"Venom Inc " By Dan Slott, Mike Costa and Ryan Stegman Coming In December

[The Whovian]

Slott and Stegman?

[The Whovian]

The only thing I'm really looking forward to in this is Ryan Stegman drawing Spider-Man again.

Way cool that Ryan Stegman is back illustrating Amazing Spider-Man.
Just top artists at Amazing Spider-Man now!

Stegman is an amazing artist, especially on Spider-Man

Another opportunity for Slott to kill off whatever character he doesn't like.

Good. Trim the fat

[Miles To Go]

Good. Trim the fat

Trimming Spider-Man of all the characters people actually give a crap about is what's wrong with the book

[Huntsman Spider]

Trimming Spider-Man of all the characters people actually give a crap about is what's wrong with the book

Pretty much this, and then replacing them with characters that don't have nearly as much invested in them by either the writer or the readership/fandom and expecting said readership-slash-fandom to just accept and love them the same way they did the previous characters. Not that I reflexively hate new characters, because I don't, and a lot of them are either great or at least have the potential to be, but you can't just expect fans/readers to automatically accept and embrace them with the same passion and commitment as they did the classic/older characters. Give them a chance, definitely, but automatic acceptance and embrace is usually not in the cards unless the characters strike the right chords with readers/fans and that's not something that can be calculated or determined by a formula.

[Celgress]

Pretty much this, and then replacing them with characters that don't have nearly as much invested in them by either the writer or the readership/fandom and expecting said readership-slash-fandom to just accept and love them the same way they did the previous characters. Not that I reflexively hate new characters, because I don't, and a lot of them are either great or at least have the potential to be, but you can't just expect fans/readers to automatically accept and embrace them with the same passion and commitment as they did the classic/older characters. Give them a chance, definitely, but automatic acceptance and embrace is usually not in the cards unless the characters strike the right chords with readers/fans and that's not something that can be calculated or determined by a formula.

I agree with everything you wrote.

[Huntsman Spider]

I agree with everything you wrote.

Thanks. I'm more pissed they're trying to build up Lee Price as a villain at the expense of an already-underutilized character brimming with potential and untold stories and who's actually liked by a lot of the fans/readers. That's really what I don't get.

[Kurolegacy]

Thanks. I'm more pissed they're trying to build up Lee Price as a villain at the expense of an already-underutilized character brimming with potential and untold stories and who's actually liked by a lot of the fans/readers. That's really what I don't get.

What annoys me even more about that is that Marvel talks about how they're all about the diversity, yet get rid of a perfectly good teen female character who's had so much untapped potential for years now yet they refused to do anything with it. Meanwhile a flat character like Lee gets to shove her under the bus to be viewed as more of a threat.

[Venomous Mask]

Again, Mania's de-powering might only be temporary. I think we should wait before passing judgment. Dan likes to play with the readers' emotions.

[Kurolegacy]

Again, Mania's de-powering might only be temporary. I think we should wait before passing judgment. Dan likes to play with the readers' emotions.

Maybe but when it comes to temporary situations, it's usually only with the A-listers or main versions of a character. Hence why we'll most likely never see the return of A-Bomb, the original Rulk or Red She-Hulk. Mania doesn't have A-lister insurance.

[Celgress]

Thanks. I'm more pissed they're trying to build up Lee Price as a villain at the expense of an already-underutilized character brimming with potential and untold stories and who's actually liked by a lot of the fans/readers. That's really what I don't get.

Hey, look on the bright side. Maybe Flash will get the Mania Symbiote at the end of the storyline and become Agent Venom, or a variant of that, again.

[Huntsman Spider]

Again, Mania's de-powering might only be temporary. I think we should wait before passing judgment. Dan likes to play with the readers' emotions.

Point. I just don't like having my emotions toyed with.

Hey, look on the bright side. Maybe Flash will get the Mania Symbiote at the end of the storyline and become Agent Venom, or a variant of that, again.

That could be interesting, or maybe the Mania symbiote splits off and a piece of it goes back to Andi while Flash has the other, which would be "win-win" for everyone.

[Outlaw22]

Skipping the Dan Slott issues.

[Venomous Mask]

Skipping the Dan Slott issues.

Then the other parts won't make as much sense. It's a joint project with the imprimatur of both writers.

[Miles To Go]

Stegman wasn't happy with how badly cropped the color pages for Venom Inc Alpha were in the Previews catalouge, so he decided to share uncropped black and white versions





Source

[Frontier]

Poor Looter .

And hey, Flash .