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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
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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