Venom: Along Came a Spider…

Genres: Action, Adventure, Superhero
Publisher: Marvel

Series: 1996
A four-part series published between January and April 1996, the story begins with the New York Police Department using Brock’s wife, Ann, to trap him. Brock sends the symbiote to Ann, turning her into She-Venom again and letting her escape. In issue #3, Ann is afraid of the symbiote’s influence and refuses to have anything to do with Brock while he wears it. This plotline is resolved in The Amazing Spider-Man Vol.2 #19 (2000), in which Ann’s experience with the symbiote triggers her suicide. The story includes contemporary Spider-Man Ben Reilly trying to bring Venom to justice.
The series also contained the four-part backup story, “Hybrid”, with the Phage, Riot, Lasher and Agony symbiotes combining into a new symbiote which joins with former Vault guard Scott Washington to create the anti-hero Hybrid. The events of “Planet of the Symbiotes” take place during “Hybrid”, with the defeat of the symbiotes in that story creating the Hybrid.

Series: 2018
Collects Venom: Along Came A Spider #1-4, Venom: The Hunted #1-3, Venom: The Hunger #1-4 and material From Spider-Man Holiday Special 1995.
It’s Venom vs. Spider-Man once again…for the first time! Eddie Brock takes on a very different web-slinger: Ben Reilly! With Venom a wanted man and Eddie’s ex-wife Anne Weying caught in the middle, a deadly rivalry is reborn! And when the symbiote-hunting alien Xenophage targets Venom, this time it’s Eddie’s brain in danger of being eaten! Meanwhile, four imprisoned symbiotes join together to become Hybrid — but how will this unstable new hero be judged by the Jury? And as Venom’s hunger threatens to overwhelm him, can Eddie keep his “other” in check — or will everyone’s favorite symbiote become a crazed cannibal killer? Either way, Venom’s in for a world of hurt — courtesy of Dr. Paine!

Venom: Along Came a Spider…

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