What do you get when you fuse Venom with cosmic-horror? You get something like this! Knull isn't much of a character beyond just being an ancient prideful lovecraftian-elder-god, but judging by this first volume, I don't think he was meant to be anything more than that. Kinda like traditional Spider-Man stories, this series doesnt seem to focus on traditional protagonist/antagonist conflicts, but instead is about the main character's life and his relationships with the people around him. Right at the beginning we get a good dreary look at Eddie Brock's primary relationship with the Venom symbiote. The symbiote appears to be suffering from some SEVERE mental problems and the relationship has devolved into something abusive and toxic (dare I say venomous?) and Eddie is suffering IMMENSELY because of it. Why doesn't he leave? Because Eddie is terrified of being alone, which is the basis for a lot of abusive relationships. This volume does have some problems holding it back (like the monologing villain) but the setting and groundwork has been set up for a kind of story I don't see terribly often in superhero comics. I'll definitely be picking up the next volume. Interested to see where this book goes.