Where Does Venom’s Webbing Come From?

[Ubiquitous]

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Reader Tim wrote in to ask:

How was the symbiote able to create a webbing on Brock/Venom
from Spider-Man?

I know it’s universally accepted that venom has his abilities
because Spider-Man was his first host. But how is he able to
duplicate the webbing? Every other “copy” was part of his
physiology. But the shooters are mechanical. Even doing a
quick (and I mean very quick) scan of others he has “infected”
it always talks about taking over their body and mind.

My issue is it doesn’t make sense with what the symbiot
actually is. A living thing that needs a host, also living,
to survive. But the web cartridges are technological not
biological. This would mean it could consume a tank and have
its abilities or a spacecraft. And then once combined with
another host it could give them a tank arm and the ability to
fly.

If you could explain how it’s possible to copy his webshooters
I would GREATLY appreciate it. Thanks.

Simply put, Tim, it created the webbing out of its own body so as to
best replicate Spider-Man’s powers. It is the same basic reason it is
able to create tendrils and a big tongue and stuff like that.

This was actually demonstrated in Venom’s very first appearance in
“Amazing Spider-Man” #300 (by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane),
and, in fact, it was how Spider-Man ended up defeating Venom.

First, Venom used a lot of webbing to web Spider-Man down…

When Spider-Man was freed, he realized where Venom’s webbing was coming
from and how Spider-Man could use that to defeat him!

So there ya go, Tim!

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[Kenneth M. Lin]

Well, Spidey himself initially wasn't aware that the symbiote costume was
alive and assumed that it was merely responding to his thought. Therefore,
when he thought of shooting webs, he assumed that the costume found a way to
emulate his web-shooters.

Nobody ever said that everything must be organic in order for the symbiote
to emulate. Web-shooters aren't terribly complicated and can be emulated
organically if necessary.

Not sure why the webbing is coming out of back of his hands though.

And who freed the symbiote when it was initially captured by Fantastic Four?

And symbiote would not able to emulate a rocket because it cannot synthesize
the fuel source and the propulsion unit is too complex. (It may be able to
if it's allowed to study it carefully.) They used the same argument with
the liquid Terminator.

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Reader Tim wrote in to ask:

How was the symbiote able to create a webbing on Brock/Venom
from Spider-Man?

I know it’s universally accepted that venom has his abilities
because Spider-Man was his first host. But how is he able to
duplicate the webbing? Every other “copy” was part of his
physiology. But the shooters are mechanical. Even doing a
quick (and I mean very quick) scan of others he has “infected”
it always talks about taking over their body and mind.

My issue is it doesn’t make sense with what the symbiot
actually is. A living thing that needs a host, also living,
to survive. But the web cartridges are technological not
biological. This would mean it could consume a tank and have
its abilities or a spacecraft. And then once combined with
another host it could give them a tank arm and the ability to
fly.

If you could explain how it’s possible to copy his webshooters
I would GREATLY appreciate it. Thanks.

Simply put, Tim, it created the webbing out of its own body so as to
best replicate Spider-Man’s powers. It is the same basic reason it is
able to create tendrils and a big tongue and stuff like that.

This was actually demonstrated in Venom’s very first appearance in
“Amazing Spider-Man” #300 (by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane),
and, in fact, it was how Spider-Man ended up defeating Venom.

First, Venom used a lot of webbing to web Spider-Man down…

When Spider-Man was freed, he realized where Venom’s webbing was coming
from and how Spider-Man could use that to defeat him!

So there ya go, Tim!

http://www.cbr.com/venom-webbing-spider-man-todd-mcfarlane/

[Kenneth M. Lin]

Well, spiders are alive and are able to spin webs. It's the same with
symbiote.

The symbiote requires a host to feed so it's living off the host's
perspiration and dead skins, I am guessing. It can then use part of its
body to construct the webbing. The more web it spins, the more it needs to
replenish itself by feeding off the host body. I don't know if the symbiote
can consume food directly or such more out of its host when it's excessively
hungry.

So a symbiote can do a lot more than duplicate a web-shooter but is limited
by its host's imagination. Too bad Peter Parker had to get rid of it before
he could understand its potential.

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Comic Book Questions Answered – where I answer whatever questions you
folks might have about comic books (feel free to e-mail questions to me
at ***@cbr.com).

Reader Tim wrote in to ask:

How was the symbiote able to create a webbing on Brock/Venom
from Spider-Man?

I know it’s universally accepted that venom has his abilities
because Spider-Man was his first host. But how is he able to
duplicate the webbing? Every other “copy” was part of his
physiology. But the shooters are mechanical. Even doing a
quick (and I mean very quick) scan of others he has “infected”
it always talks about taking over their body and mind.

My issue is it doesn’t make sense with what the symbiot
actually is. A living thing that needs a host, also living,
to survive. But the web cartridges are technological not
biological. This would mean it could consume a tank and have
its abilities or a spacecraft. And then once combined with
another host it could give them a tank arm and the ability to
fly.

If you could explain how it’s possible to copy his webshooters
I would GREATLY appreciate it. Thanks.

Simply put, Tim, it created the webbing out of its own body so as to
best replicate Spider-Man’s powers. It is the same basic reason it is
able to create tendrils and a big tongue and stuff like that.

This was actually demonstrated in Venom’s very first appearance in
“Amazing Spider-Man” #300 (by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane),
and, in fact, it was how Spider-Man ended up defeating Venom.

First, Venom used a lot of webbing to web Spider-Man down…

When Spider-Man was freed, he realized where Venom’s webbing was coming
from and how Spider-Man could use that to defeat him!

So there ya go, Tim!

http://www.cbr.com/venom-webbing-spider-man-todd-mcfarlane/