[Kiwami]

The main problem I have with this character is that they heavily reused traits from other characters to make him work. Remember Tiny? They carbon-copied the whole “alcoholic father I'm starting to drink too”-thing from a character that admittedly was similar to Flash, but still. I liked the idea of Flash changing and going to the army back then, because it was interesting that the same dude he always gave a hard time actually changed his life without him knowing it. But now he is a character that just isn't working for me, partially because of the whole “I'm Spider-Man kinda but in the end I'm Black Spider-Man with guns and call myself Venom”-thing. The character just isn’t doing anything interesting for me.

And I still don't see why he needs to be Venom. He could have any super-power or magical/technological gizmo and the outcome would still be the same. I know what they’re going for because of the relationship of Peter and Flash and because Spider-Man was a big part of Flash's life, but it’s just not working for me.

Venom needed the change, and if they ever do a reboot they should cut the majority of pointless Symbiots and rework the concept. Until then I guess I'll have to wait for Toxins own series.