User blog comment:FORCEFLOW/new venom identity and other stuff/@comment-3127363-20110129140821/@comment-3396638-20110130194621

I'll admit Flash Thompson is not my first pick for the new Venom, but asking why not Eddie Brock is kinda missing the point of a "New Venom".

First off Eddie is now Anti-Venom, so the mere presence of the symbiote around him is like oil and water. Second, if it is someone else, even Flash then there is a chance that Venom will be a hero or anti-hero again and that is pretty cool. Another string of possibilities for Venom hosts, Harry Osborn, a resurrected Ben Reilly(perhaps a twist from their deal with Mephisto), Kane just to name the ones that pop off the top of my head.