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Spider-Man: Venom Returns (Marvel comics)

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This TPB collects issues drawn by Erik Larsen, who took over for Todd McFarlane, but the action is almost identical to the the first appearances of Venom which are collected in "The Birth of Venom" TPB.

"The Return of Venom" really is a representation of the 1990's comics industry sensibility. That is: weak story, great art. It really doesn't advance our understanding of Venom or Eddie Brock to see Venom stalking Spider-Man, again. Showing up at Aunt May's house, again. Taking Spider-man to a deserted location, again. We are even reminded of the redundancy by Spider-Man himself over and over again as he says "This is like when we fought on Long Island".

If you already own "The Birth of Venom" TPB then there is no need to buy this, as it even contains one of the same stories already re-printed in the "The Birth of Venom" TPB of Venom defending "innocents" at a truck stop.

This book is great, it contains the origin of Carnage, the supposed death of the symbiote and a whole mess of abilities that you never new the symbiote posessed!