Venom Epic Collection: Symbiosis

It's no secret that I love the Epic Collection format; it's how I've always wanted my Marvel comics collected in terms of reproduction quality, balanced pricepoint and dedication to reading experience. I've been all in on the line since they started, and while the ECs may be great for long-running books like Iron Man or The Avengers, they REALLY shine when it comes to collecting the more offbeat characters in a convenient way.Venom, riding high thanks to his movie of a couple years ago, is a perfect example. For fans that want to read about their favourite black-goop-covered villain/antihero but don't want to have to get his stories scattered among a ton of Spider-Man issues, this is perfect. The EC editors have done a great job of making this first volume feel as complete an experience as possible.All of Venom's appearances in Spider-Man (and a couple of issues of Darkhawk, plus an Avengers graphic novel) from 1988 to 1992 are gathered here, together with the 1984/5 issues that have Spidey splitting from his symbiotic costume in the first place. Happily, as well as all the full-issue stories, the book also adds in the odd pages between them where Venom appears as subplots; it ensures that you don't feel like you've missed a moment of his story without having to read any unnecessary material.The issues are generally good, too, whether it's his first appearance or his subsequent and increasingly violent clashes with the wallcrawler. We can see the first development of his twisted honour system here, the beginning of the road that would lead him to his mid-nineties antihero status.Extras include Mike Zeck's design for the black suit, a promotional story page, Handbook profile pictures, eighteen various covers from reprints, specials and trades, original art by Todd McFarlane and Erik Larsen, a trade introduction by Danny Fingeroth and a new afterword by Ralph Macchio. While mostly redundant to anyone getting the Spider-Man Epic Collections, this really is the best way for Venom fans to read his story in pleasingly complete form.

The only negative about this book is its not a McFarlane cover. Otherwise 9/10

Great way to add a large amount of books in one order to the collection.

But its bent like hell, as if this one has been used hundreds of times carelessly read

Compre este comic porque este año me volví muy fan del personaje, estaba entre la versión ómnibus que es mas grande y mas cara y termine decidiéndome por esta, la calidad es impresionante por el precio, el papel es un poco delgado pero no es ese papel que se mancha cuando lo tocas, por lo que es un bonus, también realza mucho los colores del comic.Tiene las primeras apariciones de venom como villano y unas historias extra que la verdad no conocía, no puedo esperar a que salga el siguiente volumen para también comprarlo.

Perfekte zusammenfassungEin must have für jeden der diese geschichte verfolgt