| “ | I was thinking... Spider-Man? It's what all the cool kids are calling themselves these days! | „ |
| ~ Harry to Miles on his possible superhero name. |
| “ | We are not "Harry." We. Are. Venom. | „ |
| ~ Harry Osborn transforming into Venom in front of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson. |
| “ | Let's heal the world, Pete... Together! | „ |
| ~ Harry's final words to Peter. |
Harold "Harry" Osborn, also known as Venom with his symbiote, is a minor character in both the 2018 superhero video game Marvel's Spider-Man and its 2020 spin-off Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and the tritagonist of its 2023 sequel Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
He is the son of Oscorp's CEO Norman Osborn, who had bonded him with an alien parasite-like organism called a symbiote, as a means of keeping him alive. The symbiote, codenamed VNM-252, initially went off to bond with his best friend, Peter Parker after he was nearly killed by Kraven the Hunter, before it eventually returned to him, perfectly fusing the two into Venom.
As Harry Osborn, he was originally voiced by Scott Porter (who also voiced Luke in Telltale's The Walking Dead, Lukas in Minecraft: Story Mode and Nightwing in Batman: Arkham Knight) and currently voiced by Graham Phillips (who also portrayed Ben Tennyson in Ben 10: Race Against Time), while as Venom, he was voiced by the late Tony Todd (who also portrayed Ben in the Night of The Living Dead remake, Leonard Anderson in Babylon 5, Kurn in the Star Trek franchise and Slyrak in DOTA: Dragon's Blood).
Personality[]
Harry Osborn was originally a bright and cheerful friend of Peter Parker's, who he had hung out with a lot during their school days. He loved both his parents, with him wanting to follow his mother's footsteps in helping those in need as an environmental attorney. His mother's death would eventually serve as a motivation for him to help heal those in need around the world.
However, when he became inflicted with an illness, Harry's initial bright future took a negative turn. He slowly developed a deep envy towards Peter, due to how successful Peter's life seemed in comparison to his but nonetheless, he still acted as a good and supportive friend of him, and when he was bonded with the symbiote for the first time, he was inspired to become a hero much like Peter, helping him on his missions as Spider-Man.
Despite this, his inner jealousy remained and it would ultimately come to fruition when being separated from the symbiote, developing a hatred for both Kraven the Hunter for nearly killing Peter and later Peter himself, believing that he would rather allow him to die after he had saved his life.
When Harry bonded with the symbiote once more, he was initially shocked at his transformation due to the actions he committed, including eating Kraven, but soon accepted his potential as Venom when the symbiote intended to fulfill their dream of healing the world through terraforming the world into symbiotes. Ultimately, Venom is the result of Harry's inner bitter feelings being unsuppressed, as well the symbiote's strong desire to be with its host. Due to this, Venom acts in a manner that suggests he is and has always been Harry, using both his memories and his motives to convert them as his own.
In the end, however, Harry would come to realize that his actions as Venom have done more harm than it has done good for others. Due to this, he is more than willing to let Peter sacrifice him and the symbiote, as a means of ensuring that his actions as Venom would come to an end.
Biography[]
Past[]
Harry prior to his illness.
Harry Osborn was born to Oscorp CEO and founder Norman Osborn and Emily Osborn with Harry growing up as a close friend of Peter Parker. He helped his mother with her many efforts, including special stations designed to monitor pollution in New York City, up until her death. A year before the events of Marvel's Spider-Man, Harry became terminally ill with an unknown illness so Norman placed him into a stasis tube whilst creating the cover story that Harry was studying in Europe.
In desperation, he worked with Wilson Fisk to create a medicine that would come to be known as Devil's Breath but the formula was soon abandoned and locked away since its instability made it more like a bio-weapon, which would come into possession of Mister Negative and the Inner Demons.
At some point years prior, a meteorite had came down to Earth, containing a black-goo like substance. It was discovered by a team led by Norman and Dr. Curt Connors, in which they brought it back to Oscorp for further study, labelling it as VNM-252. The incident would be kept under the archival footage, GR-35. They later discovered that the substance was a living organism that could bond with someone at a sub-cellular level, leading them to dub it as a symbiote. Norman opted to have it bond with his son, Harry, in order to keep him stabilized in his stasis tube, until they could develop a proper cure for him.
Marvel's Spider-Man[]
Although he is not present during the game, Harry is mentioned at multiple points due to his cover story and a message on Norman's answering machine can be found when Peter infiltrates Norman Osborn's apartment. His voice can also be heard when Peter uncovers his mother's research stations as he does not want Oscorp to shut them down.
During a post-credits scene, following the defeat and imprisonment of Doctor Octopus and the Sinister Six, Harry is seen in a stasis tank with the symbiote attached to him, which reacts and copies Norman when he places a hand on the tank.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2[]
After being bonded with the symbiote long enough, Harry manages to recover from his illness and proceeds to reunite up with Peter and Mary Jane at May's old house. Harry then takes Peter back to Midtown Highschool where he surprises Peter with a gift, that being an official key card of the organization Harry founded, Emily-May Foundation.
The symbiote continued to remain dormant inside Harry until an attack on a theme park on Coney Island where Harry helps Peter Parker/Spider-Man save a few people on a roller coaster. Harry then teams up with Peter, using the symbiote to form a suit of his very own, and assists in helping him save Tombstone from the Hunters. After successfully saving Tombstone, Harry and Peter depart on their own matters to attend to, but not before receiving a symbol on his chest, similar to the spider symbol on Peter's suit.
Harry later accompanies Peter on a mission to rescue Mary Jane, who had been attempting to save Dr. Connors from Kraven's capture. In the ongoing conflict, Peter ends up being stabbed by Kraven, causing Harry to lash out and beat Kraven. Harry eventually goes back to check on how Peter is doing with Mary Jane, but as he grieves over losing his friend, the symbiote proceeds to bond with Peter and heals his injuries, granting him its powers.
Peter manages to held off his own with the symbiote against the Hunters, long enough for him and Mary Jane to escape with Harry. After learning that the symbiote is what was keeping Harry alive, Peter later attempts to bond it back to him, but the symbiote refuses and remains attached to Peter. With no luck, Peter and Harry decide to put this aside for the time being.
Peter and Harry then managed to develop an antidote to restore Connors back to his human self, in which Peter later uses it in a confrontation with the Lizard, successfully curing Connors. Meanwhile, Harry's condition began to grew worse and without the symbiote being attached to him, he was forced to use a cane. Eventually, Harry called up Peter to visit so that he could return it to him, but an argument between them and Mary Jane ultimately caused Peter to storm out. As Harry watched Peter swing away with the symbiote, he threw his cane at the window in far more rage than before and screamed at MJ to get out as his relationship with Peter became strained.
Peter eventually managed to get the symbiote off him with the help of Miles Morales and took it back to Oscorp in an attempt to destroy it. However, Harry was already there and managed to stop him from doing so, in which he managed to shatter the container using his cane, freeing the symbiote and letting it bond to him once more, transforming him into Venom. As Venom, Harry proceeds to go on a rampage through Oscorp before eventually reaching outside in the city, where he fights off against the Hunters. He then encounters Kraven, who desires to die in a glorious battle with him. Venom manages to kill him by eating his head clean off before heading off to a church, visiting Emily's grave. As Venom briefly returns back to Harry, Harry expresses his shock and uncertainty as to what he just did, but the symbiote proceeds to persuade him in his mother's voice that together they can "heal the world" by infecting everyone with symbiotes.
Harry later visits Mary Jane at May's old house and keeps her hostage, causing Peter to rush back and save her. He managed to arrive on time, but unfortunately, Peter tries to talk with Harry that they need to get the symbiote off of him, that enrages Harry into destroying their table as the symbiote controls Harry as he transforms into Venom, he infects Mary Jane with a symbiote of her own, transforming her into Scream. He then proceeds to leave them be where he makes further preparation for his plan, in which he reclaims the meteorite that originally brought the symbiote to Earth, as a means of making him powerful enough to expand the symbiote corruption across the world.
After receiving a brand new symbiote created by the fusion of Martin Li's powers and the remnants of the symbiote with him, Peter works together with Miles and Mary Jane on how they can stop Venom. They later arrive to his lair where Venom reveals himself and battles against Peter. Venom gives Peter many opportunities to join him, but despite this, Peter refuses, causing Venom to become greatly upset. He then discovers that Miles and Mary Jane had stolen the meteorite from his lair, promoting him to form wings and fly to their location at the EMF.
Venom eventually arrives with Peter and attempts to reclaim the meteorite, but Miles manages to hold him off, long enough for Mary Jane to use the particle accelerator to destroy it. As a result, Venom's symbiote spawns begin to disappear and Peter then proceeds to use the powers of his Anti-Venom symbiote to separate the symbiote off of Harry, burning it away. With the symbiote off of him once more, Harry enters a coma and is then carried out of the EMF, where he is brought to a nearby ambulance, as his father attempts to support him. Harry is eventually brought back to his home, as his father, devastated and enraged over his son ending up in a coma, prepares to have the "G-Serum" ready for use.
Venomverse Reborn[]
Immediately after Harry and the symbiote bonded together, Venom was taken by Knull into another world and showed him an envisioned dream of his where he has successfully conquered the world, in an attempt to persuade him into joining his army. Venom however refused, as he did not share the same dream that Knull envisioned for himself. Knull laughed at this notion and attempted to correct him by sending one of his minions after him, causing Venom to fend for himself.
As Venom fights off against Knull's minion, he makes it clear that while he enjoys depriving those from his world their free will, it's to help improve their lives, while Knull does it solely out of self interests. Knull then attempts to correct him on this that he his their god and he will have him submit. Venom then reveals himself as Harry, who tells Knull he already has a father named Norman that already loves him and can see through his lies, before making it clear that he has no intentions of submitting to him as he defeats Knull's minion. Venom then suspects that Knull only wants him because he is not of his universe but due to this, he has no real power to compel him. Knull then threatens to kill him, but stops midway, which makes Venom suspect that even someone like Knull is bounded by rules that prevents him from interfering with his world at this current time.
Ultimately, Knull decides to send Venom back to his world, assuring him that he will not forget his acts of transgression. Venom then returns back to his world, with his memories of this encounter being erased in the process.
Quotes[]
| “ | Just think about all the stuff we can do to heal the world! | „ |
| ~ Harry Osborn to Peter Parker after discovering his identity as Spider-Man. |
| “ | NO! | „ |
| ~ Harry's reaction to seeing Kraven fatally wound Spider-Man. |
| “ | WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?! (...) I'LL KILL YOU! | „ |
| ~ Harry beating down on Kraven in rage for stabbing Peter. |
| “ | Yeah, it’s pretty great. Isn’t it. | „ |
| ~ Harry as he thinks that Peter wants the symbiote for himself. |
| “ | I saved your life! And you won't save mine?! Do you want me to die?! | „ |
| ~ Harry's breakdown towards Peter after he refuses to give him back the symbiote. |
| “ | You have to kill us! | „ |
| ~ Harry/Venom telling Peter the only way to stop him is by destroying the symbiote, also the latter's last words before his death. |
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Trivia[]
- Scott Porter, who voiced Harry Osborn in Marvel's Spider-Man, was recast with Graham Phillips in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 because the developers wanted to have Harry play a more prominent role in the story, in addition that they wanted to go "photorealistic" and Porter's age gap would likely have some issues with that.
- When Harry first fully dons the symbiote to help out Peter, the suit heavily resembles Agent Venom.
- This is the second interpretation of Venom to have Harry Osborn as the host of Venom, with the first being the version from Ultimate Spider-Man TV series. The reason for Harry being Venom instead of Eddie Brock is because Marvel's Spider-Man 2 creative director, Bryan Intihar, wanted the game to tell an original story that hasn't been done before in Marvel comics and films.
External Links[]
- Venom on the Villains Wiki
- Harry Osborn on the Inconsistently Heinous Wiki
- Harry Osborn on the Marvel's Spider-Man Wiki
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