Venom #15

This volume is issue #15 of the Venom series (2011–2013), titled "Home Again," written by Rick Remender, drawn by Lan Medina, published by Marvel in April 2012, 23 pages. The story follows the "Circle of Four" event: after stopping the forces of Hell from invading Earth, Captain America agrees to let Flash Thompson join the Secret Avengers as Venom. Beast and Hank Pym develop a serum to suppress the symbiote and shrink it into Pym Particles so it can be transmitted to him through communication lines when needed—ostensibly "controlled use," though in reality Thompson has long been deeply bonded with the symbiote. Back on Earth, he faces the personal life he has made a mess of: Peter Parker is waiting at his door and they have a heart-to-heart at a café; his sister Jessie calls, urging him to come home and see their mother; and Betty Brant is waiting in his apartment to break up with him. Meanwhile, former Venom host Eddie Brock, now a symbiote hunter, ambushes Hybrid and then Scream in this issue. There is almost no large-scale combat in this issue; the main line turns to relationships and the pressure of hiding one's identity. The story is a transitional chapter leading into the "Savage Six" event, and a rare "breathing-room" single issue in the series centered on emotional drama.