Marvel Knights Spider-Man #7 (Dec. 2004):
“Venomous: Part Three”
by Mark Millar, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #7

Title: “Venomous: Part Three”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 2004

Publisher:
Written by: Mark Millar
Art by: Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson

51 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (lead character)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Mary Jane Watson	Christian (denomination unknown)	[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,827
Liz Allan		[longtime friend of Peter Parker]		429
The Symbiote (details)  This issue features extensive references to the Venom symbiote as a distinct entity, as Eddie Brock sells it and transfers it to Angelo Fortunato.	alien; vengeance	[sentient black costume Spider-Man obtained on Battleworld]		16
Ernie		Midtown High School [when young, bullied Peter Parker, wanted to be like Flash]		2
Venom (Angelo Fortunato)		Mafia [son of rich mobster/Mad killer bent on proving his worth]		3
Seymour O'Reilly		Midtown High School [Peter Parker's high school classmate; Flash's buddy]		19
Charlie		Midtown High School [encouraged bullying of Peter Parker in high school]		3
Ramona		black [mother of Vulture's grandson]		3
The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors) (cover & 4-panel cameo, pg. 2-3)	Catholic	Sinister Twelve; U.S. Army		318
Sandman (Flint Marko) (cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 2)		Intruders (leader); Next Wave...  Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Avengers; The Frightful Four; Wild Pack		388
Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich) (cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 3)		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)...  Sinister Syndicate		305
Venom (Eddie Brock) (8-panel cameo, pg. 12-13)	Catholic	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Sinister Six...  Toxin		416
Don Fortunato (Vincente Fortunato) (6-panel cameo, pg. 12-13)		HYDRA; Maggia		23
Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) (3-panel cameo, pg. 5-6)	Catholic	Heroes for Hire		374
Raymond Warren (2-panel cameo, pg. 14, panels 2-3)		[Peter Parker's science teacher; Jackal's brother]		6
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (1-panel cameo, pg. 1)  Seen on issue #6 cover, shown on recap page.	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (1-panel cameo, pg. 1)  (pg. 10) Peter Parker (narrating): "Sitting here for an hour and a half running through everyone who knows the secret, whether they're good or bad, alive or dead. Kaine, Thor, Kraven, Wolverine, Ezekial, The Chameleon, pool old Ben Reilly..." Seen on issue #6 cover, shown on recap page.	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) (1-panel cameo, pg. 1)  Seen on issue #6 cover, shown on recap page.	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
White Queen (Emma Frost) (1-panel cameo, pg. 1)  Seen on issue #6 cover, shown on recap page.	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Generation X (teacher); The Cabal; The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle; X-Men		3,409
Hydro-Man (Morrie Bench) (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 1)		Sinister Syndicate; Sinister Twelve		84
Marvel Girl (Rachel Grey) (1-panel cameo, pg. 1)  Seen on issue #6 cover, shown on recap page. Also, multiple spoken references.	Episcopalian (born); future self: founder of Askani religion	Excalibur; Starjammers...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		358
Montana (Jackson W. Brice) (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 4)		Hood's Army; The Enforcers		86
Fancy Dan (Dan Brito) (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 4)		Hood's Army; The Enforcers		85
Ox (Ronald Bloch) (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 4)		Hood's Army; The Enforcers...  Thunderbolts Army [twin brother of Raymond (original Ox)]		34
Otis Kincaid (corpse, pg. 10, panel 4)  Fell off building while posing as Spider-Man.		[impersonated Spider-Man trying to get JJJ's bounty]		3
God (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 4)  Spider-Man (thinking): "Oh, man. Like I wasn't feeling bad enough. Please, God, please let the ground open up and swallowing me right now. Please get me out of here at the earliest opportunity."	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
Thor (Donald Blake) (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 5)  Peter Parker (narrating): "Sitting here for an hour and a half running through everyone who knows the secret, whether they're good or bad, alive or dead. Kaine, Thor, Kraven, Wolverine, Ezekial, The Chameleon, pool old Ben Reilly..."	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 4)  Peter Parker: "I just don't know what to do, Mary Jane. I've tried everything I can think of. Even Doctor Strange couldn't figure out where she [Aunt May] is, and I'm running out of people to ask."	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Aunt May (mentioned)  referred to extensively	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 2)  Angelo Fortunato: "Besides, you seen how many websites this thing [Venom symbiote] has out there? You seen how many chicks are writing fan fiction about him? Becoming the new Venom puts me in the Magneto or Doctor Doom class after eighteen years of getting the crap kicked out of me."	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Flash Thompson (mentioned, pg. 17, panels 4-5)  former Midtown student: "Listen, we just wanted to get a picture for Flash Thompson 'coz he couldn't make it here tonight, right? I take it you heard about the traffic accident and the paralysis and everything?" Peter Parker: "Sure, I see Flash all the time. He just lives downstairs from me and Mary Jane. We call in and see him..." [more]	Alcoholics Anonymous	U.S. Army		718
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 2)  Angelo Fortunato: "Besides, you seen how many websites this thing [Venom symbiote] has out there? You seen how many chicks are writing fan fiction about him? Becoming the new Venom puts me in the Magneto or Doctor Doom class after eighteen years of getting the crap kicked out of me."	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (mentioned, pg. 10, 16)  (pg. 10) Spider-Man (narrating): "Congratulations, Ramona. You just smacked me harder than a pumpkin bomb, a cybernetic tentacle..." (pg. 16) Liz Allan: "We've really had a lot of weirdness in our lives, haven't we, Peter? I mean... Harry becoming the Green Goblin... Harry's dad all over the newspapers because he was the first Green Goblin..."	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
Scorpion (Mac Gargan) (mentioned, pg. 1)  Quote: "Aunt May being kidnapped by an unknown enemy had pushed Peter Parker closer to the edge than ever before." Mac Gargan's abduction of Aunt May is the pivotal "behind the scenes" act behind much of this issue's story.	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Scarlet Spider (Ben Reilly) (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 5)  Peter Parker (narrating): "Sitting here for an hour and a half running through everyone who knows the secret, whether they're good or bad, alive or dead. Kaine, Thor, Kraven, Wolverine, Ezekial, The Chameleon, pool old Ben Reilly..."	Protestant	The New Warriors		202
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (mentioned, pg. 5, 10)  (pg. 5) Spider-Man: "The next two weeks nothing happens whatsoever, but I can't get that image of Otto Octavius out of my mind. He looked so pathetic lying there, drugged up and helpless. Who was behind that? What the hell was going on back there and why is my spider-sense...?" (pg. 10): Spidey: "smacked me harder than a... cybernetic tentacle."		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 5)  Peter Parker (narrating): "Sitting here for an hour and a half running through everyone who knows the secret, whether they're good or bad, alive or dead. Kaine, Thor, Kraven, Wolverine, Ezekial, The Chameleon, pool old Ben Reilly..."	Communist	HYDRA; Maggia...  Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		144
Electro (Max Dillon) (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 3)  Spider-Man (narrating): "Congratulations, Ramona. You just smacked me harder than a pumpkin bomb, a cybernetic tentacle and ten thousand volts of electricity all put together."		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Hood's Army; Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Frightful Four		274
Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (mentioned, pg. 8-9)  Ramona: "...Listen, you know you and I have a mutual friend?" Spider-Man: "Who's that?" Ramona: "Adrian Toomes?" Spider-Man: "The Vulture?" Ramona: "Yeah, well, I know you two ain't exactly drinking buddies or nuthin', but it seemed... worth mentioning... In fact, Adrian's the grandfather of my little boy..." [much more]		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		342
Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff) (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 5)  Peter Parker (narrating): "Sitting here for an hour and a half running through everyone who knows the secret, whether they're good or bad, alive or dead. Kaine, Thor, Kraven, Wolverine, Ezekial, The Chameleon, pool old Ben Reilly..."	hunting	Sinister Six		92
Harry Osborn (mentioned, pg. 16, panel 4)  Liz Allan: "We've really had a lot of weirdness in our lives, haven't we, Peter? I mean killer robots in the school, Spider-Man always hanging around... Harry becoming the Green Goblin, Mark becoming the Molten Man. Harry's dad all over the newspapers because he was the first Green Goblin. Sometimes, it's like you're the only normal person I know."	resurrected	[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son]		607
Shocker (Herman Schultz) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 4)  Spider-Man: "Any word on the merchandise?" Black Cat: "The Owl's saying nothing. He knows this is all being fed back to you, but I got the Shocker drunk and he told me Eddie Brock just auctioned Venom off to the highest bidder."		Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate...  Sinister Twelve; The Masters of Evil		157
The Owl (Leland Owlsley) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 4)  Spider-Man: "Any word on the merchandise?" Black Cat: "The Owl's saying nothing. He knows this is all being fed back to you, but I got the Shocker drunk and he told me Eddie Brock just auctioned Venom off to the highest bidder."		Gang of Four [led his own criminal gang]		135
Molten Man (Mark Raxton) (mentioned, pg. 16, panel 4)  Liz Allan: "We've really had a lot of weirdness in our lives, haven't we, Peter? I mean killer robots in the school, Spider-Man always hanging around... Harry becoming the Green Goblin, Mark becoming the Molten Man. Harry's dad all over the newspapers because he was the first Green Goblin. Sometimes, it's like you're the only normal person I know."		[Liz Allen's step-brother]		94
Ezekiel (Ezekiel Sims) (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 5)  Peter Parker (narrating): "Sitting here for an hour and a half running through everyone who knows the secret, whether they're good or bad, alive or dead. Kaine, Thor, Kraven, Wolverine, Ezekial, The Chameleon, pool old Ben Reilly..."	animal mysticism/totemism (empowered by Peruvian ritual possibly derived from spider-god Anansi)	Spider Society		14
Kaine (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 5)  Peter Parker (narrating): "Sitting here for an hour and a half running through everyone who knows the secret, whether they're good or bad, alive or dead. Kaine, Thor, Kraven, Wolverine, Ezekial, The Chameleon, pool old Ben Reilly..."		[murderer; unstable clone of Peter Parker]		90
Living Brain (mentioned, pg. 16, panels 3-4)  Liz Allan: "Ooh, you remember why they had to rebuild the extension?" Peter Parker: "Killer robot. How could I forget?" Liz Allan: "We've really had a lot of weirdness in our lives, haven't we, Peter? I mean killer robots in the school, Spider-Man always hanging around..."	N.A.	[data analysis tool]		1
Vulture's grandson (mentioned, pg. 8-10)  Romana and Spider-Man have lengthy discussion about her son (the Vulture's grandson).		black [Vulture's grandson; suffering from leukemia]		2
Vulture's son (mentioned, pg. 9, panel 1)  Ramona (to Spider-Man): "Yeah, well, I know you two ain't exactly drinking buddies or nuthin', but it seemed... worth mentioning. I dated his son for a couple of years. In fact, Adrian's the grandfather of my little boy I was telling you about."		[criminal]		1
Jimmy-6 (Giacomo Fortunato) (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 3)  Black Cat (to Spider-Man): "Interesting tidbit on Don Fortunato. You remember Jimmy Six's dad? Well, turns out..."		Mafia [Don Fortunato's son; opposed father's violent excesses]		17

Among the many troubles Spider-Man continues to face in this issue is a $5 million bounty being offered by the Daily Bugle for the secret identity of Spider-Man. An "anonymous billionaire" provided the money to the Bugle in order to make this offer. The identity of this billionaire is not yet revealed, but Spider-Man is certain that the person - whoever they are - did this simply to torment him. On page 10, Spider-Man thinks to himself: "What is it with these people and this stupid competition? And who the Hell ponied up the five million dollars just to make my life even more of a misery?"

The identity of the "anonymous billionaire" will not be revealed until the next issue, when it is revealed that Mac Gargan (a.k.a. Scorpion) anonymously provided J. Jonah Jameson with the money.

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