The various iterations of Venom have appeared as a principal character in a number of limited series, one shots, and ongoing series published by Marvel Comics. With the first issue of the first limited series published at the end of 1992 (cover dated February 1993), the character appeared in a string of 17 limited series. These series did not overlap in publication (with the exception of Venom – Deathtrap: The Vault which was a reprint of another book), each having more than a month between the end of one series and the start of the next. With the exception of one shot titles, this resulted in the character appearing as the focal character of a new issue each month through the end of Venom: The Finale, published in November 1997 (cover dated January 1998), composing the equivalent of a five-year ongoing series from 1992 to 1997, with other issues and series following that.
For most of these issues, Eddie Brock has been the main character and host for the Venom symbiote with the exception of Venom vol. 1, Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man, Venom/Deadpool What If?, and Venom vol. 2. The Amazing Spider-Man Presents – Anti-Venom: New Ways to Live could also be considered an exception because Eddie Brock is the main character but it is not the original Venom symbiote.
List Title Issues Initial cover date Final cover date Story LGY #1–6 1993-02February 1993 1993-07July 1993 After calling a truce with Spider-Man, Eddie Brock moves to San Francisco to help fight crime as an anti-hero. This story introduces Scream, Phage, Riot, Lasher, and Agony. #1-6 #1 1993-03March 1993 Reprint of Avengers – Deathtrap: The Vault, which features Venom engineering a facility-wide break out of the incarcerated villains in the Vault in an attempt to escape. #1–3 1993-08August 1993 1993-10October 1993 Venom is contacted by a reporter in a gang and asks for help. Meanwhile, the Punisher is working to take the same gang down. #7-9 1993-11November 1993 1994-01January 1994 The Juggernaut attempts to kidnap Beck, Eddie's love interest. Venom, who has been hearing voices (other than the symbiote) attempts to save her while trying to maintain his sanity. #10-12 1994-02February 1994 1994-04April 1994 On Halloween, Venom takes on an army of "goblins" with help from Morbius, the Living Vampire. Demogoblin also appears. #13-15 #1 1993-04April 1994 Venom and the Hulk team up to combat a terrorist causing earthquakes in San Francisco. #1–3 1994-05May 1994 1994-07July 1994 Venom comes into conflict with Mace, a bounty hunter who is being hunted by the organization that created him. #16-18 #1–4 1994-08August 1994 1994-11November 1994 Venom works with Vengeance against an alien race of hunters known only as the Stalkers. #19-22 1994-12December 1994 1995-03March 1995 After being split apart from his other by the Scarlet Spider (Spider-Man #53), Eddie once again faces the symbiotes from Lethal Protector. #23-26 1995-04April 1995 1995-07July 1995 Cletus Kasady has a video game licensed after his alter ego but is not making any money from it. He breaks out of the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane to go after the producer. #27-30 Venom Super Special #1 1995-08August 1995 Part 3 of the five part Planet of the Symbiotes arc. Venom teams up with Spider-Man and the Scarlet Spider to stop a symbiote invasion of earth. #31 #1–5 1995-08August 1995 1995-12December 1995 After the events of Carnage Unleashed, Venom contends with a new Sin-Eater. First appearance of She-Venom. #32-36 Rune vs. Venom #1 1995-12December 1995 A leftover symbiote from the Planet of the Symbiotes arc bonds with Rune of Malibu Comics after he enters the Marvel Universe. He then begins to frame Venom for the murder of civilians. #1–4 1996-01January 1996 1996-04April 1996 Venom breaks his wife out of the local precinct and Ben Reilly (as Spider-Man) shows up to help stop him. There is a back-up story featuring the origin of Hybrid. #37-40 #1–3 1996-05May 1996 1996-07July 1996 Venom is being stalked by symbiote-eating creatures and fighting for his life. Hybrid also appears. #41-43 #1–4 1996-08August 1996 1996-11November 1996 Eddie finds that the symbiote has a craving for brains and it drives him to consume the brains of an enemy. Horrified, Eddie does not know what to do and the symbiote leaves him to fulfill its hunger. #44-47 #1–3 1996-12December 1996 1997-02February 1997 Venom and Wolverine fight against a possessive entity known as Dirt Nap. While Wolverine is trying to save a boy that has been possessed by the creature, Venom has no such concern. #48-50 1997-03March 1997 1997-05May 1997 Similar plot to the Spider-Man Special Edition, with Venom being judged for his actions and with Matt Murdock acting in his defense. #51-53 1997-06June 1997 1997-08August 1997 Venom is employed by the government to take down a ring of terrorists with a deadly new chemical agent that can kill within 48 hours if inhaled. #54-56 # -1 1997-07July 1997 Eddie Brock covers a story on Krobaa, the living darkness. #57 #1–2 1997-09September 1997 1997-10October 1997 Venom has a confrontation with his ally/enemy Ghost Rider while trying to take down a crime boss. #1–3 1997-11November 1997 1998-01January 1998 Venom defuses a bomb planted in his chest by the government. The end of the original run of mini series' featuring Venom. Spider-Man appears. #58-60 #1 1998-01January 1998 Venom goes after J. Jonah Jameson under orders from a covert government committee while Spider-Man attempts to stop him. (vol. 1) #1–18 2003–06June 2003 2004–11November 2004 A clone of the symbiote is made from a piece of Venom's tongue. It attacks an Alaskan base and comes into conflict with the real Venom, Spider-Man, and Wolverine. This series was composed of the arcs Shiver (1–5), Run (6–10), Patterns (11–13), and Twist (14–18). The story is unresolved. #60-78 #1–4 2004–09September 2004 2004–12December 2004 Carnage is going to give birth to a new symbiote and is planning to kill it but Venom wants to raise the new symbiote as an ally. Instead of either, the symbiote finds a host of its own in the form of a New York City cop named Patrick Mulligan. They bond and become known as Toxin. Spider-Man and Black Cat appear. #1–5 2008–10October 2008 2009-02February 2009 Tells the story of Eddie Brock's childhood and his downward spiral into becoming the original Venom. In addition to new material, this series retells parts of The Amazing Spider-Man #300. #79-83 #1–4 2009-08August 2009 2009–11November 2009Tells the adventures of Mac Gargan (the third and then current Venom) as the Spider-Man for the Dark Avengers. #1–3 2009–11November 2009 2010-02February 2010 Eddie Brock (now as Anti-Venom) once again encounters the Punisher while fighting drug dealers. #1 2011-04April 2011 A four-part back-up story that was later collected into a single reprint. Tells the story of what would happen if the Venom symbiote bonded with Deadpool. (vol. 2) #1–42 #13.1 – 13.4#27.1 2011-05May 2011 2013-12 December 2013After removing it from Mac Gargan, the government gives the symbiote to Flash Thompson to be a black ops agent. During "Spider-Island" he encounters Eddie Brock as Anti-Venom. He joins the Secret Avengers and fights the Savage Six. He relocates to Philadelphia to continue as a lone superhero, and encounters Eddie Brock again, first as a non-powered "symbiote slayer" and later as Toxin. #84-130 #1–13 2016-01January 2016 2016-12December 2016Flash Thompson has been tasked with being an intergalactic ambassador of Earth and an Agent of the Cosmos. #131-143 (vol. 3) #1–6 #150–165 2017-01January 2017 2018-06June 2018Lee Price gains the symbiote in #1, before losing it in #6 and Eddie Brock gaining the symbiote for the rest of the volume. #144-149 #150–165 #1–5 2017-08August 2017 2017-10October 2017A group of aliens called the Poisons are hunting symbiotes across the multiverse, leading Eddie Brock to fight back. #1 2017-11November 2017 #1–5 2017-11November 2017 2017-12December 2017 2017-11April 20182017-12May 2018Venom and the X-Men are desperately racing back to Earth to warn everyone of an impending invasion by the Poisons, who want to bond every super hero with a Klyntar symbiote. (vol. 4) #1–35 and Web of Venom One-Shots 2017-05May 2018 June 2021Eddie Brock discovers he has a son, Dylan, the return of Carnage (Absolute Carnage) and the arrival of the symbiote God Knull (King in Black). #166-200#1–5August 2018November 2018 Venom's first host, Tel-Kar, has returned and stole the symbiote from Eddie. Eddie with the help of an ally and Venom's latest offspring, they stop Tel-Kar and saves the symbiote along with other innocent lives. Spider-Man & Venom: Double Trouble#1–4January 2020April 2020An out of continuity all-ages story. Venom/CarnageSeptember 2021October 2021Infinite comic. (vol. 5) #1–39 November 2021 – November 2024Following the events of King in Black, Dylan Brock is the new host of the Venom symbiote while Eddie Brock is the new King in Black. #201-239 (vol. 2)#1–5May 2022October 2022Flashback story set not long after Eddie Brock first became Venom. Ms. Marvel & Venom#1Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) teams up with Dylan Brock. #1–5May 2023September 2023Flashback story pitting Venom against Doctor Doom. Venom War#1-5August 2024November 2024Eddie and Dylan go to war with each other to determine who will get to be Venom's one true host. Meanwhile, artificial zombified symbiotes created by Meridius attack New York. All-New Venom#1-10December 2024September 2025Following the events of Venom War, Dylan Brock attempts to figure out who Venom's new host is, with the suspects consisting of Rick Jones, Luke Cage, Robbie Robertson, and Madame Masque. #240-249Venom (vol. 6)#250-October 2025#250-
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