Extreme Venomverse #1

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The Best Part of Him

In the bell-tower of Our Lady of Saints Church, Spider-Man stands before the ringing bells -- having realized that the symbiote_(Earth-23772)) bonded to him is weak to sound. Noting that the vibrations from the bells will kill him but that he would rather die than be its puppet, Spider-Man says that if the symbiote doesn't leave him it will die too. As the symbiote sloughs away from him, Peter Parker collapses and laments never having gotten to make amends with his Aunt May, who was furious with him for quitting grad school, to get to know his new godson Normie Osborn), or tell Mary Jane Watson) he loves her. The symbiote retreats down the steps of the belltower, seething in rage at having been rejected again, but -- its time spent bonded to Peter having imprinted a complex spectrum of human emotions onto it -- it turns back to save him. Reaching out to check his pulse with a tendril, the symbiote realizes Peter is dead. Distraught, it flees into the main area of the church, where it finds Eddie Brock) praying for forgiveness for his impending suicide. Landing behind Eddie, the symbiote engulfs and bonds to him.

Narrating, Eddie says that although Peter Parker died that day, the best part of him survived in the symbiote. Noting that Peter Parker is to the symbiote what Uncle Ben) was to Peter -- a loved one killed through a moment of selfish weakness -- Eddie says that the symbiote blamed itself for Peter's death and sought to atone by internalizing everything that made him who he was -- his responsibility and desire to do good. Bonding to Eddie, who only wanted to die in that moment, the symbiote found a kindred spirit in their mutual desire for forgiveness and atonement, and that their thoughts and emotions intertwining through their bond makes Eddie want to help it atone for failing to save Peter by saving others in need of help. However, Eddie notes that his own soul is still damned because the best parts of himself aren't him but an echo of Peter Parker forced onto him by the symbiote.

Web-swinging through the city, Spider-Man hears someone crying out for help and spots Doctor Octopus carrying several bags of stolen money and a hostage. Noting that he told Otto to leave New York the last time they fought, Spider-Man kicks Otto through a brick wall of a warehouse, causing him to drop the hostage. Furious at Spider-Man interupting his plans again, Otto lashes out with his tentacles while mockingly telling Eddie to reveal how his predecessor died so he can kill him in the same way. Saying that he wouldn't have such a problem with Otto if he didn't attack innocents, Spider-Man webs him to the wall of the warehouse; Otto sneering that Eddie is just as self-righteous and arrogant as the original Spider-Man. Extending one of his tentacles, he snaps a steel I-beam overhead, attempting to smash Spider-Man with it from behind. Alerted by the symbiote, Spider-Man leaps over it, the momentum sending the girder straight towards Otto's face. Deflecting it with a tentacle, Otto notices Spider-Man reeling in pain and realizes he's vulnerable to sounds. Gleefully clanging his tentacles together, Otto causes the symbiote to slough away from Eddie, realizing that without it he's just a normal human. Throttling Eddie with one tentacle and picking up the stunned ssymbiote with the others, Otto contemplates taking it for himself before deciding to just kill it and Eddie.

Free from the symbiote's bettering influence, Eddie furiously grabs a brick, noting that while he's killed and wallowed in avarice, doing terrible things to good people, he no longer wants to kill himself; instead wanting to do better and atone for his actions. Deciding that it doesn't matter if the best parts of himself come from the symbiote, but that he chooses to accept them, Eddie throws the brick at Otto's head, knocking him unconscious. Wanting to be worthy of mercy, Eddie rushes over to the motionless symbiote and prays for it to still be alive. Regaining consciousness, Otto sneers that Eddie got a lucky shot in but that his luck has run out because he's not the real Spider-Man. As it rebonds to him, the symbiote agrees, saying that he's not Spider-Man on his own, but that Eddie and the symbiote together are Spider-Man. Restraining Otto with tentacles, Spider-Man knocks him out and leaves him webbed-up for the police.

Hearing a voice address him, Spider-Man is shocked to see his ex-fiancée Anne Weying) bonded to a Venom symbiote_(Earth-1051)) resembling body armor. Narrating, Eddie notes that at the time he thought he and the Spider-Man symbiote were inseparable and that they'd finally figured everything out, but that meeting her changed everything.

| StoryTitle2 = All in the Family | Writer2_1 = Mirka Andolfo | Penciler2_1 = Nico Leon | Inker2_1 = Nico Leon | Colorist2_1 = Erick Arciniega | Letterer2_1 = VC's Joe Sabino | Editor2_1 = Devin Lewis

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Venom (Dylan Brock)) First appearance; bonds with the Venom Symbiote_(Earth-74501)) **Supporting Characters:** * She-Venom_(Earth-74501)) (Anne Brock)) * Venom_(Earth-74501)) (Eddie Brock)) **Antagonists:** * Venom Symbiote_(Earth-74501)) **Other Characters:** * Lia * Chance **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Symbiotes **Locations:** * Earth-74501 ** Earth *** United States of America **** New York) ***** New York City * Hell

| Synopsis2 = Distraught, Anne Weying laments having not having comforted her son, but that seeing him out of control scared her. Inside her mind, the Venom symbiote mocks her for being a bad mother, sneering that Dylan reminded her of when she used to let it out, and that she's more worried about herself than her son. Her husband Eddie Brock assures her that she's stronger than she thinks -- if she weren't the Venom symbiote would have taken over her years ago. Anne doubts him, wondering if she wouldn't have been better off taking her own life, but Eddie tells her to stop and that he'll bring Dylan home.Standing in the blown-open wall of their son's bedroom, Anne says they need to find Dylan together, and that she's been bonded to the Venom symbiote for so long it feels like it's a part of her, and she's afraid it's a part of Dylan too.

Regaining consciousness, Dylan panics upon finding himself in an abandoned car under a bridge, a homeless teenage girl saying she found him freaking out in the street. Introducing herself as Lia, the girl chides Dylan for being rude when she brought him into her home. Dylan disparages the abandoned car, Lia saying it's better than nothing. As Dylan says he needs to leave, Lia surmises he ran away from home and reveals she ran away from an orphanage, suggesting Dylan stay with her. Dylan bluntly refuses and sarcastically thanks her for lending him her filthy mattress, Lia firing back by mockingly asking if Dylan ran away because his mommy and daddy refused to buy him a new toy. Furious, Dylan shouts at Lia to stop making fun o them when she doesn't know anything. Engulfing Dylan and taking over him, the Venom symbiote grabs Lia's car with a tentacle and effortlessly lifts it into the air; declaring its intent to devour her as she frantically apologizes. Dylan tells the symbiote to stop, but it traps him in their mindscape; saying that while it's a part of him and wants their peaceful co-existence, it finds his young consciousness to be pathetically weak and has decided to permanently take over his body to devour whoever it wants. Arriving and transforming into Venom himself, Eddie quips that puberty is hell on boys, mockingly asking his son's darker half if it's acting out just because it's gotten old enough to grow some claws.

As they fight, Anne helps Lia out of the wrecked car and introduces herself as Dylan's mother. As Dylan begins to overpower Eddie, Lia begs Anne to escape with her. Anne's portion of the Venom symbiote urges her to unleash it so that they can save everyone and punish Dylan for his impudence. Collapsing to her knees, Anne addresses the symbiote -- saying she never should have bonded to it in the first place and should have prepared for the possibility that a piece of it would have bonded to her and Eddie's child in-utero, and should have prepared him for its emergence. Admitting that the symbiote is right that she's a bad mother, Anne says that she's afraid of her son and that he'll end up a murderous monster just like her. Confused, Lia says that Anne's better than she thinks she is for not having fled for her life in the face of two rampaging monsters, and that she's still more worried for her son than for herself. Saying that even though Anne isn't perfect she's still better than her own parents, Lia tells Anne to get up, dig deep, and find some self-esteem before they all die. Taking Lia's words to heart, Anne plunges into the Symbiote Hive-Mind and fights to free Dylan's trapped consciousness, transforming into She-Venom and helping Eddie keep Dylan subdued until she can free him from the symbiote's control. Overcoming her doubts and fears, Anne embraces Dylan and tells him that she loves him; Dylan apologizing for having lashed out.

Time passes and Lia moves in with the Brock family, who accept her as one of their own despite her not having a symbiote; Anne and Eddie deciding to help train Dylan to master his powers and figure out where to go from there together.

| StoryTitle3 = Tip of the Blade | Writer3_1 = Leonardo Romero | Penciler3_1 = Leonardo Romero | Inker3_1 = Roberto Poggi | Colorist3_1 = Ruth Redmond | Letterer3_1 = VC's Joe Sabino | Editor3_1 = Devin Lewis

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * "Samurai Venom" (Takemoto Tatsuya))|First appearance; bonds with the Venom Symbiote_(Earth-53293)) **Supporting Characters:** * Venom Symbiote_(Earth-53293)) * Marion **Antagonists:** * Oscorp) ** Oscorp's Six *** Scorpion) *** Vulture) **Other Characters:** * Agent Venom_(Earth-1051)) (Anne Weying)) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Symbiotes * Bears * Ducks **Locations:** * Earth-53293 ** Earth *** Upper City **** District City * Hell **Items:** * Scorpion's Suit * Vulture's Wings

| Synopsis3 = Exploring some underground ruins, Oscorp agent Takemoto Tatsuya comes across a black katana. Drawing it, he's engulfed in a viscous black ooze and transformed into an oni-like monstrous samurai, slaughtering his colleagues in the thrall of the cursed sword's rage and bloodlust.

Waking up from the nightmare, Takemoto is scolded by his comrade Marion for falling asleep when they need to be alert -- crossing districts is illegal and the penalty for doing so is death. Spotting something that could be an oncoming drone, Marion readies her gun, though she notes it's probably nothing. Takemoto says he's glad to be leaving the city for somewhere safer, though Marion says that in all her travels she hasn't found anywhere truly safe. Takemoto asks where she's taking the people they're escorting, and Marion says she's helping them escape Alchemax's tyranny to find a better life since they're not able to fight. Marion expresses envy of what Takemoto can do when he unleashes the dark sword's power, but Takemoto laments that he can't control it. As Marion says they'd best hope what they saw wasn't a drone, she's contacted by one of her colleagues that they have trouble.

In the passenger car, the Oscorp supersoldier codenamed the Scorpion throttles one of the civilians with his tail while notifying his superiors that they've found Takemoto. As Marion enters the car to investigate, the Scorpion throws his hostage at her and demands to know where Takemoto is, surmising he simply handed the package over to Marion and fled like a dirty coward. Threatening to kill Marion and the people under her protection if she doesn't turn Takemoto over, the Scorpion lies that she will be shown mercy if she complies. As he prepares to impale Marion's head with his tail, Takemoto unleashes the power of his sword and attacks, transformed into a dark entity with white eyespots spider and samurai armor with spider emblems on the chest and back. The Scorpion restrains Takemoto with his prehensile tail, Takemoto feels the sword's bloodlust taking over and regrets having thought he could control it. As he sprouts a fanged maw, Marion shoots the Scorpion -- incapacitating him -- and Takemoto tamps down the cursed sword's bloodlust and throws the Scorpion off the train. As the refugees berate Marion for bringing Takemoto along and argue about what to do next, Marion vetoes turning Takemoto over -- saying Oscorp will kill them all regardless and that the only thing they can do is stay the course. Marion's colleage tells her that Takemoto's very presence endangers them since Oscorp will stop at nothing to get him back and is capable of tracking him. Takemoto tries to warn them of an incoming attack from the Oscorp agent codenamed the Vulture, but is too late. The Vulture bombs the train, derailing the freight car, and Takemoto decides to separate it from the rest of the train before they reach the tunnels. As the Vulture prepares to destroy the rest of the train, Takemoto strains to decouple the freight car only to be grabbed from behind by the Scorpion. Giving in the the blade's bloodlust, Takemoto sprouts a fanged maw and decouples the car just as the Vulture fires a missile at it -- killing the Scorpion in the process. The train escapes the explosion, Marion assuming Takemoto sacrificed himself to save the refugees. Reporting that Takemoto is dead, the Vulture is ordered back to base so an extraction team can retrieve any remaining samples of Takemoto's symbiote. Emerging from the flaming wreckage determined to find a way to control the sword's dark power and use it for good, Takemoto decides to seek answers at Oscorp.

Weeks later, Takemoto is startled when a portal opens near him and Agent) Venom_(Earth-1051)) emerges. Saying she's not here to fight, Agent Venom warns him that they and all others like them are in danger and that she's putting together a team to stop a dire threat to the Multiverse. Marvelling that she is in sync her symbiote, Takemoto agrees to join her when she offers to teach him how to control his -- feeling compelled to trust her and hoping to learn more about his symbiote in the process.

| Solicit = RETURN TO THE VENOMVERSE!

Face front, Venomaniacs – to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the creation of VENOM, the SUMMER OF SYMBIOTES IS UNDERWAY! And it all starts with EXTREME VENOMVERSE, a landmark series that’s going to take Mighty Marveldom to corners of the hive never seen before in three titanic tales!

• FIRST! Comics superstars RYAN NORTH AND PAULO SIQUEIRA put a fresh and exciting spin on a story you may be familiar with…starring Eddie Brock as…SPIDER-MAN?!

• THEN! Your new favorite comics writer, MIRKA ANDOLFO, shows you a side of the whole Brock family you NEVER thought you’d see!

• AND FINALLY! One of the best writer/artists in comics today, LEONARDO ROMERO, reimagines Venom as a SAMURAI!

But whether all of your new favorite symbiotes will survive this summertime saga remains to be seen…

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Creative credits

Writers: Ryan North, Louise Simonson, Mirka Andolfo, Leonardo Romero

Interior art: Paulo Siqueira, Greg LaRocque, Nico Leon, Leonardo Romero

Color: Federico Blee, George Roussos, Erick Arciniega, Ruth Redmond

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