These issues have the helpful “Back in Black” bar on the cover to indicate that, chronologically, they take place during Amazing Spider-Man #539–543. I’ve noted in that post that it’s unrealistic to think that Spider-Man had time to do anything else during the course of those issues, where he was hunting down Aunt May’s attacker with a focus and intensity we haven’t seen before. But there are multiple monthly series to sell so…Here we are.
Eddie Brock is in the hospital, dying of cancer and feeling suicidal, and haunted by Venom. Aunt May ends up in that same hospital, which means Peter is there to save Eddie when he again tries to kill himself.
There is a LOT of Eddie talking to “Venom,” which is really just him talking to himself. Or at least I think it is.
The final page leaves a little open to interpretation whether Venom is in fact with Eddie, or if he’s just delusional.
These issues feel like they’re building up to a payoff that never comes.
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