We've already seen writer Al Ewing take Eddie and Dylan Brock's respective sagas to uncharted levels of symbiote insanity in the pages of Venom, but this September, Venom's quest goes off the rails completely when Doctor Doom comes calling!
Featuring artwork by Sergio Dávila, Cafu, Ken Lashley, and Julius Ohta, the super-sized milestone issue will see Venom make a desperate move to turn the tide of his ongoing battle against Meridius by going after none other than Doctor Doom. Bonded to a new symbiote and equipped with new abilities, Venom is more powerful than ever but against Doom, the Lethal Protector is still in way over his head.
Eddie Brock needs access to Doctor Doom's time platform but in doing so, got more than he ever bargained for, battling the most notorious supervillain in the Marvel Universe through time itself. Luckily, Eddie's well versed in navigating the timestream thanks to his recent adventures.
He's poised to take his conflict with Meridius to its frenetic and fist-filled finish – if he survives Doom! Plus, Eddie's battle with Doom will land him, briefly, in a very unexpected place...Midtown High School! But what, or who, could he find there? We're betting it will be a certain wall-crawling teenager.
"When Editor Devin Lewis pitched me the 50-page oversized issue, my first thought was packing as much bang per buck into those fifty pages as possible - and who provides more bang than the Lord of Latveria?" Ewing says. "Victor makes a great counterpoint for Eddie Brock - the King and the commoner, the polymath of a thousand schemes and the brutal bar-room brawler."
"And, of course, the big difference between them...Eddie's forgiven a lot of his old enemies, but nobody carries a grudge like Doctor Doom."
While it's a little disappointing to see Eddie back in a symbiote that's not his own, this story sounds like a blast and it's always fun revisiting some of the most iconic moments in Marvel Comics history through fresh eyes.
Below, you can check out Bryan Hitch's cover for Venom #25 ahead of its release this September.