What If...? Dark: Venom #1
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| Writer | Stephanie Williams |
| Artist | Jethro Morales |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
WHAT IF...BEN GRIMM BECAME VENOM? When BEN GRIMM returns to Earth after his exploration of space post-SECRET WARS, he finds that the FANTASTIC FOUR has trapped a helpless Klyntar symbiote in Reed's lab! But is that symbiote really helpless? Or is it truly one of the most dangerous symbiotes in the galaxy? Witness the birth of a brand-new VENOM!
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8.4
Comic Watch - Tyler Davis
Aug 03, 2023While it only has 36 pages to explore its ideas, there is something engaging about the ideas on display in What If...? Dark: Venom #1,even if they are mired in an over the top edginess that fails to deliver on the poignancy of themes that could have otherwise been really strong. Read Full Review
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7.4
Graphic Policy - Logan Dalton
Aug 06, 2023Sadly, the third act turns this interesting relationship into pure edginess, but there's 2/3 of an interesting and badass at times comic in What If Dark Venom #1. Read Full Review
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6.0
ComicBook.com - Connor Casey
Aug 02, 2023It's yet another skippable installment in this new What If? line. Read Full Review
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8.0
https://youtu.be/NdGLDjMr5qw Full review in link!
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6.5
ben grimm gotta be the dumbest guy in the marvel universe
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6.5
"Ben Grimm is ashamed of his monstrous appearance" is a pretty played-out vein. Creators have been mining it for 60 years. Still, this issue tackled it with enough storytelling skill in the words and art that I was initially on board. It continued to look and sound good all the way through. But the proposition that Ben Grimm is a weak man; the trite, Nietzschean theme at the end; and the gratuitous killings curdled my enthusiasm. (Also, the absence of Johnny Storm--the team member BUILT out of anti-symbiote powers--was awfully conspicuous.) I can't deny it's a story told fairly well. But I question if it should have been told at all.
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