October 2013
VENOM #42 
CULLEN BUNN (W)
JORGE COELHO (A)
Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
• It’s all out war... with Venom, Mania, Crossbones, the DOA, and... Mephisto?
• But who’s on whose side?
• Mania’s final fate is revealed! Will she keep the symbiote?
• Is this the end of Venom’s dance with the devil? Or just the beginning?
KEVIN SHINICK (W)
STEPHEN SEGOVIA (A)
Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN •
It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for! SUPERIOR CARNAGE vs SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN with enough blood and bluster to rival Sunday nights on HBO.
• KEVIN SHINICK (Avenging Spider-Man) and STEPHEN SEGOVIA (X-Treme X-men) will never have a career in politics after what they’ve done to the mayor’s office.
Adapted by JOE CARAMAGNA
• The return of SPIDER-MAN’S most dangerous foe: VENOM!
• The sinister symbiote chooses a new host, HARRY OSBORN!
• Can Spidey save his best friend when COMMANDER FURY has given the order to finish off Venom…once and for all?!
MARCO CHECCHETTO (A)
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA THE SUPERIOR SIX BEGINS!
• For months, Spider-Man has been collecting the members of the Sinister Six, holding them captive... but why?
• Is Doctor Octopus finally showing his true colors? Everything has been building to this!
(Venom and Carnage appear on cover)
CHARLES SOULE (W)
JEFTE PALO (A)
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
INFINITY TIE-INS!
• The ’Bolts’ “Perfect Plan” is going off the rails in Thanos’ wake!
• One of the Black Order sets her sights on the Red Leader!