Eugene "Flash" Thompson is a fictional character appearing in American
comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a star high school
football player who mercilessly bullies his high school classmate
Peter Parker but greatly admires Spider-Man, an irony in which the
superhero takes some gratification. In time, they become close friends
in college after Flash matures and he later discovers Peter is
Spider-Man. After graduation, he joins the United States Army, but
becomes haunted by his combat experiences, leading to alcoholism.
After losing both of his legs in the war, he turns into the superhero
Agent Venom after being bound to the Venom symbiote, which he controls
via drugs. Eventually during an argument between him and Eddie Brock
regarding the Venom symbiote, he became the new host of the Anti-Venom
symbiote.The character has appeared in several other media adaptations
(usually in his earlier bullying incarnation). In film, he was
portrayed by Joe Manganiello in Spider-Man and Spider-Man 3, Chris
Zylka in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and Tony
Revolori in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Spider-Man: Homecoming
and Spider-Man: Far From Home.Created by writer Stan Lee and artist
Steve Ditko, Flash Thompson first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15
(August 1962), the same issue Spider-Man first appeared in. He was a
regular character in The Amazing Spider-Man series for its first four
years, leaving the cast in The Amazing Spider-Man #47 (April 1967) to
serve in the Vietnam War. Though he reappeared in the comic a few
times while on leave, he did not return to the regular cast until
issue #105 (Feb. 1972).Though the relationship between Flash Thompson
and Spider-Man's alter ego Peter Parker gradually became more cordial
over the years, the major turning point towards their becoming friends
was in The Amazing Spider-Man #138 (Nov. 1974), in which Thompson lets
Parker room with him after all his other friends and acquaintances
turned him away.
comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a star high school
football player who mercilessly bullies his high school classmate
Peter Parker but greatly admires Spider-Man, an irony in which the
superhero takes some gratification. In time, they become close friends
in college after Flash matures and he later discovers Peter is
Spider-Man. After graduation, he joins the United States Army, but
becomes haunted by his combat experiences, leading to alcoholism.
After losing both of his legs in the war, he turns into the superhero
Agent Venom after being bound to the Venom symbiote, which he controls
via drugs. Eventually during an argument between him and Eddie Brock
regarding the Venom symbiote, he became the new host of the Anti-Venom
symbiote.The character has appeared in several other media adaptations
(usually in his earlier bullying incarnation). In film, he was
portrayed by Joe Manganiello in Spider-Man and Spider-Man 3, Chris
Zylka in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and Tony
Revolori in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Spider-Man: Homecoming
and Spider-Man: Far From Home.Created by writer Stan Lee and artist
Steve Ditko, Flash Thompson first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15
(August 1962), the same issue Spider-Man first appeared in. He was a
regular character in The Amazing Spider-Man series for its first four
years, leaving the cast in The Amazing Spider-Man #47 (April 1967) to
serve in the Vietnam War. Though he reappeared in the comic a few
times while on leave, he did not return to the regular cast until
issue #105 (Feb. 1972).Though the relationship between Flash Thompson
and Spider-Man's alter ego Peter Parker gradually became more cordial
over the years, the major turning point towards their becoming friends
was in The Amazing Spider-Man #138 (Nov. 1974), in which Thompson lets
Parker room with him after all his other friends and acquaintances
turned him away.
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