Superhuman Strength: Before he came into contact with the costume, Brock had conditioned himself to lift (press) 700 lb.Naturally the symbiote chose to endow Eddie with most of the powers Spider-Man had, but the symbiote via Brock's innovative mentality managed to create some new powers and even mutate over time. The first individual to bond with the symbiote was Edward Brock, seeing as Peter Parker did not allow it to complete the process. The Symbiote has augmented all of its host's physical abilities to superhuman levels equal to, and in some cases greater than, Spider-Man's.

The Symbiote can mimic any type of clothing whatsoever, as well as blending Venom in his surroundings, rendering him invisible. She asked him to stop wearing the black costume, and he returned to his original costume. By this time, Spider-Man had married Mary Jane Watson-Parker, and Venom scared her horribly.

Spider-Man switched back and forth between the two suits for some time until Venom came looking for him. The Black Cat thought the black costume was sexier and made Spider-Man a cloth version of the suit. The rejection of the symbiote left it extremely bitter toward Spider-Man, a trait it would share with its future hosts. The symbiote, using its remaining strength, it slithered away from Spider-Man and the bells.

The clanging of the church bells and Spider-Man's rejection of the symbiote weakened the alien. The bells rang to sound the hour, the symbiote felt the pain. Later the Vulturions attacked and Spider-Man forced him to take them all to a church tower. It attempted to forcibly bond itself to Spider-Man. The symbiote escaped and found its way to Peter Parker's closet and disguised itself as a spare red and blue costume. Fantastic and the Human Torch, Spider-Man discovered the symbiote was vulnerable to sound and flame, and he used sonic waves to remove it and flames to scare it into a containment module. Once back on Earth, Spider-Man learned the costume was a sentient alien symbiote that wished to fuse permanently with him and often controlled his body while he slept. To Spider-Man's surprise, the costume could mimic street clothes and provided a seemingly inexhaustible and stronger supply of webbing. When Spider-Man touched the liquid, it covered his body and, reacting to Spider-Man's thoughts about the costume worn by the second Spider-Woman, formed a new costume.

He activated the machine which released the symbiote in the form of a black liquid. Spider-Man accidentally found the prison module the symbiote has been trapped in instead. Spider-Man damaged his costume in combat and was directed to a facility where he could find a new costume.

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