The original Venom design was fairly simple––taking the black-suited Spider-Man design, bulking it up, adding sinister eyes and a wide grin full of sharp teeth. This Venom clung to the shadows ...

Spider-Man has bonded with the Venom symbiote on more than one occasion, though other variants have had their own run-ins ...

Now, the original Venom costume is basically just ... whose legs wrap around to the spider on the back, is an awesome design that fits Venom better than it ever did Spider-Man.