Cover: Paulo Siqueira

Venom: Separation Anxiety #1

Jul 2024 · Marvel · 4.99 USD

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About this Issue

Venom: Separation Anxiety #1 (2024) marks the third consecutive retro Venom miniseries written by the character's own co-creator, David Michelinie, making it a noteworthy case of an originating creative voice returning to fill in 'lost' chapters of early Eddie Brock continuity. The issue delivers the first-ever encounter between Venom and Purple Man (Zebediah Killgrave) in Michelinie's authorial hands, pairing two Marvel heavyweights who had never before crossed paths in this creative context. Its title deliberately echoes the 1994 Venom: Separation Anxiety crossover event, drawing a generational line between '90s Venom mythology and a 2020s re-examination of that era. Together with the two preceding Lethal Protector series, this issue anchors a sustained creative project of retroactive Venom storytelling guided by the writer most responsible for defining the character.

writer David Michelinie · artist, inker Gerardo Sandoval · colorist Romulo Fajardo Jr. · letterer VC's Travis Lanham · cover Paulo Siqueira

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History

Announced by Marvel on February 7, 2024, the series was publicly framed as a direct follow-up to Michelinie's two back-to-back Venom: Lethal Protector miniseries, positioning it as the third installment of his ongoing retro-revisitation of early Eddie Brock. Michelinie himself explained the central creative problem in press materials: finding a fresh way into the 'separation anxiety' concept that didn't simply repeat the established story beat of Eddie being physically separated from the symbiote — his solution was a villain capable of leeching the symbiote bit by bit. Artist Gerardo Sandoval, already known to Venom readers from his work on the main Venom title and Death of the Venomverse, was paired with Michelinie, with coloring by Romulo Fajardo Jr., lettering by VC Clayton Cowles, and editorial oversight by Thomas Groneman. The main cover by Paulo Siqueira is a deliberate homage to Charles Vess' cover for Web of Spider-Man #1 (1985).

Trivia · 8 facts

Written by David Michelinie (Venom co-creator) with art by Gerardo Sandoval; cover by Paulo Siqueira; colors by Romulo Fajardo Jr.; letters by VC Clayton Cowles; edited by Thomas Groneman.
Published May 15, 2024 by Marvel Comics as a five-issue miniseries; rated T+.
The series is set during Eddie Brock's early Lethal Protector-era career, functioning as a retroactive 'lost chapter' in continuity rather than a present-day story.
This is the third consecutive retro Venom miniseries by Michelinie, following two Venom: Lethal Protector series — the creative run began after 2022.
The central conflict pits Venom against Purple Man (Zebediah Killgrave), who is depicted stealing fragments of the Venom symbiote and absorbing its powers — representing the first time this specific Venom-vs.-Purple Man dynamic has been explored in Michelinie's authorial voice.
Supporting characters from Eddie Brock's journalism background — Betty Brant and Joy Mercado — appear, with Eddie acting as a photographer covering a story that brings him into contact with Purple Man; Rhino also appears as a recurring antagonist across the series.
The main cover by Paulo Siqueira is a direct homage to Charles Vess' cover for Web of Spider-Man #1 (1985).
The complete five-issue series was collected in the trade paperback Venom: Separation Anxiety – The King in Purple, published by Marvel.