Venom has a pretty well-known list of powers and abilities, such as enhanced agility, strength, the ability to shape-shift, and a host of abilities he inherited from Spider-Man. But Venom’s co-creator revealed that he has one more surprising ability: control over electricity.
The surprising and forgotten superpower of Venom was shown off in 2022’s Venom: Lethal Protector #2 by David Michelinie and Ivan Fiorelli. In this issue, to deal with a villain named Humbug who relies on technology, Venom breaks open a power box and absorbs the electricity from it. He then redirects it at the criminal.
The ability to control electricity is a surprising move for Venom, since with his weakness to heat, it would be an easy assumption he’s also weak to electricity. However, according to Venom, electricity really isn’t a problem for him. Not only is he able to redirect it, but he’s able to alter the voltage as well, lowering it from a lethal shock to a simple jolt capable of short-circuiting Humbug’s equipment. This is a surprising addition to what Venom is typically known to be capable of.
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Venom Can Easily Control The Voltage Of Electricity
Venom: Lethal Protector #2 by David Michelinie, Ivan Fiorelli, Bryan Valenza, and Travis Lanham
Energy manipulation isn’t typically one of the abilities that Venom is known for having. Venom has always been more of a raw-strength character and faces problems head-on. Thanks to Spider-Man, he’s also inherited the ability to wall-crawl and web-sling, though web-slinging is usually the extent of his projectiles. Eddie Brock’s symbiote also allows him to create tentacles or improvised weapons if necessary. This is a far cry from being able to manipulate electricity itself, but it seems this was an ability Venom has always had and just hasn’t felt like using very often, for some reason.
One of the few times Venom displays energy projection powers is when the Venom symbiote is connected to a Hive-mind in the future in 2020’s Venom #27 by Donny Cates, Juan Gedeon, Jesus Aburtov, and Clayton Cowles. When Venom disconnects from the Hive-mind, it seemingly loses these abilities. But even though Venom: Lethal Protector #2 came out in 2022, it takes place long before he is ever connected to this Hive. Therefore, according to Venom’s co-creator, David Michelinie, electricity control is not granted to him by the Hive-mind, but is a power native to the symbiote.
Venom Doesn’t Need To Be Connected To A Hive To Use Electricity
This ability to manipulate energy only applies to the Venom of Marvel’s 616 universe, though. In the Ultimate Universe, the Venom symbiote actually is weak to electricity. Peter Parker is able to defeat Venom using power cables, and Miles Morales is able to use his bio-electricity to fend it off. However, when Miles tries the same tactic against Venom in the main Marvel Universe, it has no effect.
There are tons of things that symbiotes can do, and because they’re a constantly-evolving species, they continue to develop surprising new powers. Eddie has evolved into a half-human, half-symbiote hybrid and can project his mind through time. Venom can control and manipulate electricity, and it seems this is an ability he’s always had. While it’s surprising to think about, the Venom symbiote may have far more powers than it lets on, and only time will show what superpower Venom has next.
Venom
Venom is the name of an alien lifeform in the Marvel Comics canon that first premiered as a formless symbiote alien in “The Amazing Spider-Man” comic series. Initially a villain, Venom continued to bond with hosts such as Spider-Man and Eddie Brock, who affected his personality and eventually evolved into an antihero known as “The Lethal Protector.”
