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It's very difficult to tell a boring Venom story. Even when our run's been at its timey-est and wimey-est, something about the symbiote demands a degree of all-out action, wildness, and weirdness. -- Al Ewing
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shakaloolooDan Slott's Iron Man run has built up to 2020, and having Tony's half-brother Arno stand up to his destiny to defend humanity from the Extinction Entity, only like the fourth Marvel villain in the last decade to try and merge organic and technological life. Now, with co-writer Christos Gage at his side, Slott bows out in the grand finale!
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thanekos(#3'd been Sue and Peter.)
Peter'd swung over to the Baxter Building, having gotten a text from its comm systems.
He learnt that none of them had sent it - yet there it was, on his phone.
With nothing else to do, he asked Ben if he could get some poker tips.
Ben agreed. They sat down to cards -
" Ah, Spider-Man. You answered my summons. "
- and a very familiar looking armored figure in green warped in.
The other three arrived. There was five against the intruder, with " The kids? "
" Safe in the panic room. "
" All right, Victor. " said Reed. " If you're this eager for a fight- "
" ' Victor '?
" Heh. Oh, Dr. Richards. Really.
" Could ' Victor ' bypass your defenses so effortlessly? Would ' Victor ' know the layout of your headquarters intimately.. "
The figure tapped his mask, and it opened.
" .. because he once lived here? "
" Kristoff? "
( Spider-Man took Kristoff Vernard's face in. )
Peter'd swung over to the Baxter Building, having gotten a text from its comm systems.
He learnt that none of them had sent it - yet there it was, on his phone.
With nothing else to do, he asked Ben if he could get some poker tips.
Ben agreed. They sat down to cards -
" Ah, Spider-Man. You answered my summons. "
- and a very familiar looking armored figure in green warped in.
The other three arrived. There was five against the intruder, with " The kids? "
" Safe in the panic room. "
" All right, Victor. " said Reed. " If you're this eager for a fight- "
" ' Victor '?
" Heh. Oh, Dr. Richards. Really.
" Could ' Victor ' bypass your defenses so effortlessly? Would ' Victor ' know the layout of your headquarters intimately.. "
The figure tapped his mask, and it opened.
" .. because he once lived here? "
" Kristoff? "
( Spider-Man took Kristoff Vernard's face in. )
thanekos(#2'd been in the '80s.)
It was right after Fantastic Four #349, in which Spidey'd been part of the " New Fantastic Four " with the Hulk, Wolverine, and the Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch, possessed by his ancestor Noble Kale).
They'd been brought together by Sue Richards, who'd represented herself as the only surviving member of the original Four, seeking justice for the deaths of the others at the hands of " assassins ".
" Sue " was actually the renegade Skrull De'Lila, manipulating the New and Old Fantastic Four with her cunning and telepathic talents.
Her plans came to a head at Monster Island, where they were complicated by the Mole Man and some other Skrulls who wanted to bring her to the Empire's justice.
Ultimately, they were foiled.
In their aftermath, the real Sue explained them to the Mole Man.
( He wasn't happy about what the works of the Skrulls- De'Lila's objective, the methods of her pursuers- had done to part of his domain. )
It was right after Fantastic Four #349, in which Spidey'd been part of the " New Fantastic Four " with the Hulk, Wolverine, and the Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch, possessed by his ancestor Noble Kale).
They'd been brought together by Sue Richards, who'd represented herself as the only surviving member of the original Four, seeking justice for the deaths of the others at the hands of " assassins ".
" Sue " was actually the renegade Skrull De'Lila, manipulating the New and Old Fantastic Four with her cunning and telepathic talents.
Her plans came to a head at Monster Island, where they were complicated by the Mole Man and some other Skrulls who wanted to bring her to the Empire's justice.
Ultimately, they were foiled.
In their aftermath, the real Sue explained them to the Mole Man.
( He wasn't happy about what the works of the Skrulls- De'Lila's objective, the methods of her pursuers- had done to part of his domain. )
thanekos(#1'd been a story in the '60s.)
It concerned the symbiote Spidey'd picked up on Battleworld.
The alien costume, kept in the Baxter Building after Peter'd learned something of its nature, was freed from its containment by a strange drone.
The symbiote left, seeking its jailer - Reed Richards, out with his son and wife.
It wanted Franklin. Sue left to take him to safety, leaving Reed to contend with the symbiote.
The symbiote took Reed. The resulting merger sensed Spidey nearby, and went for him.
It came to Pete while he was thinking about the goings-on of his life.
" Oh, this is all I need.. the symbiote got away from.. "
( Realization hit. )
It concerned the symbiote Spidey'd picked up on Battleworld.
The alien costume, kept in the Baxter Building after Peter'd learned something of its nature, was freed from its containment by a strange drone.
The symbiote left, seeking its jailer - Reed Richards, out with his son and wife.
It wanted Franklin. Sue left to take him to safety, leaving Reed to contend with the symbiote.
The symbiote took Reed. The resulting merger sensed Spidey nearby, and went for him.
It came to Pete while he was thinking about the goings-on of his life.
" Oh, this is all I need.. the symbiote got away from.. "
( Realization hit. )
thanekosIt was a spiritual sequel to an X-Men/Spider-Man mini back in 2008.
(It also came right before a certain turn in Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four.)
The first issue was Johnny Storm and Peter Parker, back in the latter's Empire State University days.
The Four were on campus, at the personal request of Doctor Doom.
Doom wanted his enemies to serve as his bodyguards during the negotiations the university was hosting - with Latveria's geographical neighbors, for non-aggression treaties.
The satisfaction Doom was getting out of that irritated Johnny and Ben: " Wotta revoltin' development this is. "
" Look at it this way, rockface-
" The day can't get any worse. "
( It did. )
(It also came right before a certain turn in Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four.)
The first issue was Johnny Storm and Peter Parker, back in the latter's Empire State University days.
The Four were on campus, at the personal request of Doctor Doom.
Doom wanted his enemies to serve as his bodyguards during the negotiations the university was hosting - with Latveria's geographical neighbors, for non-aggression treaties.
The satisfaction Doom was getting out of that irritated Johnny and Ben: " Wotta revoltin' development this is. "
" Look at it this way, rockface-
" The day can't get any worse. "
( It did. )
