Editing Flash Thompson (section)

{{Short description|Marvel Comics fictional character}}
{{Infobox comics character
| image          = Flash Thompson.png
| caption        = Artwork of Flash Thompson for ''[[Web of Spider-Man]]'' Annual #3 (October 1987). <br />Art by [[Alex Saviuk]].
| character_name = Eugene "Flash" Thompson
| publisher      = [[Marvel Comics]]
| debut          = '''As Flash Thompson:'''<br />''[[Amazing Fantasy]]'' #15<br />(August 1962)<br />'''As Agent Venom:'''<br />''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #654<br />(April 2011) <br />'''As Agent Anti-Venom:'''<br />''Amazing Spider-Man/Venom: Venom Inc. Alpha'' #1<br />(December 2017)
| creators       = [[Stan Lee]] (writer)<br />[[Steve Ditko]] (artist)
| full_name      = Eugene "Flash" Thompson
| species        = [[Human cyborg]]
| supports       = [[Spider-Man]] <br />[[Eddie Brock]]
| aliases        = [[Venom (Marvel Comics character)|Agent Venom]]<br />[[Anti-Venom|Agent Anti-Venom]]<br />Venom Space Knight<br />White Knight
| alliances      = {{Plainlist|
* [[United States Army]]
* [[Weapon Plus#Weapon V|Project Rebirth]]
* [[Secret Avengers]]
* [[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]]
* [[Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]
* [[New Warriors]]
* [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]]
* [[Symbiote (comics)|Agent of Cosmos]]
}}
| powers          =
*[[Symbiote (comics)|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 book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. Created by writer [[Stan Lee]] and artist [[Steve Ditko]], the character [[First appearance|first appeared]] in ''[[Amazing Fantasy]]'' #15 (August 1962).

Flash Thompson is a star [[high school]] [[American football|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 [[PTSD|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 (Marvel Comics character)|Venom]] [[Symbiote (comics)|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, causing him to assume his current alias of '''Agent Anti-Venom'''.<ref name="ASM:VIA1">''The Amazing Spider-Man: Venom Inc. Alpha'' #1</ref>

Thompson has appeared in several other media adaptations. Notably, he was portrayed by [[Joe Manganiello]] in the [[Sam Raimi]] [[Spider-Man in film#Sam Raimi's trilogy|''Spider-Man'' trilogy]], [[Chris Zylka]] in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', and [[Tony Revolori]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].<ref name="sequel filming">{{cite web|last=Marnell |first=Blair |publisher=SuperHeroHype |url=https://www.superherohype.com/movies/488894-tom-holland-confirms-that-spider-man-3-has-started-filming |title=Tom Holland Confirms That Spider-Man 3 Has Started Filming |date=November 6, 2020}}</ref>

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