If one is familiar with the original story then this issue doesn't take the Venom story anywhere too unexpected, but it does advance the story forward quite nicely, as we see Eddie not only learns what the suit can do, but also he learns Peter Parker is Spider-Man. In fact by the end of this issue Eddie Brock is pretty on the very edge of becoming the Venom that most fans are familiar with, and with the changes that Brian Michael Bendis has made, the character's origin is a great deal less complicated, and this version of Venom has stronger ties to Peter. This issue also does some nice work changing Eddie from the rather likeable character we had been introduced to in the earlier issues, into a much darker character, as we see he lashes out at Gwen when she refuses to submit to his charms, and the final pages of this issue do a nice job of establishing that this version of Eddie is fully capable of becoming a villain. The scene where Peter reveals his secret to Eddie is also nicely don Read Full Review

New readers may have problems with this issue, as it certainly isn't something out of the status-quo, and already finds the story shifting to a different book. I just hope we can move on now with some new adventures, instead of taking up whole issues on predictable retrospectives. Read Full Review