Written by Cullen Bunn
Pencils by Thony Silas
Inks by Nelson Decastro
Colours by Chris
Sotomayor
The Story
Cullen Bunn's run on
Venom kicks off with an introspective Flash Thompson swinging through
the city towards an underground car park and thinking about all the
events that lead him to this point. He meets up with Daily Inquisitor
reporter, Katy Kiernan, who has some information that Flash's
“connections” failed to come up with. It is revealed that Flash
is tracking the Department of Occult Armaments –
a group of Nazi demon-worshippers gathering magical artifacts.
Ignoring Hawkeye's orders not to engage the enemy, Flash goes in all
guns blazing, taking down “the robe-and-hood gang”, as flash
calls them, and finds people in pods attatched to the wall. Flash
frees one who goes on to attack him, but suddenly stops, begs Flash
for forgiveness and asks him to command him. Flash commands him to
“get the @#&% out of here!” and the man is surrounded by a
green haze that “leaves him”. There is an explosion and Flash and
the man, now incinerated, are blown clear, revealing Damon Hellstrom.
Damon and Flash fight with Damon having the upper hand. Damon tells
Flash he is marked with Mephisto's brand and says to Flash that we're
all monsters. Flash then goes through a bit of a transformation.
The Writing
I
heard of Cullen Bunn's upcoming solo run on Venom last week and I've
been enjoying his writing on Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe and
his recent team-up wit Rick Remender on the recent “Savage Six”
storyline, so I got a little excited – I wasn't disappointed. The
story is well-paced from the introspection at the start right through
to the fight with Hellstrom. I'll certainly be looking forward to
part 2 of this story.
The Art
I
really liked Thony Silas's pencils on the Spider-Man: Ends of The
Earth one-shot and Venom #23 is no different. The panels are easy to
follow (always a plus) and even the huge and potentially confusing
double-page is laid out in such a way that confusion is easily
avoided. I particularly like the last page, but I won't spoil it.
My Verdict
I'm
a Venom fan so it would be very difficult for anyone to do an issue
that I didn't like. I liked this, though, and can't wait for part 2.
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