Another outstanding issue in an incredible run on Venom, essential reading for the King In Black event and for Marvel fans at large. Cates continues to expand and explore the Venom mythology and fans will love the direction he’s taking in this issue, with both Venom and Brock, as well as the overall symbiote mythology. And as if excellent storytelling wasn’t enough we have fantastic art from Coello and Aburtov. Read Full Review

Venom #32 offers up a brand new way to think about and look at Symbiotes. Venom #32 isGhost meetsThe Matrixwith Hacksaw Ridge energy. Read Full Review

Cates, Coello, Aburtov, and Cowles have become the Super Friends when it comes to Venom. Ive talked about my undying love for this team on numerous occasions and it never gets old. How can it! Issue after issue it is one badass plot after another. Their efforts have become a thrill ride into Venom lore and will be continually talked about in comic circles for decades to come. Read Full Review

Venom is serving as a perfect complement to King in Black, which makes total sense, as they're written by the same guy and linked up story-wise. This is the quieter part of the big action seen on the planet's surface. It uses that event as a way to further Eddie Brock's story and the overall mythos around him in some pretty awesome ways. Plus, it has a fantastic cliffhanger that fans will absolutely eat up. Read Full Review

Venom #32 is Coello's best work on the Cates Venom run, and it's really not all that close. Read Full Review

One of the few tie-ins of King in Black I actually liked, yet still it just doesn't really take us anywhere in the overall grand story. We get to see what our “dead” hero is experiencing out-of-body, and several pages of amazing art later, our hero may have a plan. A much better tie-in than the previous Venom issue, but still not enough “oomph” for what should be the most important book orbiting the Knull event. Read Full Review

Having read this issue, last issue makes a lot more sense in hindsight. It's really cool to see some older threads coming back into play here.

As Cates did with AC, these Venom tie-ins are well worth the wait and money. This was great.

Nice.

" I say when this is over !"
- EDDIE BROCK

Yes these tie-ins are much slower and decompressed than the main story, but damn they're nice to read. Especially with that last page.

I liked this one. It felt dire. It felt important and I likes the idea they are sticking to what happened at the end of king in black 2 for now instead of just having Eddie back to being ok quickly.

Eddie finds himself talking to Rex in a unique afterlife, inside the symbiotes' hive mind. At first, Eddie won't listen. Once he does, he won't accept Rex's conclusions. He's got a crazy, desperate plan -- and that might be just what it takes to turn the tide against Knull. This issue is short on plot development and the art, though finely-polished, struggles to convey some of the abstract stuff going on here. But the character work on Eddie is outstanding.

I was like wtf is happening here and then I remembered When Goku and Vegeta got absorbed by Majin Buu and had to free their friends from pods and I knew exactly what was going on. Not gonna lie that ending made up for some kinda slower moments...truly mixed on this one

Venom
Volume: 4, Issue: 32
“The Other Side”

Publisher: Marvel @marvel
Writer: Donny Cates @dcates
Artist: Iban Coello @coelloiban
Colors: Jesus Aburtov @aburtov
Letters: Clayton Cowles
Cover: Iban Coello & Jesus Aburtov

Colliding with the Earth below, Eddie separates from his physical body and finds himself inside the Hive of all ensnared by Knull. A ghost of himself, Eddie is joined by former host, Rex, as his “tour guide” to this strange afterlife. Determined to return to the physical world, Eddie sets out to find his other half. But he won’t be alone, as another Codex memory steps forward to aid in Eddie’s quest, Agent Venom, Flash Thompson!

Ok good, Eddie died after all from his fall from atop a skyscraper and smashing into a car. But now finds his essence trapped as a codex memory within the hive mind. I’m more cool with that than believe he’d be able to survive that fall. The art in this series is excellent and I love the depiction of those claimed by Knull as if they are plugged into a nervous system.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3/5)
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An interesting premise, only just picking it up due to the tie-in. Eager to see how Eddie claws his way back from death and gets his symbiote back. This was pure setup. I'm ready to see some action.