancer in the comics benefits Venom as he feeds on the overproduced adrenaline. The other is phenethylamine, which is found in not just the human brain, but also chocolate, making it a favorite snack of the symbiotes.

Ron Lim

The trend of naming things after people connected to Venom continues. One of the shops Eddie walks by, and herbalist, is named for Ron Lim. Lim was a major artist for Venom for several years.

Carnage

The mid credit scene features Eddie visiting a very dangerous man in jail. He makes the quip that when he gets out, there’ll be “carnage.” Obviously, this man is Cletus Kasady, who goes on to bond with the symbiote Carnage. What’s unclear here is how much his origin has been changed. Is he already Carnage and buying his time? Or will the comic book origin of Venom leaving a spore behind in the jail cell that bonds with him come to be? Who knows?

Into The Spiderverse

Sony likes to advertise for their other projects, which is exactly what they did post-credits with an extended sneak peek at Into The Spiderverse. Interestingly, they note that it’s “in another universe.” That’s sure to make fans wonder even more if Spider-Man even exists in Venom or not.

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623) Barney Bushkin