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This page lists the stories of Donny Cates' run on the Venom ongoing series and their corresponding issues, along with the Absolute Carnage and King in Black miniseries. Also listed is the Web of Venom one-shots which serve as supplemental material to the main series.
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Main issues: #1- 35 (2018—2021)
Venom Vol. 4 #1-35 (May 9, 2018 — June 16, 2021)
Main writer: Donny Cates
Other writers: David Michelinie, Jeff Loveness, James Stokoe, Cullen Bunn, Clay McLeod Chapman, Peach Momoko, Zack Davisson, Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Main pencillers: Ryan Stegman, Iban Coello
Other pencillers: Kevin Walker, Ron Lim, Tigh Walker, James Stokoe, Joshua Cassara, Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque, Francesco Mobili, Juan Gedeon, Mark Bagley, José Carlos Silva, Luke Ross, Peach Momoko, Danilo Beyruth, Guiu Vilanova, Gerardo Sandoval
Cates' issues: Venom #1-12, 16-35, Annual #1; Free Comic Book Day 2019 (Spider-Man/Venom) #1, Free Comic Book Day 2020 (Spider-Man/Venom) #1; Absolute Carnage #1-5; King in Black #1-5
Fill-in issues: #13-15
Cates' run is intertwined with the Absolute Carnage and King in Black crossover events. The full lists of titles involved in these events can be found on their respective work pages.
- Rex (Venom #1-6)
- Oversight: Part One (Venom #7)
- Tall Tales (Venom Annual #1)
- Round Two (backup)note
- Nobody Does It Better (backup)note
- Unstoppable (backup)note
- The Abyss (Venom #8-12)
- War of the Realms (Venom #13-15)note (War of the Realms tie-in)
- Everyone is a Target (#15, backup)note (crossover)note (Absolute Carnage prelude)
- Free Comic Book Day 2019 (Spider-Man/Venom) #1 (1st story only) (Absolute Carnage prelude)
- Absolute Carnage (event):
- Venom #16note
- Chapter One: The Bleeding King (Absolute Carnage #1)
- Chapter Two: The God Son (2nd story)
- Chapter Three: The Long Red Dark (3rd story)
- Venom #17
- Absolute Carnage #2
- Venom #18
- Absolute Carnage #3
- Absolute Carnage #4
- Venom #19
- Absolute Carnage #5
- Oversight: Part Two (Venom #20)
- Venom Island (Venom #21-25)
- Paradise Interrupted (#25, backup)note
- Venom Beyond (Venom #26-30)
- Free Comic Book Day 2020 (Spider-Man/Venom) #1 (2nd story only)
- King in Black (event):
- Chapter One: Reign (King in Black #1)
- Thirty-Two Seconds (Venom #31)
- Chapter Two: Fall (King in Black #2)
- The Other Side (Venom #32)
- Chapter Three: Thunder (King in Black #3)
- Agents Venom (Venom #33)
- Chapter Four: Lightning (King in Black #4)
- Demon Days (backup)note
- Rise (Venom #34)
- Chapter Five: Down (King in Black #5)
- Venom #35note
Web of Venom one-shots
Web of Venom one-shots
Writers: Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, Frank Tieri, Cullen Bunn, Zac Thompson, Jed MacKay, Clay McLeod Chapman
Pencillers: Juanan Ramírez, Danilo Beyruth, Kyle Hotz, Juan Gedeon, Joshua Cassara, Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque, Diógenes Neves, Guiu Vilanova
- Web of Venom: Ve'Nam #1 (published between Venom #5-6)
- Web of Venom: Carnage Born #1 (published between Venom #8-9) (Absolute Carnage prelude)
- Web of Venom: Unleashed #1 (published between Venom #9-10) (Absolute Carnage prelude)
- Web of Venom: Cult of Carnage #1 (published between Venom #12-13) (Absolute Carnage prelude)
- Web of Venom: Funeral Pyre #1 (published between Venom #16-17) (Absolute Carnage prelude)
- Web of Venom: The Good Son #1 (published between Venom #22-23)
- Web of Venom: Wraith #1 (published between Venom #27-28)
- Web of Venom: Empyre's End #1 (published between Venom #29-30) (Empyre aftermath; King in Black prelude)
