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Venom (2018) (Single Issues)
Series · 47
books · 1900-2021

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Venom (2018-2021) #1 book cover
#1

Venom (2018-2021) #1

2018

In the wake of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s collapse, an ancient and primordial evil has been awakened beneath the streets of New York, and with it, something equally evil has awakened in that most Wicked of Webslingers – VENOM! Still a Lethal Protector of the innocents in New York, this never-before-seen threat could force Venom to relinquish everything it holds dear – including Eddie Brock! Join two of the hottest creators in comics today, Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman, for a VENOM adventure a thousand years in the making!
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#2

Venom (2018-2021) #2

2018

Long ago, a mythical monster once terrorized both humanity and the Klyntar alike. Now, it’s awake. And it’s angry. To make matters worse, this ancient horror has a unique influence over the Venom symbiote – an influence that threatens to sever Eddie Brock’s connection with his Other! If he survived the first issue, that is…
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#3

Venom (2018-2021) #3

2018

Still recovering from his injuries, Eddie Brock – the Wicked Web-Slinger known as VENOM – has to defend NYC against the most powerful foe he’s ever faced! The only thing standing in his way? Miles Morales…SPIDER-MAN! Though Eddie and the symbiote have no qualms with this particular web-slinger, the same can’t be said for Miles’ feelings about Venom…
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#4

Venom (2018-2021) #4

2018

An ancient Klyntar has awakened on Earth, and with it, something has stirred in Eddie Brock’s symbiote. And while Venom would never do anything to hurt Eddie or an innocent person, the ancient symbiote has no such qualms…
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#5

Venom (2018-2021) #5

2018

An ancient Klyntar has awakened on Earth, and with it, something has stirred in Eddie Brock’s symbiote. And while Venom would never do anything to hurt Eddie or an innocent person, the ancient symbiote has no such qualms…
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#6

Web of Venom

Ve'Nam #1

2018

SPINNING OUT OF THE PAGES OF VENOM! As the United States of America struggled through the Vietnam War, Nick Fury of SHIELD needed a secret weapon – and when an ancient creature was discovered at an archaeological dig site, he was sure he’d found it. In reality, the discovery was an ancestor of the Klyntar symbiotes…and would become a waking nightmare for a platoon of American soldiers!
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#7

Venom (2018-2021) #6

2018

After a brief connection to the GOD-HOST, EDDIE and the VENOM symbiote have emerged with brand new powers! A good thing too, as they’ll need every upgrade they can get as they head down a collision course with the primordial symbiote GRENDEL!
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#8

Venom (2018-2021) #7

2018

“THE ABYSS” STARTS HERE! Just when you thought the blockbuster story of the summer couldn’t get any more intense, Donny Cates and special guest artist and Venom veteran IBAN COELLO (VENOMVERSE, VENOMIZED) turn the story on its head AGAIN! But face front, True Believers, because it won’t be dragons and god-hosts and breakneck action this time. No, no. This time Donny and Iban are putting Eddie Brock through an emotional meat grinder the likes of which haven’t been seen in the Marvel Universe ever before!
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#10

Venom (2018-2021) #8

2018

“THE ABYSS” CONTINUES! After the gut-wrenching events of last issue, Eddie Brock finds himself alone for the first time in a LONG time, and the silence is deafening…A can’t-miss issue for those looking to see the beginnings of next summer’s VENOM epic!
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#11

Web of Venom

Carnage Born #1

2018

Join DONNY CATES as he continues to snake his tendrils through the VENOM mythos – this time visiting the sickening sociopath called CARNAGE! A cruel cannibal obsessed with death and murder, few mourned Cletus Kasady after he seemingly died in VENOMIZED. But now a cult devoted to the madman has gathered, hoping to resurrect their fallen idol and return his madness to the Marvel Universe...
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#12

Venom (2018-2021) #9

2018

The smash hit of the summer continues with…VENOM NO MORE?! ‘Nuff said!
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#13

Web of Venom

Venom Unleashed #1

2019

From the illustrator of the blockbuster series of the summer comes the next epic installment in the WEB OF VENOM—a journey from the symbiote’s perspective through Eddie’s old haunts in San Francisco. It might not like what it finds…
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#14

Venom (2018-2021) #10

2019

Eddie Brock takes a walk down memory lane and revisits San Francisco for the first time in years. The homecoming is anything but pleasant, though, as he comes face-to-face with his estranged father and a little brother he never knew he had…This while the Venom symbiote remains silenced, perhaps forever, leaving Eddie to struggle by himself…
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#15

Venom (2018-2021) #11

2019

The sinister symbiote skulks the streets of San Francisco! With the symbiote silenced and Eddie finding parts of his memory missing, will he be able to find the answers he’s looking for in the Golden City? Or will the return to his old stomping grounds reveal secrets better left buried?
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#16

Venom (2018-2021) #12

2019

Once the worst nightmare of New York’s criminal element, Eddie Brock has been living a nightmare of his own, cut off from the symbiote’s personality and now dealing with the resurgence of the cancer that once ravaged his body. With no one else to turn to, Eddie must revisit THE MAKER—the only person who’s been able to provide ANY insight into what’s been going on with the alien symbiote of late...
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#17

Web of Venom

Cult of Carnage #1

2019

A new terror has risen on the fringes of the Marvel Universe, stirring in the depths of space. But evil is also rising on Earth, claiming one victim at a time in the name of the killer called CARNAGE
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#18

Venom (2018-2021) #13

2019

WAR OF THE REALMS TIE-IN! The Marvel Comics event of the year makes landfall in the world of the wicked web-slinger as Venom gets swept up in Malekith’s campaign to take over the Ten Realms! But Malekith has designs for the sinister symbiote…and they may prove fatal!
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#19

Venom (2018-2021) #14

2019

A WAR OF THE REALMS TIE-IN! Chaos reigns as Malekith’s campaign to take over the Nine Realms sweeps through Manhattan. With desperate battles raging all around them to quell Malekith’s horde, Venom has teamed up with an unlikely group to try to stop Malekith…or die trying.
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#20

Venom (2018-2021) #15

2019

WAR OF THE REALMS TIE-IN! Battered, bleeding and at the end of his rope, Malekith’s War Witches and their henchmen threaten to overwhelm Eddie Brock. Meanwhile, Eddie still has 9-year-old Dylan in tow… Now he just needs to keep him alive.
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#21

Venom (2018-2021) #16

2019

After weeks on the run and battling the monsters of Asgard through the WAR OF THE REALMS, Eddie Brock finally has a moment to catch his breath. But without his symbiote, getting even the basic necessities will become a challenge for Eddie Brock. Which means that keeping his son, Dylan, alive will be too!
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#22

Web of Venom

Funeral Pyre #1

2019

For weeks, the serial killer called Carnage has been hunting former symbiote hosts and killing them. Next on his list is ANDI BENTON, formerly MANIA, who’s back to living in Philadelphia and without any symbiote to save her…The path of bodies that leads to ABSOLUTE CARNAGE continues here!
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#24

Venom (2018-2021) #17

2019

ABSOLUTE CARNAGE TIE-IN! With CARNAGE on the loose, VENOM must protect his son Dylan—at all costs! But as longtime Venomaniacs know, VENOM AND CARNAGE aren’t the only symbiotes loose in New York!
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#25

Venom (2018-2021) #18

2019

ABSOLUTE CARNAGE TIE-IN! Carnage’s unlikely and symbiotic allies swarm Venom and his family! As all hell continues to break loose as Carnage’s army swarms the streets of New York, Eddie Brock has his hands full at Rex’s Warehouse!
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#26

Venom (2018-2021) #19

2019

ABSOLUTE CARNAGE TIE-IN! A FAMILY AFFAIR! As Carnage rules and chaos reigns, the symbiotic offspring of VENOM make their presence known by hunting Eddie Brock’s son Dylan! But there’s more to Dylan than Venom, Carnage, or even The Maker understand – and once they learn the truth, nothing will be the same!
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#27

Venom (2018-2021) #20

2019

It’s the final tie-in to ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, but that doesn’t mean superstars Donny Cates and Iban Coello are easing up off the gas! You want to know what happens in this one, True Believers? You’re going to have to read it!
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#29

Venom (2018-2021) #21

1900

VENOM ISLAND BEGINS HERE! ‘Nuff said!
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#30

Venom (2018-2021) #22

2019

“VENOM ISLAND” PART II Donny Cates’ VENOM epic continues in grand fashion after ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, joined by industry legend and celebrated VENOM artist Mark Bagley. That’s all you’re getting out of us for this one, True Believers! After all, ABSOLUTE CARNAGE isn’t quite over yet…
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#31

Venom (2018-2021) #23

2018

VENOM ISLAND COMES ALIVE! They say there’s no rest for the wicked, and few creatures in the Marvel Universe are as wicked as CARNAGE. Face front, readers—the seeds of next year’s VENOM event are already beginning to grow…
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#33

Venom (2018-2021) #25

1990

SPECIAL OVERSIZED 25th ISSUE! VENOM ISLAND FINALE! Caught between a Brock and a hard place! Eddie must make a life-altering decision. How does Eddie move on from the events of VENOM ISLAND?
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#34

Web of Venom

Wraith #1

2020

SPINNING OUT OF THE PAGES OF VENOM AND GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY! Since his appearance in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, one thing WRAITH has made perfectly clear is that he’s hunting KNULL, the God of the Symbiotes. Now, in the wastelands on the outskirts of the cosmos, he’ll have his chance to face him…
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#35

Venom (2018-2021) #26

2020

“VENOM BEYOND” BEGINS HERE! If you thought VENOM ISLAND was insane comic book action of the highest order, then shut your yapper and face front, True Believer, because we’re about to outdo ourselves! For months, the Maker has been fascinated with symbiotes. IN THIS ISSUE we find out why – and what he intends to do with any he can get his hands on…
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#36

Venom (2018-2021) #27

2020

IN THE WAKE OF “VENOM ISLAND,” WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE WICKED WEB-SLINGER? When a new and dangerous foe erupts into Eddie Brock’s life, it threatens to rip away everything Eddie holds dear. His son, his symbiote, even himself—EVERYTHING Eddie Brock loves is in jeopardy!
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#37

Venom (2018-2021) #28

2020

As if ONE new threat to Eddie Brock and his son, Dylan, wasn’t bad enough, an entirely different foe rears its monstrous head as Eddie and Dylan try to find their way! But in this dangerous new world, Eddie’s also enlisted the help of some new allies, some of whom have familiar faces—and who Eddie may never want to leave!
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#38

Venom (2018-2021) #29

2020

“VENOM BEYOND” CONTINUES! Eddie Brock and his son, Dylan, are trapped in an unfamiliar world! But if there’s one thing Eddie’s good at, it’s making friends, right?
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#39

Venom (2018-2021) #30

2020

THIS IS IT! The face-melting finale to VENOM BEYOND, by Donny Cates and special guest illustrator LUKE ROSS! Trapped at the mercy of the dangerous new foe called CODEX, Eddie Brock will have to make an impossible choice!
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#41

Venom (2018-2021) #31

2020

KING IN BLACK ARRIVES! What happens to Eddie Brock when he finally comes face to face with the lord of the abyss, the KING IN BLACK: KNULL?
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#42

Venom (2018-2021) #32

2021

KING IN BLACK ARRIVES! EDDIE BROCK is about to face the biggest challenge of his life…but he’s not alone.
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#43

Venom (2018-2021) #33

2021

As the King in Black spreads his suffocating darkness across the Marvel Universe, Eddie Brock looks for a light, any light, that can pierce it—and comes up empty-handed…
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#44

Venom (2018-2021) #34

2021

THIS IS IT! After a pulse-pounding race to the finish, VENOM #34 stands as the series’ final tie-in to the KING IN BLACK epic! But is this issue also the end of the Venom symbiote as we know it?! From maestros DONNY CATES, IBAN COELLO and JESUS ABURTOV, this one sets the stage for VENOM #200 – and EVERYTHING that follows!
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#45

Venom (2018-2021) #200

2021

The Final Chapter in the Book of VENOM by Donny Cates & Ryan Stegman! This is it, Venomaniacs! The landmark 200th issue starring the most sinister symbiote in the Marvel Universe arrives – and after this, NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME! From Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, and a who’s who of artists from the issues that tore Eddie Brock’s life asunder and brought the KING IN BLACK to Earth, comes the first chapter of the rest of Venom’s life. But in Knull’s wake, what even remains of the Lethal Protector?
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#1-12

Venom, Vol. 1

2019

Rising star Donny Cates and blockbuster artist Ryan Stegman transform the world of Venom! An ancient and primordial evil has surfaced beneath the streets of New York. With it, something equally disturbing has been awakened in that most wicked of webslingers: Venom! The symbiote may still be a lethal protector of innocents in New York, but this never-before-seen threat may force Venom to relinquish everything it holds dear - including its human host, Eddie Brock! Eddie and the symbiote summon the strength to defend New York against the most powerful foe they've ever faced, but one more thing stands in their way: Miles Morales, the newest Spider-Man! And relations between Eddie and the symbiote become ever more strained when new questions about the creature and its otherworldly origins come to light! COLLECTING: VENOM (2018) 1-12
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#1-6

Venom, Vol. 1

Rex

2019

An ancient and primordial evil has been awakened beneath the streets of New York. With it, something equally evil has been awakened in that most wicked of web-slingers: Venom! The symbiote may still be a Lethal Protector of innocents in New York, but this never-before-seen threat could possibly force Venom to relinquish everything it holds dear—including its human host, Eddie Brock! As Eddie and Venom summon the strength to defend New York against the most powerful foe they've ever faced, there's one more thing standing in their way: Miles Morales, Spider-Man! Two of the hottest creators in comics today, Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman, join forces to deliver a Venom adventure a thousand years in the making! COLLECTING: VENOM (2018) 1-6
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#7-12

Venom, Vol. 2

The Abyss

2019

Venom no more?! Just when you thought the blockbuster story of Venom couldn’t get any more intense, Donny Cates turns the world of Eddie Brock on its head—again! But this time it won’t be dragons and god-hosts and breakneck action. No, no. This time Eddie’s going through an emotional meat grinder the likes of which has never been seen in the Marvel Universe! As Eddie finds himself truly alone for the first time in a long time, the silence is deafening. Plus: San Francisco offers anything but a happy homecoming thanks to Eddie’s estranged father—and the little brother he never knew he had. Will Eddie’s return to his old stomping grounds reveal secrets better kept buried? Collects Venom (2018) #7-12.
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#16-19

Venom, Vol. 3

Absolute Carnage

2020

Absolute Carnage rocks the world of Venom! With the serial-killer symbiote Carnage on the loose, Venom must protect his son, Dylan- at all costs! But as longtime Venomaniacs know, they aren't the only two symbiotes around...and that only means that the bodies are piling higher than ever before! For weeks, Carnage has been hunting down former symbiote hosts and killing them. And the next name on his list is Andi Benton -formerly the adventurer known as Mania -who's back to living in Philadelphia, and no longer has any symbiote to save her... COLLECTING: VENOM (2018) 16-19, WEB OF VENOM: FUNERAL PYRE 1
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#16-25

Venom, Vol. 2

2021

From Absolute Carnage to Venom Island, Donny Cates continues his sensational shake-up of the symbiotic mythos! With the serial killer Cletus Kasady on the warpath, Eddie Brock must protect his son, Dylan, at all costs! But Venom and Carnage aren't the only two symbiotes around. As more of Venom's twisted off spring make their presence known, Carnage strikes - and all hell breaks loose! As if things weren't bad enough, it turns out there's much more to Dylan than Eddie, Carnage or even the alternate-reality Reed Richards known as the Maker understand - and once they learn the truth, nothing will ever be the same! Then, in the aftermath of Carnage's assault, Eddie fi nds himself back on the ominous Island of Bones - where every living thing is out to get him! Venom will be tested like never before! COLLECTING: VENOM (2018) 16-25
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#21-25

Venom, Vol. 4

Venom Island

2020

Donny Cates' VENOM epic continues in grand fashion after ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, joined by industry legend and celebrated VENOM artist Mark Bagley. That's all you're getting out of us for this one, True Believers! After all, ABSOLUTE CARNAGE isn't quite over yet... COLLECTING: VENOM (2018) 21-25
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#26-30

Venom, Vol. 5

Venom Beyond

2021

The madness of Venom Island has come to an explosive end! But if you thought that story was insane comic book action of the highest order, then shut your yap, buckle in and face front, True Believer - because we're about to outdo ourselves! The Maker, an evil alternate version of Reed Richards with an unmatched intellect and unhinged morals, has been secretly living here on Earth. And for the past few months, he's been fascinated...by symbiotes! Now, prepare to fi nd out why - and witness exactly what the Maker intends to do with any symbiotes that he can get his blood-soaked hands on... COLLECTING: VENOM (2018) 26-30

Authors

Cullen Bunn
Cullen Bunn
Author · 234 books

Cullen grew up in rural North Carolina, but now lives in the St. Louis area with his wife Cindy and his son Jackson. His noir/horror comic (and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt), The Damned, was published in 2007 by Oni Press. The follow-up, The Damned: Prodigal Sons, was released in 2008. In addition to The Sixth Gun, his current projects include Crooked Hills, a middle reader horror prose series from Evileye Books; The Tooth, an original graphic novel from Oni Press; and various work for Marvel and DC. Somewhere along the way, Cullen founded Undaunted Press and edited the critically acclaimed small press horror magazine, Whispers from the Shattered Forum. All writers must pay their dues, and Cullen has worked various odd jobs, including Alien Autopsy Specialist, Rodeo Clown, Professional Wrestler Manager, and Sasquatch Wrangler. And, yes, he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World's Youngest Hypnotist. Buy him a drink sometime, and he'll tell you all about it. Visit his website at www.cullenbunn.com.

Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Author · 53 books
Phillip Kennedy Johnson earned a Master of Music degree from the University of North Texas, where he served as Teaching Fellow for the Department of Jazz Studies, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Eastern Kentucky University. SFC Johnson has performed with the Lexington Philharmonic, Dallas Opera, Washington Symphonic Brass, and the Moscow Ballet, and was a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra from 2004 to 2005. SFC Johnson remains active as a composer, arranger, teacher, and clinician, and also enjoys a second career as a writer of comics and graphic novels. His work has been published by DC Comics, Marvel Comics, BOOM! Studios, and more.
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