The GOOD Venom stories, in my opinion, as a 15+ year reader of Spider-Man's adventures: ( First four stories, unless ya got a fat wallet, reprints are the go, the rest, single issues are affordable enough).
- Amazing Spider-Man #298-300 ( reprinted in Spider-Man vs. Venom, Spider-Man Visionaries: Todd McFarlane vol. 1, Spider-Man: Birth of Venom, Amazing Spide-Man Family #1)
- Amazing Spider-Man #315-317 ( reprinted in Spider-Man vs. Venom, Spider-Man Visionaries: Todd McFarlane vol. 3, Spider-Man: Birth of Venom)
- Amazing Spider-Man #330-333 ( reprinted in Spider-Man: Venom Returns)
- Amazing Spider-Man # 344-347 ( reprinted in Spider-Man: Venom Returns)
- Amazing Spider-Man # 361-363 ( reprinted in Spider-Man: Carnage)
- Amazing Spider-Man #373-375 ( HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, in my opinion)
- Venom: Lethal Protector #1-6 ( reprinted in Venom: Lethal Protector)
- Amazing Spider-Man #378-380, Web of Spider-Man #101-103, Spider-Man #35-37, Spectacular Spider-Man #201-203, Spider-Man Unlimited #1-2 ( reprinted in Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage)
( To tell the truth, I don't really know much about the Venom miniseries, except parts of Venom: Funeral Pyre #1-3, Venom: the Madness #1-3, Venom: Separation Anxiety #1-4, Venom: Sinner Takes All #1-5, Venom: Along Came a Spider #1-4, Venom: the Hunted, #1-3, Venom: Tooth & Claw #1-3, and Venom: on Trial #1-3. The rest, doesn't really look that impressive, YES, including Carnage Unleashed!)
- Web of Spider-Man #118-119, Spider-Man #52-53 ( Reprinted in Spider-Man: the Complete Clone Saga Epic vol.1)
- (maybe), Spider-Man: The Arachnis Project #1-6
- Spider-Man: the Venom Agenda
- Amazing Spider-Man (vol.2) #19
- Spider-Man Family (vol.2) #2
.....that is about it for me. Truly myself, truly couldn't care any less about Johnny Romita Jrs' "scrawny" Venom in my opinion, along with the revelations that he had cancer, that other VENOM series, the ugly VENOM VS CARNAGE, Anti-Venom, or any Venoms, other than Eddie Brock, and the occasional Ann Weying ( as seen in VENOM: Sinner Takes All and Along Came a Spider). Soooo, the rest, up to you...
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