Shortly before the symbiote, invasion the protector of the stargate, who happened to be a symbiote very similar to venom, meddled with the stargate switching it on. This allowed the being known as Rune to enter the marvel universe. Rune kills the symbiotes host but the symbiote forces itself on rune. Sometime later, in symbiote invasion venom became a traitor and killed many other symbiotes to protect earth at spiderman's side along with a hero known as the scarlet spider. Upon seeing this, the symbiote who became one with rune set out to punish the traitor by commiting sever ghastley murders and leaving venom's name on the nearest walls with the victom's blood. S.H.I.E.L.D. agents set out and in a brief battle with venom accidentally give away all the imformation of the killer. Venom searches for the killer and meets him. The symbiotic rune easily overpowers venom, poisons him with a bite into his neck and tells him that he will suffer by watching his mate, Ann Weying, die at his hand and then that he will die and departs. Now a weakened venom must batlle both the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and a symbiotic god. Just on question: how can anyone manage that?

In the first of two collected one-shot specials, Golden Rage artist Lauren Knight joins Buffy The Last Vampire Slayer writer Casey Gilly for a historically fun and frightful side-story! At an antiques fair, the group is fascinated by The Casquette Girls’ (who may or may not have been vampires) clothes on display. When Dawn utters a wish she most likely should have kept to herself, the gang gains a firsthand account of the sisters’ identities… beyond what they could have imagined. Meanwhile, it’s been 4 years, and Buffy, Spike and Thess have been living in relative peace as a dysfunctionally cozy family. But nothing can last forever… Strange new vampires have been sighted, and to get to the bottom of these unfolding horrors, our gang will have to head underground… and face the horrifying true cause of the decline in vampire activity! Collects Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer Special #1 and Buffy: The Lost Summer #1.

The first senses shattering issue of FTL will take you to a future Earth ravaged by a war between humans and robots, you'll see a young girl seduced and corrupted by the darkness of vampirism, you'll ride with a group of vampire hunters as they hunt the last true vampire, and you'll see terrifying beasts return from myth and legend to lay waste to mankind!

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN! The four-part crossover event of a generation begins when a not-so-jolly St. Nick hits Gotham City to investigate a brutal crime in the days leading up to Christmas... What manner of man or beast could have committed such atrocities?! With the help of his former student, Batman, Santa will team up with the heroes of the DC Universe to right this wrong--or the world wakes up to coal in their stockings! A brutal, two-fisted holiday tale of hope, wonder, and monster hunting is the perfect treat to ring in the holidays--it's Claus in canon!

Three issues mini-series.