Venom: Seed of Darkness #-1

In Venom: Seed of Darkness #–1 (1997), long before his infamous alliance with the symbiote, reporter Eddie Brock finds himself confronting an otherworldly threat— an alien entity fused with a deranged scientist, seeding darkness across Earth. Written by Len Kaminski and illustrated by James W. Fry III, with inks by Chris Ivy and colors by Tom Smith, this prelude delivers a chilling, grounded tale of paranoia and alien invasion, all framed by a haunting cover by Fry and Ivy.