And that's what I love most about this book. The subtle touches. The subtle tweaks to continuity. The updates and the great twists added by Zeb and Angel to the story of Eddie Brock. This issue deals with the fallout of why he became Venom in the first place. Sure, he's attached by a symbiote for life after this (he assumes), but we learn more about the symbiote and it's planet, how it attaches to things and what it does, and we learn how it was scared of being taken from it's home by Spidey.

We also learn a little more about why Eddie hates Parker so much. They both were liars, but while Eddie got screwed over by life, Peter got away with it. He got the model girlfriend, he got great friends and a great job, he got everything he ever wanted. And Eddie got screwed over big time.

The thing that scared me most about this issue is I found myself agreeing with Eddie. He did get screwed over. Peter got things he didn't deserve and Eddie got treated like shit. That's the sign of a great comic right there. When you can agree with a complete turd like Eddie Brock and feel vindicated, even when he terrorizes a woman in the issue.

And man, was the a powerful scene. When MJ opened the closet to find the "costume" hanging there, only to have it be actually Venom, and then that final splash when Eddie is standing over MJ, just insane power. Medina and Wells do wonders with this book and this character, and the face-off is coming next issue and I cannot wait.

Truthfully, when the eventual trade comes out for this, I will be purchasing that as well. It's just too good to pass up. And those covers are so goddamn gross.