Venom - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:04:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Venom - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Symbiote Hunt in Venom #4 https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/20/symbiote-hunt-in-venom-4/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37594 “The villainous LIFE FOUNDATION is back – and they have DYLAN BROCK DEAD IN THEIR SIGHTS! Led once again by the insidious Carlton Drake, the symbiote-hunting organization has larger ambitions than ever before, and with ARTHUR KRANE in the palm of their hand, they finally have the political leverage to make them a reality in...

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]]> 37594 Degrading Bonds and Violence in Venom #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/22/degrading-bonds-and-violence-in-venom-3/ Wed, 22 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=36429 As everything Dylan Brock has come to know and love unravels around him, he is beginning to realize a terrible truth: The VENOM SYMBIOTE is not a harmless pet, no matter how much it pretends to be one. It’s an alien. A dangerous, violent, often bloodthirsty alien. Whatever bond it had with Dylan’s father, Eddie...

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]]> 36429 Legacy, what is a Legacy? In Venom #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/01/legacy-what-is-a-legacy-in-venom-2/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35537 VENOM #2 Written by Ram V, art by Bryan Hitch, inks by Andrew Currie, colors by Alex Sinclair, letters by Clayton Cowles Forrest Hollingsworth: Knock knock let the…Forrest in. Vishal, after I was away on assignment for the first issue of Al Ewing and Ram V’s Venom reboot, I’m finally here where I belong in...

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]]> 35537 All Hail the King in Black in Venom #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/10/venom-1/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35188 Ram V, Al Ewing and Bryan Hitch begin the tale of Venom anew in Venom #1 Vishal Gullapalli: Knock knock, let the devil in! Al Ewing and Ram V’s Venom has finally kicked off and lemme tell you this is the book I’ve been most excited for since I first heard about it.  Zachary Jenkins:...

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]]> 35188 Andi Benton Gets to Shine in Extreme Carnage: Scream #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/14/andi-benton-gets-to-shine-in-extreme-carnage-scream-1/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30911 Extreme Carnage: Scream by Clay McLeod Chapman, Chris Mooneyham, Marcio Menyz, and Travis Lanham In the shadow of Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman’s recently concluded, critically and commercially lauded reinvention of Eddie Brock in Venom, writer Clay McLeod Chapman and artist Chris Mooneyham were quietly charting a reinvention of their own with Life Foundation Symbiote,...

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]]> 30911 Three Teams Conclude Carnage: Black, White, and Blood #4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/14/three-teams-conclude-carnage-black-white-and-blood-4/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30902 Carnage: Black, White, and Blood #4 by Ryan Stegman, Joe Bennett, Mattia Iacono, Declan Shalvey, Stephen Mooney, Ed Brisson, Scott Hepburn, Andres Mossa, and Joe Sabino. Carnage Beyond – Ryan Stegman, Joe Bennett, Mattia Iacono Early in writer Stegman’s follow-up to the penultimate Venom Beyond arc, an alternate universe version of Dylan Brock’s mother and...

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]]> 30902 The Slimy End is Here in Venom #200 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/17/the-slimy-end-is-here-in-venom-200/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29764 The End Is Here. Venom #200 Penciled by Ryan Stegman, Kev Walker, Danilo S. Beyruth, Ron Lim, Guiu Vilanova, Gerardo Sandoval, and Mark Bagley, Colored by Frank Martin, Chris O’Halloran, Jim Campbell, Matt Milla, Alex Sinclair, Chris Sotomayor and Richard Isanove, Lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth: It’s here. The finale of Donny Cates and Ryan...

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]]> 29764 A Gooey Limbo Meet Cute Inside Venom #33 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/03/a-gooey-limbo-meet-cute-inside-venom-33/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14332 Venom #33 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Iban Coello, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth:  Eddie Brock goes to Hell in this one and I feel like we do too – whoops! Justin it’s another issue of Venom and we have what feels like a moral obligation to break...

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]]> 14332 Dead Men Tell Many Tales in Venom #32 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/07/dead-men-tell-many-tales-in-venom-32/ Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12068 Eddie Brock has a lot of friends for a dead guy in Venom #32 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Iban Coello, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth:  Death, despair, and daddies. Justin, it’s another excerpt from King in Black with high highs and low lows. Can I get a...

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]]> 12068 Everything is GOOEY in King in Black #2 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/23/everything-is-gooey-in-king-in-black-2/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=10240 Earth’s mightiest heroes prepare a plan to fell the Godking Knull with more than a few surprises along the way in King in Black #2 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Ryan Stegman, colored by Frank Martin, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth:  Equally good plotting and artistic beats, a funny and yet earnest...

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]]> 10240 Eddie Brock is Nobody in Venom #31 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/09/eddie-brock-is-nobody-in-venom-31/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 16:30:03 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9858 Pride comes before the fall, and Eddie Brock’s moment of bravery in last week’s King in Black is met with quite the fall indeed in Venom #31 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Iban Coello, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth:  Justin, after our lukewarm reception to King in Black...

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]]> 9858 Everything is KNULL in King in Black #1 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/02/everything-is-knull-in-king-in-black-1/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 14:00:24 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9736 God has finally come in the introductory issue of Venom’s biggest event yet: King in Black #1. Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Ryan Stegman, colored by Frank Martin, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth:  After nearly two years the time of ascendancy for us Goop Troopers, us Slime Scholars, us Venom Fu– aha...

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]]> 9736 Gooey bonds are formed and Venom Beyond wraps up in Venom #30 https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/18/gooey-bonds-are-formed-and-venom-beyond-wraps-up-in-venom-30/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9545 Venom Beyond goops toward it’s finale in Venom #30. Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Luke Ross, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Clayton Cowles Venom #30 details the final battle between Eddie Brock, Anne Weying, and Dylan Brock and the forces of Codex on an alternate Earth. We open on our goopy proceedings...

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]]> 9545 The Secret History Of Codex Revealed As Eddie Brock Goes “Beyond” In Venom #29 https://comicsxf.com/2020/10/21/the-secret-history-of-codex-revealed-as-eddie-brock-goes-beyond-in-venom-29/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:00:29 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9055 Eddie Brock’s sojourn into the “Beyond” continues in Venom #29, part 4 of “Venom Beyond”. Written by Donny Cates, with pencils by guest artist Luke Ross (X-Men: Gold and Iron Man), colors by Jesus Aburtov, and letters by Clayton Cowles, Venom #29 finds Eddie Brock reeling from the news that future despot Codex is actually…his...

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]]> 9055 A Secret History of Venom Beyond Revealed as We March Towards King in Black in Venom #28! https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/23/a-secret-history-of-venom-beyond-revealed-as-we-march-towards-king-in-black-in-venom-28/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8548 Allegiances and emotions deepen as Eddie and Dylan explore the new world they’ve found themselves in while Codex makes a discovery about the nature of the beast in Venom #28 by Donny Cates, Juan Gedeon, Jesus Aburtov, and VC’s Clayton Cowles. Content Warning: This article contains discussions of self-harm and suicide. Justin Partridge: Donny Cates...

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]]> 8548 The Future…is Goop? Welcome Our New Column Goop Troupe as We Start on Venom #27! https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/12/the-future-is-goop-welcome-our-new-column-goop-troupe-as-we-start-on-venom-27/ Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7527 Pursued by the villainous Virus, Eddie and Dylan Brock are now on their own in a far off alternate universe ruled by mysterious masters and friends turned foe in Venom #27 by Donny Cates, Juan Gedeon, Jesus Aburtov, and Clayton Cowles. Justin Partridge: It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries The...

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