Venom director, Ruben Fleischer has explained why Venom is missing his white spider chest symbol in the upcoming movie. When asked by IGN about the lack of symbol in new footage revealed exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con, Ruben explained that a spider logo wouldn't make sense as this iteration of Venom didn't start with Spider-Man. "If you look at the comics, in Venom, there is just elements of white within his suit.