I feel your pain and understand the confusion. The Venom series was pretty good a few years ago under Cates. It’s gotten a little silly and away from the essence of the character in my opinion. It appears that Venom War may result in Eddie and the summits suit coming back together for a reset under a new creative team at the end of this year or early next year.
It will be interesting to see what the next creative team is and what their plans are. I’d personally like a series that was more focused on the headspace and psychological aspects of the character but the Venom series has been pretty bombastic lately.
That Mitsuhiro Arita variant cover for Spider-Man Black Suit and Blood is 🔥!