Spider-Man: The Venom Factor (A Novel) Hardcover – October 27, 1994

Great book. Got it in excellent condition!

Let me just say, this book is amazing. If you're looking for a Venom story, this is for you. Dialogue is great, plot runs fast, and there's tons of action. I finished Venom Factor in one day, AFTER I got home from school, so there was only about 3-4 hours of reading time. That's how good this book is! I highly recommend it! I also suggest the Sinister Six trilogy by Adam Troy-Castro if you're looking for some epic Spidey reads.

She's my favorite Star Trek author, and she does a great treatment of Spider-man as well. They should have adapted the Venom movie from this book, instead of killing the character off on-screen!

Venom in book enough said

This novel was my first introduction to Marvel books, and Diane Duane did not disappoint. She has written, quite possibly the best Spider-Man book I have ever read. Her attention to detail in the world of the wall crawling web-slinging hero is nothing short of excellent. Her characterization for the main heroes as well as the villainous Hobgoblin and the Lethal Protector, Venom, are well-written. If you enjoy the Spider-Man comic books and also enjoy reading a good novel, I highly recommend you give this book a try.

By the time you get to this review you'll more than likely have read others on this book alredy. You may have noticest some complain the action sequences a to bland, and ya, OK, I have read better firght sences, but I have read alot wrost as well. Over all it is a good book with a strong story line (strongest in the trilogy in my opinion). True the action could have been better, and true Peter and Mary Jane could have had more intelligent conversations.My only real complaint is that Duane toned down Spider-Man's powers (and Venom's powers to for that matter) a little to much. In the comics Spidey can lift up to 10 tons ( about enough to juggle a truck) and venom was about 3 times that striength. In this book Ol' Web-Head is still stronger than the normal man, but not by much. his speed and his reflexes take a toll as well.The only other thing wrong with it is the lack of orgin on the Mystery Villian (for those of you who hve not read the book yet mystery villian is all the detail that I'll give so that I don't spoil it for you). It was my hope it would be addressed in the other two books, but was sadly, never mentioned again.The intesting story was enough to keep the book afloat but thease few erorrs where enough to knock one star off the rating. Over all Spider-Man: The Venom Factor is a good book for any true Spider-Fan

Author Diane Duane weaves a great story about everyone favorite web-slinger, Spiderman. It appears that a someone, some creature, is terrorizing and killing certain members of N.Y.C.'s homeless population . Plus, this someone has a tasty bite for food that is radioactive. The creature at first appears to be Spiderman's enemy Venom or is it? Could the creature be Hobglobin? An unlikely allegiance is formed to find the true killer.Although I not familiar with the character of Venom and the plot as it appeared in the popular comic book Diane Duane fills in the gaps for the reader and continues the story and characterization(s) in grand style. While I know that casting on the Spiderman sequel has begun and rumors of the sequel's story lines use the traditional, original villains that many of us grew up with. I hope that down the road that movie producers will have the insight to do at least one film about Venom and Spidey.

The biggest issue is that it had way too much MJ and every day chores of peter parker. After finishing it I feel like nothing really happened, other than it showing Venom and Spiderman don't hate each other too much anymore. The dialogue was also amazingly terrible. AMAZINGLY terrible. The plot was okay but was predictable and nothing interesting really happens either. All in all, I give it 3 stars, it was alright I got through it fine but was far from great.

Good story

Bought it for a birthday gift for my 2p yr old nephew, he particularly like the spider man card on the inside.