Summary
Warning! Contains Spoilers For Venom #36!As Marvel’sVenomlore continues to expand across time and space,Eddie Brock’s son Dylanhas taken on a surprising new role, essentially becoming an updated version of fan-favoriteX-MencharacterCable. This change to the character sets him up for a drastically different role in the ongoingVenom Warcrossover than most fans first expected.
Venom#36 – written by Torunn Gronbekk, with art by Cafu – reveals the origins of “Old Man Dylan,” which take place in a dark future that has seemingly been destroyed by symbiote-machine hybrids. Exactly where these hybrids have come from is unclear, but Old Man Dylan is desperate to avoid this future.
Using his advanced technology, Old Man Dylan travels back in time to try and prevent whatever leads to his world being destroyed.This is remarkably similar to an iconic X-Men character Cable, one ofMarvel’s greatest time travelers.
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Cable is a dark and gruff man who rarely has any time for anything other than completing his mission, and it seems Old Man Dylan is much the same.
Cable’s history is complicated, to put it mildly. He’s the child of Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor, and ends up being sent into a dark future where Apocalypse rules the world. Cable grew up in this miserable future and saw firsthand what would happen if Mutants and Humans never learned to get along. Eventually,Cable would end up traveling back to the presentand doing everything he could to avert the dark future he was in. Because of these events, Cable is a dark and gruff man who rarely has any time for anything other than completing his mission, and it seems Old Man Dylan is much the same.
Readers haven’t gotten to see much of Old Man Dylan or his future yet, but a few things are certain. The future Old Man Dylan comes from is horrific,with the majority of the world destroyed by these symbiote-machine hybrids. The situation seems so hopeless thatsending Dylan back in time is their final option, as evident by the fact every friend of Dylan’s is brutally murdered by the symbiote-machines as they try to buy him enough time to escape.They only did this because they realized if Dylan fixed the timeline, none of this would come to pass, which means they truly gave up on saving their time on their own.
Marvel’sVenomstorylines seem to keep getting more and more surprising, not to mention ambitious…and Dylan Brock’s new role is a further continuation of that.
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A Gamechanger For TheVenom War
Marvel’sVenomstorylines seem to keep getting more and more surprising, not to mention ambitious, with him going from a street-level protector to a time-traveling god, and Dylan Brock’s new role is a further continuation of that. As the brutalVenom Warrages on, withdozens of symbiote-related characterseach with their own desired outcome, Old Man Dylan may be the only one who’ll be able to save both his father and the future. One thing is for sure, both past and future versions of Dylanwill do whatever it takes to prevent Eddie Brock from becomingVenomagain.
Venom
Venom is a symbiotic alien entity bonded with various human hosts, notably Eddie Brock and later Flash Thompson. It grants superhuman strength, agility, and a shape-shifting black costume. Initially a Spider-Man villain due to its origins, Venom evolved into an antihero, battling both villains and his own dark impulses. The character embodies themes of duality and redemption within the Marvel Universe.
