How is it that JB “created” Venom?
I had always thought Venom was one of the better spider-villains — something I credit more to David Michelinie in spite of the fact that McFarlane got most of the credit. JB: I’ve told this story before, but it’s worth repeating for illustration purposes: Todd McFarlane likes to say he “created” Venom — usually forgetting David Michelinie. When I hear this, I usually respond by saying “No! I created Venom!” And it goes like this: Iron Fist used to be getting his costume torn up all the time. By the next issue, it was usually repaired again. I didn’t much like the notion of Danny Rand sitting in a corner with a needle and thread, so, extrapolating from Chris’s (then) idea that K’Un L’Un was actually a crashed spaceship that used its warp drive to phase between dimensions (Chris being in a sci-fi mode that week), I suggested that the outfit was made of some kind of biological material that “healed” instead of having to be patched. We never got around to using that in IRON FIST, and yea