That same day in what looks like English class, Eddie gets inspired to go into journalism when his teacher talks about the Watergate scandal and says that two journalists managed to bring down the most powerful man in the world. When the real owner of the jacket sees him, he gets beat up. He then walks into the locker rooms still wearing the jacket. She shows no interest in him though and walks off. Even though in reality, he's just the water and towel boy. Major Story Arcs Newspaper Journalism Eddie BrockĪ few years later we see Eddie as teenage in high school, he tries to impress a girl by wearing a wrestling team jacket and saying he made the team. CreationĮddie Brock was created by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane in 1986. Eddie says that while he looks as hard as he can, it seems no one is looking for him. The next day at church, Eddie talks with an elderly woman, who says that the world has a place for everyone, you just have to find it. Eddie sighs, and his sister asks him what is wrong. His sister complains about how Eddie ruined his church clothes, shouting, "We used to have a mom before you." Eddie's dad scolds her, stating that they could not blame Eddie for what happened, and that it wasn't his fault, then walks away. When his dad shows confusion, Eddie declares that he can always tell when someone is lying (which, in and of itself, is potentially a lie). That evening, while watching the news, Eddie states that the reporter is lying. Later, at the dinner table, Eddie tells his dad about how he "found" the cat, but his father shows little interest.
"It was easy," according to Eddie the first occasion in a list of many where Eddie showed himself again and again to be a compulsive liar with a hero complex. He returned the cat to the overjoyed young girl, and everyone in the neighborhood sees him as the hero. In his childhood, he helped a young girl look for her missing cat, but what no one knew was that Eddie had the cat in his basement. Edward Allen "Eddie" Brock was raised in a Roman Catholic household in San Francisco.