33 years later, Marvel is bringing back one of my favorite comics of all time for an All-New Venom variant cover

Marvel is giving fans a whole slew of fresh looks at the Venom symbiote’s new black and gold style with a wave of variant covers for All-New Venom #1 by writer Al Ewing and artist Carlos Gomez. And though I’ve got some questions about the new direction – including the mystery identity of Venom’s new host – the vibes the variant covers are cultivating are immaculate, even referencing one of the best Venom comics of all time.

I’m talking about Amazing Spider-Man #347, one of my own personal all-time favorite comics, which tells a classic Venom story in which Eddie Brock lures Spider-Man to a remote island, hunting him like the Predator. It’s an absolute ripper of an issue by Venom’s co-creator writer Dave Michelinie and artist Erik Larsen, showcasing the peak of Venom as Spider-Man’s most bloodthirsty foe.