Welcome Beat readers back to our weekly coverage of all things Marvel, The Marvel Compendium. This week we’ll be covering the launch of All-New Venom and finding out what happens after Venom Wars. Additionally, this week’s Rapid Rundown features reviews of Miles Morales: Spider-Man, X-Men, and we’re spreading some early news with Surprising Holiday Stories Holiday joy.
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All-New Venom #1
writer: Al Ewing
artist: Carlos Gomez
Colorist: Frank Damata
Writer: Clayton Cowles, VC
A legitimate criticism of current Marvel is how heavily they rely on the playbook of events. Proclaiming “Everything You Know Will Change,” these books aim to shake up Wednesday Warrior’s status quo (and ultimately flesh out the publisher’s back catalog). Since their inception with the original Jim Shooter/Mike Zeck secret wars Yet the Book of Events rarely has the weight it claims to have. Their consequences are often short-term rather than truly far-reaching. Plot clues come from secret wars What really stands out forty years later is Spider-Man’s black costume, which is, of course, Venom.
There have been three “incidents” this year alone: gang war, Blood Hunt,Now Venom Wars. There were complaints when these were just annual events. There is now an event every season. How world-shaking will these stories be when they happen multiple times a year? Of course, the creative team must have been exhausted from tying their story to so many books. Maybe reader fatigue sets in at some point and we read less of these types of books? Maybe they had a brief pause? One can dream.
anyway, venom war It’s over, the dust has settled. The biggest consequence is that neither Eddie Brock nor his son Dylan possess the Venom symbiote. It has landed. Now that someone else has it, it’s a mystery, of course. title new venom It’s a tongue-in-cheek nod to Marvel’s decade-old brand new slate, and the fact that someone is Venom now. It seems like everyone has become Venom at this point, but as a handy AIM scientist pointed out here, whoever has Venom now, doesn’t have it yet.
The mystery is meant to draw you in, but honestly, who cares who Venom is right now. This is a Spider-Man. Now they are a character with a vast and confusing cosmic mythology. Apparently, 90% of the characters in the Marvel Universe are hosts to the Venom symbiote. In the future, we will all become Venom for 15 minutes.
Also, this isn’t actually the beginning of a new reader-friendly storyline. This is the middle part of more than thirty issues now venom ran through Al Ewing. This also follows up gang war. remember gang war What event will kick off Marvel 2024? Well, hopefully you remember that Madame Masque was a big deal in that story, if you haven’t read it gang war…well, you can read a Wikipedia article. at least an artist Carlos Gomezjust finished running Fantastic Fourand colorist Frank Damata Make things look lively and lively.
Thirty plus issues written by Al Ewing are kind of crazy venom Running exists. Five of these issues are a major event and may only be relevant to this specific issue. What was supposed to be the first issue was actually just another issue in that run. There are really no people who have read the previous series, or people who seriously object to it. venom war (Obviously gang war), which may not provide an incentive to do so.
judgment: jump over
Running out fast!
- Amazing Holiday Stories #1
- Typically, these types of seasonal anthology books are throwaway junk food. Some funny stories that don’t take themselves seriously and focus more on resonance than real stories. If you’re lucky, one will be within reach or stand out among the scum. but Amazing holiday story Breaking with tradition, we are given three short stories that not only take the material seriously, but are also genuinely funny and sweet! The list of creators here is strong: Gerry Dugan wrote Fantastic Four stories, and artists Phil Noto. Daniel Kibblesmith Wrote a regression X-men The story of Hanukkah fits between the pages of a classic Claremont book, shoot oliver Excellent painting skills. The last story is my favorite, a New Year’s Eve story featuring the Spectacular Spider-Man by a seriously underrated guy Yang Ji’en And by Dylan Burnetta talented cartoonist who created one of my favorite books of 2023, The King of Arcade. John Kalisz Adding Color to the X-Men Story KJ Diaz Add color to Spider-Man. Ariana Maher, VC The letters are all three and impressively adapted to each artist’s unique visuals. Each story is light-hearted but accurately expresses the voices of the characters and the dynamic interactions between them. For the most part, the stakes are low and silly, but these aren’t funny stories. Young and Burnett’s Spider-Man story is particularly strong, embodying the mentor/mentee relationship between Peter and Miles that we rarely see in 616. The final pages are a touching, human moment where Peter is able to give Miles something he never had as a young hero. I hope this is what we get from the truly spectacular Spider-Man series, which after half a year of releases still can’t find a unique voice for these two heroes. Keblesmith and Oliver’s story is a loving tribute to the era without falling into saccharine nostalgia. Dugan and Noto’s Fantastic Four is the silliest, but the script isn’t overly broad, and Noto’s art is so good at emotion and expression that you can’t help but love it. This is a great package, a warm hug from the Marvel Universe as the weather gets colder. Marvel put real effort into this and the results are worth it! -TR
Next week, the Rundown team will be talking all things Ultimate Universe in a year! While you wait, check out previous versions of Marvel Rundown here!
