Warning: SPOILERS for New Venom #2With the debut of a brand new Poisonreaders had been left on fireplace attempting to determine who the hero's new identification is. With theories cut up between Rick Jones, Luke Cage, Robbie Robertson and Madame Masque, it's an absolute mess hiding behind purple herrings and intelligent clues. Nonetheless, as a lot as Marvel is attempting to cover the symbiotic hero's actual identify, it's painfully clear who the brand new Venom is: it must be Rick Jones.
Model new poison #2 by Al Ewing and Carlos Gómez continues to tease Venom's host because the duo begins their new life preventing crime. With an expressive face and glossy gold accents, Venom has now develop into a flashy reflection of his beforehand darkish and brooding aesthetic.
Loud and playful, this presenter loves his heroic moments and probabilities to indicate off in entrance of the plenty. Nonetheless, beneath the bravado, the host typically questions himself, realizing he doesn't examine to the opposite Venom hosts. That stated, it's develop into apparent who the brand new Venom is beneath the alien goo, the more than likely suspect is Rick Jones.
The brand new Venom must be Rick Jones
Model new poison #2 by Al Ewing, Carlos Gómez, Frank D'Armata and Clayton Cowles
In contrast to Eddie or Dylan Brock earlier than, this Venom appears to like the eye the infamous alien symbiote has attracted. In nearly each combat they've been in, they take heart stage, guaranteeing everybody close by is wanting their manner. They don't seem to be egocentric, however they're determined to be seen as heroes. When bystanders run in concern, Venom rapidly screams, assuring the harmless that they're a hero. Of the 4 candidates supplied, these persona traits can not belong to anybody apart from Rick Jones.
When Rick desperately wants one thing, destiny tends to achieve out to assist.
Rick Jones is a fellow careerist. Though he had time to shine, his legacy will all the time be remembered because the man who stands subsequent to the Hulk or Captain America. Luke Cage has basked within the heroic gentle earlier than and has nothing to show. Madame Masque by no means begged for redemption. And Robbie simply doesn't have the braveness that this Venom man has. Nonetheless, Rick Jones not solely needs to be acknowledged, he wants it. Thankfully for him, when Rick desperately wants one thing, destiny tends to achieve out to assist.
Venom and Rick Jones are united by the Drive of Future
The 2 are “caught collectively”
Regardless of his seemingly everlasting companion standing, Jones truly has an influence. On uncommon events, when he's in determined want, a limitless mystical vitality known as the Drive of Future solutions the decision. When energetic, Rick is solid in a shiny golden gentle earlier than performing practically unimaginable feats. Now, after being pressured to die, Venom has utterly recovered from his near-death encounter, equally enveloped in a glowing golden aesthetic. As near demise as he was, solely one thing as highly effective because the Drive of Future might have prevented Venom's imminent demise.
The brand new Venom even says that the 2 are “caught collectively.” Venom, at any time, can go away its host to discover a new one. There aren't many conditions the place a number can be “arrested” with Venom, until one thing greater than the 2 of them alone held them collectively. The Venom symbiote can solely be alive as a result of the Drive of Future has linked its life to Rick's. Smug, determined for approval and caught in a glamorous golden aesthetic, it's more and more apparent that the brand new Poison is not-so-secretly Rick Jones.
Model new poison #2 is now out there from Marvel Comics.