Venom #9

Al Ewing continues to expand the lore behind the symbiote species in impressive, unexpected ways. The stakes of Eddie Brock's journey have become far more personal, and the comic's main threat grows more intimidating as a result. Read Full Review

Venom #9 is a satisfying chapter in the narrative as it begins to tie things together. It's also further developing Venom's abilities, taking the Symbiote from a cool-looking villain of the '90s and turning him into a time-traveling cosmic entity. Read Full Review

Venom #9 is the next chapter in this new saga for Venom. This issue is more of a fill in the blanks kind of story, showing how Eddie Brock figures into everything we've seen since the first or second issue, kind of like issue #5 with Meridius. There's not much action or big reveals until the end, but Bryan Hitch continues to bring his best with the art in this issue. Read Full Review

Al Ewing channels a different Christopher Nolan title this time, Interstellar, for a trippy new issue that completely re-contextualizes every preceding issue of Venom in his run with Bryan Hitch to this point. Read Full Review

justonemore

Jul 27, 2022

This is just perfect

Federico Liguori

Dec 29, 2022

Best issue of the run? Looks like Predestination with Eddie Brock as the main character.

Screaming Enigma

Nov 27, 2023

Another really strong issue from Ewing here. I really enjoyed seeing how Eddie got to certain points from the very beginning of this run, as well as the order he did everything in. I'm just really liking what Ewing is cooking up here and I have a feeling his side of this series hasn't even gotten as good as its going to get quite yet.

Toonstrack

Nov 03, 2022

Its very hard to make issues like this work well without seeming redundant. Ewing, as expected, understands the assignment, recontextualizing the story we already know. Im eager to see how thus plays out.

Hislight

May 31, 2024

Now its all coming together! Bedlam reveal is pretty unexpected

DDJamesB

Jul 28, 2022

There's still things that if you think about it hard, still don't make sense. I will admit though, the issue is a nice fun trip with a big revelation. It's going to be the follow up that needs to perform.

CrazyforRAMU

Jan 12, 2023

I need a *really* talented storyteller if a timey-wimey puzzlebox story is going to satisfy me, and Al Ewing *just* gets the job done here. We've seen all of this issue's pivotal scenes before, from Dylan's point of view. Eddie's very different perspective gives everything a nice tragic tint. The art's strong, albeit maybe not the strongest it's been in this volume. It's fitting that there's a crossword joke in here, as this issue is very much the missing piece that unlocks prior mysteries. But there are fresh mysteries still to come -- and, I think, some juicy red herrings.

Patadu94

Aug 06, 2022

This issue is a good read. I think it is the third time that we have read about Eddie's death, this time from his perspective (?). Anyway, it was enjoyable, although still a bit confusing and we still do not know what Meridius is planning. Last page was surprising and in the end it was worth the read.