DAVID MICHELINIE AND IVAN FIORELLI'S TOUR DE FORCE THROUGH YESTERYEAR CONTINUES!
Brains are back on the menu, as VENOM returns to his violent and spectacular roots in this bone-chilling and bone-crunching issue. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, TRUE BELIEVERS! This ain't your parents' Venom, and David Michelinie's return to the symbiote he co-created is about to show why Venom is one of the biggest and baddest characters in the history of the Marvel U - and he just might give the Wicked Web-Slinger a new look and powers while he's at it!
RATED T
Artist Ivan Fioerelli does great work with the absurd situations that the character finds himself in, making action beats fun and keeping the pace of the entire story moving. Read Full Review
Another very good issue. We learn what the Life Foundation wanted to do we Venom and Eddie and we have some more street-level battle with a new Villain attacking Venom. There are some funny moments in the issue and a small Spidey sighting.
Well, at least the art is consistently strong. I wish I could say the same of the script.
The author returns to clumsy prose and inconsistent character voices (Venom sounds like a Harvard professor in one panel and Rodney Dangerfield in the next). This issue includes relevant plot points, but they're mixed in a blender, with no real narrative structure.
If my rating looks harsh, it's because #2 was scripted so much better. Besides primary disappointment with the material between the covers, I'm also getting a secondary sting from dashed expectations.
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