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Venom #10 Plugs Flash Thompson Funeral Continuity Plothole…

Once upon a time, in Amazing Spider-Man #800, former host of the Venom symbiote, Flash Thompson, died. As Anti-Venom, in battle against the Red Goblin, Norman Osborn in the Carnage symbiote. Venom #10 Plugs Flash Thompson Funeral Continuity Plothole…

A death that has held. The issue also saw a funeral for the man, the soldier, the friend.

Venom #10 Plugs Flash Thompson Funeral Continuity Plothole…

Which, as can be seen in the second bottom panel from the left, was attended by Eddie Brock, the man more associated with being Venom and who has recently returned to the symbiote–albeit currently in the form of a dog. But in recent issues he seemed to recall otherwise, addressed by The Maker in sentence case type…

Venom #10 Plugs Flash Thompson Funeral Continuity Plothole…

With this reaction to the news…

Venom #10 Plugs Flash Thompson Funeral Continuity Plothole…

Followed by a graveside visit…Venom #10 Plugs Flash Thompson Funeral Continuity Plothole…

Some people saw a contradiction here…

There was no response from Donny then. But maybe there is today. In Venom #10, Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman cover this off…a bit.

Venom #10 Plugs Flash Thompson Funeral Continuity Plothole…

Venom–or another source–causing Eddie to forget things, such as being at Flash's funeral…a handy trick. Are there any other continuity flubs that this could cover up?

VENOM #10
(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Ryan Stegman
• Eddie Brock takes a walk down memory lane and revisits San Francisco for the first time in years.
• The homecoming is anything but pleasant, though, as he comes face-to-face with his estranged father and a little brother he never knew he had…
• This while the Venom symbiote remains silenced, perhaps forever, leaving Eddie to struggle by himself…
Rated T+ In Shops: Jan 16, 2019 SRP: $3.99


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Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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