We are jumping from one event to the other. Great event though, but there’s nothing interesting for Venom readers. The other storyline is with the War Avengers and … it doesn’t make sense with the actual story of Venom. In the storyline published in the Venom: War Of The Realms TPB collecting Venom (2018) #13-15 (and Web of Venom: Cult of Carnage #1), Cullen Bunn took over and wrote this three-issue story arc that you can skip. Venom was in two places at the same time. This is when The War of Realms Event ( Reading Order) takes place. With it, something equally evil has been awakened in that most wicked of web-slingers: Venom! The symbiote may still be a Lethal Protector of innocents in New York, but this never-before-seen threat could possibly force Venom to relinquish everything it holds dear - including its human host, Eddie Brock!Ĭollects Web Of Venom: Ve’nam #1, Web Of Venom: Carnage Born #1, Web Of Venom: Venom Unleashed, Web Of Venom: Cult Of Carnage #1. To know more about what came before, go to our Venom Reading Order.ĭonny Cates’ Venom Reading Order: Venomnibusĭonny Cates & Ryan Stegman’s Venom run is now available in one big Omnibus.Ĭollects Venom (2018) #1-35, Venom Annual (2018) #1, Web of Venom: Ve’Nam (2018) #1, Web of Venom: Carnage Born (2018) #1, Web of Venom: Wraith (2020) #1, Absolute Carnage (2019) #1-5, King in Black (2020) #1-5 material from Free Comic Book Day 2019 (Spider-Man/Venom) #1, Free Comic Book Day 2020 (Spider-Man/Venom) #1, Incoming (2019) #1, Carnage: Black, White & Blood (2021) #2.Īn ancient and primordial evil has been awakened beneath the streets of New York. That said, it’s a new start, a new mythology, and clearly a friendly entry point for new readers.

There are a lot of Venom stories and some are referenced in Donny Cates’ run on Venom. What to read before Venom by Donny Cates? During his fight with a cosmic monster, he discovered the real origin of the symbiote, opening a new way in the mythology of this iconic character. To do that, he aligned himself with heroes. When Donny Cates took over the writing duties on his title, Venom got back to Eddie who is searching for redemption. He went from Eddie Brock to other hosts but came back to Eddie. Together, they became Venom.įriend or foe, Venom changed over the years and became a major Marvel player. At the end of his rope, Eddie met the symbiote. This reporter for the Daily Globe wrote a story exposing the identity of the Sin-Eater but Spider-Man revealed it was not the truth and Eddie lost his job. Following its rejection, the alien symbiote tried to get back to Peter Parker, but ended up bounding with Eddie Brock. When Reed Richards realized it was more than a piece of intelligent fabric, he helped Spidey to get rid of it. Introduced during the first Secret Wars event in the “80s, this alien symbiote was Spider-man’s black costume for a short period of time.

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