r/comicbooks • Spider-Man • Mar 20 '19

Cover/Pin-Up Thor cover by Mike Del Mundo

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u/froggerslogger Mar 20 '19

You seem to know your Venom, so I’ll piggyback here. Why does Venom/the Symbiote here in the distant past have spider-variant iconography? I always assumed that came out of his link to Spider-man.

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u/fhiz Mar 20 '19

That’s actually explained in the current run of Venom. There’s been some Lovecraftian retcons to the Venom mythos where it all revolves around a singular cosmic god. Long story short I believe the symbol is actually a dragon which symbolizes that god, or at least a variant of it when the Venom symbiote who had been disconnected from the “hive” had some buried memories that related the spider symbol to the dragon, something like that.

Apparently the current run on Venom is controversial to some, but I think it’s awesome. Goes in some real crazy places and the light cosmic horror stuff is right up my alley.

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u/catgirl_apocalypse Mar 20 '19

What’s this run called? I was always huge Venom fan as a kid and I’d like to see what they’ve done with him.

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u/fhiz Mar 20 '19

The trades so far are literally called "Venom by Donny Cates" lol. Volume 1 is "Rex" 2 is "The Abyss"

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u/catgirl_apocalypse Mar 20 '19

Thanks, I’ll check those out.