Flash Thompson

Eugene "Flash" Thompson
Artwork of Flash Thompson for Web of Spider-Man Annual #3 (October 1987). Art by Alex Saviuk.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	As Flash Thompson: Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) As Agent Venom: The Amazing Spider-Man #654 (April 2011) As Agent Anti-Venom: Amazing Spider-Man/Venom: Venom Inc. Alpha #1 (December 2017)
Created by	Stan Lee (writer) Steve Ditko (artist)
In-story information
Full name	Eugene "Flash" Thompson
Species	Human cyborg
Team affiliations	United States Army Project Rebirth Secret Avengers Thunderbolts Guardians of the Galaxy New Warriors S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent of Cosmos
Supporting character of	Spider-Man Eddie Brock
Notable aliases	Agent Venom Agent Anti-Venom Venom Space Knight White Knight
Abilities	Anti-Venom symbiote granting: Superhuman strength, speed, agility, durability, stamina, and reflexes Organic webbing generation Regenerative healing factor Immunity to "Spider Sense" Shapeshifting Wall-crawling Skilled hand-to-hand combatant Trained marksman

Eugene "Flash" Thompson is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962).

Flash Thompson 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 Iraq War, Flash Thompson 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.^[1]

Thompson has appeared in several other media adaptations. Notably, he was portrayed by Joe Manganiello in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, Chris Zylka in The Amazing Spider-Man, and Tony Revolori in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.^[2]