Dates
- Cover date
- February 2014
- On sale
- December 4, 2013
- In stores
- December 4, 2013
- Pages
- 40
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Editions and covers (2)
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Story arc: Darkest Hours
This is part 2 of 4. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Superior Spider-Man #22
- Superior Spider-Man #23
- Superior Spider-Man #24
- Superior Spider-Man #25
Creators
Stories
- Darkest Hours [Part Two] · 20 pages
Agent Venom escapes from Spider-Man. Carlie (and her vital evidence) are in the hands of the Goblin King, who now knows that Otto transferred his mind into Spider-Man's body, but not that Spider-Man was Peter Parker. Mayor Jameson wants Liz Allan and her company to produce new Spider-Slayers so he can get out from under Spider-Man's thumb. Otto (as Peter) tricks Flash into undergoing a new procedure to regain his mobility, but its real purpose is to separate him from the Venom symbiote. Things go wrong, and the symbiote bonds with Otto.
Publisher’s description
As Otto Octavius takes another big step in his life as Peter Parker... could a big part of Flash Thompson's life be coming to a close? Will he be... VENOM NO MORE?! More with MJ! More with Carlie! More with the Green Goblin! And, after half a century, one of the most cringe-worthy moments in ALL of Spidey-history! You do NOT want to miss this one!
Characters
Reprinted in
Superior Spider-Man (2013), Superior Spider-Man (2013), Superior Spider-Man: The Complete Collection (2018), Superior Spider-Man Omnibus (2023)