The Epic Collection chronicling of Venom’s early days continues, as he begins his transformation from Spider-Man’s nemesis into the Lethal Protector anti-hero he’s known as today!Its Venom vs. Spider-Man once again for the first time! Eddie Brock takes on a very different web-slinger: Ben Reilly! With Venom a wanted man and Eddies ex-wife Anne Weying caught in the middle, a deadly rivalry is reborn! And when the symbiote-hunting alien Xenophage targets Venom, this time its Eddies brain in danger of being eaten! Meanwhile, four imprisoned symbiotes join together to become Hybrid but how will the Jury judge this unstable new hero? And when an interplanetary army invades Earth, Venom must fight alongside Spider-Man and the Scarlet Spider to stop their home from becoming a planet of the symbiotes! But will Eddies ex-wife be caught in the crossfire when killer vigilante Sin-Eater strikes?COLLECTING: Venom: Along Came a Spider (1996) 1-4, Venom: The Hunte