History Literature / SpiderManTheVenomTrilogy

%%* UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks: The trilogy is set at the time when Jason Macendale was the Hobgoblin, Ned Leeds was assumed to have been the original Hobby, and Venom was living in San Francisco as the Lethal Protector.

''The Venom Trilogy'' is a series of Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} books written by Creator/DianeDuane. The trilogy revolves around repeatedly encountering an organization named the CCRC.

* MuggingTheMonster: In ''Literature/SpiderManTheOctopusAgenda'', three punks try to assault ComicBook/{{Venom}}. With switchblades. Yeah, that doesn't go so well for them.

''Spider-Man: The Venom Factor'' is a 1995 ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' novel written by Creator/DianeDuane and co-starring ComicBook/{{Venom}} (Eddie Brock). It is the first book in a trilogy nicknamed the "Venom Trilogy" involving both characters repeatedly encountering an organization named the CCRC.

!! This novel contains the following tropes:

* ContinuityNod: The events of ''The Venom Factor"' are referenced in the other two novels in the trilogy.

* CripplingOverspecialization: In ''The Octopus Agenda'', Doctor Octopus unwittingly ruined his own plan when he tried to capture Spider-Man ''and'' Venom in a cell that he had prepared for Spider-Man, with the intention of forcing his enemy to watch as Octavius's plan to decimate global civilisation unfolded. As the cell had been designed exclusively to contain Spider-Man, the wall-crawler realised that there may be a loophole in the cell's design that Venom could exploit, which allowed them to stage a fight so that Venom could find a weakness in the cell's force field and break out.

%%* UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks: The novel is set at the time when Jason Macendale was the Hobgoblin, Ned Leeds was assumed to have been the original Hobby, and Venom was living in San Francisco as the Lethal Protector.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The third book in the trilogy, ''The Octopus Agenda'', reveals ComicBook/DoctorOctopus as the mastermind behind the CCRC.

* YouCantThwartStageOne: Hobgoblin's one step ahead of Spider-Man for most of the first act, stealing nuclear material from a warehouse and submarine easily. Subverted in the second act, where Spider-Man ''did'' catch him when he was stealing more nuclear material from the university, but Venom's arrival gave Hobgoblin the chance to escape.

* FeedItABomb: The Hobgoblin's nuke is dealt with is eaten by the alien.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Discussed with J. Jonah Jameson's beef with Spider-Man; Peter Parker muses that Jameson tends to blame Spider-Man for everything from global warming to World War II if he's allowed to rant for long enough.

* CombatTentacles: Both Venom and the radiation-eating alien can form them.
* ContinuityNod: The events of ''The Venom Factor"' are referenced in a the other two novels in the trilogy.

* HumiliationConga: Hobgoblin gets his comeuppance in very satisfying fashion. First Spider-Man and Venon wreck his hideout, then the alien devours his nuclear bomb's plutonium core just as he's about to set it off, then Spider-Man punches him out while he's freaking out over this, ''then'' he gets hauled off by the police. And to top it all off, one of the police officers notes that his extortion scheme was never going to work because he was demanding more money than people could put together in such a short amount of time.

''Spider-Man: The Venom Factor'' is a 1995 ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' novel written by Creator/DianeDuane and co-starring ComicBook/{{Venom}} (Eddie Brock). It is the first book in a trilogy nicknamed the "Venom Trilogy" involving both characters repeatedly encountering an organization named the CCRC. When a homeless man is brutally murdered in a warehouse, all the evidence points to Venom as the perpetrator. Add the mysterious disappearance of nuclear materials and the Hobgoblin (Jason Macendale) swooping around, and Spider-Man has his hands more-than full. But is Venom behind the brutal murders, and if not, who... or ''what''... is?

* BigNo: When the alien eats his bomb the Hobgoblin screams out one of these and attacks it. It casually backhands him into unconsciousness.

* MakeThemRot: The alien can focus radiation into its palms to rapidly decay material.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The novel alternates point-of-views between Spider-Man, Venom, and Mary-Jane.

* TheWorfEffect: During their fight, the alien hands Venom his symbiote-covered ass.

* NervesOfSteel:
** When confronted by Venom in her apartment, Mary Jane calmly tells Eddie that she won't tolerate him cracking jokes about eating Peter in her presence.
** A trio of homeless people don't even flinch when Eddie turns into Venom right in front of them.

* UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks: The novel is set at the time when Jason Macendale was the Hobgoblin, Ned Leeds was assumed to have been the original Hobby, and Venom was living in San Francisco as the Lethal Protector.

* FeedItABomb: How the Hobgoblin's nuke is dealt with.

* IdenticalStranger: Aside from not having spider insignia, the alien looks identical to Venom.

* IAmAHumanitarian:
** At the beginning of the novel the alien eats a homeless man who had been doused in radioactive waste.
** While not outright stating he did so, the novel implies Venom ate a group of muggers who threatened a group of homeless people.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The third book in the trilogy, ''The Octopus Agenda'', reveals Doctor Octopus as the mastermind behind the CCRC.

''Spider-Man: The Venom Factor'' is a 1995 ''SpiderMan'' novel written by Creator/DianeDuane and co-starring ComicBook/{{Venom}} (Eddie Brock). It is the first book in a trilogy nicknamed the "Venom Trilogy" involving both characters repeatedly encountering an organization named the CCRC. When a homeless man is brutally murdered in a warehouse, all the evidence points to Venom as the perpetrator. Add the mysterious disappearance of nuclear materials and the Hobgoblin (Jason Macendale) swooping around, and Spider-Man has his hands more-than full. But is Venom behind the brutal murders, and if not, who... or ''what''... is?

''Spider-Man: The Venom Factor'' is a 1995 ''SpiderMan'' novel written by Diane Duane and co-starring ComicBook/{{Venom}} (Eddie Brock). It is the first book in a trilogy nicknamed the "Venom Trilogy" involving both characters repeatedly encountering an organization named the CCRC. When a homeless man is brutally murdered in a warehouse, all the evidence points to Venom as the perpetrator. Add the mysterious disappearance of nuclear materials and the Hobgoblin (Jason Macendale) swooping around, and Spider-Man has his hands more-than full. But is Venom behind the brutal murders, and if not, who... or ''what''... is?

* BiggerBad: The third book in the trilogy ''The Octopus Agenda'' reveals Doctor Octopus as the mastermind behind the CCRC.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: While waiting for an audition, MJ spots a TV playing a program about [[Series/BarneyAndFriends an eternally happy, dancing, singing purple dinosaur who wants to be friends with everyone]] and pictures introducing it to Venom.

* ContinuityNod: The events of ''The Venom Factor"' are referenced in a number of other Spider-Man novels.

* JustEatHim: How Venom intended to deal with the Hobgoblin.

** When confronted by Venom in her apartment ''again'', Mary Jane calmly tells Eddie that she won't tolerate him cracking jokes about eating Peter in her presence.

* TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks: The novel is set at the time when Jason Macendale was the Hobgoblin, Ned Leeds was assumed to have been the original Hobby, and Venom was living in San Francisco as the Lethal Protector.

* BiggerBad: The third book in the trilogy ''The Octopus Agenda'' reveals Doctor Octopus as the mastermind CCRC.

''Spider-Man: The Venom Factor'' is a 1995 ''SpiderMan'' novel written by Diane Duane and co-starring ComicBook/{{Venom}} (Eddie Brock). When a homeless man is brutally murdered in a warehouse, all the evidence points to Venom as the perpetrator. Add the mysterious disappearance of nuclear materials and the Hobgoblin (Jason Macendale) swooping around, and Spider-Man has his hands more-than full. But is Venom behind the brutal murders, and if not, who... or ''what''... is?

''Spider-Man: The Venom Factor'' is a 1995 ''SpiderMan'' novel written by Diane Duane and co-starring ComicBook/{{Venom}} (Eddie Brock). When a homeless man is brutally murdered in a warehouse, all the evidence points to Venom as the perpetrator. Adding the mysterious disappearance of nuclear materials and the Hobgoblin (Jason Macendale) swooping around, and Spider-Man has his hands more-than full. But is Venom behind the brutal murders, and if not - who or what is?

* IntercontinuityCrossover: The events of ''The Venom Factor"' are referenced in a number of other Spider-Man novels.

* TheWorfEffect: During their fight, the alien hands Venom his symbiote-covered ass.

''Spider-Man: The Venom Factor'' is a 1995 ''SpiderMan'' novel written by Diane Duane and co-starring ComicBook/{{Venom}} (Eddie Brock)). When a homeless man is brutally murdered in a warehouse, all the evidence points to Venom as the perpetrator. Adding the mysterious disappearance of nuclear materials and the Hobgoblin (Jason Macendale) swooping around, and Spider-Man has his hands more-than full. But is Venom behind the brutal murders, and if not - who or what is?

* NotMeThisTime: When a homeless man is brutally murdered and the perpetrator is described as a hulking black creature with BlankWhiteEyes and MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily, everyone assumes Venom's finally snapped. [[spoiler:It's actually an alien with a taste for radioactive material.]]