ISBN Venom by Donny Cates : Rex

The news that Venom would be tied here into the medieval epic poem Beowulf was enough for this fan of medieval-themed comics to pick up the book. Essentially, the arc is an attempt to rewrite the history of the symbiotes. It is an interesting story and worth getting, but readers should be aware that it is told in a bit of a disjointed manner with each chapter/issue revealing more of the story.Spoilers follow.An ancient being from the last universe (I think) meets and fights the Celestials. He is the creator/god of the symbioties and is eventually imprisoned by the Celestials. However, his children are free to spread across the universe. One arrives on Earth and (I guess) bonds with a dragon. This dragon is supposed to be Grendel from Beowulf. During the Middle Ages, it attacks the hall of Hrothgar and is defeated by Thor (rather than the expected Beowulf). The onslaught of Thor’s lightning bolts also severs the symbiotes’ ties to their god.Some time later in the modern era, SHIELD recovers the Grendel symbiote and uses it to create a set of super soldiers. Eventually they are decommissioned and in 2018 set to be destroyed.Their commander, however, has survived and now needs Venom’s help to free his men. Little do those involved know is that the god of the symbiotes has resumed contact with his children. He reforms Grendel and goes on a rampage in New York until he is defeated (for now) by Venom, the last survivor of the Grendel symbiosis, and guest star Miles Morales.