Amazing Spider-Man #654.1 DPS by Ramos, 2011 -- Agent Venom's 1st military mission!
Artists: Humberto Ramos (Penciller) , Carlos Cuevas (Inker)
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DescriptionSince Flash is once again back in the Marvel Universe reprising his role as Agent Anti-Venom, after his "death" in ASM #800, I thought it would be fun to post this DPS. Last week, I posted his very first appearance splash as Agent Anti-Venom.Flash Thompson first appeared as Venom's new host in Amazing Spider-Man #654. In this follow-up issue (#654.1), he is full-on AGENT VENOM. His first field mission is as himself, crashing a swanky party as a tuxedoed James Bond-ish character, hobnobbing with some "people of interest" and injecting a tracking device into the shoulder of a beautiful femme fatale (Countess Bianca Demonico) as they trip the light fantastic on the dance floor. Heh heh, love that name. Demon-ico. But the 2nd mission is his very first mission in his Agent Venom suit, flying to Uzbekistan to infiltrate the compound of the terrorist group called Ultimatum. In this DPS, he quickly and stealthily dispatches the various sentries, recalling his days on the football field as he does so. I really love that bottom panel where you see an upside-down Agent Venom's Spider logo looming over the sentry he is about to garrote (and yes, I had to look up that word. Who says comics don't teach you useful vocabulary?). So happy that Humberto Ramos was at the penciling helm of this one, and Carlos Cuevas never disappoints. Social/Sharing |
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Simon . K 
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 10/24/2021
Scooping up some noteworthy first appearances lately! Nice!
Nash of the Titans
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 10/24/2021
Legendary, my friend! Full metal congrats!
David Askani’Son
Member Since 2012
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1 - Posted on 10/24/2021
Badass DPS Mentor! That sniper is spot on!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 10/24/2021
I'd just like to say that I'm genuinely surprised you weren't familiar withth word "garotte" until now. It's not what you would call a "commonly used" word by any means, but for a guy who has read as much as you have, I'd have bet you'd seen it before. But you're absolutely right, I learned a lot of vocabulary from reading comics!
Paul P Spiderversity
Member Since 2011
Posted on 10/25/2021
Ruben DaCollector wrote:
I'd just like to say that I'm genuinely surprised you weren't familiar withth word "garotte" until now. It's not what you would call a "commonly used" word by any means, but for a guy who has read as much as you have, I'd have bet you'd seen it before. But you're absolutely right, I learned a lot of vocabulary from reading comics!
You're right, I knew the word. I just had to look it up to make sure I had the right context and the correct spelling. Funny, when I was writing my description, I could feel myself intentionally "dumbing myself down," which is a defense mechanism from decades ago when I was in school and didn't want to appear too smart. Well, and I also wanted my joke to land about learning new words from comics, especially macabre ones like "garrote." (And I knew that word "macabre" too, lol)
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
Posted on 10/25/2021
Paul P Spiderversity wrote:
You're right, I knew the word. I just had to look it up to make sure I had the right context and the correct spelling. Funny, when I was writing my description, I could feel myself intentionally "dumbing myself down," which is a defense mechanism from decades ago when I was in school and didn't want to appear too smart. Well, and I also wanted my joke to land about learning new words from comics, especially macabre ones like "garrote." (And I knew that word "macabre" too, lol)
You have to know your audience or else you'll get booed off like Borat at the rodeo. Sacre blue, me a dum dum.
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 10/24/2021
Great throttled action sequence over the two pages where Agent Venom stifles the enemy and chokes out their plans for world domination. The Ramos artwork smothers us with suppressive darkness where Agent Venom puts a stranglehold on our attention and leaves us asphyxiated from the breathtaking way he garrottes the no name enemy.
Paul P Spiderversity
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 10/25/2021
Marcus Wai wrote:
Great throttled action sequence over the two pages where Agent Venom stifles the enemy and chokes out their plans for world domination. The Ramos artwork smothers us with suppressive darkness where Agent Venom puts a stranglehold on our attention and leaves us asphyxiated from the breathtaking way he garrottes the no name enemy.
I always love your comments, but this is one of my favorites with your clever and descriptive wordplay. Quite poetic really. Bravo! :-)
Peter Marino
Member Since 2010
1 - Posted on 10/24/2021
I loved this sequence, and you got the best page from it, congrats!
Vik V
Member Since 2016
1 - Posted on 10/25/2021
As I read your description, I had to google this Marvel "Flash". Anyway, this DPS got a great sequence of panels.
Eric Wenger
Member Since 2012
1 - Posted on 10/25/2021
Thanks for sharing this DPS Paul, this is a great Ramos and really showcases his kinetic animey side.
Dave W
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 10/26/2021
Your description and this imagery has me thinking I might need to read this story. Ramos really delivers here with great story-telling in the art. Congrats Paul - thanks for sharing!
J H
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 10/26/2021
Mellifluent death, thy name is garotte. It sounds so innocuous and sweet, right? But it most certainly ain't. GURGLE! THUMP! I cut my linguistic teeth on comics, too. :) This DPS is really dynamic. I love those floating frames to show him choking people out as he stands on the ceiling behind them. Just great visual storytelling. Another awesome addition, Paul. Congrats!
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 11/2/2021
Great layout and subsequent storytelling, lending to the stealth mission scene setting. Cuevas inks really contribute to that, too. Those bottom images, with the taken-out dudes framed with thin borders...clever stuff for sure. Congrats!
P A
Member Since 2013
Posted on 11/3/2021
So happy to see this in the perfect home! If you're going for a first apperance piece for Agent Venom, this is the one to have! Congrats man!
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