Warning! Spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow #1
In Marvel's brand new "What If...?" series, Spider-Man determines to keep his symbiote suit, putting him on a dark path to become even worse than Venom. Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow takes place after Peter Parker returns from Secret Wars with the alien substance he simply thought worked as a new suit, not realizing that it held its own sentience, as well as its ability to become addictive. While Peter is slowly corrupted by the symbiote just like in the standard Marvel continuity, this new series sees disaster striking in Spider-Man's life, motivating him to keep the suit for good rather than discarding it.
In Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow #1 from writer Chip Zdarsky with art by Pasqual Ferry, Peter Parker is suffering from nightmares, seeing all of his loved ones dying because he didn't do enough. He's also seeing those who've already died such as Gwen Stacy as a terrible reminder of his mistakes. Unable to sleep, Peter finds solace in his new suit, embracing the power and how good it makes him feel, unaware of how it's making him more aggressive. Naturally, Mary Jane has noticed that he's becoming darker, and Peter's response is to put the suit back on, hurting and uncharacteristically threatening Hobgoblin, warning him that he's no longer a hero to be messed with. After running some tests, Reed Richards was worried about the effects of the suit, revealing to Peter its symbiotic nature and sentience, though Spider-Man still refused to give it up.
Despite Spider-Man's apparent addiction, there still seemed to be hope that he could bounce back and reject the suit as intended. Needing guidance, Peter decides to visit his Aunt May, though it all goes terribly wrong. Hobgoblin followed and attacks Spider-Man, bursting through May's house and causing a fire. However, the suit prevented Peter from going in and saving her, as fire is a major weakness for the symbiote. Even so, the symbiote convinced Peter that it was all Hobgoblin's fault. In a rage, Spider-Man and his suit transform into something far darker, cementing Peter's decision to hang onto the symbiote's power. He immediately uses it to brutally kill Hobgoblin, potentially putting him on a path to become as terrible as Venom, if not more so.
Now, it looks as though this darker Symbiote Spider-Man is on a whole new trajectory, prepared to do whatever he has to do to keep those he loves safe. However, the more power he gives the symbiote, the more likely it will be that the symbiote's will and what it wants will outweigh Peter's own desires, eventually leading to Spider-Man being trapped in his own body, unable to ever take the suit off (though at the moment it doesn't seem like he wants to).
This almost seems to be a reverse of Venom's own journey in Marvel Comics. While the Venom symbiote and Eddie Brock started out as a villain, they eventually turned into a Lethal Protector and then a full-fledged hero in the Marvel Universe, as has recently been seen in Marvel's King In Black. Now, this alternate version of Spider-Man began as a hero and is now spiraling down into some deep darkness. It's very possible that he could become even worse than Venom ever was, being motivated by such dark events as Aunt May's death. His new look is the furthest thing from "Friendly Neighborhood", and it's certainly going to be a dark and wild ride in future issues of the series from Marvel Comics.
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