Dates
- Cover date
- January 2009
- On sale
- November 5, 2008
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #4 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 75960606148800411
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$3.99 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 00928103253312
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Creators
Stories
- Venom: Dark Origin Chapter 4: The Ties That Bond · 22 pages
Eddie agrees to bond completely with the Venom symbiote. Looking for vengeance against Spider-Man, Venom shows up at the Parker household and terrorizes Mary Jane.
Publisher’s description
Eddie Brock's dishonesty and his humiliation at the hands of Spider-Man have poisoned his soul. But it's the strange new costume that'll give him the strength to strike out! Now Eddie's about to discover just where this living alien symbiote comes from…why it possesses the powers it does…and what privileged secrets it can teach him about the man behind Spider-Man's mask! Discover the never-before-seen truth about Venom's past and the symbiote's home planet!
Characters
Reprinted in
Venom: Dark Origin (2009), Marvel's Mightiest Heroes (2014), Spider-Man: The Road to Venom (2020), Venom Modern Era Epic Collection (2023)