Edward Brock (Earth-2899)

"I also represent anyone on the receiving end of those jokes you offend. I'm the nightmare you fell asleep, but woke up still in."

- Eddie Brock as Venom to Spider-Man

Eddie Brock is Venom, an older friend of Peter Parker and Harry Osborn and a rival of Peter's at the Daily Bugle. After a long path of Darkness, Eddie found the Venom symbiote and became one of Spider-Man's greatest villains.