It was ok. Ups and downs with decent art.

Hard to believe this was approved by the Comics Code Authority there is quite a bit of nightmare fuel in this graphic novel. This makes me pine for the comics of the ninties, late eighties? With the Rambo style Punisher the Demogoblin and Mobius. It was interesting seeing Spider-Man as a sort of bad guy.

Collects Venom : Funeral Pyre issues #1-3, Venom: The Madness issues #1-3, Venom: The Enemy Within issues #1-3, Incredible Hulk vs. Venom issue #1I picked up this trade from my library because it contains an issue that I have in my personal comic book collection. I remember buying the "Incredible Hulk vs. Venom" one-shot at some point in the mid-1990s, and I have it in a box somewhere in my house. Even though it was written by Peter David, I did not enjoy this issue today, but it's kind of fun t...

This was okay, but I wasn't a big fan of the titular tale, The Enemy Within, which seemed to drag on. I did like the Hulk crossover though - that was fun.

The Enemy Within is comprised of three separate Venom limited series and a special one-shot at the end. Some are better than others; some are complete shit; all of it is pretty disappointing for my favorite Spider-Man villain.Funeral Pyre: Bland, boring, wasted a potentially great Punisher appearance. Pyre was a forgettable villain, and that's pretty much it. Not horrible, but definitely not up to Venom's usual standards. Madness: Wow! I didn't think a comic could be so...HORRIBLE! This has been...

3.5 stars.

Lethal Protector was a fun, dated story, but this collection leaves a lot to be desired. Inconstant and often ugly art, a lead character with no charisma and very little in terms of plotting. It's a collection of team ups, which isn't a bad concept, but Venom is too neutered to be interesting next to his guests. And no way would the Punisher suffer Eddie Brock to live.

This was...something lol. I'm reading the Venom Omnibus volume 1 and breaking down these stories as I go through so easier to do a big review at the end of the entire Omnibus. The first story - Funeral Pyre - Is fucking insane. You got Punisher just shooting up hoodlums and being the Punisher. Venom like "No bro, I gotta save one of them." then that one becomes a creature known as Funeral Pyre (Gotta love the name) and...man is this the most 90's comic eveR? So weird. I couldn't look away. Secon...

TL;DR: Neconti's The Madness is the only standout; the rest is skippable. Rating biased towards the former, but really this is a 2-star book.Venom: Funeral PyreThe bits of Venom buried under plot/antagonist/Punisher are sparse and fail to develop the character or capture any of their interesting qualities. Punisher's stilted voiceover infects all the dialog, and I don't want to read about him & this didn't change my mind. The art is the banal worst of comics, not bad enough to be funny but also

Venom as a hero is a great concept but executed badly, for the most part, in this series of stories from the 1990s. The artwork goes from passable [Funeral Pyre], to horrid [The Madness],to excellent [The Enemy Within] and finally to ridiculous in the Hulk story [Vs.]. The writing was nothing to brag about either with moments of genius mixed with mountains of mediocrity. It was worth a read, of course, but oh the mullets, the fashions [if they can be called that] and the dialogue... oh my.

Silly old comics trying to be cool and edgy. Are you here for some Symbrock shipping after the 2018 movie and this comic is all you could get your paws on? Don't waste your time.

Another absolute mess of a Venom story. This volume contains a few different three part Venom stories as well as a Hulk/Venom issue. None of them are particularly good.We're still stuck in the premise that Venom is in The Bay Area living with a literal underground cult, trying to be a good guy and protect people. But the writing is consistently lazy, even though the creative team is different for every storyarc, and I didn't find any of it either informative about Venom, or fun. I would have acc...

I got this because I could have sworn that I had some of these original comics back in the day. Funeral Pyre and The Madness were relatively decent comics and The Enemy Within just brought me to the conclusion that I won't be collecting any other TPB's of Venom's. The Lethal Protector and Maximum Carnage more or less fill my need.

Not badI was worried that what I liked as a teenager I might hate today, but that's not the case here. I felt this book was fine. Middle of the road. Had some good stories, had some bad, but great art pretty much all the way through, albeit very different styles.If you're looking for some decent Venom stories to add to your collection, give this a try. I give it 3 1/2 stars out of 5.

The majority of Venom's 90s mini-series which were basically a Venom ongoing have a bad reputation. This volume shows both why that reputation is deserved, and why there are some half-decent stories in amongst them.The first story, Funeral Pyre, is probably the most run of the mill. Venom tries to be a good guy, runs afoul of the Punisher and a new supervillain, and it all ends badly for everyone. Bog standard, inoffensive, with decent artwork, but instantly forgettable.The Madness, the second s...

First off, the art is great in every one of these stories. Secondly, even though the characters and story aren’t the best, this still remains entertaining, especially the story with the Punisher involved. The Demogoblin is so cool-looking—I’ve never even heard of him before! This is way more of a positive opinion than I might have actually written. I had a really good time reading this stuff. I’m already a 90s Venom fan, but this stuff really satisfies my fandom, in a lot of ways. Check it out i...

This is a great beginning to a series of stories about Venom. To begin with, Venom decides to leave New York and travel to SanFranCisco, Eddie Brock's home. As soon as he arrives, there is trouble.

Siendo continuista con la saga de Protector Letal, Venom el enemigo interno es un recopilatorio que trae varias historias del simbionte como el anti héroe de San Francisco.La primera historia consta de 3 números donde podemos ver a Punisher y a Venom en medio de una guerra de pandillas masacrando a tanto delincuente como puedan, mientras que Punisher esta ahí para barrer a los criminales de las calles, Venom esta tratando de encontrar a un periodista infiltrado en una de las bandas para salvarlo...