Venom (comic book)
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The cover of Venom: Lethal Protector #1, February 1993. The first Venom solo comic. Art by Mark Bagley. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Format | Ongoing series |
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| Main character(s) | Venom symbiote Eddie Brock Patricia Robertson Flash Thompson Lee Price Dylan Brock Mary Jane Watson |
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| Written by | Daniel Way (vol. 1) Rick Remender and Cullen Bunn (vol. 2) Mike Costa (vol. 3) Donny Cates (vol. 4) Al Ewing, Ram V, and Torunn Grønbekk (vol. 5) Al Ewing (vol. 6) |
Venom is the title of several American comic book series published by Marvel Comics focusing on the various heroic and villainous incarnations of the character Venom, which have usually consisted of a human host and amorphous alien being called a symbiote. The first incarnation of the character was the one created by the third and current human host to the symbiote (the first two being Spider-Man and Tel-Kar), Eddie Brock, and—since 2011—its fifth host, Flash Thompson, and—since 2024—its current host, Mary Jane Watson. Beginning with Venom: Lethal Protector, eighteen limited series following Brock's adventures were published monthly between February 1993 and January 1998. A monthly Venom series began publication in 2003, following a new character, Patricia Robertson, and a clone of the original symbiote. The series concluded in 2004 after 18 issues. In 2011 another monthly series, following the adventures of Flash Thompson, was launched. The series resumed with vol. 3, vol. 4, and vol. 5 from 2016 to 2024, and vol. 6 since 2024.