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{{about|She-Venom|the second She-Venom|Patricia Robertson (comics)}}
{{Infobox comics character<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
| image              = She-Venom (Anne Weying).jpg
| caption            = Anne Weying as She-Venom<br />Art by Greg Luzniak.
| character_name     = Anne Weying<br>She-Venom
| publisher          = [[Marvel Comics]]
| debut              = '''As Anne Weying:'''<br>''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #375 (March 1993)<br>'''As She-Venom:'''<br>''[[Venom: Sinner Takes All]]'' #2 (September 1995; cameo appearance)<br>''Venom: Sinner Takes All'' #3 (October 1995; full appearance)
| creators           = '''As Anne Weying:'''<br>[[David Michelinie]] (writer)<br>[[Mark Bagley]] (artist)<br>'''As She-Venom:'''<br>[[Larry Hama]] (writer)<br>Greg Luzniak (artist)
| alliances          =
| previous_alliances =
| full_name          = 
| species            = Human
| aliases            = Anne Brock<br>[[Venom (character)|She-Venom]]<br>Bride of Venom
| powers             = * Has all of Spider-Man's abilities
* Shape-shifting
* Cannot be detected by Spider-Man's spider sense
}}
'''She-Venom''' ('''Anne Weying''') is a fictional character appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. She is the ex-wife of [[Eddie Brock]]. She is the first character who goes by the She-Venom identity, and she is also colloquially referred to as the '''Bride of Venom'''.<ref name="syfy">{{cite web |last1=Caron |first1=Nathalie |title=THE BRIDE OF VENOM RUMORED TO APPEAR IN SONY'S SPIDER-MAN SPINOFF |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-bride-of-venom-rumored-to-appear-in-sonys-spider-man-spinoff |website=SyFy.com |access-date=2 May 2021 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505145502/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-bride-of-venom-rumored-to-appear-in-sonys-spider-man-spinoff |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]] portrays the character in [[Sony's Spider-Man Universe]] films ''[[Venom (2018 film)|Venom]]'' (2018) and ''[[Venom: Let There Be Carnage]]'' (2021).

==Publication history==
Anne Weying first appeared in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #375 (March 1993), and was created by writer [[David Michelinie]] and artist [[Mark Bagley]].

Anne made her first cameo appearance as She-Venom in ''[[Venom: Sinner Takes All]]'' #2 (September 1995), and her first full appearance was in ''Venom: Sinner Takes All'' #3 (October 1995). She was created by writer [[Larry Hama]] and artist Greg Luzniak.

She is the first character who goes by the She-Venom identity, preceding [[Patricia Robertson (comics)|Patricia Robertson]].

==Fictional character biography==
[[File:Anne Weying.png|thumb|upright|left|Anne Weying on ''Rune vs. Venom'' #1 (December 1995). Art by Greg Luzniak.]]
Anne Weying was a successful [[lawyer]], and [[Eddie Brock]]'s ex-wife. In her first appearance, she is a brunette with glasses. In later appearances, she loses the glasses and goes blonde. Weying assisted [[Spider-Man]] by sharing some of Eddie's history. She later followed Spider-Man to the amusement park where Venom had Peter Parker's (fake) parents. She confronted her insane ex-husband, and managed to convince Eddie to give up this [[Feud|vendetta]]. Later, [[Sin-Eater (comics)|Sin-Eater]] shot Anne to which the [[Venom (character)|Venom]] symbiote temporarily bonded with her to save her life.<ref>''Venom: Sinner Takes All'' #2. Marvel Comics.</ref> She-Venom then lashed out against the men who had hurt her with such [[violence]] that Eddie was afraid for her and compelled the Venom symbiote back. Anne retched upon seeing the pile of bodies she had left behind, claiming that the Venom symbiote had made her kill her victims, but Eddie told her that the Venom symbiote wouldn't force its host to do something they did not want to.<ref>''Venom: Sinner Takes All'' #3. Marvel Comics.</ref>

Weying is later incarcerated by the police on a false charge (unrelated to Anne's previous rampage) in order to trap Venom. Anne used her one phone call to warn Eddie and to promise not to come. Eddie agreed not to rescue her himself, and instead sent the Venom symbiote through the phone lines to her.<ref>''Venom: Along Came a Spider'' #2. Marvel Comics.</ref> After the Venom symbiote bonded with her, She-Venom was able to break herself out of prison, heading to the amusement park where she and Spider-Man had confronted Venom, only to intercept a raid on a gang of drug dealers.<ref>''Venom: Along Came a Spider'' #3. Marvel Comics.</ref> During the fight, Eddie was badly injured by a flamethrower, prompting Anne to release the Venom symbiote to heal him, but also to leave Eddie in disgust at his dependence on the Venom symbiote.<ref>''Venom: Along Came a Spider'' #4. Marvel Comics.</ref>

Still reeling from the experience of bonding with the Venom symbiote months earlier and unable to deal with Eddie's return into her life, coupled with her ex-husband's transformation directly in front of her as Venom ran off to kill Spider-Man, sent her over the edge. Weying commits [[suicide]] after spotting Spider-Man webslinging in an older black costume at a time when the regular red and blue suit had been stolen. She leapt from her high rise apartment to her death.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 2 #19. Marvel Comics.</ref> Her death is later confirmed when her tombstone is shown.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 2 #22 (October 2000). Marvel Comics.</ref>

In a flashback, it is revealed that she got pregnant with Eddie's child after bonding to Venom. After giving birth to their son [[Dylan Brock]], she left him in the care of [[Carl Brock]], with the promise that she would return eventually. She instead committed suicide, after which Carl raised Dylan.<ref>''Venom'' vol. 4 #12. Marvel Comics.</ref> It is later established that Anne was already pregnant with Eddie's child when she last bonded with the Venom symbiote, with the codex that was left inside Anne by Venom (apparently) being absorbed by the fetus.

==Reception==
* In 2022, ''[[CBR.com]]'' ranked Anne Weying 7th in their "10 Most Powerful Lawyers In Marvel Comics" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Avina |first=Anthony |date=2020-06-07 |title=The 10 Most Powerful Lawyers In Marvel Comics |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-comics-most-powerful-lawyers/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=CBR |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Other versions==

===Marvel 1602===
During the ''[[Secret Wars (2015 comic book)|Secret Wars]]'' storyline taking place in King James' England (which is based on the ''[[Marvel 1602]]'' reality), Anne Weying is a "village beauty" who is brainwashed by printer's apprentice Edwin Brocc into loving with powers and potions supplied by the [[Enchantress (Marvel Comics)|Enchantress]]. Anne is freed after Brock is slain by [[Angela (comics)|Angela]].<ref>{{Cite comic|writer = Kieron Gillen and Marguerite Bennett|penciller = Irene Koh and Stephanie Hans|inker = Irene Koh and Stephanie Hans|colorist = Jordie Bellaire|letterer = VC's Clayton Cowles|editor = Wil Moss|story = Part Two, In Which All the World's a Stage and the Guardians Overthrow the Players|title = 1602: Witch Hunter Angela|volume = |issue = #2|date = 29 July 2015|publisher = Marvel Comics|location = United States}}</ref>

===Venom Beyond===
During the "Venom Beyond" storyline in Donny Cates' Venom run, Eddie and Dylan are transported to a different universe where the villainous Codex has been conquering the Earth in the name of Knull. While on the run from symbiote-possessed Avengers, the two run into a group of symbiote heroes led by '''Agent Venom''', who reveals herself to be this world's version of Anne. Unlike the 616 universe, Eddie goes through with committing suicide at the church. Anne was shocked and distraught at her husband's death and eventually goes to the same church to mourn him, where her rage attracted the symbiote and transformed her into this world's version of Venom. She eventually gives birth to Dylan, who was eventually swayed by Knull and became the villainous Codex. To counter Codex's threat towards the planet, President Eugene Thompson recruits Anne into the Sym-Soldier program, where she leads a group of symbiote heroes consisting of Peter Parker, Wade Wilson, a reformed Cletus Kasady, and Andi Benton.<ref>''Venom'' vol. 4 #28. Marvel Comics.</ref>

==In other media==
===Film===
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Anne Weying appears in films set in [[Sony's Spider-Man Universe]], portrayed by [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]].<ref name="WeyingConfirmed">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/michelle-williams-venom-anne-weying/|title=Michelle Williams Is Definitely Playing Anne Weying in Venom|last=Dumaraog|first=Ana|work=Screen Rant|date=December 18, 2017|access-date=December 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219205504/https://screenrant.com/michelle-williams-venom-anne-weying/|archive-date=December 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* First appearing in ''[[Venom (2018 film)|Venom]]'' (2018), this version is the ex-fiancée of [[Eddie Brock (Sony's Spider-Man Universe)|Eddie Brock]], a former lawyer for the [[Life Foundation]] turned district attorney, and girlfriend of Dr. Dan Lewis. Upon learning about the [[Venom (Sony's Spider-Man Universe)|Venom]] [[Symbiote (comics)|symbiote]], she reluctantly helps him and Brock thwart [[Carlton Drake]] and [[Riot (comics)|Riot]]'s plot to bring more symbiotes to Earth, during which she briefly bonds with Venom to save Brock from [[Roland Treece]]. Afterward, she reconciles with Brock while remaining friends with him.
* Weying appears in ''[[Venom: Let There Be Carnage]]''. After becoming engaged to Lewis, the pair help Brock and Venom fight [[Cletus Kasady]] / [[Carnage (character)|Carnage]] and [[Shriek (character)|Frances Barrison]].<ref name="ParkerV2">{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/venom-2-adds-x-men-films-producer-1243695 |title='Venom 2' Adds 'X-Men' Films Producer to Ranks |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=September 26, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926195409/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/venom-2-adds-x-men-films-producer-1243695 |archive-date=September 26, 2019 |access-date=September 26, 2019}}</ref>

===Video games===
Anne Weying / She-Venom appears as a playable character in ''[[Spider-Man Unlimited (video game)|Spider-Man Unlimited]]''.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

===Novels===
'''Ann Weying''' appears in the 1998 novel ''[[Spider-Man: Venom's Wrath]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/spiderman_books_byron_preiss/venoms_wrath.html|title = Comics: ''Spider-Man: Venom's Wrath''|last = Chattaway|first = Nathan|publisher = SpiderFan|date = 2004|website = spiderfan.org|access-date = 30 July 2015}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Marveldatabase|Anne Weying (Earth-616)|Anne Weying}}

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