Venom #12

Patterns Part 2" continues in this 2004 installment of Marvel's Venom, and Mike Deodato Jr.'s cover makes an immediate impression — the symbiote creature hunches forward through a dimly lit stone tunnel, dripping with alien ooze, its massive tongue unfurling above a floor littered with skulls and bones. The composition pulls you right into that claustrophobic archway, with Venom's hulking frame filling every inch of the space in a genuinely unsettling way. Daniel Way, Francisco Herrera, and Carlos Cuevas are on the interior creative team, promising the same dark energy that Deodato's striking cover art delivers.