Venom vol. 2 Archive

Venom #42: The End

November 1, 2013Spidey Spin OffsNo comments

The last time I wrote about Flash Thompson’s escapades as Venom, I had more or less publicly “broken up” with the title. Then, I learned a few months later that Marvel had done the dirty work for me and cancelled Venom at issue #42. Despite my overall dissatisfaction with the

Venom: It’s Not You It’s Me

By Mark Ginocchio

June 14, 2013Reading Experience, Spidey Spin Offs3 Comments

There are times when a relationship with a comic book series is akin to a romance. There are the comic book titles that you develop an unconditional love for, sticking with them through thick, thin and the death of Peter Parker. And then there are the titles that you

Bunk, McNulty and the Blurring of Fictional Media

By Mark Ginocchio

March 1, 2013Spidey Spin OffsNo comments

I haven’t written all that much about Flash Thompson’s escapades as killer symbiote Venom since Rick Remender left the title last year. It’s not that I haven’t been enjoying Venom – Cullen Bunn is having some fun with the series, though in a much more straight-forward action-adventurey way than

Thoughts on Rick Remender and Venom

By Mark Ginocchio

September 6, 2012Spidey Spin OffsNo comments

I know I’m hardly writing enough lately to dedicate one entire post to non-ASM comic, but given my adoration for what Rick Remender accomplished during his run on Venom, which recently ended at issue #22, I thought it was necessary to dedicate some internet space to the topic. What

Spidey Spin-Offs: Venom #15 and the Over Avengers-ization of Marvel

By Mark Ginocchio

April 25, 2012Spidey Spin Offs1 Comment

As someone who has admittedly not read many Avengers-based comic books over the years (even the recent iteration of the “New” Avengers which features Spider-Man as part of the group), this statement may be coming from a place of ignorance, but I find the involvement of the Venom symbiote

Spidey Spin Offs: Venom’s Circle of Four

By Mark Ginocchio

March 14, 2012Spidey Spin OffsNo comments

What was one of the biggest criticisms about the Spider-Man 3 movie after it came out – okay, okay, there were a LOT of issues with that movie when it first came out (Emo Peter Parker? A disco dance sequence? Topher Grace?). However, probably the kindest and most straightforward

Spidey Spin Offs: Venom #11-12

By Mark Ginocchio

February 6, 2012Spidey Spin OffsNo comments

I’m almost starting to feel bad for Flash Thompson. Which, I guess is exactly Rick Remender’s point with his work on the Venom series. While Flash was first introduced to Marvel audiences as one of Peter Parker’s main antagonists, like a lot of fictitious schoolyard bullies, time and maturity

Spidey Spin Offs: Venom #9-#10

By Mark Ginocchio

January 4, 2012Spidey Spin OffsNo comments

Despite Marvel’s best efforts over the years, Venom, in my mind, is a villain. Sure, you can try teaming him up with Spider-Man to take down a bigger alien-threat in Carnage, or you can bond long-time loveable goon Flash Thompson with the symbiote and make him a U.S. government

Spidey Spin Offs: Venom #8

By Mark Ginocchio

December 5, 2011Spidey Spin Offs1 Comment

In the span of eight issues and even with the weight of having to tie-in to a major storyline in another publication, Rick Remender has succeeded in making Venom the most “human” he’s been, probably since he was first introduced by David Michelinie in 1987. While a constant theme

Spidey Spin Offs: Venom #7

By Mark Ginocchio

October 25, 2011Spidey Spin Offs1 Comment

Since the Venom series kicked off earlier this year, writer Rick Rememder has continually found new and interesting ways to challenge typical definitions of a comic book “good guy” using Flash Thompson as the military-sanctioned “Venom for Hire.” In Venom #7, the second-part of the series’ tie-in with Spider