Venom,
or the Venom Symbiote,
is a symbiote life
form created for the Marvel
Comics universe.
The creature is a sentient alien with a gooey, mercurial like
form. It requires a host, to bond around for its
survival. In return the Venom creature gives its host enhanced
powers. In effect, when the Venom Symbiote bonds with a human to
form a super-villain, that new dual-life form itself is also often
called Venom. The symbiote, with or without a host, is one of Spider-Man's
archenemies. Spider-Man was the first host it merged with before
its evil motives were clear. After Spider-Man rejected it,
the symbiote went on to merge with other hosts and so began
its popular reign as the villain known as Venom.
I figure y'all
know who batman and spidey already are.