COMICS: Flash Thompson Gets A Sidekick In First Look At VENOM #39

COMICS: Flash Thompson Gets A Sidekick In First Look At VENOM #39

Last issue, the only way Flash Thompson could save one of his students from the villainous Jack O'Lantern was to give her a piece of the symbiote. In this first look at Cullen Bunn and Thony Silas' Venom #39, the two now fight side by side! Check it out.

By JoshWilding - Aug 18, 2013 06:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

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• Even in tough times, every super hero needs a sidekick, right?














VENOM #39
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Pencils by THONY SILAS
Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY

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IM53
IM53 - 8/18/2013, 6:35 AM
Not bad but im not a Flash Venom fan...
campblood
campblood - 8/18/2013, 6:41 AM
kinda cool
TheDpool
TheDpool - 8/18/2013, 6:48 AM
@IM53 - I agree with yah there, I know I'll sound like a whiner but I was happy with Mac Gargan being Venom at least he was naughty haha.
TheDpool
TheDpool - 8/18/2013, 6:51 AM
But apart from that there have been good reviews on past issues of this line of Venom.
PosingKyle
PosingKyle - 8/18/2013, 6:57 AM
I was hoping for a cheesy/lame side-kick...and this is not bad at all. Yeah I'm digging this.
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 8/18/2013, 7:05 AM
I miss Eddie Brock's Venom. He was great.
IM53
IM53 - 8/18/2013, 7:05 AM
@Dpool i agree with the naughty but Brock will always be my Venom of choice..
KeefNCookies
KeefNCookies - 8/18/2013, 7:08 AM
This series has been great... but dont like this at all -.- *sigh* only time will tell if it's worth continuing.
duncboy
duncboy - 8/18/2013, 7:19 AM
I really liked this series for a while but then it got too out-there. It started as this cool covert-ops/government-agent story to basically Marvel trying to rip off Spawn, but in a really stupid, idiotic way.
Chucky2003
Chucky2003 - 8/18/2013, 7:23 AM
Don't like this series,i tried to get into it but i couldn't,i like the old Venom,Eddie Brock's Venom
Havenless
Havenless - 8/18/2013, 7:36 AM
An 11-yr old girl with the Venom symbiote going nuts? I can dig it.

Think they'll go all 'Kick-Ass' with this? "Alright you &^%$s, Kid Venom is gonna rip out all of your &%$#s and #$%@ down your neck!"
PeterDarker
PeterDarker - 8/18/2013, 8:04 AM
I'm loving this book since it started. Keep em coming.
Brione
Brione - 8/18/2013, 8:04 AM
@Batmaniac
I agree with this, "Eddie Brock's Venom is my Venom". I have no problem with Flash Thompson and I'm from Philly so I really like that it's set in Philly, but I would actually read the comic if it was Eddie Brock or maybe if it was Flash but he actually looked like Venom and not some Punisher copy with a mask.
crawley
crawley - 8/18/2013, 8:23 AM
I like the artwork.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 8/18/2013, 8:37 AM
I miss Eddie as Venom.

Lets keep Eddie as Venom, Doc Ock as Doc Ock, and Spidey as Spidey.
sephiroth211
sephiroth211 - 8/18/2013, 8:39 AM
@PeterDarker

Same here man.
TheDpool
TheDpool - 8/18/2013, 8:55 AM
I mean I understand that characters change but Flash was the original bully and yeah people mature but I don't like how he's become a hero I was okay with his and Peter becoming friends over time but I dunno haha.
GhostKILLERgx7
GhostKILLERgx7 - 8/18/2013, 9:32 AM
venom was the combined hatred for spiderman by the symbiote and eddie brock. that union is what created "venom" hence forth if it's not eddie....it's not venom.


still flash is cool....just not venom
ComicFan1134
ComicFan1134 - 8/18/2013, 9:37 AM
Levi-I Second That!
StarlordX
StarlordX - 8/18/2013, 9:59 AM
Better Venom than Brock
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 8/18/2013, 11:26 AM
I don't really get why people miss Eddie Brock so much. Yeah, he's good as a Spider-man villain, but Flash makes for a more interesting protagonist who can carry his own series. I know Eddie had his own series in the past, but the idea just doesn't seem as appealing. Flash is struggling against his own inner demons as well as the symbiote. Ideally we could have both classic Eddie and Flash, but I'd rather have a good series starring Flash than Eddie making occasional appearances as a Spider-man villain.


duncboy- "I really liked this series for a while but then it got too out-there. It started as this cool covert-ops/government-agent story to basically Marvel trying to rip off Spawn, but in a really stupid, idiotic way."

I'll admit, the quality dropped when they brought in demons and stuff. I haven't kept up lately, but I hope it's closer to the original government agent story because that was very cool.
OdinsBeard
OdinsBeard - 8/18/2013, 11:33 AM
smh... are symbiotes jumping the shark?
Lostcause
Lostcause - 8/18/2013, 11:51 AM
I dig it. I think Andi will be good for Flash and Maina will be good for Agent Venom. She's really young, if the symboite doesn't kill her down the line, this just might be Venom's X-23.
Space
Space - 8/18/2013, 12:18 PM
loving this series
xcan
xcan - 8/18/2013, 12:49 PM
Actually where is Eddie now? He IS Venom, Mac Gargon was an interesting switcheroo and Flash Thompson? Ummm nope.
spiderclone
spiderclone - 8/18/2013, 12:51 PM
where have i seen mania's hair before oh yeah ! super sAYIAN photo: Goku super sayian dragonball-z-pencilboard-6.jpg
TelaVizion
TelaVizion - 8/18/2013, 12:53 PM
They better kill him
Aryakin
Aryakin - 8/18/2013, 12:55 PM
To me Venom will always be Eddie Brock, and the symbiote will always be in love with Peter. Logically this story should end with Toxin becoming flashes symbiote since it's way more compatible with someone in a law enforcement like mentality, and the story should really involve toxin's once playful mentality combating the broken psyche of Flash, while they clean up the streets of Philly.

The venom symbiote should return to its original host with a new found devotion to the only one that's ever really accepted it for what it was, Eddie Brock. Venom should then go back to the lethal protector but instead of returning to San Fran he should just become a roaming anti-hero all over the US using the travelling reporter as his cover. This would allow him to team up and do cross overs with spider-man, scarlet spider, toxin etc.

And for the bonus round, during his first team up with Superior Spider-Man SPock should betray Venom and attempt to reclaim the symbiote (in the name of shield) for himself, but once the symbiote touches him, it instantly notices parkers gone and that he's actually dr. oct. Using it's coded memories of parker, it could restore parkers subconscious before escaping to free Eddie. Eddie at that point knows what happened and fights SPock truly testing his mettle because he ignores spider-sense, is stronger, just as fast and ock has never had to deal with anyone on that level. Venom's unable to go to other heroes for help, though he tries, and whenever peter is restored (preferably as a result of venom's actions) he forms a long standing, but uneasy alliance with venom who continues to roam the country violently protecting the innocent and being a freelance journalist.
sameoldthing
sameoldthing - 8/18/2013, 2:34 PM
STOP IT!! STOP IT!! STOP IT!!

STOP making a shit ton of derivitave characters!!
It dilutes the unique quality of the original character.
This is 100% piss poor imagination---STOP IT ALREADY!
actionmoviefanatix
actionmoviefanatix - 8/18/2013, 3:28 PM
I really don't like this scribbly artwork.
Demongod20
Demongod20 - 8/18/2013, 5:58 PM
Isn't Eddy Brock Anti-Venom now?
Indy
Indy - 8/18/2013, 9:26 PM
Bring back Eddie Brock
DrLove1023
DrLove1023 - 8/19/2013, 4:37 AM
Those of you who don't like the flash series may get your wish. Flash meets superior spider-man in November, there is no solicit for a venom book in November, and I can't find the quote anywhere but back when Slott very first started teasing that there would be a venom story this year he said in an interview something along the lines of "fans miss Eddie Brock as venom". So we'll see.
Dedpool
Dedpool - 8/19/2013, 5:08 AM
Eddie Brock is TOXIN now. He's actually got a grudge with Venom, but still trying to be a "hero." I actually like Flash as Venom, and this could be very very interesting.
wcwpoet
wcwpoet - 8/19/2013, 8:40 AM
Not really of fan of the Flash as Venom, but I'm loving this art and it's not really a bad story.
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