Venom by Cullen Bunn: The Complete Collection

Venom (2011) (Collected Editions) #4-6

by Cullen Bunn, Thony Silas (Illustrator), Lan Medina (Illustrator)

One of comics' wildest writers takes on the symbiotic super hero! Flash Thompson, the Secret Avenger called Agent Venom, faces Daimon Hellstrom and the Monsters of Evil in a battle to save his soul! But when Venom's psychopathic off spring targets the Microverse, Flash and the new Scarlet Spider must put their rivalries aside to handle the madness of Carnage! Venom says farewell to New York and heads to Philadelphia - but Toxin follows soon after. And the pair of lethal symbiotes may unwittingly unleash something even more deadly! Can Flash battle side-by-side with the original Venom, Eddie Brock, to save the City of Brotherly Love? Plus underworld boss Lord Ogre! The killer called Crossbones! And...a symbiotic sidekick?! Cullen Bunn's explosive Venom run is collected in full!

COLLECTING: VENOM (2011) 23-42, 27.1; MINIMUM CARNAGE: ALPHA, OMEGA; SCARLET SPIDER (2012) 10-11

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Comic Book, Superheroes, Spider Man

536 pages, Paperback

First published September 25, 2018

About the author

Cullen grew up in rural North Carolina, but now lives in the St. Louis area with his wife Cindy and his son Jackson. His noir/horror comic (and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt), The Damned, was published in 2007 by Oni Press. The follow-up, The Damned: Prodigal Sons, was released in 2008. In addition to The Sixth Gun, his current projects include Crooked Hills, a middle reader horror prose series from Evileye Books; The Tooth, an original graphic novel from Oni Press; and various work for Marvel and DC. Somewhere along the way, Cullen founded Undaunted Press and edited the critically acclaimed small press horror magazine, Whispers from the Shattered Forum.

All writers must pay their dues, and Cullen has worked various odd jobs, including Alien Autopsy Specialist, Rodeo Clown, Professional Wrestler Manager, and Sasquatch Wrangler.

And, yes, he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World's Youngest Hypnotist. Buy him a drink sometime, and he'll tell you all about it.

Visit his website at www.cullenbunn.com.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not too bad. This was kind of an up and down ride, with some artists really outshining some of the others (Declan Shalvey, for instance). I prefer the Agent Venom version of the character and that's who the focus is on in this collection. Bunn doesn't completely follow through on the story threads he'd laid out (an afterword discusses that maybe he'd been a bit too ambitious in his plotting), but what is here is pretty good. I'd give it 3 1/2 stars if I could.

[Jesse A · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just not my thing.

[Ahmed Elhaddad · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tedious read, had a few good moments here or there but I wast sold on the whole venom and demons part. Also some artists just made me not want to read.
Cullen bunn writes way better and more interesting stories than this.

[Miguel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty cool take on Venom and having Flash be the host for the symbiote. It was a good read until the end. I saw the ending turning out the way it did which was kind of expected. Still a good read though.

[Kari Christian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cullen Bunn is one of my favorite comic authors