Venom #35 Novels & Stories

I just read it yesterday and I'm still reeling. The issue picks up with Dylan and his symbiote, Bedlam, trying to build something like a normal life, which already feels like a setup for disaster. And boy, does it deliver. The real kicker isn't some big monster reveal—it's that the symbiote hive mind, the King in Black's legacy, isn't just a weapon. It's being actively cultivated as a new, sentient world-soul for the planet, with Dylan at the center as its unwitting architect. The 'twist' is less a single moment and more the dawning horror that everything Eddie and Dylan sacrificed to separate from the hive was maybe the wrong move. The last few pages, where Dylan's connection to the other symbiotes flares and he sees this sprawling, living network he's now part of, completely reframed the whole series for me.

It’s a quieter, more existential kind of twist than, say, a villain unmasking. Makes you question whether the symbiotes were ever really the 'bad' thing we thought they were, or if we’ve been seeing it all backwards. The art in those silent panels sells it completely—less action, more awe, and a bit of terror.

So I just finished 'Venom' #35, and honestly, that ending was a lot to process. Eddie's been through the wringer, right? The final confrontation with Bedlam is this wild psychic battle inside Eddie's mind, with Dylan trying to help from the outside. It ends with Eddie seemingly sacrificing himself to contain Bedlam's essence, collapsing into a dormant, cocoon-like state.

What really got me was the last few pages. Dylan is left holding what looks like a dormant symbiote, unsure if his dad is even alive in there. And then that final splash page: Meridius, the future version of Eddie from the King in Black timeline, just... watching. It's a massive 'oh crap' moment. The setup is clearly moving past the Bedlam arc and back into the whole time-traveling, dynasty-of-Eddies war that's been brewing. The next story seems to be about Dylan stepping up, Meridius making his move, and figuring out if Eddie can come back from being a living prison.

I'm a bit nervous about Eddie being benched, but Dylan's grown on me.

I was trying to hunt that issue down a couple months back and found the whole 'King in Black' tie-in situation a bit messy for tracking single issues. Marvel Unlimited is your absolute best bet for reading 'Venom' #35 legally online. It's their digital subscription service, and new issues get added about three months after the physical release. I checked my app, and #35 is definitely up there now.

If you're not into subscriptions, you can buy it digitally from places like Comixology, which is fused with Amazon Kindle now, or directly from the Marvel Comics website. Just search for 'Venom (2018) #35'—make sure you get the right series year. Buying it gives you permanent access in your library, which I prefer for the big event issues I know I'll re-read.