Venom Cosplay Image Banned From Facebook | ComicBook.com

A Facebook photo showing a female model being “taken over” by the Venom symbiote has been pulled from Facebook, apparently for being too risque, according to Superhero Photography, whose photographer took the image.

The image, which features model Freddie Nova and was taken by Adam Jay, is the third in a series of twelve photos taken during a photo shoot and uploaded to Facebook yesterday. Before it was removed by the social networking service, the photo had reportedly received 15,000 likes and been shared more than 5,000 times in less than 24 hours.

“I wake up this morning to a little note from Facebook saying I needed to remove the Venom image (the one in the bathroom) as it violates it’s terms and conditions,” Jay wrote on his Facebook page. “Now I’m not sure if this is needed to be done on my personal page or this page, however I have no idea as to how this picture is offensive. Obviously there is someone out there who is a little pissed that it’s getting a lot of attention. Just letting you guys know in case I go AWOL at some point!”

The costume was applied using liquid latex, an approach that’s become popular for Venom-themed photo sessions. Jay’s photoshoot is at least the second such Venom to appear on Facebook in the last couple of weeks, both of the sexy, female variety and both featuring the liquid latex instead of a traditional cloth or vinyl costume.

Jay’s Facebook page has nearly 10,000 fans and is not limited to superhero photography of the “scantily-clad women” variety; he also churned out some of the first really great cosplay photos featuring Superman’s New 52 costume not long ago.

In response to the image being banned, Jay hinted that he may do a live Venom-in-liquid-latex photo shoot at his New York Comic Con booth in October.

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Follow Up

For the second time in two days, Adam Jay’s Superhero Photography Facebook page is under attack by complaints from users who object to a photo of model Freddie Nova as Venom, the popular Spider-Man villain.

The costume in question is liquide latex, providing the same effect as the special effects in the X-Men movies have done for Mystique over the years. Yesterday’s image showed Nova being “taken over” by Venom’s alien symbiote, an effect that left her breast partially exposed, which was assumed to be the issue. This time the image, shown at right, doesn’t feature even partial nudity, only a skintight costume.

Today, Facebook has levied a suspension on Jay, so that he cannot post for 24 hours on his Facebook page; as such, Nova issued a statement on his behalf, which reads in part:

OK so I’ve just had ANOTHER Facebook warning regarding one of the images I’ve posted !!! I mean seriously what is wrong with some people ! So basically if this happens one more time then the likelihood is, I will be deleted permanently.

To those who are offended by any of the stuff I have posted, it’s a shame you couldn’t grow a pair and speak to me about it or even better you delete me/unsubscribe etc.

It’s probably not surprising, after yesterday’s outpouring of support over the first banned image, that those objecting to Jay’s photos would rally. As often as not, especially if the objection is based in principle or religion, it seems that a broad base of support only further antagonizes those making the complaints. Whether they speak for the masses seems questionable, though; Jay’s site gained nearly 1,000 fans between the time ComicBook.com wrote our first story on the issue yesterday and the time we learned of the second image.