>>111717820Whatever we can argue about what little details of the symbiote was influenced by what or not all day, but fact of the matter is, Venom is a monster first and a "Spider-Man" second, he's hardly his Shadow The Hedgehog as you imply, that would be more like Scarlet Spider
It should also be noted that when the concept of Venom as a character was first thought up, it wasn't even made with a human host being in mind, the concept was made to just be this big alien creature according to Todd McFarlane, who says he got the news of the Eddie Brock storyline afterwards
Your point is still moot whether you see the obvious influence to various other alien monsters in media, you give Venom credit as being 100 percent original I guess so you're saying he's truly greater of a creation than even I would give credit for. Fine. Regardless, Venom is not "dark Spider-Man" . Spider-Man is not a fucking alien monster with shapeshifting powers.
