What If...? Venom #5
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| Writer | Jeremy Holt |
| Artist | Jesus Hervas |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
THE EPIC FINALE! WHAT IF...?
VENOM has slithered its way through Marvel's history, encountering some of its most recognizable places and people - but none are as badass as the host the symbiote will find in this epic series finale: MOON KNIGHT! But which identity of Moon Knight's will the symbiote connect with? And what will their union mean for New York?!
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ComicBook.com - Connor Casey
Jun 05, 2024So What If?: Venom #5 proved what I was already thinking those first three issues were pointless. Read Full Review
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6.5
This finale does a good job of clarifying and uniting the scraps of big-picture plotting that have come before.
But it doesn't do more than that. Moon Knight's explanations of the true nature of the conflict are repetitive and labored, obsessively verifying that the reader grasps the core "elevator pitch" of the premise. It still leaves questions dangling, and it only develops the premise with an abrupt deus ex machina climax and a last-page team-up pitch.
This would make a spooky, challenging arc in an ongoing Moon Knight title--but Marvel doesn't seem interested in giving MK the space that would allow for such exploratory storytelling. In one way, this miniseries is a pitch for that episodic MK title.
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Plot
At the Midnight Mission building, Wolverine, She-Hulk, Doctor Strange, and Moon Knight are tricked by the Venom-fused Loki.
Moon Knight fuses with Venom and confronts Loki and listens to Dcotor Strange and uses his rods with electricity to remove Venom from Loki and himself, Doctor Strange manages to isolate Venom and suddenly Nick Fury appears to collect him to take him to S.H.I.E.L.D.
This reimagining of Venom's first arrival on planet Earth is interesting and left us with a new lineup of superheroes who could be a great team.
Art
It is much more organic than previous installments, with many textures that capture that gloomy and terrifying tone necessary for the story.
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