Spider-Man Clashes With Venom as the Symbiote Hero Begin a Bold New Era

Image via Marvel Published Oct 13, 2026, 12:39 PM EDT CBR senior staff writer Brian Cronin has been writing professionally about comic books for twenty years now at CBR (primarily with his “Comics Should Be Good” series of columns, including Comic Book Legends Revealed). He has written two books about comics for Penguin-Random House – Was Superman a Spy? And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed and Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent? And Other Amazing Comic Book Trivia! and one book, 100 Things X-Men Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, from Triumph Books. His writing has been featured at ESPN.com, the Los Angeles Times, About.com, the Huffington Post, Vulture and Gizmodo. He features legends about entertainment and sports and other pop culture features at Pop Culture References. Follow him on Twitter at @Brian_Cronin and feel free to e-mail him suggestions for stories about comic books that you'd like to see featured at brianc@cbr.com! Sign in to your CBR account The following contains spoilers for Venom #1, on sale this week from Marvel Comics. As we noted when we did a First Look at this issue, Eddie Brock has been split from the Venom symbiote for a number of years now, b...