So, over on (a pirate site) I see they have Venom Wars #2.

Hey, great! I like Venom. But I’m not a regular comic book reader. I’m very much a newbie. So I figure “Well, thats part 2, I should get part 1 first.”

And that’s where all the trouble began. There’s like 10 different comic branches all called “Venom Wars 1” and they all have different covers. And they all have assumingly different stories!

I just want to read a Venom comic book, where he does the Venom things! And now I see the description “The symbiot has bonded with Eddie, and his son Derek”

WHO THE FUCK IS DEREK??? I thought Eddie was supposed to be a high schooler in Peter Parkers class! How does a 16 year old have a son???

So now I’m REALLY confused! I feel like I need a comic before the comic to get me caught up to the comic, but only if THATS the comic I’m supposed to read, because there’s also 10 comics all named the same thing…and I’m not experienced enough to know what the fuck I’m doing.

I assume I’M the probem, with my lack of knowledge on the subject, but also…what the hell even is this? I thought “Venom Wars #1” would be enough in the search bar to get me the comic to read about Venom.

I’m not even sure what “Venom Wars” is, but I assume it’s Venom, having some kind of war from Venom’s perspective with Spiderman, or maybe Carnage. Or whomever. But I assume it’s a story told through Venom/Eddies perspective. But where do I start? I assumed #1 would be the start of the story.

And now I’m overwhelmed, and don’t know what is going on.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    52·
    2 months ago

    Please do not link to piracy sites. Lemmy.World can’t afford lawyers. ;)

    I’ll give you a chance to edit the post because it is a good question, but I’ll have to remove it otherwise.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Edited. I originally put it in, because I feel it may be important for others to be able to search the same site I’m seeing and see the same things. Although, I don’t see how Lemmy.World would be liable. If anything the website that I edited out would be liable. And possible me personally, although I doubt Marvel or DC or any other big company would try to sue an individual for linking to another website, with that other website doing the actual infringing hosting.

      Just to be clear to others who saw this after the edit, the hosting material was never on Lemmy, it was never on the fediverse, it was always on another 3rd party website. I simply gave the name of the website, which I guess auto links it as a clickable link. This in turn takes you to their website, no longer on Lemmy. I would give a cheeky little hint as to where this site is, but if mods are taking the concept of pirating this seriously, then I’ll just leave it at that. I just wish you guys could see what I see for the sake of the discussion.

      • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        41·
        2 months ago

        Yeah, unfortunately the Admins have made it clear they can’t take chances and I can’t say I blame them! Same goes for ROM sites for emulation.