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Spider-Verse #8
Spider-Verse vs. Venomverse
The Spider-Verse and Venomverse collide, as scores of Spideys and a vast number of Venoms clash in a multiversal war of webs!
Spider-Man and his spider-compatriots across the Spider-Verse are the guardians of the Web of Life and Destiny, but they’re heading for a confrontation with the other arachnid-Multiverse of the symbiote variety! But from the point of view of Venom and his variants, the symbiote hivemind of the entire Venomverse must be defended from their Spider-y counterparts! It’s ‘Verse vs. ’Verse — and no reality will ever be the same…including ours!
COLLECTING: Spider-Verse vs. Venomverse (2025) 1-5, Web of Spider-Verse (2025) 1, Web of Venomverse (2025) 1
Spider-Man and his spider-compatriots across the Spider-Verse are the guardians of the Web of Life and Destiny, but they’re heading for a confrontation with the other arachnid-Multiverse of the symbiote variety! But from the point of view of Venom and his variants, the symbiote hivemind of the entire Venomverse must be defended from their Spider-y counterparts! It’s ‘Verse vs. ’Verse — and no reality will ever be the same…including ours!
COLLECTING: Spider-Verse vs. Venomverse (2025) 1-5, Web of Spider-Verse (2025) 1, Web of Venomverse (2025) 1
176 pages, Paperback
Published January 13, 2026
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December 8, 2025
I wasn’t expecting this story to be as good as it was! Every character gets meaningful development, and their motivations—whether they’re working together or clashing—feel grounded and believable. I’m not very familiar with Venom’s comics, so seeing him portrayed as this capable and confident was a pleasant surprise, and a refreshing change from the usual “grrr, we hate Spider-Man” dynamic I’m used to. The cross-universe pulls were fantastic, and I loved the way the various Spider characters and symbiotes interacted. The ending was incredibly satisfying and ties everything together beautifully. Highly recommended!
Review of advance copy
Spider-Verse Vs. Venomverse is meant to be the big conclusion of all these disparate mini-series we've had over the last few years (until they want to do a new one), bringing multiple versions of Spider-Men and Venoms from across the various anthology books together in a battle royale with the fate of the Web of Life & Destiny and the Symbiote Hivemind in the balance.
The stakes are high, but I think we all know going in that it's not going to be as easy as just one side winning out over the other. There are some good character moments here, and it's nice to see some of the variant Spiders and Venoms that we've seen over the last few years come back to complete some of their character development, like Weapon VIII and the post-apocalyptic Ann Weying from Cate's Venom run.
I just think that there could have been a little more to the story - taking it to such a big stage inevitably sets it up to have a bit of a fluffy conclusion, because we all know that the Web or the Hive isn't going to be destroyed at the end, because they print money for Marvel.
The stakes are high, but I think we all know going in that it's not going to be as easy as just one side winning out over the other. There are some good character moments here, and it's nice to see some of the variant Spiders and Venoms that we've seen over the last few years come back to complete some of their character development, like Weapon VIII and the post-apocalyptic Ann Weying from Cate's Venom run.
I just think that there could have been a little more to the story - taking it to such a big stage inevitably sets it up to have a bit of a fluffy conclusion, because we all know that the Web or the Hive isn't going to be destroyed at the end, because they print money for Marvel.
November 10, 2025
It's the Web of Life vs Hive Mind...
They both do the same thing, yet neither thinks the other should exist....soooo....they fight
we lose
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Bonus: I'm so TIRED of these crossover alt universe 'romps'
Bonus Bonus: Now we have yet ANOTHER protector to protect both things? FFS
They both do the same thing, yet neither thinks the other should exist....soooo....they fight
we lose
======
Bonus: I'm so TIRED of these crossover alt universe 'romps'
Bonus Bonus: Now we have yet ANOTHER protector to protect both things? FFS
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
2.1 stars
January 14, 2026
Not horrible by any means, but I find stories about the Spider-Verse and by extension, Venomverse, tedious and a chore to read.
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