Editing Flash Thompson (section)

===Agent Anti-Venom and death===
During the "Venom Inc." arc, Flash talks to Mania through her crimefighting, before she is taken down by Lee Price and a gang of thugs. Price is making good on his promise to re-take the Venom symbiote as he forcibly separates Mania from her symbiote and takes it himself. Meanwhile, Brock struggles to cope with the symbiote which has become increasingly violent and difficult to control. He turns to Alchemax to make a serum to help him out, but the medicine being created there is still experimental and may have some side effects. As Flash attempts to find Brock and get the symbiote back, Spider-Man is attempting to get rid of the symbiote once and for all, bringing the three together in a fantastic showdown as both Brock and Flash attempt to convince the symbiote to bond to them. As they struggle, Spider-Man chooses to douse them both with a vat of the Anti-Venom Serum. Instead of destroying the symbiotes, a new Anti-Venom arises: Flash Thompson. After Flash, Mania, Spider-Man, [[Black Cat (Marvel Comics)|Black Cat]], and Venom defeat Price, Flash entrusts the Venom symbiote to Eddie and goes back to heroics as Agent Anti-Venom.<ref name="ASM:VIA1"/>

In the ''[[Go Down Swinging (comic book)|Go Down Swinging]]'' storyline, [[Norman Osborn]] returns with the [[Carnage (character)|Carnage]] symbiote bonded to him, making him the Red Goblin. He attacks New York City, and [[Silk (comics)|Silk]], [[Clash (comics)|Clash]], [[Miles Morales|Spider-Man]], [[Human Torch]] and Agent Anti-Venom tried to stop him.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #799</ref> Flash uses his Anti-Venom to heal any of Peter's friends and family that were infected by the Carnage symbiote, and discovers Spider-Man's secret identity in the process. Norman critically wounds Flash, who can no longer heal due to using the Anti-Venom to save the others. Peter offers to use the Venom symbiote to heal him, but Flash refuses, worrying that it would die with him and knows Peter needs an edge over Norman's new powers. He dies in Peter's arms and is honored by Peter and his friends at his funeral.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #800</ref>

[[Maker (character)|Maker]] later obtains a piece of the symbiote taken from Flash's time as Agent Venom, which contains a copy of his consciousness. The sample is dubbed as a codex by the Maker. The brain dead symbiote absorbs the sample during Venom's escape from Project Oversight, and with Eddie Brock's permission the copy takes control and transforms into Agent Venom. Flash's consciousness burns out shortly after.<ref>''Venom'' vol. 4 #8</ref>