Actually he did sorta cut loose by the edn of Ultimate Six. He couldn't really do anything before that cause May was, he belived, captured.
Well, I like insane Norman so it's maybe just my personal enjoyment.
Well Ock still had the arms, the added powers never really bugged me too much.
Yeah, Spec has probably the only version of Brack with a totally valid reason for him to hate Pete since Pete was a dick to him. Ultimate Venom still worked for me though, mainly because the relationship between Pete and Eddie was a lot deeper, they were almost brothers.
I ghuess I'm just so used to Shocker jokes that I just can't take him seriously.