VENOM INC.
In this week's Marvel Podcast, editor Nick Lowe officially announces VENOM INC. Which will be an Amazing Spider-Man/Venom cross over. From CBR:
The crossover begins in Venom, Inc. Alpha #1 by Slott, Mike Costa, Ryan Stegman and Brian Reber, before rotating back and forth between The Amazing Spider-Man and Venom, and then concluding with another one-shot issue.
The story kicks off with Mania, a symbiote wearer introduced in Venom Vol. 2 #31 by Cullen Bunn and Declan Shalvey, getting ambushed by Lee Price. If you’ll remember, Price was the initial host of the Venom symbiote when this current volume launched earlier this year, before Eddie Brock returned to reclaim what was once his. In the Alpha issue, Price steals the Mania symbiote and rechristens himself Maniac. Flash Thompson, another previous Venom host, will also appear in the crossover.
Venom, Inc. begins with an Alpha issue, continues through The Amazing Spider-Man #792-793 and Venom #159-160, and then concludes in Venom, Inc. Omega #1.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/VENOM VENOM INC ALPHA #1
VENOM INC. Part 1
(W) Dan Slott, Mike Costa (A/CA) Ryan Stegman
Peter Parker, Eddie Brock and Flash Thompson have one major thing in common – the Venom symbiote changed all of their lives. The inky black alien life-form is doubling down on our heroes – and they’re not the only ones about to be put through the ringer. VENOM INC. kicks off here and rolls into AMAZING SPIDER-MAN & VENOM as a familiar face rises to new levels of villainy! Rated T In Shops: Dec 06, 2017 SRP: $4.99
VENOM INC. Part 2
(W) Dan Slott (A) Ryan Stegman (CA) Alex Ross
Spider-Man finds himself between Eddie and a mysterious new figure! And Black Cat and her gang find themselves face-to-face with an amped-up villain named Maniac that might just rip those faces right off. Rated T In Shops: Dec 13, 2017 SRP: $3.99
VENOM #159
VENOM INC. Part 3
(W) Mike Costa (A/CA) Gerardo Sandoval
Venom Inc. is weaving its tendrils through New York’s criminal underworld, and Maniac’s got himself a cadre of symbiotically subdued, super-powered lieutenants–and they’re all bearing down on Spider-Man! But Venom is in no shape to provide an assist for his unlikely ally… Rated T In Shops: Dec 20, 2017 SRP: $3.99
VENOM INC. Part 4
(W) Dan Slott (A) Ryan Stegman (CA) Alex Ross
Spider-Man has been compromised by Maniac and it looks like his only hope… …is Eddie Brock? Peter Parker isn’t going to like that! Rated T In Shops: Dec 27, 2017 SRP: $3.99
Thanks to everyone who notified me! I appreciate it. Sorry it took so long to get up on the site. Now that it is, what do you think of this crossover? How are you holding up Mania fans? Sound off in the comments!