Psaras Comics Essential: Eddie Brock as Venom

On almost every comic book that has a double-ID-ed (secret or public) protagonist, we read about three people: The hero, the villain, and the man behind the hero. But there is a man behind a certain villain that has earned the utmost respect by comic book fans: Eddie Brock. Here is an essential collection of Eddie Brock issues and arcs:

1. Web of Spider-Man #18
   Although it has nothing to do with Eddie, I love it when the spider sense doesn't work
2. Amazing Spider-Man #298-#300
3. Amazing Spider-Man #315-#317 
4. Avengers: Deathtrap - The Vault
   also reprinted as Venom: Deathrap - The Vault
5. Spider-Man Special: The Trial of Venom
6. Amazing Spider-Man #374-#375
7. Venom: Lethal Protector
8. Venom: Funeral Pyre
9. Venom: The Madness
10. Venom: The Enemy Within
11. Venom: Nights of Vengeance
12. Spider-Man: The Exile Returns
    which constists of the following issues:
    Web of Spider-Man #118
    Spider-Man #52
    Web of Spider-Man #119
    Spider-Man #53
13. Venom: Separation Anxiety
14. Venom: Carnage Unleashed
15. Venom: Sinner Takes All
16. Venom: Along Came A Spider
17. Venom: The Hunted
18. Venom: The Hunger
19. Venom vs Wolverine: Tooth and Claw
20. Venom on Trial
21. Venom: License to Kill
22. Venom: Sign of the Boss
23. Venom: Finale
24. Spider-Man Family #2
25. Sensational Spider-Man Vol.2 #38-#39
    The Last Temptation of Eddie Brock
26. Venom: Dark Origin
27. 1. That would be all. You can also read Ultimate Spider-Man #33-#39 and Eddie Brock stories after his "Last Temptation", but I won't be doing a PCESS on them anytime soon.
       
       
       Before I say goodbye, I also grab the chance to suggest that you read the underrated "Daredevil: Fall From Grace" storyline, since Eddie appears in it. Goodbye!
     

Psaras Comics Essentials (almost): Ben Reilly

Oh, hi. I was going to do a PCESS for one of the most interesting and "constant" secondary characters of Marvel. To my surprise, Marvel's Clone Saga and Ben Reilly epics collected tradebacks are exactly what I am looking every time I try to study a certain character, reprinting the story to follow Ben Reilly's life and, to my surprise, not by release dates. The tradebacks are "The Complete Clone Saga Epic #1-#5", "The Complete Ben Reilly Epic #1-#6" and there is also "The Original Clone Saga" collecting the clone stories from the 70s. I believe you can get all 12 for less than 250$. PCESS for Ben Reilly is just this:

1. Spider-Man: The Original Clone Saga
2. Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic #1-#5
3. Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic #1-#6

Which leaves me with all the time in the world to focus on other Ben Reilly's appearances like:

1. Marvel vs DC
   Ben Reilly is in this one, and you can watch him hitting on Lois Lane on the second or third issue
2. Spider-Boy from Amalgam Comics
   Because with great power comes great possibilites
3. Marvel What If Vol.1 #30 - What If Spider-Man's Clone Had Lived?
4. Marvel What If Vol.2 #86 - What If Scarlet Spider Killed Spider-Man?
5. Ultimate Spider-Man: Clone Saga (collects issues #97-#105)
   the "ultimates" take on Peter Parker's clones, haven't read it yet but I'm going to soon
6. Scarlet Spider #21
   just cause

Aaaand, that's all. I just wanted this blog post to exist as a tribute to whoever came up with the idea of the Clone Saga and Ben Reilly Epics. Thank you dude (or dudette).

I'll be back with an Eddie Brock PCESS in a few days.