Spider - Manand his nemesisVenomhave had some violent , bloody , and just plaincreepyfights over the years as Venom ’s symbiote attempts to stamp out or re - bond with Peter Parker ( often threatening to “ eat on his brain ” during the conflict ) . So , it ’s probably a surprise to screw that Spidey / Venom battles arealsoMarvel ’s more kid - friendly competitiveness …

Well , in a dissimilar creation anyway . In author - artist Chris Giarrusso’sMini Marvelsseries , the Marvel grinder ( and villains ) are remodel as Charlie Brown - type kids , with their adventures and struggle scaled down proportionally ( Iron Man and Captain America ’s “ civic War”gets fought on a playground ) .

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Once again , however , Spider - Man ( aka “ Spidey ” ) fetch the myopic remainder of the stick when he pass afoul of a boy discover Brock …

Spidey the Paperboy

In this creation , Spidey is a paperboy for the Daily Bugle ( which still runs headline like “ Who is the Spider - Man Menace ? ” despite the fact that Spidey is obviously in their employment ) . While Peter ’s web slinging ability make delivering paper easier , he still runs into some irate customers – include grumpy Norman Osborn who likes put on hisGreen Goblin outfitand yell at Spidey to “ Get off my lawn ! ” before lobbing pumpkin bombs at him .

Things get even bad when Norman ’s son Harry goes crazy , puts on a Goblin Jr. rig , and spends some quality father - and - son clip seek to blow up Spidey with his dad . As the two prepare their latest destruction trap , however , they learn that theirnewpaperboy is n’t Spidey at all – but Eddie Brock who ’s recently become thesymbiotic delivery boy Venom .

Wearing a living alien costume ( which incessantly tells everybody “ I wanna deplete your brains ! ” ) , Brock creeps out his client but finagle to deliver his newspaper in record clip . When Osborn ’s pumpkin bomb calorimeter incinerate his paper , however , Venom gets on the Green Goblin ’s bad side too . Frustrated , Venom head back to the Daily Bugle where he learns thatJ. Jonah Jamesonhas decide to give both Peter Parker and Eddie Brock self-aggrandizing paper routes . However , there ’s a problem …

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Jameson informs Venom and Spidey they ’ll have equal house to deliver their papers to – with one exception . turn out , Norman Osborn ’s theatre is in the substance of the neighborhood , meaning Brock and Parker will have to fight each other to get it . Naturally , neitherSpidey nor Venom want to rescue to Osborn – so when Jameson forces them to head for the hills the Daily Bugle ’s paperboy obstruction course of action ( yes , really ) , both of them stand up dead still , hop-skip the other will win and have to deal with the Green Goblin . Annoyed that Parker is n’t accept the bait , Brock shoves him – do Jameson to admonish the two male child that squeeze or punching will add up several bit to their score . Finally motivated to agitate ( so they ’ll lose ) , Venom and Spidey start dumbfound each other up . Frustrated , Jameson yell a draw and proposes a new programme …

The next day , Norman and Harry are meddlesome devise their latest demise trap – when dead VenomandSpidey swing music in to surrender the morning time paper . With no open superior , Jameson forced the two boys to work together to turn in theGreen Goblin’spaper . Thanks to their teamwork , the two web up the Osborns and miss off their paper , having established a ( surprising ) friendship .

WhileSpider - ManandVenomhavepartnered up and come to a common agreement multiple meter in the mainstream comedian , Mini Marvelsis probably the first comedian to simply sidestep their decades - old contention whole and have them skip to being friends . It ’s a goofy ending , but easily one of the most kid - favorable comic book battles ever .

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