Spider-Man meets his deadliest foe, as a rivalry for the ages is born! When Spidey's symbiotic alien black costume takes a new host Eddie Brock, who hates Spider-Man - together they become the lethal Venom! They'll stop at nothing to take their revenge on Peter Parker... and when Venom sires an even more psychopathic offspring, the result is Maximum Carnage! Plus the sinister symbiote sinks his teeth into Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Quasar, Darkhawk and the Avengers, in this complete compendium of Venom's earliest appearances! Collecting: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 258, 300, 315-317, 332-333, 346-347, 361-363, 374, 378-380; Web of Spider-Man (1985) 1, 95-96, 101-103; Avengers: Deathtrap - The Vault (1991) 1; Darkhawk (1991) 13-14; Spider-Man: The Trial of Venom (1992) 1; Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance (1992) 5-6; Spider-Man (1990) 35-37; Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) 201-203; material from Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 373, 375, 388; Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) 25-26; Web of Spider-Man Annual (1985) 7-8; Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (1979) 12; Marvel Comics Presents (1988) 117-122; Spider-Man Unlimited (1993) 1-2; Venom subplot pages