Venom: Separation Anxiety
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Venom: Separation Anxiety is a four-issue comic book limited series, published by Marvel from December, 1994 to March, 1995. The plotline features Eddie Brock separated from his symbiote costume. It stems off from a Spiderman arc, also published by Marvel from November, 1994 to December, 1994.
[edit] Prequel
In "The Exile Returns" arc of the Spiderman and Web of Spiderman comic book series, Venom is visiting New York because he hears that there was a recent breakout at Ravencroft Institute. (since Eddie Brock finds Carnage to be his responsibility). Carnage was in fact defeated by Spiderman and his clone, but Venom sticks around for a while to protect some innocents. Wondering why Spiderman never brought Venom to justice (they in fact had an agreement in The Amazing Spiderman #375), his clone Ben Reilly dons a new costume and goes to capture Venom. Meanwhile, Scream[1], Venom's yellow symbiotic offspring, is looking for Brock so she can find out how to control the symbiote. Venom nearly kills her, but Ben stops and defeats him. Brock and his symbiote are separated and incarcerated.
[edit] Story
Eddie Brock and the alien symbiote are now held at very distant locations from one another. His five spawns created by the Life Foundation (Scream, Lasher, Riot, Agony, and Phage) show up and bust Eddie out, because they still want him to teach them how to control their symbiotes. They also take his doctor, Mr. Ellis hostage. The Venom symbiote also breaks free and escapes. It travels from host to host trying to find Eddie and rebond with him. Meanwhile, Eddia and Ellis escape, and as the other five symbiotes try to find him, someone stabs and kills Agony. The others believe the murderer is Brock and intend to find and kill him.
Phage eventually finds Eddie and gets stabbed from behind. The others are about to pounce on Eddie, but then its revealed that Scream is actually the murderer, having used a sonic knife to pierce the symbiotes and kill the hosts.
She announces that all symbiotes are evil, and that makes the humans who bond with them also evil. She kills her remaining brothers and intends to kill Eddie. But his symbiote finds him and the two rebond into Venom. They easily best Scream and she is arrested. Venom escapes before he is recaptured.
