Venom gets a new host, bonding Flash Thompson in this fan-favorite run penned by Rick Remender!America has a new hero! Flash Thompson is Spider-Mans biggest fan. That inspired him to join the Army, where he became a decorated soldier. Though he lost his legs, Flash never lost his dignity or his desire to serve. Now, the government has offered him a chance to don a familiar alien symbiote and protect his country once againas its most lethal special operative, Agent Venom! But how long before Flash starts losing control of his mind to the symbiote? And when Jack OLantern blackmails Flash into following the merciless Crime-Master, can Venom complete the mission and save his loved ones? Plus: After a portal to the underworld opens in the middle of Las Vegas, Venom must join Red Hulk, Ghost Rider and X-23 to stop the spread of Hell on Earth!

COLLECTING:Amazing Spider-Man (1999) 654 (B story), 654.1; Venom (2011) 1-16, 13.1-13.4