Chronologically, this is the second batch of solo Venom, covering 1994 to 1995, and opening with ‘The Mace’. Hopes may be high as Carl Potts wrote the best Venom story in The Enemy Within, but his form has dipped. He includes the situations established by the writers who followed including, as unlikely as it seems, Venom’s girlfriend, and his status as protector of San Francisco’s homeless, and throws in a mercenary wearing a suit with stealth technology. Liam Sharp’s art is a mixed blessing (sa