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C3G Comics Guide and Theme Review

SYMBIOTES
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Imperium Symbiotes (120)
Toxin (240)
Venom (Eugene "Flash" Thompson) (240)
Venom (Symbiote) (175)

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C3G’s Comics Recommendations

BEST INTRODUCTION

- Venom by Rick Remender (Venom By Remender Complete Collection Vol. 1)
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ICONIC/MUST READS
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- Venom vs. Carnage

~ Old Man Logan
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Imperium Symbiotes are near the top of my “seem fun, haven’t played them” list!

Al Ewing’s current Venom run has been fun so far, but I haven’t totally been keeping up with it.
 
I'll recommend Flash Thompson/Agent Venom in Remender's Venom vol. 2, Toxin in Venom vs. Carnage, and the Venom T-Rex in Old Man Logan.

I love all of these designs, it's too difficult to choose a favorite. It would be cool to see more; Sleeper, Scream, Anne Weying, the Venom T-Rex could be fun with other dinos.
 
Okay, back to Venom: sorry, took me a bit to get to.

Venom: The Hunger is easily my number one rec, it's the all-time great Venom story. It's a mini-series, so pretty light to get into. It's the OG "Eddie gets freaked out by the symbiote and they split up temporarily" story, and also the first story to really latch onto the long-running subtext of the Eddie-symbiote relationship as a romance. It's a funny, creepy book that really only works with Venom as the lead character. Basically every worthwhile Eddie/Venom story that's since been published takes its cues from The Hunger.

Venom by Rick Remender isn't the traditional take on the character, being that Flash Thompson is the star of the book, but it's the single best book with "Venom" on the cover ever published and so deserves a shout.

Venom by Mike Costa is a solid run. It starts off a little rough, I think, but it finds its groove after the big anniversary issue and manage to capture the same vibe as Venom's 90s adventures, but done way more smoothly.

Venom by Donny Cates is kinda the opposite where I think it starts off really strong, but the wheels fall off the wagon after a little bit. Gets very self-indulgent and fan-fic-y. Those first couple arcs though? Dynamite.

(A little less windy than my Thunderbolts essay but the editorial history of Venom is weird and I might be all year if I keep expecting myself to write something like that for Venom. :lol:)
 
Are we not gonna get a separate "Rad Eddie" topic at some point? If not then I really messed up by not mentioning him.
 
Finally updated things here!


For Joker, Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight is too iconic not to get top mention for me.

I'll also say Harleen is a great read, Death in the Family, and Mark Hamil's B:TAS Joker.
 
I pretty much loved any stories with any of these guys from Mark Waid or Geoff Johns' runs on Flash.
 
I've been a bit busier lately, so I'm gonna hit pause here, if anyone would like to takeover though, feel free to. :)
 
With as many moving parts as we have behind the scenes right now, I think a hiatus makes sense.
 
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