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Collecting Venom: Carnage Unleashed #1-4, Venom: Sinner Takes All #1-5; and material from Amazing Spider-Man Super Special, Spider-Man Super Special, Venom Super Special, Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special, and Web of Spider-Man Super Special.
Venom: Carnage Unleashed, written by Larry Hama and illustrated by Andrew Wildman. A video game based on Carnage's rampage during the Maximum Carnage story line is released. The real Carnage uses the release of the online version of the game as part of his latest plan to cause death and destruction. Carnage discovers a way of transporting his symbiote through phone lines and begins attacking people playing the game. Venom has no choice but to return to New York and confront his murderous spawn.
I'm sure the Carnage Unleashed video game is a spoof on the Maximum Carnage video game. The similarities can't just be a coincidence. This story line was very silly. It was about Carnage sending his symbiote through computers and killing people. Okay, this was back during the early days of the internet and not many people understood it all, but it was still a very silly story. The art wasn't all that bad, but I didn't like Wildman's version of Carnage. Wildman's Carnage just looked like a palette swap of Venom. I much prefer the Mark Bagley version of Carnage.
Venom: Sinner Takes All, written by Larry Hama and illustrated by Greg Luzniak. Before he was Venom, Eddie Brock wrote a series of articles supposedly revealing the identity of a serial killer known as the Sin-Eater. Peter Parker subsequently revealed the Sin-Eater's true identity, ruining Brock's career. Now there is a new Sin-Eater on the loose and Brock's ex-wife is caught in the middle.
I don't like the art in this story arc all that much. Everything is all overly-detail and it hurts my eyes. Also, what is up with all the drool coming out of Venom's mouth? It really is quite off-putting. Venom has always been a drooling monstrosity, but I think Luzniak went over-the-top here. Sometimes Luzniak's Venom looks as if he stole a Xenomorph's dentures. Then there's the way She-Venom looks on the cover of #3. It's like she gave herself a terrible spinal injury just to get her breasts and butt in one shot. Ted Halsted takes over on art for #5, but it isn't much of an improvement.
Venom: Sinner Takes All #5 also has a back-up story written by Marv Wolfman and illustrated by Gabriel Gecko. Venom is captured by a mad scientist that wants the symbiote for himself. The back-up was no great shakes itself, but the artwork was much better than the main story so it was a relief to have something that didn't hurt my eyes for once.
Amazing Spider-Man Super Special, written by David Michelinie and illustrated by Dave Hoover. Venom gets involved when Spider-Man is fighting a group of terrorists. Most of the terrorists manage to get away. During a subsequent rematch, Eddie Brock realises that the symbiote is influencing him to kill, so orders the it to leave him in peace. Hurt by the rejection, the symbiote lets out a psychic wail at the night sky.
It is good to see David Michelinie writing again. I usually like Larry Hama's writing, but his version of Venom just seemed off to me. I liked Hama's writing much more when he was on Wolverine. I have said that Michelinie is one of my favourite Spider-Man villains many times before. He co-created Venom as well, so if somebody knows how to write Venom correctly, then it's him.
Spider-Man Super Special, written by Michelinie and illustrated by Joe St. Pierre. It is soon revealed that the symbiote's psychic wail has summoned more of its kind to Earth. The symbiotes bond with random citizens and start committing murders. Believing that his symbiote is behind the killings, Eddie Brock teams-up with Spider-Man and the Scarlet Spider to investigate.
The art in the Amazing Spider-Man Super Special was a blessed relief from that which had gone before, but it was an unfortunate return to form for this, the Spider-Man Super Special. This was the 90's, so I shouldn't be too surprised at the iffy art. At least the artists have stopped drawing a slathering Venom for now. They have gotten rid of the absurd tongue as well. For now at least. I wish the artists would stick to a look for Eddie Brock as well. In the previous Super Special he had a great big mullet, but here he's back to his regular crew cut. I guess we shall have to wait and see what hairstyle the next artist gives him.
Venom Super Special, written by Michelinie and illustrated by Kyle Hotz. The symbiotes start ti build a giant machine made out of scavenged Earth components. Spider-Man, the Scarlet Spider and Eddie Brock confront the symbiotes and are transported to an alien planet.
Another artist means another hairstyle for Eddie Brock. This time his hair is more of a flat top. The rest of the art isn't all that good either. The poses all look incredibly painful, with spines twisted in ways they shouldn't. I am really starting to wish that there was one single artist working in this story arc and it was a mini-series instead of a couple over over-sized specials.
Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special, written by Michelinie and illustrated by Darick Robertson. One of the symbiotes releases Cletus Kasady from prison and Carnage is on the loose once more. Carnage discovers that he can become stronger by absorbing all the other symbiotes.
Once more we get another different hairstyle for Eddie Brock. We're back to his usual crew-cut, but this time it seems to have gone blond. The rest of the art is... okay. A slight improvement from the art in the Venom Super Special, but not by much. Also, Venom seems to have developed an under-bite for some reason. Then we have a Carnage that looks like a recoloured Venom again.
Web of Spider-Man Super Special, written by Michelinie and illustrated by Steve Lightle. If the symbiote invasion force wasn't enough, now Spider-Man, the Scarlet Spider and Venom have to deal with a giant-sized Carnage.
At least this artist remembered that Carnage isn't a recoloured Venom this time. It's much closer to the original version that Mark Bagley drew, so I'm happy. The rest of the art isn't much of an improvement. This might have something to do with the heavy inking. Oh, and Venom is back to having a drooling problem.
The various Super Specials also include a selection of back-up stories, but the only one included here is 'Things Undreamt of...' from the Venom Super Special. It is by Dan Slott and Mark Bagley and it is a flashback to the time when the symbiote was still bonded to Peter Parker and it would take control of Peter and go ot on patrol while he was still asleep.
The issues of Sinner Takes All also include back-up stories. These are by Dan Slott again and illustrated by John Calimee. The back-ups are about the Jury, a group of armoured vigilantes who all have their own reasons for wanting to hunt Venom. They recruit Jennifer Stewart, a former Guardsman at the metahuman prison called the Vault. They are after the Tarantula, who may have something to do with the death of Stewart's husband.
The Jury don't interest me one bit, so I have to confess that I skimmed through these back-up stories.
All-in-all I thought this trade was a disappointment. Things started off silly with Carnage sending his symbiote across the internet and things soon went downhill after that. Things seemed to pick up with the first part of the Planet of the Symbiotes story arc, but was let down with patchy art from the second part onward. I can't really recommend this trade to anybody other than people who are big Venom fans. Personally, I preferred the Seperation Anxiety trade compared to this one. I have a bunch of other Venom trades on my read list, so let's hope that they are better than this one.
My rating: 2.5 stars.
Venom: Carnage Unleashed, written by Larry Hama and illustrated by Andrew Wildman. A video game based on Carnage's rampage during the Maximum Carnage story line is released. The real Carnage uses the release of the online version of the game as part of his latest plan to cause death and destruction. Carnage discovers a way of transporting his symbiote through phone lines and begins attacking people playing the game. Venom has no choice but to return to New York and confront his murderous spawn.
I'm sure the Carnage Unleashed video game is a spoof on the Maximum Carnage video game. The similarities can't just be a coincidence. This story line was very silly. It was about Carnage sending his symbiote through computers and killing people. Okay, this was back during the early days of the internet and not many people understood it all, but it was still a very silly story. The art wasn't all that bad, but I didn't like Wildman's version of Carnage. Wildman's Carnage just looked like a palette swap of Venom. I much prefer the Mark Bagley version of Carnage.
Venom: Sinner Takes All, written by Larry Hama and illustrated by Greg Luzniak. Before he was Venom, Eddie Brock wrote a series of articles supposedly revealing the identity of a serial killer known as the Sin-Eater. Peter Parker subsequently revealed the Sin-Eater's true identity, ruining Brock's career. Now there is a new Sin-Eater on the loose and Brock's ex-wife is caught in the middle.
I don't like the art in this story arc all that much. Everything is all overly-detail and it hurts my eyes. Also, what is up with all the drool coming out of Venom's mouth? It really is quite off-putting. Venom has always been a drooling monstrosity, but I think Luzniak went over-the-top here. Sometimes Luzniak's Venom looks as if he stole a Xenomorph's dentures. Then there's the way She-Venom looks on the cover of #3. It's like she gave herself a terrible spinal injury just to get her breasts and butt in one shot. Ted Halsted takes over on art for #5, but it isn't much of an improvement.
Venom: Sinner Takes All #5 also has a back-up story written by Marv Wolfman and illustrated by Gabriel Gecko. Venom is captured by a mad scientist that wants the symbiote for himself. The back-up was no great shakes itself, but the artwork was much better than the main story so it was a relief to have something that didn't hurt my eyes for once.
Amazing Spider-Man Super Special, written by David Michelinie and illustrated by Dave Hoover. Venom gets involved when Spider-Man is fighting a group of terrorists. Most of the terrorists manage to get away. During a subsequent rematch, Eddie Brock realises that the symbiote is influencing him to kill, so orders the it to leave him in peace. Hurt by the rejection, the symbiote lets out a psychic wail at the night sky.
It is good to see David Michelinie writing again. I usually like Larry Hama's writing, but his version of Venom just seemed off to me. I liked Hama's writing much more when he was on Wolverine. I have said that Michelinie is one of my favourite Spider-Man villains many times before. He co-created Venom as well, so if somebody knows how to write Venom correctly, then it's him.
Spider-Man Super Special, written by Michelinie and illustrated by Joe St. Pierre. It is soon revealed that the symbiote's psychic wail has summoned more of its kind to Earth. The symbiotes bond with random citizens and start committing murders. Believing that his symbiote is behind the killings, Eddie Brock teams-up with Spider-Man and the Scarlet Spider to investigate.
The art in the Amazing Spider-Man Super Special was a blessed relief from that which had gone before, but it was an unfortunate return to form for this, the Spider-Man Super Special. This was the 90's, so I shouldn't be too surprised at the iffy art. At least the artists have stopped drawing a slathering Venom for now. They have gotten rid of the absurd tongue as well. For now at least. I wish the artists would stick to a look for Eddie Brock as well. In the previous Super Special he had a great big mullet, but here he's back to his regular crew cut. I guess we shall have to wait and see what hairstyle the next artist gives him.
Venom Super Special, written by Michelinie and illustrated by Kyle Hotz. The symbiotes start ti build a giant machine made out of scavenged Earth components. Spider-Man, the Scarlet Spider and Eddie Brock confront the symbiotes and are transported to an alien planet.
Another artist means another hairstyle for Eddie Brock. This time his hair is more of a flat top. The rest of the art isn't all that good either. The poses all look incredibly painful, with spines twisted in ways they shouldn't. I am really starting to wish that there was one single artist working in this story arc and it was a mini-series instead of a couple over over-sized specials.
Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special, written by Michelinie and illustrated by Darick Robertson. One of the symbiotes releases Cletus Kasady from prison and Carnage is on the loose once more. Carnage discovers that he can become stronger by absorbing all the other symbiotes.
Once more we get another different hairstyle for Eddie Brock. We're back to his usual crew-cut, but this time it seems to have gone blond. The rest of the art is... okay. A slight improvement from the art in the Venom Super Special, but not by much. Also, Venom seems to have developed an under-bite for some reason. Then we have a Carnage that looks like a recoloured Venom again.
Web of Spider-Man Super Special, written by Michelinie and illustrated by Steve Lightle. If the symbiote invasion force wasn't enough, now Spider-Man, the Scarlet Spider and Venom have to deal with a giant-sized Carnage.
At least this artist remembered that Carnage isn't a recoloured Venom this time. It's much closer to the original version that Mark Bagley drew, so I'm happy. The rest of the art isn't much of an improvement. This might have something to do with the heavy inking. Oh, and Venom is back to having a drooling problem.
The various Super Specials also include a selection of back-up stories, but the only one included here is 'Things Undreamt of...' from the Venom Super Special. It is by Dan Slott and Mark Bagley and it is a flashback to the time when the symbiote was still bonded to Peter Parker and it would take control of Peter and go ot on patrol while he was still asleep.
The issues of Sinner Takes All also include back-up stories. These are by Dan Slott again and illustrated by John Calimee. The back-ups are about the Jury, a group of armoured vigilantes who all have their own reasons for wanting to hunt Venom. They recruit Jennifer Stewart, a former Guardsman at the metahuman prison called the Vault. They are after the Tarantula, who may have something to do with the death of Stewart's husband.
The Jury don't interest me one bit, so I have to confess that I skimmed through these back-up stories.
All-in-all I thought this trade was a disappointment. Things started off silly with Carnage sending his symbiote across the internet and things soon went downhill after that. Things seemed to pick up with the first part of the Planet of the Symbiotes story arc, but was let down with patchy art from the second part onward. I can't really recommend this trade to anybody other than people who are big Venom fans. Personally, I preferred the Seperation Anxiety trade compared to this one. I have a bunch of other Venom trades on my read list, so let's hope that they are better than this one.
My rating: 2.5 stars.
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