Venom: Behind the Masque
Al Ewing · Carlos Gómez · Charles Soule · Jesús Saiz · Juanan Ramírez · Joe Kelly · Ed McGuinness
Story era 13 · Krakoa to the New Ultimate Age
Two character-driven symbiote branches develop the changed hosts after Venom War and reunite in one crossover.
Book 4 of 5 in After Venom War — All-New Venom, Eddie Brock, and Death Spiral · 0 of 5 owned · 880 pages in all
Setup & reading order
Required setup for this book
These earlier stories explain events this book builds on. Reading checkpoints show where to switch books during a crossover.
- Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 1: RecursionUnowned
- Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 2: DeviationUnowned
- Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 3: Dark WebUnowned
- Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 4: IlluminationUnowned
- Venom by Al Ewing Vol. 5: PredestinationUnowned
- Venom by Al Ewing Vol. 6: InfiltrationUnowned
- Venom by Al Ewing Vol. 7: ExsanguinationUnowned
- Venom by Al Ewing Vol. 8: Venom WarUnowned
- Venom WarUnowned
3 earlier books in this run come first
- After Venom War #5
Read All-New Venom #1–10 and Eddie Brock: Carnage #1–10 as parallel blocks, then Venom #250–254.
- After Venom #254
Follow the Death Spiral collection’s crossover order through Amazing Spider-Man #23–27 and Venom #255–257, then its Body Count epilogue.
Optional context & path
Path: Venom by Al Ewing. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Useful background and earlier stops: Venom by Ewing — road to Venom War.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
About these books · 6 sources
Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.
- r/MarvelUnlimited — Eddie Brock: Carnage readers (opens in a new tab)Readers
- AIPT — Death Spiral: Body Count review (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- AIPT — All-New Venom collected review (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- AIPT — Venom #254 review (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- Penguin Random House — All-New Venom (opens in a new tab)Publisher
- Grand Comics Database — All-New Venom collected edition (opens in a new tab)Reference
The books
Venom: Behind the Masque
Book 4 of 5 · Krakoa to the New Ultimate Age
The new Venom confronts Madame Masque and the next symbiote threat after the ten-issue identity story.
Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 1: RecursionUnowned
Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 2: DeviationUnowned
Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 3: Dark WebUnowned
Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 4: IlluminationUnowned
Venom by Al Ewing Vol. 5: PredestinationUnowned
Venom by Al Ewing Vol. 6: InfiltrationUnowned
Venom by Al Ewing Vol. 7: ExsanguinationUnowned
Venom by Al Ewing Vol. 8: Venom WarUnowned
Venom WarUnowned
9781302967222Planned edition#250–254Edition sources
Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.
Duplication · Venom: Behind the Masque
These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.
No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.
Things to know
- Carnage’s body-horror art is stronger than its pacing. These books continue the characters’ stories after Venom War.
- This sequence ends at Death Spiral; the Venom title continues beyond it.