The only thing that hurt this series was marvels insistence on making the tie ins required. Aarons entire thor run, stopping at war of realms, then venom to volume 1 and 2 then venom war of realms (that follows the issue order but for NO reason isn't volume 3). Then you can skip the rest of war of realms, but then you read volume 3 and it leads into absolute carnage (which again isn't a volume number but follows the issue numbers AND THE STORY ISN'T EVEN RESOLVED IN THE VENOM PROPER. then volume 4, 5, then the first issue of volume 6, then the first 3 volumes of a DIFFERENT SERIES that has the same name as the volume you're in the middle of "king in black" then back to the volume for an issue, then finish king in black volume 456, then finally finish VENOM: King in black. And the omnibus does very little to straighten out the story beats. In order to get the entire thing you had to basically read everything marvel month to month in release order for 4 years, and then EVEN THE RELEASE ORDER tells the story out of order at about "venom beyond" And of course all of that goes back into the ultimates which is FINALLY getting fleshed out by hickman (but requires a 1 shot called ultimate universe, a 4 issue "ultimate invasion" and now is currently bouncing back and forth between ultimate: black panther, spiderman, and most recently xmen Meanwhile, you can pick up basically any dc #1 (theres i think 9? Different batman #1s on shelves right now) all with different stories and continuities that use past stories to inform at times but for the most part you csn just pick up whatever looks cool and go through a 4-6 issue arc and be satisfied. The marvel stories are much better and memorable right now, but much more work to get everything out of them DC has just done a much better job this decade at rewarding completionists while still letting hobbyists just pick up anything and not be completely lost.
Honestly, Cates hasn't quite outdone Remender for me, but that's because the Remender run is my personal Allstar Superman. In that, just like you've been saying in that heart warming video of yours, it changed my life. It got me out of a really really bad time back then mentally.
To make a suggestion I don't think you need the segment where you give the comic a numbered score. We just heard how you feel the series so the numbered score is unnecessary.
I’m really glad that you are back!
Thanks man!
@@HardcoverReviews you still on omnibros live? I haven’t watched it in a good while tho
I am but very sporadically these days.
@@HardcoverReviews ohh happy to hear that
Welcome back! You were one of the first comic youtubers I’ve watched when i first got into this medium. So glad you are back!
The only thing that hurt this series was marvels insistence on making the tie ins required. Aarons entire thor run, stopping at war of realms, then venom to volume 1 and 2 then venom war of realms (that follows the issue order but for NO reason isn't volume 3). Then you can skip the rest of war of realms, but then you read volume 3 and it leads into absolute carnage (which again isn't a volume number but follows the issue numbers AND THE STORY ISN'T EVEN RESOLVED IN THE VENOM PROPER.
then volume 4, 5, then the first issue of volume 6, then the first 3 volumes of a DIFFERENT SERIES that has the same name as the volume you're in the middle of "king in black" then back to the volume for an issue, then finish king in black volume 456, then finally finish VENOM: King in black.
And the omnibus does very little to straighten out the story beats.
In order to get the entire thing you had to basically read everything marvel month to month in release order for 4 years, and then EVEN THE RELEASE ORDER tells the story out of order at about "venom beyond"
And of course all of that goes back into the ultimates which is FINALLY getting fleshed out by hickman (but requires a 1 shot called ultimate universe, a 4 issue "ultimate invasion" and now is currently bouncing back and forth between ultimate: black panther, spiderman, and most recently xmen
Meanwhile, you can pick up basically any dc #1 (theres i think 9? Different batman #1s on shelves right now) all with different stories and continuities that use past stories to inform at times but for the most part you csn just pick up whatever looks cool and go through a 4-6 issue arc and be satisfied.
The marvel stories are much better and memorable right now, but much more work to get everything out of them
DC has just done a much better job this decade at rewarding completionists while still letting hobbyists just pick up anything and not be completely lost.
I wish someone who was in charge of the venom movies would read this run, feel like they've wasted his character completely which is really sad
Eh, still loved the movie.
@@monkelad420 doesn’t make it good
Oh wow!! You are back! YAAAAASSSS!
Nice to see you back!!!
I had to pre order the Omnibus after hearing this. Looking forward to it!
Yooooo, it’s so good to see you back, and with a really great review! I definitely agree with you about Stegman, I love his stuff.
Thanks man! And yes he’s an amazing artist probably too 3 working today.
Heyyyyy you're back!
Yup! Thanks for watching.
Man I missed your comic videos. I hope you come back
Honestly, Cates hasn't quite outdone Remender for me, but that's because the Remender run is my personal Allstar Superman. In that, just like you've been saying in that heart warming video of yours, it changed my life. It got me out of a really really bad time back then mentally.
Donny cates is my favorite writer right now but I think king in black is the best venom arc
To make a suggestion I don't think you need the segment where you give the comic a numbered score. We just heard how you feel the series so the numbered score is unnecessary.
But maybe some ppl want to know 🤷🏽♂️