Madeylne Pryor has plans for Eddie Brock and the symbiotes he can control - in this issue, she and her new ally CHASM bring them all to bear! SECRETS REVEALED! Unwittingly turned into a slathering and terrifying monster you might recognize, Eddie Brock's fears from the last year and Al, Ram and Bryan's entire saga stand fully realized in this turning point for the series!
Rated T+
Venom #14 is a fun addition to Dark Web, with so much to enjoy. This a plot with a lot going on, combining hidden agenda and manipulation with an awesome battle between two characters who are rarely in the same circle. Dark Web brings figures together with loose connections and makes them work brilliantly. But at the same time, the progress of the Venom mythos is still growing. Even though Eddie has regressed into his old self, it's a terrific statement on how far the symbiote and the host have come over the years. Read Full Review
Venom #14 drafts Eddie Brock into the conflict of Dark Web, making for a light read with few contributions the the book's main narrative. However, it does deliver on an entertaining confrontation between Venom and X-Men powerhouse Synch, which makes up for most of its shortcomings. Read Full Review
Readers that have come to expect a certain level of unique, hard-edged science fiction from AL Ewing and Ram V will find themselves lost with the latest issue, a tie-in to the "Dark Web" crossover that is mostly nonsense. Read Full Review
I love this
Al Ewing turns zeb wells' event disaster into a masterpiece with this tie-in and develops eddie to continue his cycle now becoming beddlam
A good issue here, even if it has more focus on Janine than the titular character. I did fairly enjoy how Ewing wrote her, so I don't really care that much. The highlight of this for me is the fact that we've finally gotten to the point in the timeline where Eddie transforms into Bedlam. I'm really interested to see how this ends up going in the next issue.
Visually, this issue has a bit of a "cruise control" feel. But the general level of artistic talent is so high that even a middling effort produces nice results.
On the script front, though, the author performs minor miracles. He turns an event that's tantamount to character assassination for his protagonist into a meaningful bit of character development and keeps the ongoing plot moving forward. He even off-handedly develops other authors' characters (Chasm, Hallow's Eve, Synch) in a deft way.
Put it together and you get a comic that isn't great, but is definitely good--far better than I expected given how this event has treated Venom up to now.
8 for the story. 4 for that terrible cover.
It's way better than it has any right to be.
For an event as messy and badly written as Dark Web, Ewing does make this work.
I do wish it focused on Eddie more than Janice.
Not really even a Venom book until the end. It was OK, I guess. Not really that exciting.
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