Venom #251 is now out, and it reveals exactly what prompts Mary Jane and her heroic symbiote to become Spidey.<\/p>\n
How MJ and Venom Become the New Spider-Man<\/p>\n
The issue begins with Senator Krask trying to convince Mayor\u00a0Luke Cage to bring Otto Octavius onboard as part of New York’s Symbiote containment program. Luke Cage refuses to listen to the pitch (you know, on account of\u00a0Octavius being a killer\u00a0who’s tried to destroy the city mutliple times).\u00a0This prompts\u00a0Octavius and Krask\u00a0to storm out of his office (not before threatening Cage’s\u00a0current mayoral position, of course).<\/p>\n
After that, the issue jumps to\u00a0Mary Jane filming a commercial for a carpet cleaner. During her break, Venom hears sirens\u2014it’s a villain by the name of Blue Streak, who has stolen some money and is streaming his escape\u00a0on social media. Before rushing in to help stop the baddie, however, MJ and her symbiote companion have a slight problem:\u00a0Venom is a fugitive.<\/p>\n
In order to blend in, Venom decides to shapeshift into Iron Man. After MJ points out that Iron Man would never be seen swinging on webs like they do, Venom\u00a0pops out a pair of roller skates\u2014a fun callback<\/strong><\/a> to Iron Man history\u2014 and\u00a0sets in pursuit of\u00a0his social media-obsessed target.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, Venom gets shot in the face, and the baddie starts to quite literally roll away (he’s also on roller skates, you see). His trek toward freedom is a short one, though, as he’s stopped by Rick Jones, who’s now the host of the symbiote Toxin (long story). As Jones attempts to catch Blue Streak, Doc Ock and his task force, S.C.A.R. (which stands for Simulated Cephalopod Armed Response) arrive at the scene. Rick identifies himself as “Captain Spider” to Octavius, after which he is brutally subdued.\u00a0<\/p>\n Watching from afar, MJ and Venom agree they can’t leave Rick to be captured, but they also can’t jump in as Venom, given the city’s aversion to the symbiote. Due to this\u2014and partially inspired by Rick’s “Captain Spider” moniker\u2014MJ realizes that, instead of looking like symbiotes, they need to look like the good guys. In fact, she says, they need to look like, “the goodest guy we know”<\/strong>\u00a0*(Awwwww).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Thus, the transformation begins. As Octavius starts\u00a0torturing\u00a0Rick and Toxin, MJ’s Venom appears, and, in a\u00a0callback to the opening\u00a0dialogue of Tobey Maguire’s first Spider-Man, she says: “Who am I? You sure you want to know? Because if somebody said it was a happy story… somebody lied. Who am I?…”<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"image](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/D9Y8yXA9_t.jpeg\"\/)
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