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CATALOG RECORD

Venom #27

Marvel · Series began 2011 · January 2013

Dates

Cover date
January 2013
On sale
November 14, 2012
In stores
November 14, 2012
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #27 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition$2.99 cover

    Direct Edition

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Barcode 75960607565202711

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  • Newsstand edition$3.99 cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07447061556901

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Story arc: Minimum Carnage

This is part 5 of 6. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Minimum Carnage: Alpha #1
  2. Scarlet Spider #10
  3. Venom #26
  4. Scarlet Spider #11
  5. Venom #27
  6. Minimum Carnage: Omega #1

Creators

pencils: Patrick Zircher, Declan Shalvey, Clayton Craininks: Patrick Zircher, Declan Shalvey, Clayton Craincolors: Marte Gracia, Lee Loughridge, Clayton Crainscript: Cullen Bunnletters: Joe Caramagna

Stories

  • Minimum Carnage Part 5: Family Bondage · 20 pages

    Marquis Radu has created hundreds of symbiote hybrids based on Venom and Carnage and turned them loose to kill their progenitors. Venom is nearly overwhelmed when they suddenly disappear, transported from the Microverse to Houston.

Publisher’s description

Venom, Scarlet Spider and the Micronauts fight to save a universe – but in the process, have doomed our own! Cullen Bunn and Declan Shalvey bring you the pentultimate chapter of the mega-levolent masterpiece!

Reprinted in

Carnage: Minimum Carnage (2013), Venom by Cullen Bunn: The Complete Collection (2018), Carnage Omnibus (2018), Venom Modern Era Epic Collection (2023), Agent Venom Omnibus (2025), Carnage Modern Era Epic Collection (2025)

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