Anne Weying

She-Venom
Ann Weying as She-Venom in the cover of Venom: Sinner Takes All #3 (October 1995).
Art by Greg Luzniak and Scott Koblish.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance As Anne Weying:
The Amazing Spider-Man #375 (March 1993)
As She-Venom:
Cameo: Venom: Sinner Takes All #2 (September 1995)
Full appearance: Venom: Sinner Takes All #3 (October 1995)
Created by Ann Weying:
David Michelinie
Mark Bagley
She-Venom:
Larry Hama
Greg Luzniak
In-story information
Alter ego Ann Weying
Notable aliases Anne Brock
Abilities
  • Has all of Spider-Man's abilities
  • Shape-shifting
  • Cannot be detected by Spider-Man's spider sense

Anne Weying is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the first character who goes by the identity of She-Venom, before Patricia Robertson.

Michelle Williams portrays the character in the 2018 film Venom.

Publication history

Anne Weying first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #375 (March 1993), created by writer David Michelinie and artist Mark Bagley.

She-Venom first made a cameo appearance in Venom: Sinner Takes All #2 (September 1995). Her first full appearance was in Venom: Sinner Takes All #3 (October 1995), created by writer Larry Hama and artist Greg Luzniak.

Fictional character biography

In Ann Weying's first appearance, she is a brunette with glasses. In later appearances she loses the glasses and goes blonde. Ann Weying was Eddie Brock's ex-wife, a successful lawyer. Weying assisted Spider-Man by sharing some of Eddie's history with him. Later, she followed Spider-Man to the amusement park where Venom had Peter's (fake) parents. She confronted her insane ex-husband, and managed to convince Eddie to give up his vendetta. Later, Sin-Eater shot Ann, who became She-Venom when the symbiote temporarily bonded with her to save her life.[1]

She-Venom then lashed out against the men who had hurt her with such violence that Eddie became afraid for her (and of her) and compelled the symbiote back to him. Ann retched upon seeing the pile of bodies she had left behind. She claimed that the symbiote made her kill them, but Eddie told her that the symbiote wouldn't force its host to do something they did not want to.[2] Later the police incarcerated Ann on a false charge (unrelated to Ann's rampage above) in order to trap Venom. Ann used her one phone call to warn Eddie and make him promise not to come. He promised that Eddie Brock wouldn't come to save her and instead sent his Other (the symbiote) through the phone lines to her.[3] After it bonded with her she was able to break herself out of prison, heading to the amusement park where she and Spider-Man had confronted Venom, only to intercept a raid on a gang of drug dealers.[4] During the fight, Eddie was badly injured by a flamethrower, prompting Anne to release the symbiote to heal him, but left him in disgust at his dependence on the symbiote.[5]

Ann Weying committed suicide after spotting Spider-Man webslinging in an older black costume at a time when his regular red and blue suit had been stolen. Ann, still reeling from the experience of bonding with the symbiote months earlier and unable to deal with the return of Eddie Brock into her life—coupled with Brock's transformation into Venom directly in front of her as he ran off to kill Spider-Man—sent her over the edge, and she leapt from her high rise apartment to her death.[6] Her death is later confirmed when her tombstone is shown.[7]

Other versions

Marvel 1602

During the Secret Wars storyline taking place in King James' England (which is based off the Marvel 1602 reality), Anne Weying is a "village beauty" who is brainwashed by a printer's apprentice named Edwin Brocc into loving him with powers and potions supplied by the Enchantress. Anne is freed after Brocc is slain by Angela.[8]

In other media

Film

  • The viral marketing for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 includes Daily Bugle articles that make reference to Anne Weying being the defense attorney appointed to Curt Connors.[9] Anne failed to sway the jury, and Connors was sent to Rikers Island.[10]
  • Ann Weying appears in Venom, portrayed by Michelle Williams.[11] She is fired by her firm when her fiancée Eddie Brock reads her mail to extract confidential information and confronts her boss Carlton Drake regarding the same. She breaks up with Brock, and starts dating Dr. Dan Lewis. When Brock separates the Venom symbiote from his body using an MRI machine of Dr. Dan Lewis, the symbiote finds it's way out through a HVAC vent, bonds with a dog then with Anne. Meanwhile, Brock is captured by Anne's ex-boss and is about to be killed. Anne saves Brock by transforming into She-Venom, and killing off Drake's men. Both then kiss, during which Venom gets transferred back to its old host. Later, when Riot overpowers and merges with Venom as one, Anne uses high frequency volume controls in Drake's lab and plays it out loud on a loudspeaker which results in the both hosts being separated from their respective bodies. In the end, Anne comes in good terms with Eddie, and both share their experiences with the symbiote.

Video games

Ann Weying as She-Venom appears as a playable character in Spider-Man Unlimited.

Novels

Ann Weying and Robbie Robertson are both abducted by terrorists in the 1998 novel Spider-Man: Venom's Wrath.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Venom: Sinner Takes All #2
  2. ↑ Venom: Sinner Takes All #3
  3. ↑ Venom: Along Came A Spider #2
  4. ↑ Venom: Along Came A Spider #3
  5. ↑ Venom: Along Came A Spider #4
  6. ↑ Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #19
  7. ↑ The Amazing Spider-Man #22 (October 2000)
  8. ↑ Kieron Gillen and Marguerite Bennett (w), Irene Koh and Stephanie Hans (p), Irene Koh and Stephanie Hans (i), Jordie Bellaire (col), VC's Clayton Cowles (let), Wil Moss (ed). "Part Two, In Which All the World's a Stage and the Guardians Overthrow the Players" 1602: Witch Hunter Angela #2 (29 July 2015), United States: Marvel Comics
  9. ↑ "Cold-Blooded Killer". thedailybugle.tumblr.com. Tumblr. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Connors Found Guilty". thedailybugle.tumblr.com. Tumblr. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  11. ↑ Dumaraog, Ana (December 18, 2017). "Michelle Williams Is Definitely Playing Anne Weying in Venom". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  12. ↑ Chattaway, Nathan (2004). "Comics: Spider-Man: Venom's Wrath". spiderfan.org. SpiderFan. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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