When Venom’s ultimate stand comes to an end and the God Brains arrive, Venom rips itself apart and utilizes every power in its arsenal to construct a new reality in which all of the species with which it linked are resurrected and put in their proper timelines. Venom eventually travels across time, joining with every living entity that has ever been and storing its data into its own cellular structure. Venom harnesses the powers of the numerous mutants with whom it has linked to obtaining powers that help it achieve its quest, using the information stored inside itself to generate new life. And, like all of us, Venom is compelled to continue despite the pain it is in.Īs the cosmos is being conquered by the artificial super-intelligence colossi known as the Godminds, who are eradicating all biological life, Venom steps in to save it. Venom’s pain is one that many people have felt and will feel, a pain that is part of the human experience but rarely part of the Superhero experience. While this is a one-shot narrative with no ramifications for future events in the Marvel world, there is something meaningful at that moment, something humanizing and relatable. Venom, a figure whose name is rarely associated with either love or heroism, strives fiercely and fails to hold onto someone he loves. It isn’t heroic rather, it is a failed act of love and heroism. What makes this so powerful is that Eddie does not go out and save anyone. Venom withdraws from Eddie’s corpse, which crumbles to dust in Venom’s arms, realizing it’s time to let him go.

After 500 years and the end of the heroic era, all human life has been exterminated, and Eddie is no longer saveable. Eddie’s memories continue to fill up with the symbiote standing in for the people in his life until he is unable to recall anybody else. Desperate, the Symbiote replaces them and the data they hold with more of itself. Eddie’s brain begins to degrade and his neurons begin to die after two hundred years. As Eddie’s organs degenerate, Venom replaces them with “venomized cellular equivalents,” until Eddie’s internal system is mainly made up of Venom components, even down to his cellular structure. Desperate to save Eddie, the symbiote strives in vain to preserve his life, scared of losing the being with which it has been attached for so long.

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