Venom #2 officially passes the mantle of the Lethal Protector to Dylan Brock, as he struggles to live in a world without his father. With the arrival of a new supporting character, and the threat of the Life Foundation, Dylan definitely has his work cut out for him. Read Full Review

THE DISPATCHIf you dig into VENOM #2 expecting to get answers about Eddie and his mysterious pit stop, you wont find them this week. Ram V turns the focus of the series towards Dylan and his new connection with the VENOM symbiote. Overall, readers dont uncover too much new information. Nonetheless, Ram uses this issue as setup in order to progress the structure of the narrative moving forward while introducing a few new characters to his story. Readers, the premise is pretty straightforward and easy to follow. Plus, its logical and direct by inadvertently answering questions about the aftermath of the KING IN BLACK event. Read Full Review

The new era of Venom continues with an issue that is solid in respect to character development and moments, even if artistically it leans a bit too far into the dark and gloomy side of things. There is a ton of potential in this book and what concepts it is trying to deal with, and hopefully it can achieve the levels it wants to reach. Read Full Review

Venom #1 took the series in a whole new direction with some pretty grand concepts. Venom #2 dials things back a bit delivering action but also a focus on the characters and the impact of that debut issue. It hints we're going to get a series that can do the macro and the micro and balance it out, which should make for a very interesting read going forward. Read Full Review

The second issue of 'Venom' does a fantastic job of juggling the emotional fallout of the debut and the encroaching darkness in Dylan's new life. Read Full Review

Venom seems to be headed toward a new future without depending on Eddie Brock, but it might take a while to get there. Read Full Review

This kind of storytelling is very interesting. Since we have two writers who are focusing on two characters on two different timelines and places, some of the readers might be annoyed by that. I'm not, even if I really wanted to see what happens with Eddie.

However, Ram V did a really good job with this one, setting things up nicely for Dylan and his new foes.

The team is keeping the book in the sweet spot. Plenty of action and character development. Leaves me wanting more. So far so good. Hope they keep it up.

I liked this one more that the first. It was a pretty well written story and I'm enjoying Dylan's story. Great art.

If you read my review of the previous issue, you'd know that I preferred the Eddie story. However, I liked Dylan's story as well and I continue to like it here. V. does a solid job of making him a compelling/likable protagonist and I'm genuinely interested in his story right now. Plus, Hitch's art is actually pretty good throughout this issue. Something I am concerned about is the balancing between Eddie and Dylan in this series. It looks like the next time we're getting Eddie as the main focus of the story is Issue 5, since Ewing is writing that one. I hope one Brock isn't ignored for a long period of time before going back to the other. I do think including Eddie's voicemail to Dylan was a good way to include him in some way in this issue, though. more

Not a fan of Hitch, but I think the storyline could lead somewhere interesting.

The art's growing on me; I can admit this is pure top-shelf stuff. And I liked the full-on Dylan focus. There's not a lot of novelty to his plot or antagonists yet, though. I found most of the prose dry and expository, with Krane and Drake using an awful lot of words to say very little.

A super-cliche Terminator quote as a closing line really rustled my jimmies, too.

This is good. I just don't find it as engaging as issue one.

Yeah, this really wasn't as great as some people are making it up to be and I say that as a big Venom fan, it's not bad but it's definitely not on the level of Cates' run in the beginning.

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Mingthemerciless - Dec 1, 2021

I liked the first issue and Ram V did a great job on Swampthing so I'm going to the run a chance and see if he can bring the same quality to Venom. I tend to enjoy Hitchs art too.

Merlyn - Dec 1, 2021

The art is good and it flows pretty well, that's a plus and one of the reasons I rated it this high. I just can't get into Ram V's writing, I find it lacking substance.

Rachit Mittal - Dec 2, 2021

Can I know what did you exactly found lacking in Ram's writing? His Indie Stuff especially These Savage Shores is what I like the most. I think he's a pretty good writer.

Merlyn - Dec 2, 2021

I feel like his ideas are repetitive and not very imaginative and his writing is very derivative. I'll give the example of Swamp Thing. There's a lot of poetry there but in the end he always comes back to the same idea: humanity is flawed but worth saving. That's it. That's his whole run right there. I just feel like his writing is like a onion that after you peel the layers of sophisticated metaphors that ultimately say nothing, at the end there's nothing at its core.

Merlyn - Dec 2, 2021

I didn't read his indie stuff since he hasn't convinced me from his DC work that he's worth a shot and I'm not much into indie.

Mingthemerciless - Dec 2, 2021

Hes probably the best writer at DC right now but that's a low bar anyway. Granted hes no Alan Moore or Gaiman but I liked the feel of his Swampthing run.

Merlyn - Dec 2, 2021

I just checked, out of curiosity, the overall series rating I gave his Swamp Thing. 6.6. That tracks. It's kind of how I view him, not great, not terrible.

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