Venom #165

Venom #165 brings Nativity to a satisfying, if open, ending with guest stars galore. The story is paced well. The characters are written strongly. Bagley, Hanna, and Almara make the book downright gorgeous. This run ends on a high note and earns a strong recommendation. Give it a read. Read Full Review

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Venom #165 is the final issue of this story, and it feels like it all came to an end very abruptly. The problem is, I can't tell if that's a good or a bad thing. Read Full Review

CrazyforRAMU

Nov 10, 2018

The story of Venom's latest spawning grinds to an abrupt halt. An 11th-hour save from Spider-Woman starts off clever and then gets indulgent. Even if the next set of creators are hard at work on their own Venom story and have no room for a new offspring, it feels like Mike Costa could have done much more with the concept. The baby symbiote slides directly from the hypothetical onto the "maybe someday another writer will use this" shelf without ever even showing up on-page. The art falls in line with the script in that it's not actually flawed but also not living up to its potential. The stiff, generic action scenes do much less than they could to make this finale exciting.

daspidaboy

Jul 08, 2021

this venom run was okay, Donny Cates run on Venom is much better imo.