Eugene Thompson (Earth-41940)

Agent Venom
Name	Eugene "Flash" Thompson
Current Alias	Agent Venom
Aliases	Codenames: Venom Editorial Names: Agent Venom (Flash Thompson Unmasked) Other Aliases: Patient Zero, Warden Thompson
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Unity of Venom, Spider-Force, S.H.I.E.L.D., Spider-Men, partner of Mania, Project Rebirth 2.0 Formerly Secret Avengers, United States Army
Host of	Venom (symbiote)
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Blue (Flash) Black (Venom) White (Venom)
Hair	Blond (Flash), No Hair At All (Venom)
Unusual Features	No legs. Fangs, claws, prehensile tongue and tentacles while wearing the symbiote
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-41940
Personal Information
Identity	Known to Authorities
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Adventurer, government agent; former prison warden, soldier, terrorist, vigilante
Education	College dropout
Base of Operations	S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, Earth Formerly Symbiote Prison, Klyntar; Manhattan, New York City, New York, Earth; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Earth
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Chase Marotz, Tom Dziuba
First	Spider-Man Unlimited (September 10, 2014)
First	Spider-Man Unlimited (September 10, 2014)

If you can't control your emotions, Venom'll begin to control you.

—Agent Venom[source]

History

Origins

In Midtown High School, Flash Thompson bullied Peter Parker. He was oblivious to the fact that Peter was secretly his hero: Spider-Man. Flash and Peter became friends in college, but Thompson dropped out and enlisted in the army.

During the Iraq War, Flash saved a group of fellow soldiers from an enemy attack, costing him his legs in the process. He signed up for Project Rebirth 2.0. They bonded him to the Venom Symbiote, turning him into Agent Venom.

As Agent Venom

Moving to Philadelphia, Flash befriended Andi Benton, who had deduced his secret identity. When Jack O'Lantern attacked, the Venom Symbiote spawned Mania, which bonded to Andi. She then became Agent Venom's sidekick.

Civil War

After the passing of the Superhuman Registration Act, Agent Venom returned to New York City and joined the Secret Avengers, a group of heroes who attempted to prevent others from registering. During a meeting with its leader, an alternate version of Peter Parker, they were ambushed by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and Flash was shot.

The guilt of almost causing his death convinced S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury to stop pursuing them. Fury began to give specialized offers to heroes rather than forcing them to register. Fellow Secret Avenger Spider-Woman told Flash that Fury was sorry and the two had a talk. After teaming-up, he registered and even joined S.H.I.E.L.D. and their Spider-Men.

Return to New York

Agent Venom got the attention of Superior Spider-Man during a gang battle. Spider-Man forcefully separated him from the Venom Symbiote and bonded it to himself. While he initially became the vigilante known as Superior Venom, he lost control of the symbiote and had to secede to Thompson.

While recovering in a military hospital, the Venom Symbiote took over his body. Venom felt a revolution coming to New York and began preparing for the arrival of other Symbiotes and revenge against Spider-Man. Under the leadership of Scream, he began amassing an army. Flash regained control of his body after Scream's defeat.

Possessed by the Venom Symbiote

Flash later joined the Spider-Force and moved Klyntar. He was assigned to be the warden of the Symbiote Prison. The Spider-Force was forcefully returned to Earth by S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Venom was later attacked by Eddie Brock and assimilated into the Unity of Venom.

Attributes

Powers

Flash gained the following powers from being bonded to Venom Symbiote:

• Danger Sense
• Leaping
• Shapeshifters
• Superhuman Agility
• Superhuman Durability
• Superhuman Reflexes
• Superhuman Speed
• Superhuman Stamina
• Superhuman Strength
• Wallcrawling

Abilities

• Computer Hacking Skills
• Shooting
• Weapons Expert
• Web-Slinging

Weaknesses

• Sonic Weakness

Additional Attributes

• Paralysis

See Also

• 1 appearance(s) of Eugene Thompson (Earth-41940)
• 16 image(s) of Eugene Thompson (Earth-41940)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Eugene Thompson (Earth-41940)