The various iterations of Venom have appeared as a principal character in a number of limited series, one shots, and ongoing series published by Marvel Comics. With the first issue of the first limited series published at the end of 1992 (cover dated February 1993), the character appeared in a string of 17 limited series. These series did not overlap in publication (with the exception of Venom – Deathtrap: The Vault which was a reprint of another book), each having more than a month between the end of one series and the start of the next. With the exception of one shot titles, this resulted in the character appearing as the focal character of a new issue each month through the end of Venom: The Finale, published in November 1997 (cover dated January 1998), composing the equivalent of a five-year ongoing series from 1992 to 1997, with other issues and series following that.
For most of these issues Eddie Brock has been the main character and host for the Venom symbiote with the exception of Venom vol. 1, Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man, Venom/Deadpool What If?, and Venom vol. 2. The Amazing Spider-Man Presents – Anti-Venom: New Ways to Live could also be considered an exception because Eddie Brock is the main character but it is not the original Venom symbiote.
| Title | Issues | Initial cover date | Final cover date | Story | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1993 | July 1993 | After calling a truce with Spider-Man,[1] Eddie Brock moves to San Francisco to help fight crime as an anti-hero. This story introduces Scream, Phage, Riot, Lasher, and Agony.[2] | ||
| March 1993 | Reprint of Avengers – Deathtrap: The Vault, which features Venom engineering a facility-wide break out of the incarcerated villains in the Vault in an attempt to escape.[3] | |||
| August 1993 | October 1993 | Venom is contacted by a reporter in a gang and asks for help. Meanwhile, the Punisher is working to take the same gang down.[4] | ||
| November 1993 | January 1994 | The Juggernaut attempts to kidnap Beck, Eddie's love interest. Venom, who has been hearing voices (other than the symbiote) attempts to save her while trying to maintain his sanity.[5] | ||
| February 1994 | April 1994 | On Halloween, Venom takes on an army of "goblins" with help from Morbius, the Living Vampire. Demogoblin also appears.[6] | ||
| April 1994 | Venom and the Hulk team up to combat a terrorist causing earthquakes in San Francisco.[7] | |||
| May 1994 | July 1994 | Venom comes into conflict with Mace, a bounty hunter who is being hunted by the organization that created him.[8] | ||
| August 1994 | November 1994 | Venom works with Vengeance against an alien race of hunters known only as the Stalkers.[9] | ||
| December 1994 | March 1995 | After being split apart from his other by the Scarlet Spider (Spider-Man #53), Eddie once again faces the symbiotes from Lethal Protector.[10] | ||
| April 1995 | July 1995 | Cletus Kasady has a video game licensed after his alter ego but is not making any money from it. He breaks out of the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane to go after the producer.[11] | ||
| Venom Super Special |
| August 1995 | Part 3 of the five part Planet of the Symbiotes arc. Venom teams up with Spider-Man and the Scarlet Spider to stop a symbiote invasion of earth.[12] | ||
| August 1995 | December 1995 | After the events of Carnage Unleashed, Venom contends with a new Sin-Eater. First appearance of She-Venom.[13] | ||
| Rune vs. Venom |
| December 1995 | A leftover symbiote from the Planet of the Symbiotes arc bonds with Rune of Malibu Comics after he enters the Marvel Universe. He then begins to frame Venom for the murder of civilians.[14] | ||
| January 1996 | April 1996 | Venom breaks his wife out of the local precinct and Ben Reilly (as Spider-Man) shows up to help stop him. There is a back-up story featuring the origin of Hybrid.[15] | ||
| May 1996 | July 1996 | Venom is being stalked by symbiote-eating creatures and fighting for his life. Hybrid also appears.[16] | ||
| August 1996 | November 1996 | Eddie finds that the symbiote has a craving for brains and it drives him to actually consume the brains of an enemy. Horrified, Eddie doesn't know what to do and the symbiote leaves him in order to fulfill it's hunger.[17] | ||
| December 1996 | February 1997 | Venom and Wolverine fight against a possessive entity known as Dirt Nap. While Wolverine is trying to save a boy that has been possessed by the creature, Venom has no such concern.[18] | ||
| March 1997 | May 1997 | Similar plot to the Spider-Man Special Edition, with Venom being judged for his actions and with Matt Murdock acting in his defense.[19] | ||
| June 1997 | August 1997 | Venom is employed by the government to take down a ring of terrorists with a deadly new chemical agent that can kill within 48 hours if inhaled.[20] | ||
| July 1997 | Eddie Brock covers a story on Krobaa, the living darkness.[21] | |||
| September 1997 | October 1997 | Venom has a confrontation with his ally/enemy Ghost Rider while trying to take down a crime boss.[22] | ||
| November 1997 | January 1998 | Venom defuses a bomb planted in his chest by the government. The end of the original run of mini series' featuring Venom. Spider-Man appears.[23] | ||
| January 1998 | Venom goes after J. Jonah Jameson under orders from a covert government committee while Spider-Man attempts to stop him.[24] | |||
| (vol. 1) |
| June 2003 | November 2004 | A clone of the symbiote is made from a piece of Venom's tongue. It attacks an Alaskan base and comes into conflict with the real Venom, Spider-Man, and Wolverine. This series was composed of the arcs Shiver (1–5), Run (6–10), Patterns (11–13), and Twist (14–18). The story is unresolved.[25] | |
| September 2004 | December 2004 | Carnage is going to give birth to a new symbiote and is planning to kill it but Venom wants to raise the new symbiote as an ally. Instead of either, the symbiote finds a host of its own in the form of a New York City cop named Patrick Mulligan. They bond and become known as Toxin. Spider-Man and Black Cat appear.[26] | ||
| October 2008 | February 2009 | Tells the story of Eddie Brock's childhood and his downward spiral into becoming the original Venom. In addition to new material, this series retells parts of The Amazing Spider-Man #300.[27] | ||
| August 2009 | November 2009 | Tells the adventures of Mac Gargan (the third and then current Venom) as the Spider-Man for the Dark Avengers.[28] | ||
| November 2009 | February 2010 | Eddie Brock (now as Anti-Venom) once again encounters the Punisher while fighting drug dealers.[29] | ||
| April 2011 | A four-part back-up story that was later collected into a single reprint. Tells the story of what would happen if the Venom symbiote bonded with Deadpool.[30] | |||
| (vol. 2) |
| May 2011 | December 2013 | After removing it from Mac Gargan, the government gives the symbiote to Flash Thompson to be a black ops agent. During "Spider-Island" he encounters Eddie Brock as Anti-Venom. He joins the Secret Avengers and fights the Savage Six.[31] He relocates to Philadelphia to continue as a lone superhero, and encounters Eddie Brock again, first as a non-powered "symbiote slayer" and later as Toxin. | |
| January 2016 | December 2016 | Flash Thompson has been tasked with being an intergalactic ambassador of Earth and an Agent of the Cosmos. | ||
| (vol. 3) |
| January 2017 | June 2018 | Lee Price gains the symbiote in #1, before losing it in #6 and Eddie Brock gaining the symbiote for the rest of the volume. | |
| August 2017 | October 2017 | A group of aliens call Poisons are hunting symbiotes across the multiverse, leading Eddie Brock to fight back.[32] | ||
| November 2017 | ||||
| November 2017 | December 2017 | |||
| April 2018 | May 2018 | Venom and the X-Men are desperately racing back to Earth to warn everyone of an impending invasion by the Poisons, who want to bond every super hero with a Klyntar symbiote.[33] | ||
| (vol. 4) |
| May 2018 | June 2021 | Eddie Brock discovers he has a son, Dylan, the return of Carnage (Absolute Carnage) and the arrival of the symbiote God Knull (King in Black). | |
| August 2018 | November 2018 | Venom's first host, Tel-Kar, has returned and stole the symbiote from Eddie. Eddie with the help of an ally and Venom's latest offspring, they stop Tel-Kar and saves the symbiote along with other innocent lives. | ||
| Spider-Man & Venom: Double Trouble |
| January 2020 | April 2020 | An out of continuity all-ages story. | |
| Venom/Carnage |
| September 2021 | October 2021 | Infinite comic. | |
| (vol. 5) |
| November 2021 – present | Following the events of King in Black Dylan Brock is the new host of the Venom symbiote while Eddie Brock is the new King in Black. | ||
| (vol. 2) |
| May 2022 | October 2022 | Flashback story set not long after Eddie Brock first became Venom.[34] | |
| Ms. Marvel & Venom |
| Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) team up with Dylan Brock. | |||
| Flashback story pitting Venom against Dr. Doom.[35] | ||||
| Title | Volume | Material collected | Publication date | Page count | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venomnibus | 1 | Venom: Lethal Protector #1–6, Venom: Funeral Pyre #1–3, Daredevil #323, Iron Man #302, Darkhawk #35–37, Venom: The Madness #1–3, Venom: The Enemy Within #1–3, Incredible Hulk Vs. Venom #1, Venom: The Mace #1–3, Nightwatch #5–6, Venom: Nights Of Vengeance #1–4, Spider-Man: The Arachnis Project #6, Web Of Spider-Man #118–119, Spider-Man #52–53, Venom: Separation Anxiety #1–4, Venom: Carnage Unleashed #1–4, and material from Silver Sable & The Wild Pack #18–19 | 1096 | |||
| 2 | Venom: Sinner Takes All #1–5, Venom: Along Came A Spider #1–4, Venom: The Hunted #1–3, Venom: The Hunger #1–4, Venom: Tooth and Claw #1–3, Venom: On Trial #1–3, Venom: License To Kill #1–3, Venom: Seed of Darkness #-1, Venom: Sign of The Boss #1–2, Spider-Man: The Venom Agenda #1, Venom: The Finale #1–3, Uncanny Origins #7; and material from Amazing Spider-Man Super Special, Spider-Man Super Special, Venom Super Special, Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special, Web Of Spider-Man Super Special, Spider-Man Holiday Special 1995 | 1176 | ||||
| 3 | Peter Parker: Spider-Man #9–10,12, 16–17; Nova (vol. 3) #7; Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 2) #12, 19; Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) #1–5; Venom (vol. 1) #1–18; Venom vs. Carnage #1–4; Marvel Knights Spider-Man #7–8, 11; Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) #38–39; Spider-man/Fantastic Four #2, and material from Spider-Man Family #1–2 | 1088 | ||||
| Spider-Man Vs. Venom Omnibus | Amazing Spider-Man #258, 300, 315–317, 332–333, 346–347, 361–363, 374, 378–380; Web of Spider-Man #1, 95–96, 101–103; Avengers Deathtrap – The Vault; Darkhawk #13–14; Spider-Man: The Trial of Venom #1; Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance #5–6; Spider-Man #35–37, Spectacular Spider-Man #201–203 and material from Amazing Spider-Man #373, 375, 388 and Annual #25–26; Web of Spider-Man Annual #7–8; Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #12; Marvel Comics Presents #117–122, Spider-Man Unlimited #1–2 | 1160 | ||||
| Venomnibus By Cates & Stegman | Venom (vol. 4) #1–35, Venom Annual #1, Web of Venom: Ve'Nam #1, Web of Venom: Carnage Born #1, Web of Venom: Wraith #1, Absolute Carnage #1–5, King in Black #1–5; and material from Free Comic Book Day 2019 (Spider-Man/Venom) #1, Free Comic Book Day 2020 (Spider-Man/Venom) #1, Incoming #1, Carnage: Black, White & Blood #2 | 1352 | ||||
| Absolute Carnage Omnibus | Absolute Carnage #1–5, Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool #1–3, Absolute Carnage: Captain Marvel #1, Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk #1, Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Spider-Man #1, Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Of Vengeance #1, Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors #1–3, Absolute Carnage: Avengers #1, Absolute Carnage: Miles Morales #1–3, Absolute Carnage: Weapon Plus #1, Absolute Carnage: Scream #1–3, Absolute Carnage: Separation Anxiety #1, Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 5) #29–31, Venom (vol. 4) #16–20, Absolute Carnage stinger pages | 776 | ||||
| King in Black Omnibus | King in Black #1–5, King in Black: Black Panther #1, King in Black: Captain America #1, King in Black: Ghost Rider #1, King in Black: The Immortal Hulk #1, King in Black: Iron Man/Doom #1, King in Black: Wiccan and Hulkling #1, King In Black: Planet of the Symbiotes #1–3, King in Black: Black Knight #1, King in Black: Namor #1–5, King In Black: Thunderbolts #1–3, King in Black: Marauders #1, King In Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #1–3, King in Black: Scream #1, King in Black: Spider-Man #1, King In Black: Return of the Valkyries #1–4, Symbiote Spider-Man: King In Black #1–5, Spider-Woman (vol. 7) #7–8, Black Cat (vol. 2) #1–3, Venom (vol. 4) #31–34, Savage Avengers #17–19, Daredevil (vol. 6) #26–27, Deadpool (vol. 8) #10, Fantastic Four (vol. 6) #29–30, Guardians of the Galaxy (vol. 6) #10, Miles Morales: Spider-Man #23, S.W.O.R.D. (vol. 2) #2–4, The Union #1–2 and King in Black Handbook | 1568 | ||||
| Volume | Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Symbiosis | 1984–1994 | Amazing Spider-Man #258, 300, 315–17, 332–33, 346–47, 388 (B story), Web of Spider-Man #1, Marvel Graphic Novel No. 68 – Avengers: Deathtrap – The Vault, Darkhawk #13–14 and material from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #25–26; Web of Spider-Man Annual #7–8; and Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #12 | 472 | |||
| 2 | Lethal Protector | 1992–1993 | Amazing Spider-Man #361–363, 388, Spider-Man: The Trial of Venom #1, Web of Spider-Man #95–96, Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance #5–6, Venom: Lethal Protector #1–6 and material from Marvel Comics Presents #117–122; and Amazing Spider-Man #373, 375 | 480 | |||
| 4 | The Madness | 1995 | Iron Man #302; Darkhawk #35–37; Venom: The Madness #1–3; Venom: The Enemy Within #1–3; Incredible Hulk vs. Venom #1; Venom: The Mace #1–3; Nightwatch #5–6; Venom: Nights of Vengeance 1–4 | ||||
| 5 | Carnage Unleashed | 1994–1995 | Spider-Man: The Arachnis Project #6; Web of Spider-Man #118–119; Spider-Man #52–53; Venom: Separation Anxiety #1–4; Venom: Carnage Unleashed #1–4; Venom: Sinner Takes All #1–5; Uncanny Origins #7 | 496 |
| Title | Issues collected | Pages | Publication Date | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Brock | |||||
| Venom by Michelinie & McFarlane | Amazing Spider-Man #300, 315–317 | 128 | |||
| Spider-Man: Birth of Venom | Secret Wars #8; Amazing Spider-Man #252–259, 298–300, 315–317; Fantastic Four #274, Web of Spider-Man #1 | 352 | |||
| Venom: Planet of the Symbiotes | Material from Amazing Spider-Man Super Special, Spider-Man Super Special, Venom Super Special, Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special, Web Of Spider-Man Super Special | 128 | |||
| Venom: Lethal Protector | Venom: Lethal Protector #1–6 | 144 | |||
| Venom: The Enemy Within | Venom: Funeral Pyre #1–3, Venom: The Madness #1–3, Venom: The Enemy Within #1–3, Incredible Hulk Vs. Venom #1 | 240 | |||
| Venom: Separation Anxiety | Venom: The Mace #1–3, Venom: Nights of Vengeance #1–4, Web of Spider-Man #118–119, Spider-Man #52–53, Venom: Separation Anxiety #1–4 | 352 | |||
| Venom: Carnage Unleashed | Venom: Carnage Unleashed #1–4, Venom: Sinner Takes All #1–5; and material from Amazing Spider-Man Super Special, Spider-Man Super Special, Venom Super Special, Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special and Web of Spider-Man Super Special | 440 | |||
| Venom: Along Came a Spider... | Venom: Along Came A Spider #1–4, Venom: The Hunted #1–3, Venom: The Hunger #1–4 and material from Spider-Man Holiday Special 1995 | 392 | |||
| Venom: Tooth and Claw | Venom: Tooth And Claw #1–3, Venom: On Trial #1–3, Venom: License To Kill #1–3, Venom: Seed Of Darkness #-1, Venom: Sign Of The Boss #1–2, Spider-Man: The Venom Agenda, Venom: The Finale #1–3 | 408 | |||
| Venom Vs. Carnage | Venom Vs. Carnage #1–4 | 96 | |||
| Venom Vol. 1: Shiver | Venom (vol. 1) #1–5 | 120 | |||
| Venom Vol. 2: Run | Venom (vol. 1) #6–13 | 192 | |||
| Venom Vol. 3: Twist | Venom (vol. 1) #14–18 | 120 | |||
| Venom by Daniel Way Ultimate Collection | Venom (vol. 1) #1–18 | 424 | |||
| Venom: Dark Origin | Venom Dark Origin #1–5 | 120 | |||
| The Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom | Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom #1–3 and material from Amazing Spider-Man: Extra #2 | ||||
| Venom Vol. 2: The Land Before Crime | Venom #150–153 | 160 | |||
| Venom Vol. 3: Blood in the Water | Venom #154–158 | 136 | |||
| Amazing Spider-Man: Venom Inc. | Venom #159–160, Amazing Spider-Man: Venom Inc. Alpha and Omega, Amazing Spider-Man #792–793 | 148 | |||
| Venom Vol. 4: The Nativity | Venom #161, #164–165, Amazing Spider-Man #362–363 | 112 | |||
| Venom & X-Men: Poison-X | Venom #162–163, X-Men Blue #21–22, Annual #1 | 136 | |||
| Edge of Venomverse | Edge of Venomverse #1–5 | 116 | |||
| Venomverse | Venomverse #1–5 | 116 | |||
| Venom Vol. 1: Rex | Venom (vol. 4) #1–6 | 136 | |||
| Venom Vol. 2: The Abyss | Venom (vol. 4) #7–12 | 136 | |||
| Venom Unleashed Vol. 1 | Web of Venom: Ve'Nam #1, Web of Venom: Carnage Born #1, Web of Venom: Venom Unleashed #1, Web of Venom: Funeral Pyre #1 | 136 | |||
| Venom: War of the Realms | Venom (vol. 4) #13–16, Web of Venom: Cult of Carnage #1 | 112 | |||
| Venom Vol. 3: Absolute Carnage | Venom (vol. 4) #16–19, Web of Venom: Funeral Pyre #1 | 112 | |||
| Venom Vol. 4: Venom Island | Venom (vol. 4) #21–25 | 136 | |||
| Venom Vol. 5: Venom Beyond | Venom (vol. 4) #26–30, and material from Free Comic Book Day: Spider-Man/Venom (2020) #1 | 128 | |||
| Venom Vol. 6: King in Black | Venom (vol. 4) #31–35 | 192 | |||
| Absolute Carnage | Absolute Carnage #1–5 | 136 | |||
| King in Black | King in Black #1–5 | 144 | |||
| Venom by Donny Cates Vol. 1 | Venom (vol. 4) #1–12 | 280 | |||
| Venom by Donny Cates Vol. 2 | Venom (vol. 4) #16–25 | 240 | |||
| Venom by Donny Cates Vol. 3 | Venom (vol. 4) #26–35 and material from Free Comic Book Day: Spider-Man/Venom (2020) #1 | 320 | |||
| Venom: Lethal Protector | Venom: Lethal Protector (vol. 2) #1–5 | 120 | |||
| Venom Vol. 1: Recursion | Venom (vol. 5) #1–5 | 144 | |||
| Venom Vol. 2: Deviation | Venom (vol. 5) #6–10 | 112 | |||
| Venom Vol. 3: Dark Web | Venom (vol. 5) #11–15 | 112 | |||
| Venom Vol. 4: Illumination | Venom (vol. 5) #16–20 | 112 | |||
| Flash Thompson | |||||
| Venom by Rick Remender Vol. 1 | Venom (vol. 2) #1–5 | 120 | |||
| Spider-Island | Venom (vol. 2) #6–9, and Amazing Spider-Man #666–673, Spider-Island: Deadly Foes #1, and material from Amazing Spider-Man #659–660; 662–665 | 368 | |||
| Venom: Circle of Four | Venom (vol. 2) #10–14, 13.1–13.4 | 225 | |||
| Venom: The Savage Six | Venom (vol. 2) #15–22 | 184 | |||
| Venom by Rick Remender: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 | Venom (vol. 2) #1–12, Venom/Deadpool: What If? #1 | 320 | |||
| Venom by Rick Remender: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 | Venom (vol. 2) #13, 13.1–13.4, 14–22 | 344 | |||
| Venom: Devil's Pack | Venom (vol. 2) #23–25, 28–30 | 126 | |||
| Minimum Carnage | Minimum Carnage: Alpha; Venom (vol. 2) #26–27; Scarlet Spider (vol. 2) #10–11, 12.1; Minimum Carnage: Omega | 150 | |||
| Venom: Toxin With a Vengeance! | Venom (vol. 2) #31–35 | 112 | |||
| Venom: The Land Where Killers Dwell | Venom (vol. 2) #36–42, 27.1 | 176 | |||
| Venom by Cullen Bunn: The Complete Collection | Venom (vol. 2) #23–42, #27.1; Minimum Carnage: Alpha, Omega; Scarlet Spider #10–11 | 536 | |||
| Venom: Space Knight Vol. 1: Agent of the Cosmos | Venom: Space Knight #1–6 | 136 | |||
| Venom: Space Knight Vol. 2: Enemies and Allies | Venom: Space Knight #7–13 | 160 | |||
| Others | |||||
| Dark Reign: The Sinister Spider-Man | Dark Reign: The Sinister Spider-Man #1–4 | 112 | |||
| Venom Vol. 1: Homecoming | Venom (vol. 3) #1–6 | 136 | |||
| Venom: First Host | Venom: First Host #1–5 | 112 | |||
| Spider-Man 2099 vs. Venom 2099 | Spider-Man 2099 (vol. 1) #34–38, Special; Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man; material from 2099 Unlimited #9–10 | 280 | |||
| Ms. Marvel: Fists of Justice | Ms. Marvel & Venom #1 and Ms. Marvel & Moon Knight #1, Ms. Marvel & Wolverine #1 | 104 | |||