venom by michelinie & mcfarlane gallery edition

Naturally, this list is packed full of spoilers, so if you haven't seen the movie yet and don't want to be spoiled, don't continue.ĭirector Ruben Fleischer made no secret of the Easter Eggs that he was hiding in Venom, even letting a few spill before the movie's release. However, now that the film is out, we've done our best to collect some of the subtlest, coolest, and most exciting Venom Easter eggs, secret backstories, references, and tiny details that most fans might miss.

Venom, without letting your love of the antihero take over, and even before Venom's post-credits tease, the movie is filled with extended universe nods, cameos, shared Marvel connections and comic book references. You don't make a movie based on Eddie Brock, ak. Just don't tell Marvel any of the ways that Sony's first Spider-Man Universe movie after Homecoming hints at the comic book source material. The launch of Venom may not officially be adding another branch onto Marvel's Cinematic Universe, but it does man another batch of Easter eggs and less than obvious franchise connections. That applies to a character like Venom - if you keep adding, every now and then you get these big, cool surprises. And so my attitude has always been like, well, why do you want the next artist now to do what I was doing? Why don't you want them to do even more of what they're doing?īecause they might just be crazy good.

I was just stubborn enough to get there, and it worked.

It wasn't because they were asking for that divergence. I made a career of basically breaking the rules, like with the look of Spider-Man. They might be the genius who's going to come up with something that's 10 times better than what you did. I wanted to have artistic freedom and think the same methodology should apply to everybody who follows. And then you let the internet debate the merits of each change.Īs somebody who's been on the creative end of it, I'm not one that expects nor wants anybody to repeat what I did. It's always fun to watch others add to it. But there's all the pieces that now have to go inside. David Michelinie and I came along in the beginning and created a frame. One of the fun things about it being a part of a tapestry, each gets to add a piece. It's also fascinating to see how your work continues to define Venom.

Venom first appeared in the iconic final panel of the McFarlane-drawn Amazing Spider-Man #299, from 1988.

Venom by michelinie & mcfarlane gallery edition