Eddie Brock's clash with Carnage will catch up with him in ways he doesn't suspect. The fallout from Venom's return to New York results in his ex-wife, Anne Weying, being dragged back into his life as both predator and prey. As if that wasn't enough, there's also a new Sin-Eater in town and Venom has a rematch with the Scarlet Spider in his guise as the new/old Spider-Man...
- Venom: Sinner Takes All #1[1/2]
- Venom: Sinner Takes All #2[1/2]
- Venom: Sinner Takes All #3[1/2]
- Venom: Sinner Takes All #4[1/2]
- Venom: Sinner Takes All #5[1/2]
- Venom: Along Came a Spider #1[1/2]
- Venom: Along Came a Spider #2[1/2]
- Venom: Along Came a Spider #3[1/2]
- Venom: Along Came a Spider #4[1/2]
- Rune Vs Venom #1 (tie-in) (also see THE DAMNED)
Fordham Rhodes stands trial on charges of gross negligence for the role he played with the 'Carnage Unleashed' game, but denies all responsibility. The Sin-Eater shows up to make sure he dies before he gets to court, killing his lawyer and attempting to kill the assistant lawyer who so happens to be Anne Weying. Venom turns up to protect his ex-wife from the Sin-Eater while she recovers in hospital, believing him to be the man he originally (wrongly) exposed as the Sin-Eater, Emil Gregg.
Venom: Sinner Takes All #2[1/2]
Venom takes Anne Weying out of the hospital when the Sin-Eater threatens to blow them all up. Taking her to his hideout beneath the city, he relinquishes the Symbiote, allowing it to bond with Anne and heal her wounds. When two crazy people burst in looking for drugs, the Symbiote fully takes hold of Anne, turning her into She-Venom. Meanwhile, Emil Gregg is arrested only to end up being shot by a dead cop's widow.
Eddie Brock forces the Symbiote to return to him when She-Venom kills the crazies. She escapes him and returns home where Kirstin's mother is waiting for her. Venom tries to find the Sin-Eater who's been revealed as ex-serviceman Michael Engelschwert who plans on blowing up the New York Stock Exchange...
Venom: Sinner Takes All #4[1/2]
Kirstin's mum holds Anne Weying hostage, using her as bait for Venom so she can have her revenge for crippling her boyfriend, Clive. Venom stops the Sin-Eater from destroying the Stock Exchange, but the killer escapes with a cop as a prisoner. When Sin-Eater hurls the cop from his van, Venom blows the vehicle up with a bazooka.
The cop who was 'thrown' from the van turns out to be the disguised Sin-Eater. Eddie reduces the Symbiote when he arrives at Anne's apartment where he's shot by Kirstin's mum. The Symbiote heals him then moves over to Anne, turning her into She-Venom. Her attempt to kill Kirstin's mum is interrupted by the Sin-Eater. Kirstin arrives and throws the Sn-Eater and herself out of the window. Venom saves her, but the Sin-Eater dies. Anne beats Kirstin's mother with a lamp while Venom whines about the pain he brings to people's lives...
Venom: Along Came a Spider #1[1/2]
By the time Eddie Brock remembers to check in on Anne Weying, it's long after the Symbiote invasion in New York (during PLANET OF THE SYMBIOTES) and the police are hoping to use her to track Venom down. He calls her up and somehow finds her at police headquarters. He briefly sends the Symbiote down the phone line to turn her into She-Venom again, creating a direct link between them and making her realise how much Eddie loves her. Hearing about the activity at police HQ, Ben Reilly dons his Spider-Man outfit, but he's too late to stop Venom taking Anne out of the building...
During their fight, Venom realises the Spider-Man he's facing used to be the Scarlet Spider and isn't Peter Parker, but that doesn't stop him from trying to kill him. Venom has to leave the scene when the cops use sound against him. Anne is arrested but manages to make a call to Eddie who sends the Symbiote down the phone line to her.
Venom: Along Came a Spider #3[1/2]
She-Venom busts out of the police HQ heads to the amusement park where she was first reunited with Eddie (during LETHAL PROTECTOR), unaware that it's now being used as a hideout for drug-lord and gun-runner, LD-50. She-Venom, Spider-Man and Eddie Brock show up, ruining two years worth of work by the DEA and ATF. LD-50's right-hand man, Roach, burns Eddie to a crisp with a blowtorch...
She-Venom returns the Symbiote to Eddie, instantly healing him. LD-50's men come out, guns blazing. Detective Clark makes a deal with Spider-Man and Venom, promising to let them go if they help arrest LD-50. Instead, Venom cuts thew power so that LD-50's men light a match, igniting the explosives they have stored and killing all the gang members. Venom escapes in the chaos.
Rune vs Venom #1 (tie-in)
Rune (from Earth-93060) emerged from a portal from the Negative Zone in the middle of the Symbiote invasion of New York (during PLANET OF THE SYMBIOTES), gaining a Symbiote of his own. In that time, he's renamed himself the Dark God and is preying on innocents to sate his vampiric hunger, only Venom's getting all the blame and he's being hunted by SHIELD. Rune kidnaps Anne Weying to draw Venom out, but has to consume his own Symbiote for energy. Venom knocks Rune through another portal and promises Anne he'll always be there to protect her...
Rune: Hearts of Darkness #1 (1996)
Rune returns to the Ultraverse.Amazing Spider-Man #410 (1996)
The Carnage Symbiote briefly possesses Ben Reilly during WEB OF CARNAGE.
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #75 (1996)
Ben Reilly is revealed to be the clone when he's killed by the Green Goblin; Peter Parker returns as Spider-Man during REVELATIONS.
Venom on Trial #2-3 (1997)
When Venom next clashes with Spider-Man, it's Peter Parker under the mask during LICENSE TO KILL.
Wolverine #112-114 (1997)
Kirstin and Clive are revealed to still be together.
Amazing Spider-Man #19 (2000)
Anne Weying commits suicide rather than deal with having Venom in her life, somehow giving Venom new reasons to hate Spider-Man.
X-Factor #220 (2011)
A demon calling itself the Sin-Eater is introduced, though it has no connection to the vigilantes of the same name.
Axis: Carnage #1-3 (2014-1015)
Emil Gregg somehow survived being shot in the head; his body is found much later by cops just after a new Sin-Eater claiming to be his ghost emerges; Carnage feeds his sins to the Sin-Eater, overloading and killing it, before its true identity can be revealed during AXIS.
See how this story fits into the wider Marvel Universe continuity with these reading orders:
Venomnibus vol.2 HC
Include...
Venom: Along Came a Spider #1-4
Venom: Sinner Takes All #1-5
Spider-Man: Ben Reilly Omnibus vol.1
Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic vol.2
Venom: Along Came a Spider
Include...
Spider-Man: Ben Reilly Omnibus vol.1
Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic vol.2
Venom: Along Came a Spider
Include...
Venom: Along Came a Spider #1-4
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