Venom: Modern Era Agent Venom Epic CollectionCollects Amazing Spider Man (1999) #654 (B story), #654. 1; Venom (2011) #1 16, 13. 1 13. 4. America has a new hero! Flash Thompson is Spider Man's biggest fan. That inspired him to join the Army, where he became a decorated soldier. Though he lost his legs, Flash never lost his dignity or his desire to serve. Now, the government has offered him a chance to don a familiar alien symbiote and protect his country once again as its most lethal operative