As I said on my King in Black review, I read every single King in Black issue in order yet none of them came close to the writing in this book as well as the main King in Black book. I really loved the formatting of the two, with Venom being the story strictly from Eddie’s perspective and King in Black being the story as it’s happening on the outside.

I will also say that I was thrilled to see Flash alive again.

On the other hand, however, I also said in my King in Black review that I wasn’t fully satisfied with the ending and wish it had been drawn out a bit more, and that still extends to Venom’s ending but slightly less so. My issue with this book is more outside of the main story, though,

I’m not sure how I feel about Dylan taking over as Venom. I’m also a little unsatisfied with the fact that no one outside of the Venom symbiote seems to be concerned with Eddie rapidly aging as a result of becoming the King in Black, and if they do we don’t see it.

I’m holding out hope, however, that the next installments will still be good and I’m tentatively looking forward to where they take this. (Donny Cates I’ll miss you 🥲)