With Tom Hardy's Venom movie releasing on October 5, let's dive into the comic book origins of the infamous Spider-Man villain and anti-hero.

Venom is Marvel's most popular symbiote, but there have been countless variants and other symbiotes that are just as lethal as the Lethal Protector.

Venom and Carnage are far from the only powerful symbiotes in the world of Marvel, as fans of the MCU will likely discover very soon.

Sony's Venom: The Last Dance dives deep into symbiote lore, introducing Knull, the symbiote god, in a high-stakes final installment.

The symbiote played by Stephen Graham in Venom: The Last Dance has a long comic book history with Venom, Carnage, and Eddie Brock.