#meridius

[why-i-love-comics]

Venom War #5 (2024)

written by Al Ewing art by Iban Coello & Frank D'Armata

[vertigoartgore]

2022's Venom Vol.5 #5 (LGY : #205) page 21. Script by Al Ewing, art by Bryan Hitch, inks by Andrew Currie, colors by Alex Sinclair and lettering by Clayton Cowles.

[caredscared]

been obsessed with drawing the different kinds of Eddie Brock lately. my favourite miserable alien-loving guy fr fr

[aamy2100982]

VENOM WAR #5 Just some of my thoughts, big Spoiler Alert for those who haven't read it yet

I actually read it yesterday the 27th, but decided to post today because I needed to think a bit. Not my favorite Venom comic by far.

☆ So finally we have desidated piss-colored Venom, wohooo *low tone

I still think the design is mediocre. But at least I have a better answer as to why it's yellow. Also, I'm glad the first host to try it was Dylan. I was afraid they introduced the new host too quickly, because I've already felt like these last few comics are jumping from point to point like a machine gun.

☆ This whole panel is so sad

Dylan not wanting to hurt his father and Symby not wanting to hurt their lover.

It hurts my heart Symby admitting that they loves Eddie in all his forms even in Meridius one.

Even worse Meridius mocking xd

☆

Just say you hate yourself, dude. it's easier

☆ Can my man take a break? For ONCE?

He got shot, his son stab him, and now he stab himself. Who's left to stab Eddie? Flash? Sleeper? Toxin? Holy crap...

Not even Maridius saved! Anyway he's dead now, I was expecting something more dramatic, but whatever, man, okay I guess.

At least the panel looks cool. Dylan always taking his enemies by surprise, never turn your back on him.

☆ And Lee is there

I have to look up again what his deal was in all this, because I don't remember if he's alive or dead.

Now that the symbiotes are dying is he going to die too? Or is he finally going to do something interesting after all this time?

I've always felt that they wasted Lee's potential and could do something interesting with him. So I hope he doesn't just die... again...

☆ At least Flash is okay now. At this point I'm wondering if Anti Venom has a conscience or is just a permanent part of Flash. Also technically part of Eddie... gay.

I hate how cute Sleeper looks, it's not like you just witnessed the death of two gods, nah. Now you can go back to loaf like a lazy cat.

I find Toxin's face funny :|

☆ Goodbye old Dylan :(

you did well, i'm going to miss you

I don't think many people really liked him that much, and he was actually a bit of a confusing character at times, but I loved his design.

A little in disbelief that this is the end for him. I'd like to assume there's a little more.

☆ But good things don't last. I guess the symbiote is toxic for Dylan now? Is the symbiote toxic to all the other symbiotes now? If anything, the symbiote thinks it's going to die now and that's why it decided to leave?

I'm just going to put the biggest and louder

SIGH

I can... I knew they weren't going to stay together because Symby is getting a new host now, but damn. Does anyone else feel like the unions feel anti-climactic in this comic? I guess they were just in a bit of a rush to wrap things up.

Which is... understandable. They've been doing this crap for like 3 years now, it was time to let it die. But it makes me so sad that Dylan is alone again

The only good thing I can take away from it is that at least the comics are more self-aware that Symby is Dylan's father.

Which means Dylan is going to try to commit patricide again.

Understandable. My poor baby is 14 years old and has no one to turn to.

His brother I guess (Sleeper), I don't know if Flash could take him under his care, anyway Dylan is almost as stubborn as his father to simply get a tutor and go back to his normal life. Probably and technically, we know that now he is going to dedicate himself to hunting the All New Venom

☆ The fact that the symbiote is now toxic to other symbiotes is just an excuse for it to not rejoin Dylan? Because that sounds like bullshit.

And yes, I GET THE POINT. If Dylan joins the symbiote it creates this apocalyptic future that Old!Dylan is trying to prevent... I know, but it still seems unfair to me.

☆ Funny how all this was happening next to a church. Let's not lose good customs

I wasn't understanding what Carnage meant by "Partner".

I think is referring to Meridius or Cletus. So now they're both single, lonely, and hurt.

(My bad! He doesn't say partner, he says parent! Silly me, sorry xd)

Does this mean Eddie thinks the symbiote is dead?

Nice Father-Son reunion, I'm honestly excited to see what nonsense they're going to do!!

[comicwaren]

From Venom War #004, “Every Man Has a Price”

Art by Iban Coello and Frank D’Armata

Written by Al Ewing

[doomed-jester]

I hate event comics so fucking much. Genuinely. I wanted to catch up on Venom, and I was doing pretty good, I had already read the Dark Web story so I didn't feel like I needed a full refresher to understand it. Then the symbiosis necrosis storyline starts and I'm like "oh okay there's a carnage comic I need to read too, but it's pretty short" then I get to fucking Venom War. And it has its own limited run, and multiple issues of the main Venom book, and like 30 fucking tie in issues and I have no way of knowing which will be directly relevant to the main story and which won't so I guess I have to read them all??

I did a reread of Immortal Hulk. I got through the whole 50 issue run in 2 days then proceeded to read the next two Hulk runs and catch up completely in less than a week. I'm doing the same thing with Venom and I have to keep taking breaks because I'm mentally exhausted trying to follow all these disparate plot threads.

I hate event comics.

[heckcareoxytwit]

Carnage and Meridius are watching the Symbiote/Zombiote chaos below them and discussing with each other. On the street of Manhattan, poor Willie Lumpkin the postman gets bitten by a Zombiote and turns into one himself. Just as Zombiote-Willie corners a woman in the alley, he gets cured by Flash Thompson as Anti-Venom, saving both Willie Lumpkin and the woman.

Venom War #3, 2024

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Venom (2021) #5