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Venom Vol. 1: Rex
by Donny Cates
Anytime I see Cates name on a title I get super excited. However, after reading Death of Inhumans last, I lowered my expectations. Luckily with Venom, both Cates and Stegman are on top of their game with an exciting first entry into the world of Venom.
Venom has been back with Eddie for awhile now. After the events of Space Knight Venom the symbiote fused back with Eddie and left Flash Thompson. We had a pretty atrocious run with Eddie and Venom for the two years and so I was hoping Donny could fix up this character for how popular he is. Well, Eddie is having a hard time dealing with venom as of late. He's breaking down, having nightmares. Who knew that was possible? Then Venom goes out of control more than usual and nearly kills someone.
Rex finds Venom, a old vet who has once had a symbiote just like venom back in the war days. He explains to Eddie that he has to rescue his friends who also had symbiotes just like them. So when Venom goes to free them a creature, the creator of these symbiotes, is instead unleashed. Welcome a HUGE venom like dragon, Miles, and more!
Good: I love the art. Ryan Stegman has to be top 10 artist for me right now. His big action set pieces, his emotion on people's faces, his backgrounds. Everything is always so good (plus he's super nice dude! Met him at comic con). Donny really has fun here with the big epic storyline for Venom. The threat feels very real, and very big, and that's refreshing. The relationship is fun, yet sad, and it feels like there's a ton of history without having to read other venom stories. I also really dug the miles and venom fighting and teaming up. All really well done.
Bad: I felt sometimes the pacing was a little frantic. Things went to quick and to crazy, and not much time to absorb. Also, as much as I love the art a lot of the time, when it was raining too much it was hard to tell what was happening.
So Venom actually has a great series again. Sure, it took a few years but we're back. This is my favorite Venom since Rick's Venom run. I'm hoping it stays this good for awhile. A 4 out of 5.
Venom has been back with Eddie for awhile now. After the events of Space Knight Venom the symbiote fused back with Eddie and left Flash Thompson. We had a pretty atrocious run with Eddie and Venom for the two years and so I was hoping Donny could fix up this character for how popular he is. Well, Eddie is having a hard time dealing with venom as of late. He's breaking down, having nightmares. Who knew that was possible? Then Venom goes out of control more than usual and nearly kills someone.
Rex finds Venom, a old vet who has once had a symbiote just like venom back in the war days. He explains to Eddie that he has to rescue his friends who also had symbiotes just like them. So when Venom goes to free them a creature, the creator of these symbiotes, is instead unleashed. Welcome a HUGE venom like dragon, Miles, and more!
Good: I love the art. Ryan Stegman has to be top 10 artist for me right now. His big action set pieces, his emotion on people's faces, his backgrounds. Everything is always so good (plus he's super nice dude! Met him at comic con). Donny really has fun here with the big epic storyline for Venom. The threat feels very real, and very big, and that's refreshing. The relationship is fun, yet sad, and it feels like there's a ton of history without having to read other venom stories. I also really dug the miles and venom fighting and teaming up. All really well done.
Bad: I felt sometimes the pacing was a little frantic. Things went to quick and to crazy, and not much time to absorb. Also, as much as I love the art a lot of the time, when it was raining too much it was hard to tell what was happening.
So Venom actually has a great series again. Sure, it took a few years but we're back. This is my favorite Venom since Rick's Venom run. I'm hoping it stays this good for awhile. A 4 out of 5.