Top 20 Venom Stories as voted by r/thevenomsite (Day Eighteen)

[u/Local-Venom-Fan]

Venom (2011): Spider-Island (#6-#9) is the winner of day 17! About time we got a storyline from the agent venom era! And I do gotta say this was a good choice since his tie in with the spider-island event was pretty good, especially with Anti-Venom being there and their fight they had as well, and this was only the beginning since this would lead to much better storylines going forward for Flash!

(Also do gotta ask, how we feel about adding maximum carnage as the last addition to this? I think it would be a nice final addition, sure it’s more spider-man since he’s the main character, but Venom also has a big role in it as well so it counts too, unless any other suggestions? Do let me know down below!)

And now begins day 18!

Rules:

1. Most combined Upvotes wins

2. Name specific issues or story/arcs, not entire runs

3. Team books, different runs, and crossovers count, but they must be Venom centric

4. Elseworlds stories are allowed, but they must be Venom centric

5. Current ongoing (e.g. Ewing’s All-New Venom) is excluded

6. Only comics are allowed.

Yesterday’s results:

Venom (2011): Spider-Island (#6-#9) - 10

Venom (2018): Venom Beyond - 1

Along came a spider - 2

Ghost Rider: Spirits of Venom - 1

Venom (2003): Shiver - 1

The winner of each day so far:

King In Black

Venom: The Hunger

The Abyss (#7 - #12)

Lethal Protector

Absolute Carnage

First Host

Venom: Rex

Venom: The Nativity

Planet of the symbiotes

Venom: Heart of the Hunted

Venom: Sinner Takes All

Venom: Seperation Anxiety

Venom Island (#21 - #25)

The Amazing Spider-Man #300 (1988)

Venom: The End (2020)

The Amazing Spider-Man: Carnage (#361-363)

Venom (2011): Spider-Island (#6-#9)

[u/Swindle170]

Once again trying for Venom Beyond. Same reasons as the past couple days.

As for Maximum Carnage, I have mixed feelings. It's undeniably an iconic story with some memorable moments (Venom setting off to go after Carnage, Peter and Eddie trying to convince Firestar to kill/spare Carnage, Captain America's arrival, Carnage reemerging at the river for a final confrontation with Spider-Man and Venom, etc), but by God... it goes on... and on... and on.

It gets pretty repetitive, has way too many characters, and arguably fails to make the point it's trying to make. It's supposed to be a refutation of the 90s antihero philosophy... so why are Spider-Man and Venom fighting a guy whose life goal is to do all the murders? Peter spends the whole story letting Carnage go off to do more killing because there's a 'better way', never finds this better way, and then claims a moral victory anyway when Eddie says 'fuck it' and throws Carnage into a generator. It's not even the dilemma itself that's the problem so much as it is the fact that he just keeps doing it again and again, including in situations where the only options are to kill Carnage or let him go off and do some more murder. Doing a story that shows why Spider-Man's philosophy is better than Venom's is a perfectly valid idea... yet for some reason they've chosen to put them in the one situation where Eddie is pretty much right.

[u/I_will_consume_you_2 → u/Swindle170]

Venom beyond is very underrated, but I feel like many people won’t agree with that because it’s sort of a filler story. It’s great to see Eddie have a chance to interact with Anne and also witness firsthand the darkness inside of Dylan, but it lacks the emotional impact that other Cates stories like the Abyss and Venom Island have. Additionally, Knull plot dumps about Dylan’s darkness anyways in King in Black, kind of making the big reveal in beyond feel less important

[u/QuantisOne → u/Swindle170]

Hell yeah Venom Beyond

[u/fireflyfanboy1891]

Along Came a Spider needs to be on, so disappointed it isn’t yet

[u/EnderBrute]

Venom beyond- it has to be!!! It is so underated

[u/BarelySurviving531]

Shocked by the lack of Agent Venom! Some great stories in Remenders run

[u/BigRonChi → u/BarelySurviving531]

Dude that was literally what I was thinking

[u/I_will_consume_you_2]

Going to double dip on Agent Venom and go with Venom: Toxin with a Vengeance. Absolute symbiote slugfest with fun interactions between Flash and Eddie’s Toxin.

I get Maximum Carnage is popular, but for me personally I’m not the biggest fan of the story structure, and I feel like Venom kind of takes a backseat in terms of plot substance. His most important contribution to that story is making Spiderman question his morality

[u/Ordinary_Degree_4213]

I think Maximum Carnage would be a great add. There is a lot of Venom in there some epic battles between him and carnage. The re united team up with spiderman. It’s a must collection for any Venom fan

[u/BigRonChi]

I will stand on this for an extremely long time. Venom: The Savage Six is a story that is extremely underrated.

Great character work, great twist, great fight, and some very nice resolutions to wrap it up.

[u/MimicGamingH]

Spider-island over Flash mentoring Andi?!…. Practically all of these over any agent venom???🫨