1×09: The Alien Costume (Part 3)

Part III is the reckoning. The big finale. Venom arrives fully formed — not just as a physical threat, but as a psychological one. He knows Peter’s secrets, his routines, his relationships. He doesn’t want to kill Spider-Man. He wants to erase Peter Parker. And that makes him the most dangerous villain yet.

The episode plays like a horror thriller. Venom stalks Peter through the city, through his home, through his life. Aunt May, MJ, Felicia — no one is safe. And Peter, stripped of his anonymity, is forced to confront the consequences of his choices. The symbiote didn’t just change him. It created something that can’t be reasoned with.

Eddie Brock, now fused with the alien, is no longer seeking justice. He’s seeking revenge. And the irony is brutal: Peter’s attempt to do the right thing — to rid himself of the suit — has made everything worse. The final confrontation is desperate, not triumphant. Peter doesn’t win. He survives.

Part III closes The Alien Costume arc not with closure, but with warning. The symbiote is gone — for now. But the damage remains. And Peter, for all his strength, is left with the knowledge that his darkest impulses nearly destroyed everything he loves.

At his apartment, Venom trains obsessively, preparing to strike. Across the city, Spider-Man revels in his freedom — until he’s ambushed by Rhino and Shocker. Venom intervenes, thrashing them both. Spider-Man is stunned to find Eddie Brock waiting on a rooftop, now bonded to the symbiote and fully aware of Peter’s identity. Venom attacks. Peter pleads with Brock to separate from the suit, but Venom won’t listen — and doesn’t trigger his spider sense.

Peter searches Brock’s apartment and finds a gym receipt. At the Bugle, he tracks Brock’s equipment orders while Robbie hands him old clippings. Jameson arrives with John, announcing a satellite launch in his honour. Outside, Venom ambushes Spider-Man again, unmasks him, and dangles him above the crowd. Peter escapes, covering his face and retrieving a spare mask.

At Mary Jane’s play, Peter finds Brock already there. He escapes with MJ on the subway. Later, Brock arrives at Aunt May’s and nearly crushes Peter with a tree. Peter decides it’s time to end this. Back at his apartment, Brock finds clippings of his failures. Seeing Spider-Man, he snaps — the chase leads to a subway train and the launch site.

Spider-Man lures Venom near the rocket. As it launches, the sonic vibrations force the symbiote to separate. Peter webs it to the rocket, sending it into space. Brock is left behind, captured. Peter and MJ sit together, quiet now, looking up at the stars.

ROGUE’S GALLERY

VENOM

He was born from rejection. Not rage, not ambition — rejection. The alien symbiote that once bonded with Peter Parker was cast aside, deemed too dangerous, too possessive. It found Eddie Brock instead — a man already drowning in bitterness, already blaming Spider-Man for the collapse of his career. Together, they became Venom. In Amazing Spider-Man #300 (1988), he didn’t just arrive — he erupted. A twisted reflection of Peter’s power, stripped of restraint and fuelled by vengeance.

Venom isn’t a villain in the traditional sense. He doesn’t want to rule the world or rob a bank. He wants Peter to suffer. To feel hunted. To know what it’s like to be prey. In animation, especially the 1994 series, Venom is a force of chaos — unpredictable, theatrical, and terrifyingly intimate. He knows Peter’s secrets. His routines. His weaknesses. And he weaponises them with glee. There’s no mask to hide behind when Venom is near. He is the mask, inverted and snarling.

And yet, there’s complexity beneath the teeth. Venom is a creature of duality — protector and predator, victim and villain. Over time, he’s evolved from pure antagonist to uneasy ally, especially in later comics and adaptations. But the core remains: he is what happens when power is fused with pain. When identity is warped by obsession. Venom isn’t just a monster. He’s a reminder that the shadows Peter casts are sometimes the ones that chase him hardest.