is revealed that Mania's symbiote is the cloned symbiote from Way's 2003 Venom series. The symbiote expelled the clone, and the demonic brand along with it, passing it to Mania. When a team led by Crossbones starts killing the brand bearers and taking the brands for themselves, Venom and Mania manage to fight them off with assistance from Mephisto. Mephisto then departs after telling Thompson that the deal he made in exchange for the brand was with the symbiote, not Thompson. The series ends with Thompson admitting that despite his issues with his father, he had always wanted to be a dad, and that he will now take responsibility for Benton. Venom (2018–2021) Writer: Donny Cates (#1-12, #16-35), Cullen Bunn (#13-15) Penciler: Ryan Stegman (#1–6, #9-11, #35), Iban Coello (#7-8, #13-15, #17-20, #26, #31-34), Joshua Cassara (#11–12), Juan Gedeon (#16, #26-28), Mark Bagley (#21-25), Luke Ross (#29-30) Inker: JP Mayer (#1–5, #11–13), Iban Coello (#7–8), Andy Owens (#21-25) Part of the Fresh Start relaunch, with Eddie Brock as the focus and introduced both Dylan Brock, Eddie's son, and Knull, the King in Black and god of the symbiotes. Venom (2021-present) Writer: Al Ewing (#1, 5, 8-10, 13-14, 16) & Ram V. (#1-4, 6-7, 11-12, 15) Penciler: Bryan Hitch (#1-16), Cafu (17-present) Inker: Andrew Currie The series follows Eddie as he becomes the new King in Black following Knull's defeat and Dylan as he becomes the new Venom. Collected editions The series has been collected into trade paperbacks: Venom (limited series) Venom (2003) Venom (2011) See also List of Venom titles References Bibliography Venom limited series Venom (2003) Venom (2011) Other issues External links Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators Spider-Man titles Venom (character) titles Superhero comics Comics by David Michelinie Comics by Rick Remender 1993 comics debuts 1994 comics debuts 1995 comics debuts 1996 comics debuts 1997 comics debuts 2003 comics debuts 2011 comics debuts 2018 comics debuts