Edward "Eddie" Brock, later known as Venom, is the final antagonist of Sam Raimi's Spider Man film trilogy. He appears as a mentioned character in Spider-Man and the main antagonist of Spider-Man 3. He is Spider-Man's third archenemy. He was a former freelance photographer and Peter Parker/Spider-Man's rival at the Daily Bugle who, after bonding with the symbiote, turned into a psychopathic and monstrous mutant equipped with the same suit and powers of Spider-Man. This, alongside his personality, makes him Spider-Man's evil counterpart. He is an adaptation of Venom from the original comics.