Venom #154

SKIN DEEP

Written by Mike Costa

Penciled by Paulo Siqueira
Cover by Gerardo Sandoval
Published Sep 20, 2017
 
   While Eddie sleeps, the creature known as Venom uses the time to scan the television - one of his newest favorite ways to ingest the news of the day. What he sees though is hardly settling. During a jailhouse interview with the Shocker, the voiceover refers to him as a horrifying creature.

The Shocker is a hater anyway...

   Between that and the doctor shows, the creature learns more and more about our world. As dawn breaks, the news program mentions a rash of bank robberies. Eventually Eddie awakens, already late for his appointment at Alcehmax. The two swing into town for his treatment and encounter the hateful Ms. Allen, whom Venom reveals that Eddie has a bit of a crush on. He flashes back to being with Spider-Man and learning about fear, although that doesn't have a whole lot to do with anything. On the way back home, the pair stops by the store for some crime fighting. They see the thieves the news mentioned, and intervene. Before leaving, they tell the clerk to mention to the police that Venom saved him.

Tell the others of this!

   He flashes back through his many parasitic hosts. Scorpion, Lee Price - briefly detailing their rises and falls. Eddie then tries to sell the TV but the pawn shop owner fails to offer a good price. Back home, Venom watches more and more while Eddie sleeps. He continues to flashback, this time remembering the time he spent with Flash Thompson. 

BFF's,

   Deciding he seeks forgiveness, Venom visits a priest he recently injured at a local hospital. After reassuring the man that he's safe, the priest asks him the world can be hopeless without people who care each other. Venom tells him he does have someone. He promises to the priest that he will earn love by fighting crime and heads out the window. With that, this issue comes to a close.

K. Bye!

   This is the first issue of this comic I've reviewed and I have to admit, it's a little disjointed and confusing. The arc with Lee Price a few issues back was well written but this conclusion was forced, and weird. With as long as they had knowing that there would be a new era launching with Marvel Legacy, seems they could have put it together more. Either way, there's been so many points of this series' history that keeps me wanting more. Hopefully it delivers. For this particular issue, I give it a 5/10.

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