This wasn't anyone's verdict of right or wrong, but a corporate decision made in order to facilitate the royalty payment program they were instituting. 'In the 1980s Marvel Comics devised their own definition of 'creator', stating that the first person to write a new character and the first person to draw a new character were the 'creators'.

And on rereading those two letters I realized that the cause of this seemingly endless conflict was exactly what I had thought it to be in the first place: terminology.' They also reprinted Erik Larsen's response, which he began by calling me a clown, angrily accusing me of trying to take sole credit for Venom, when Todd Mcfarlane was the one who really made Venom popular with his visual interpretation. 'the first publication to print the term 'co-creator' when linking me to the Venom character. Talking about Wizard Magazine and his decision to send that initial letter he stated that they were David Michelinie Apologises to Todd McFarlane Over Venom Creator Claim Because David Michelinie has posted a further follow-up as a result of Bleeding Cool's coverage of the matter. But it is possible, spanning the thirty-year gap, that we may have a little closure. As it rolled on, Bleeding Cool reprinted their respective letters on the matter from 1993, and Todd McFarlane's recent statements on Instagram. Recently, David Micheline and Erik Larsen brought up the vexed claims of creator claim over the character of Venom, as seen in Venom 2, opening in UK cinemas this week.

VENOM by David Michelinie