Venom  (2018)

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1st appearance of Tyrannosaurus, a symbiote impersonating Rex Strickland

1st appearance of the Grendel Symbiote

Origin of the Sym-Soldier Program aka Weapon V, a Vietnam-era initiative to bond symbiote biomass, extracted from the Grendel dragon to wounded soldiers

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Lead-in to Knull introduction

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1st full appearance of Knull,the creator of the Symbiote alien race

Knull's first cameo appearance is in Thor: God of Thunder #6

The spiral emblem associated with Knull is a reference to Chthulhu mythology

Knull was the first being that existed in nothingness that preceded the creation of the current Marvel Universe

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Origin of Knull

Origin of Knowhere, the severed head of a Celestial

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3rd full appearance of Knull

Venom #6

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End of first story arc

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1st cameo appearance of Dylan Brock, Eddie's son

Venom #8

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1st full appearance of Dylan Brock, son of Eddie Brock

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Origin of Eddie Brock

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Origin of Dylan Brock, revealed to be Eddie's son

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Origin of Dylan, son of the Venom symbiote

Venom #16

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Cates returns to the Venom title

Venom #17

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1st crossover appearance of Sleeper outside of Venom: First Host where he was introduced

Venom #18

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Maker bonds with Hybrid

Venom #19

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Absolute Carnage tie-in

Venom #20

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Partial origin of Dylan Brock, theorized by The Maker, and the nature of the symbiote

Venom #21

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Venom Island part 1 of 2 - the setting is the same island from The Amazing Spider-Man #347

Venom #22

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Venom Island part 2 of 3 - the setting is the same island from The Amazing Spider-Man #347

Venom #23

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Solicitation: the seeds of next year's Venom event are already beginning to grow

Venom #23

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Variant cover art by Skottie Young featuring Donnie Cates and Ryan Stegman

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Reveal of Dylan's powers

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1st cameo appearance of Codex

1st cameo appearance of Virus

The first cameo of Virus was intended to be Free Comic Book Day 2020: The Amazing Spider-Man/Venom issue but due to the 2020 Coronavirus temporary shutdown of comic book distribution, the FCBD 2020 issue went on-sale between the release of Venom #26 and Venom #27

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1st full appearance of Virus

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1st full appearance of Codex, Dylan Brock in an alternate reality

1st appearance of an alternate reality Agent Venom

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Identity of Virus revealed

Identity of Codex revealed

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Origin of Codex

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Codex becomes Dylan, in the future

Venom #31

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Continuation of the King In Black event

Venom #32

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Cover art featuring Rex Strickland, the Tyrannosaurus symbiote and Eddie Brock

Venom #34

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Final tie-in issue to the King In Black event

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Debut of Eddie Brock new powers: omnipresence and symbiote hive control

Dylan Brock becomes Venom

End of Cates/Stegman run that began in May 2018

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