Venom Modern Era Epic Collection #1

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #654 (B story), #654.1; Venom (2011) #1-16, 13.1-13.4. America has a new hero! Flash Thompson is Spider-Man's 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 again as its most lethal operative: Agent Venom! But how long before Flash starts losing control to the symbiote? And when Jack O'Lantern 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 Hell on Earth!

Characters: Aaron MacKenzie, Beast, Bella Fishbach, Betty Brant, Betty Ross, Blackheart, Brad Dodge, Captain America, Carol Danvers, Crime-Master (Brant), Daimon Hellstrom, Death Adder (Burroughs), Doctor Octopus, Doctor Strange, Eddie Brock, Firestar, Flag-Smasher (Morgenthau), Flash Thompson, Fly, General Fortean, Ghost Rider (Blaze), Ghost Rider (Jones), Glory Grant, Grady Scraps, Gravity, Hank Pym, Hawkeye, Hijacker, Hulk, Hybrid, Iron Man, Jack O'Lantern, Jackal (Warren), Jessie Thompson, Kaine, Katherine Glover, Kingpin, Kraven the Hunter, Lyra, MODOK 2.0, Mary Jane Watson, Max Modell, Mephisto, Mister Fantastic, Norman Osborn, Phil Urich, Queen (Marvel), Rick Jones, Sajani, She-Hulk, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman (Drew), Thor (Marvel), Thunderbolt Ross, Tiberius Stone, Toxin (Symbiote), Uatu Jackson, Valkyrie (Marvel), Venom, Wolverine, X-23