This was a fun read for sure!Wesee Eddie's origin like from his childhoood and how he was bullied nd all and grew up wanting to be a journalist and then breaking the story on Sin-breaker and getting famous and what happened that led him to have an enemy-ship with Spider-man and how he destroyed his life, the bonding with the symbiote and fighting him constantly and their first battle and how it formed his character from there on! Its not a new story per se just touching familiar grounds but its

it's 'aight

Ah.. it was ok. To pass the time. Not much.

The ending is very hasty, but otherwise it's ok.

I didn't even read the comics where Venom first appears, and I still feel that retelling his origin is tiresome. Attempting to cram everything, including backstory, into a single arc makes for bad pacing, and the intro drags while the finale rushes. That said, retelling gives the opportunity to highlight specific elements, and this has two things to say: First, that pre-Venom Eddie is awful--and while I appreciate the insistence and lack of forgiveness, it's still unpleasant to read. Second, as

Contrary to what the majority seems to think, I definitely preferred this to the art in ‘Birth of Venom’, it just seems a lot smoother? Venom. Venom Venom Venom. Thought I knew how complex of a relationship they and Eddie had but boy was I unprepared for this.

The perfect story about a mythomaniac!the art of Medina is awesome for the dark and rude panels but not for the normal life ones as the first two issues

Remember the comic Spider-Man: Birth of Venom?This story takes place in that time, only from Eddie's point-of-view. You learn a bit about his past, and how he became Venom, of course.Eddie's sort of a psycho, we like it!I would have wished the Venom movie to be more like this and less like of what we already got. The art at first might seem a little bit cartoonish but throughout the read it grows on you.This comic wasn't a turd in the wind at all!4/5

Another bad Venom story...actually, it's horrendous! Firstly, I didn't like the art style, except for the illustrations of Venom and Spider-Man. The people were illustrated in a very ugly art style, and that detracted from the otherwise great background artwork and Venom/Spider-Man designs. As for the story, it was really, really, REALLY bad! This book made Eddie Brock out to be a scumbag from the earliest moments in his life, but why establish his character like that? I know the point was to sh...

Angel Medina's art is awful. He draws heads as giant balloons on spindly toothpick necks. And his faces are so overexaggerated as if it's a caricature. The story isn't any better. It retells Venom's origin along with Eddie Brock's life up that point. It makes Eddie out to having been a psychopath from childhood, hiding the neighborhood girl's cat so he could be the hero to return it. Brock works best when you have some sympathy for him. That he was just a normal guy who was honestly reporting ab...

It is the retelling of the origin of Venom from Eddie Brock's point of view. What could have given more dimensions to the titular character, remains a missed opportunity. Not only is the artwork sloppy, the writing and characterization are subpar as well. It is a title that can be left unread and is easily forgettable.

This tells the past of Eddie before he gets the venom suit and when he has it. The title doesn't lie. This shit is pretty dark. Remember Eddie being an asshole in the 80's? Well what about if Eddie stole kittens and then gave them back to make himself look good. Or forcefully grab a girl in High School. OR COVER A MURDERER FOR A STORY. This is Eddie before he becomes the Semi-anti-hero that he is now days. It only gets worse when his life gets worse as that's when he has the faithful meeting of

2.5 stars. The art wasnt compelling at all and really detracted, especially in the beginning. Young Brock was flat out ugly. Story wise, I liked the historical bits - exploring Eddie Brock's past. The story fell apart and got boring on the last half. In fact it was so basic it was predictable. Venom is one of my all time favorite characters in the Marvel universe, which is why I'm rounding a 2 star to a 3 and calling it 2.5.

So, I finally got around to reading this. To start, I was really excited when I got the book. I had heard Zeb Wells wrote the story and I liked the "Anti-Venom" minicomic. I haven't read the original series that explains it, but I've read enough Venom comics to know when a story gets it wrong. And Wells altered most of the story here. The miniseries hurts for it. A lot.For starters, we can blame artist Angel Medina for not looking up what Eddie's dad looks like. Or his horrific drawings of Brock...

Meh... just O.K. the story is an origin story but not a very good one. The art is a major negative for me, I don't like the distorted faces at all and a lot of the action is hard to decipher. The whole point of the story is to establish Eddie Brock was a bad dude since he was a kid.. got it. Other than that it was pretty boring for me.

The art style was disproportionate and the story mediocre. Most people already know how Venom began and Eddie Brock is too big of a scumbag to root for.

---Even though this has been out a while, potential spoilers ahead---But the comic isn't perfect. Peter Parker knows the venom is out there after casting it away, but doesn't make it his life's mission to destroy it. I get that he's busy, but if I were him, it's what I would have done. Also, the way Eddie meets his wife was paraphrased and a little odd.Also, I get that more comes after this collection, but that final battle scene, though really good, was awfully quick. Though how it ended made f...

While the first two issues detail relevant moments in Eddie's life, his bond with the symbiote turns the story into something explosive, perfectly matched by the spectacularly detailed and visceral artwork. This comic does a splendid job of showing how the Venom symbiote thinks and what its home planet looks like, something that was never explored as far as I know. The final battle is with his arch-nemesis Spider-Man. The outcome is to be expected - Venom never really defeated Spider-Man, but th...

All this year, I did not read a single Marvel comics! Did not wanted to end the year this way..so after looking for some interesting topics, settled on Venom!Loved the movie and I must accept I loved the Origin (#1 - #5).The SpiderMan's own Joker - "You are the Spider, I'm your Venom"Looking forward to regularly read the venom story arc...

Art was largely weird in terms of proportioning. Did not like the human faces at all. They looked cartoony, but not in a good way. They were very unsettling. The best art within the whole story was the suit and some of the shots of Venom. Eddie Brock was odd looking and so was every other human. If I were the editor I would've kept the guy's suit work and found someone else to do the human characters and faces. The story wasn't anything special, although I was not aware of the way that Brock set...