Venom

Born from the visionary minds of Jim Krueger and Alex Ross in 1997's Earth X Special Edition, this version of Venom is a creature of Marvel's ambitious, dystopian "Earth X" saga — a sprawling reimagining of the Marvel Universe that dared to ask what these iconic figures might become at the end of their stories. Rooted in the Copper/Modern Age, this Venom haunts the same pages as Spider-Man, Hulk, Daredevil, Captain America, and May Parker, placing them squarely within one of Marvel's most celebrated prestige projects. With a key-issue appearance to their name and a presence stretching across nearly three decades of catalog history, this is a character that rewards the collector who digs deeper than the mainstream — a darker, alternate-reality reflection of a beloved concept, rendered through Ross's painterly vision and Krueger's mythic storytelling. If you're drawn to the road-not-taken corners of the Marvel cosmos, this Earth X Venom is absolutely worth seeking out.