WEB OF VENOM: VE'NAM #1 isn't for the faint of heart. It features some gruesome sequences. However, it's also a beautiful book. Cates, once again, outdoes himself with this issue. You won't want to miss this exciting new one-shot. Read Full Review

A star-studded issue that readers of Donny Cates' Venom will surely love!  It doesn't fill in holes but expands the story after the big reveal of Venom #5.  Highly recommended! Read Full Review

A phenomenal tale of horror, conspiracy, and alien biology that serves as an origin story for a key character in Donny Cates's "Venom" run. Read Full Review

Web of Venom: Ve'Nam fills in the gaps in the symbiote's timeline on Earth in a pretty fun way. It's a nice complement to the current Venom series that's greatly expanding on the character's mythos. Just think of what other events throughout history the symbiotes could have been involved in, both from the real world and the Marvel Universe. The possibilities are as endless as they are bloody. Read Full Review

There's a lot to like about Web of Venom: Ve'Nam, as long as you're on board for all the weird dragon god Symbiote stuff that's been building. Cates draws from a number of obvious influences, but he's proven to be adept at remixing them and inserting them effectively into the Marvel Universe. Juanan Ramirez and Felipe Sobreiro deliver on the notes of horror in the script and communicate the time period without beating readers over the head with it. Usually, adding stuff to a character's backstory only serves to make them more complicated and less compelling (just look at ol' Canucklehead), but Cates and company avoid those pitfalls. Ve'Nam is a solid book that actually opens up the Lethal Protector for more interesting stories moving forward. Read Full Review

Cates and company succeed overall with a solid narrative and engrossing plot. Ve'Nam delivers some really great moments and some truly memorable dialog. As the first in a series of one-shots this book sets the bar fairly high for those to follow and begins the labor intensive work of building a Venom-verse inside the larger Marvel Universe. Not only do these books showcase Cates' ability to carry an ongoing series based on essentially a Spider-Man villain, but to do so without a single appearance of the aforementioned Web-Slinger is a testament to his character work as well as his storytelling. Take note Sony, this is how you build a Spider-Manless Venom-verse. Read Full Review

This is a good one to pick up for people following the Venom series. Read Full Review

Web of Venom: Ve'nam #1 is an above average book, that if there were a few minor tweaks made to the issue, it would be in the Top 10 Books Of 2018 discussions. Read Full Review

Overall, Ve'Nam #1 serves as a good character builder for Rex Strickland and an enjoyable read. The art team did a wonderful job in bringing the book to life; the character details and colors add a grittier tone and feel to Web of Venom: Ve'Nam #1. Read Full Review

Web of Venom: Ve'Nam #1 is an enjoyable read, even if it doesn't reach its full potential. Read Full Review

Web of Venom: VeNam #1 is a decent read. The symbiote followers of Knull are shown to be as terrifying as we believed, Rex is expanded upon as a character in an interesting way, and we get to see Nick Fury being Nick Fury. That, along with the great artwork, earns the comic a recommendation. Feel free to check it out this Wednesday. Read Full Review

Really fun one shot, that is right on the cusp of a standalone story, I think you can read and enjoy it on it's own but the Venom main series does a lot of the initial stage setting. Really fun, can't wait for the next one. Read Full Review

The first of the Web of Venom one shots is a compelling, dark origin story of sorts that serves its purpose but lacks some of the kinetic and cohesive energy of its parent series. Read Full Review

Despite the several criticisms presented in this review, Ve'nam is a solid comic book, but it doesn't quite live up to the expectations Cates has created for his Marvel work as of late. The artwork more than lives up to material, but it's in service to the story, so ultimately the work still suffers. This content deserved to have a mini-series devoted to it. There was so much to explore and readers are only given a taste, but perhaps fans will be rewarded one day with the missions of the sym-soldiers... Read Full Review

So good i loved this book

As good as the current series is, just without any crazy god-level villains. No reason not to pick this one up if you're reading the main book.

Little overordly but fine.

This book was good. Can't really say too much else. The art was awesome though, it really fit the book well and Cates continues to increase Venom's stock.

The clock winds back to 1966 for a rollicking, testosterone-soaked expansion of the "Grendel symbiotes in Vietnam" idea raised in the latest arc of Venom. Nick Fury and a splendid guest star go alien-hunting and things develop into a brilliant mix of Predator and the Thing (John Carpenter Thing, not Ben Grimm Thing). It's a fun premise, but it feels like both words and art are cruising along at "second draft" level. Example nitpicks: No effort is made to cultivate a Silver Age voice for Nick Fury, minimal research is done for drawing Vietnam-era army equipment. It's not a "buy it and love it" read on its own, but it makes a nice, satisfying addendum to the main Venom story.