>>536062442
No, he was originally just an anti-hero with a penchant for doing more harm saving someone than good. He even called himself the 'Lethal Protector'
The brains shit started in the late 90's when they had no idea what to do with the character and made him diet Carnage
Venom used to be really, really silly

I have no idea what the hell the context to this could possibly be, and I don't want to know. I want to enjoy it purely on its own terms.

>>149490527
because he was kinda silly at times when he wasn't being a menace to Peter
and then they realized they fucked up and did that eating brains and being a murderhobo retcon because he was pretty heroic at times for being an antihero