Venom #27

Venom #27 stumbles in the development of its latest story arc, but excellent art and the promise of greater things to come with symbiote Black Widow should be enough to maintain readers' interests. Read Full Review

Classic Venom fans will find something to like here though as series writer Torunn Grnbekk has a writing style very reminiscent of Todd McFarlane, right down to some of the same bizarre storytelling decisions. Read Full Review

maljoss

Nov 06, 2023

"State of Grace Part 2" is a solid followup to issue 26, and a very good comic. Multiple artists on this comic, and, unforutunaltely, it shows. The art is not as consistent as last issue. That doesn't mean it's bad, by any stretch. The team leaned into the body horror aspect of the symbiotes - the pages with Venom slurping up a wounded Toxin to protect him, and Sleeper surprising a guard are particularly good. Colors by D'armata were strong, an made the pages pop. That said, the tounges are getting a bit out of control. You can have a character with a 6 foot, prehinsile tounge, or one with giant, razor-sharp teeth. A character with both is a Darwin Award waiting to happen. The story got darker. I'm interested to see where this goes. I like the idea of Noname. I have a impression of them as being this nebulous group that will go to mosterous lenghts to right what they perceive to be irredeemable wrongs, recruiting people who've suffered loss at the hands of unacountable powers. I can see this group up there beside AIM or Hydra, if handled well. I also liked the portrayal of the symbiotes as having their own priorities. What happened to the guard was a bit chilling, and reminded me thta they are alien. Some folks may be dissatisfied because this story departs from what Ewing's doing with Eddie Brock. I couldn't be happier. I'm not enjoying... whatever that is, at all. I think Eddie Brock is a character that's been broken pretty much beyond repair, and I think the focus of the book should be on Dylan and Venom. Very good comic, looking foward to the next issue. more

CrazyforRAMU

Aug 27, 2025

I'm warming up to this arc. The "evil terrorists vs. evil corporation" plot is engaging (and it agrees with my politics). Though the characterization of Dylan and Natasha is still pretty thin, the author does good work with Bren. Plus, the old "give a goon a backstory" trick works well. Tie it all together with some highly-polished art that handles ordinary people and goopy symbiotes with equal skill, and you've got a pretty dang good comic

Afre

Nov 03, 2023

It's not a bad comic. It's certainly enjoyable, but it's not as good since it feels so disconnected from Meriudus and the time travel shenanigans. Currently Alchemax is the only part that connects this storyline to others and it's not enough for me. As a standalone issue, it's fine. And it has great art. But as part of a series that already has 25+ issues, it's not as good. I don't blame Torunn for this however, she does what she can with this. And it works.

Screaming Enigma

Dec 11, 2023

While still not the best this series has been, this was an enjoyable issue. Otha's art works really well here and I hope he sticks around for whenever Grønbekk is writing. I do think this story has promise, but I also think it could have some better execution, as much as I did enjoy it. Hopefully things pick up a bit with the next issue.

DDJamesB

Nov 02, 2023

It's passable. Doesn't really do anything special. Very generic Marvel book.