Just when VENOM and SILVER SABLE's battle to stop planet-killing tech from falling into the wrong hands reaches its climax - a new player enters the game. DOCTOR DOOM has his own plans for the tech - and for EDDIE BROCK. Plans that will change Eddie and the symbiote FOREVER!
Rated T+
Doom's experiments with Venom give Eddie a chance to reflect on his relationship with the symbiotic, something later Venom comics will heavily dive into but it's fascinating to see that kind of introspection in the heavily stylized 90s setting. Read Full Review
This is a great issue that really dives into the books of the time. Venom and Brock learn more of their relationship and you see Dooms goals.
+.5 points of this line "A book bound in human skin" "Did I say human?" Laughed pretty hard at that.
Also that ending... like wow. Doom does what Doom does best and is willing to go to any end to acheive his goal. Looks to be an epic final issue. Loving this mini-series so far.
I feel like I missed something. Wasn't he joining Silver Sable in the last issue to save his friend? I loved all of the Doom stuff here. I thought he was written well, but Eddie seems incredibly dumb and naive to trust Doom not to have his own agenda. The reveal at the end was great. I'm looking forward to the next issue, but I'm not looking forward to having this series end. I really like it.
I had a lot of fun reading it.
Doom's presence slows down the pace and puts seemingly-unnecessary roadblocks in Eddie's path. But this serves a dual purpose, misdirecting both Eddie and the reader and adding some nice punch to the last-page surprise.
The art is still a solid tool for portraying the copious action scenes. If the prose occasionally veers pretentious (always a danger when you have Doom loose in the panels), the rather ambitious structure counterbalances it.
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