Venom: Separation Anxiety
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | December 1994 – March 1995 |
| No. of issues | 4 |
| Main character(s) | Eddie Brock Riot Lasher Scream Agony Phage Venom |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Howard Mackie |
| Penciller | Ron Randall |
| Inker(s) | Sam DeLarosa Rus Sever (#4) |
| Letterer | Ken Lopez |
| Colorist | Tom Smith |
| Editor | Danny Fingeroth |
Venom: Separation Anxiety is a four-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics from December 1994 to March 1995.
The plot features Eddie Brock separated from his symbiote costume. It stems off from a Spider-Man arc[1] also published by Marvel from November 1994 to December 1994.
A video game loosely based on the storyline was released in 1995. The storyline was also largely the basis for the 2018 feature film Venom, as well as elements of the 2024 film Venom: The Last Dance.
Plot synopsis
[edit]Eddie Brock and the alien symbiote are now held at very distant locations from one another. His five spawns created by the Life Foundation show up and bust Eddie out, because they want him to teach them how to control their symbiotes. They also take Daily Bugle reporter Ken Ellis (disguised as Eddie's doctor) hostage. The Venom symbiote also breaks free and escapes. It travels from host to host trying to find Eddie and rebond with him. Meanwhile, Eddie and Ellis escape, and, as the other five symbiotes try to find him, someone stabs and kills Agony. The others believe the murderer is Brock, and Phage convinces the others to find and kill him.
Eventually Eddie is found by the remaining Life Foundation symbiotes holding the body of another dead symbiote. The remaining symbiotes capture Eddie, trying one last time to convince him to help them, but then it is revealed that Scream (one of the Life Foundation symbiotes) is actually the murderer, having used a sonic knife to pierce the symbiotes and kill the hosts.
She announces that all symbiotes are evil and that makes the humans who bond with them also evil, and she intends to kill Eddie. She also reveals plans to track down and ultimately kill Carnage. But Brock's symbiote finds him in time, and the two rebond into Venom. They easily beat Scream, and she is arrested. Venom escapes before he is recaptured, having doubts in his mind about him being Venom.
Characters
[edit]- Eddie Brock: The host of the Venom sybiote, Eddie spends this series confronting its spawn.
- Riot: One of the five symbiote offspring created from Venom by the Life Foundation, Riot is the most aggressive and militaristic of the group, acting as their de-facto leader and pushing for dominance over humanity.
- Lasher: Another of Venom’s progeny, Lasher uses tendril-like appendages for combat, following in Riot’s lead.
- Scream: The lone female symbiote of the group, bonded to Donna Diego, Scream initially allies with the other offspring but later questions their purpose.
- Agony: A symbiote capable of secreting acid-like substances and absorbing chemicals.
- Phage: A brutal and sadistic symbiote who favors close-quarters combat and bladed weapon morphs.
In other media
[edit]In late 1995 a video game loosely based on the storyline was released, entitled Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety.
The storyline was largely the basis for the 2018 feature film Venom, as well as elements of the 2024 film Venom: The Last Dance.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Venom: Separation Anxiety at the Grand Comics Database
- Venom: Separation Anxiety at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Venom: Separation Anxiety on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki
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