She-Venom
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She-Venom is the name of two fictional characters in Marvel comics. The first She-Venom, Ann Weying, was the ex-wife of Venom. The second was Communications Specialist Patricia Robertson, the host of the Venom-clone.
Ann Weying
Ann Weying first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #375. She was Eddie Brock's ex-wife, a successful lawyer. She assisted Spider-Man by sharing some of Eddie's history with him. Later, she followed Spider-Man to the amusement park where Venom had Peter's (fake) parents. She confronted her insanely powerful and insane ex-husband, and managed to convince Eddie to give up his vendetta. Later, Sin-Eater II shot Anne, who became She-Venom when the symbiote temporarily bonded with her to save her life. She-Venom then lashed out against the men who had hurt her with such violence that Eddie became afraid of her (and for her) and compelled the symbiote back to him. Ann retched upon seeing the pile of bodies she had left behind. She screamed, "That thing made me do that!" Eddie replied, "It can't make you do anything you don't really want to do."
Later the police incarcerated Ann on a false charge (unrelated to Ann's rampage above) in order to trap Venom. Ann used her one phone call to warn Eddie and promise him not to come. He promised that Eddie wouldn't and sent his other (the symbiote) through the phonelines to her. After it bonded with her she was able to break herself out of prison.
Death
In Amazing Spider-Man (vol 2.) 19, Anne Weying committed suicide. This was contrary to her character as previously depicted, as earlier she enjoyed being with the symbiote and had more to do with the cancellation of the Venom mini-series. She-Venom was originally going to be a regular with Ann and Eddie sharing the symbiote, but the higher-ups at Marvel thought the cover that was originally going to be used was too risque (it had Ann with Venom's tongue wrapped around her neck) and Marvel was in hot water for having Spider-Man hit Mary Jane a few issues earlier.
They apparently thought it would be less controversial to have Ann go insane, becoming paranoid that the symbiote was out to get her, and have her leap off a high-rise building upon seeing Spider-Man wearing the black costume during a period when his normal costume was stolen (The costume, coupled with Brock's transformation into Venom before her eyes, finally pushed her over the edge).
Patricia Robertson
Another She-Venom can be found in the form of Patricia Robertson in the 2003 Venom series. Patricia Robertson was a communications specialist for the U.S. Army stationed at a radar installation in Canada near the Arctic Circle. She had joined the army in order to "prove herself" but got more than she bargained for. During a routine supply run to an outpost owned by the Ararat Corporation, she stumbled upon a grisly scene: everyone at the installation was dead except for one lone scientist locked in the freezer. She brought the survivor back to base for medical attention, then people began dying there as well. It was revealed that the Ararat Corporation was run by an alien colony of miniature spider robots that infiltrated the American government. These creatures were partially lead by an entity named Bob. These creatures had cloned Venom in order to fulfill their objective: extermination of the human race. The clone would burn out its hosts' life, unlike the real Venom (traits which seem to be a throwback to the invading symbiotes seen in Planet of the Symbiotes storyline. main article: Symbiote (comics)). Bob had the clone released and it caused the slaughter of the outpost.
The Venom clone, having hitched a ride on the survivor back to base and despite the best efforts of Robertson and her new ally, the mysterious Suit (made of the same robots as Bob which was revealead to have been unwittingly brought to Earth by Reed Richards and made into a special agent by Nick Fury. It is unclear if the Suit's loyalties lie with Nick Fury or Bob, if either). Meanwhile, the genetically altered symbiote killed all of Patricia's friends and coworkers. While Robertson was unconscious, the Suit cybernetically altered her, shaving her head, attaching a metal pipe in it, and placing a control collar on her so that in case the symbiote clone bonded with her she could control it. Meanwhile, Ararat Co. and the spider-robots nuked Voici, Canada leaving the symbiote with few options. After the Suit saboutaged the symbiote's favored host, Wolverine, it was forced it to jump to the last surviving potential host-Robertson.
One of Bob’s agents, disguised as the Suit, told Robertson that she had to kill the real Venom or the symbiotes would destroy all of humanity. Attempting to get to Venom, she freed him from S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. Their first fight was broken up by the real Suit, and the electrocuted Venom retreated. The Suit chided Robertson for coming to New York due to there being many people in the city and all of the population could be in danger if the symbiote clone jumped hosts.
Meanwhile, Bob remotely deactivated Patricia's control collar so that nothing restrained the symbiote but Patricia's willpower. Robertson continued trying to kill Venom, beating up Spider-Man when he got in the way. She was captured by the Fantastic Four, who used her as bait to lure Venom into a trap. Unfortunately, Spider-Man’s interference and the strength and craftiness of Venom caused the trap to fail. Fighting again, Venom absorbed Robertson’s symbiote clone, as Bob hoped, and increased in size and decided to carry out the Ararat Corporation's goals. Patricia's fate is uncertain.
Powers and abilities
She-Venom possesses all the powers the original Venom has, including suit generated webbing, shape-shifting, superstrength and an immunity to detection by Spider-Man's "spider-sense".
Trivia
- In Ann Weying's first appearance, she is a brunette with glasses. In later appearances she loses the glasses and goes blonde.
- Patricia Robertson has red-blonde hair and blue eyes- even the host looks like a female version of Venom.
- In the 2003 series, you can tell the difference between Brock and Robertson in that Brock's symbiote has a blue-ish sheen and Robertson's has a purple-ish or grey-ish sheen to it. Also Robertson's symbiote more frequently has her tongue hanging out and occasionally has a more feminine look.
- Eddie's quote seems to draw reference from The mask, comparing the venom suit to something that unleashes a person's basic desires, their id, so to speak.
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