The stories that made Venom a Marvel fan-favorite are never going to be adapted. The Tom Hardy Venom films might have taken some inspiration from the groundbreaking Lethal Protector miniseries, but the '90s stories that followed go to some downright surreal places that the MCU is no place for. Case in point: Venom: The Madness.

Venom: The Madness was written by Ann Nocenti, with art by Kelley Jones. The gloriously unhinged three-issue series infects Eddie Brock with the sentient "Mercury Virus," which becomes another voice in his head, competing with Venom.

This wild set-up leads to a bizarre conclusion, in the kind of off-the-wall story that Marvel rarely, if ever, indulges in these days.

Venom's Original Early '90s Anti-Hero Era Is Too Hardcore For Marvel To Ever Adapt

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