I’m of course referring to the fact that the mantle of Venom has passed on from father to son, to Dylan Brock, and that his version of the costume has these chains wrapped around his wrists. Which leads me to the most disappointing part of the story for a run on the character that, so to speak, broke the chains (pun intended) of the ’90s, for the character to not necessarily revert to, but carry with them at all times a pastiche of that decade came across as a little overplayed.

It’s interesting to me how these things play out, how a character like Venom can transform from something so associated with the decade they debuted in to becoming a prestige character that warrants the involvement of two of the best writers in comics alongside a comics legend to tell the next chapter of their story. If you’d have told a younger version of myself that I would have read thirty-five straight issues of Venom, with the accompanying one-shots and associated events, then… I would have probably come to the reasonable conclusion that there must be some pairing of writer and artist that got me interested in the character.

Beyruth, Scott Hanna, Guiu Vilanova, Gerardo Sandoval, Victor Nava, and John DellĬolouring by Frank Martin, Chris O’Halloran, Jim Campbell, Matt Milla, Alex Sinclair, Chris Sotomayor, and Richard IsanoveĬover by Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, and Frank Martin Inking by JP Mayer, Jay Leisten, Kev Walker, Danilo S. Beyruth, Ron Lim, Guiu Vilanova, Gerardo Sandoval, and Mark Bagley Written by Donny Cates and Phillip Kennedy JohnsonĪrt by Ryan Stegman, Kev Walker, Danilo S.

We’ve got a review of that books and some quick thoughts on a few more books in the Rapid Rundown section, all ahead on this week’s edition of the Marvel Rundown! Venom #200 Venom #200 There are plenty of big releases coming at us from the House of Ideas this week but since this is a particularly unique book, we thought the entire run required some examining before we fully close the door on this chapter of Venom. It’s finally here… after a fairly sizable three-year long run with thirty-five issues, various one-shots, an annual, and a couple of Marvel mega-events comes the end of Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman’s run on Venom.

Venom, Vol. 2 by Donny Cates