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Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 1: Recursion

Al Ewing · Ram V · Torunn Grønbekk · Bryan Hitch · Cafu

Story era 12 · King in Black and the Krakoan Age

Ewing and Ram V begin Eddie and Dylan Brock’s post-Cates story through shifting perspectives on the symbiote’s history and future.

UnownedReading status not recorded144 pages5 full issues

Book 1 of 4 in Venom by Ewing & Ram V — opening movement · 0 of 4 owned · 512 pages in all

Setup & reading order

  1. Before Venom (2021) #14

    Dark Web #1 gives optional setup for Venom #14–15, and Dark Web Finale #1 gives the wider aftermath. The full event collection contains additional perspectives.

  2. After Venom (2021) #20 in Vol. 4

    Read Venom (2021) #21 separately as a single issue or digitally before beginning Vol. 5; the official numbered trades omit this major Eddie and Bedlam chapter.

Optional context & path

Path: Venom by Al Ewing. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.

Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.

The books

This book

Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 1: Recursion

Trade paperback · 144 pages · Unowned

Book 1 of 4 · King in Black and the Krakoan Age

With the King in Black defeated, Dylan Brock inherits the symbiote and the hive’s buried history starts opening up.

See reading checkpoints
Released 5 Apr 2022 · 144 pages · Bryan Hitch cover9781302932558Planned edition
Venom (2021)#1–5
Earth-616 Primary
Edition 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 by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 1: Recursion

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.

Connected stories

Direct continuation Ewing and Ram V continue Venom (2021) after the Cates/Stegman run, with a new long-form symbiote cosmology.

Connected project: Venom by Cates & Stegman

Things to know
  • Venom (2021) #21 is outside these collected editions; its reading checkpoint identifies the separate issue.