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Legendary writer Peter David revisits Peter Parker’s time in the symbiotic suit! Everyone knows the infamous living costume Spider-Man accidentally brought back from the Secret Wars eventually became the wicked web-slinger known as Venom -- but what happened before Peter Parker discovered its sinister symbiotic secret? A lot! When his girlfriend, the Black Cat, is the victim of blackmail, the darker-than-ever wall-crawler takes on that most mystifying of menaces: Mysterio! Then the Hobgoblin strikes, deadlier than ever! But where did Hobby get these uncanny new powers? Hopefully Doctor Strange can answer that question -- because reality itself depends on it! Spidey joins the Black Knight and Kang the Conqueror in a time-torn tussle with Knull, the King in Black! And another mind-bending trip puts him on a collision course with the Hulk! Plus: Peter David returns to 2099 to bond Miguel O’Hara with his own symbiote! And once there was another host that almost everybody forgot -- but Carnage remembers! COLLECTING: SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN #1-5, ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN, SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN: ALIEN REALITY #1-5, SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN: KING IN BLACK #1-5, SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN: CROSSROADS #1-5 and SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN 2099 #1-5
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Peter David is one of the industry’s most prolific and versatile writers whose record-breaking stint on Incredible Hulk remains a fan-favorite to this day. His similarly long-running — and critically acclaimed — association with X-Factor began in the early 1990s and continued in 2005. His other Marvel work includes Captain Marvel, two lengthy stints on Spider-Man 2099, Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider and the smash-hit Symbiote Spider-Man limited series with artist Greg Land. David is also a novelist and screenwriter. Among his credits are some forty Star Trek tie-ins; original novels such as Sir Apropos of Nothing, Howling Mad and Knight Life; movies Trancers 4 and Trancers 5; and episodes of Babylon 5 and Crusade. He also co-created the TV show Space Cases with actor-writer Bill Mumy.
Artist
Greg Land first gained notice with his work on DC’s Batman-family titles Nightwing and Birds of Prey. Moving to Marvel after illustrating CrossGen’s Sojourn, he drew Phoenix: Endsong. Next up was a run on Ultimate Fantastic Four that included the first rendering of the Marvel Zombies. Subsequently, Land penciled the blockbuster limited series Ultimate Power before becoming a regular artist on Uncanny X-Men. He subsequently drew a trilogy of Symbiote Spider-Man limited series with writer Peter David.
