Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Department PSI
- Taboo (Amanda Reed)
- Dr. Gilbert Branum (First Appearance)
- Antonio Giovanni (First Appearance)
- Agent Hooper
- Venom (Eddie Brock) (Apparent Death)
Antagonists:
- The Cabal
- Venom (Pike) (Briefly merges with Venom Symbiote) (Apparent Death)
- Hawkins
- Eddison (First Appearance)
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Earth-7642
Items:
- Venom Symbiote (Apparent Death) (As The Black Suit in recap only)
- Taboo Symbiote
- Carnage Symbiote (Mentioned)
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
Vehicles:
Synopsis for 1st story
Venom has kidnapped Taboo, but realizing that her symbiote is of no relation to him or Carnage, understands Pike tricked him into doing his job for him. Meanwhile, Spidey and Backlash try to find a way to defeat Venom and Pike and save Taboo. Using a scrap of Venom's symbiote, they're able to track them down.