"On the unlikely day when an embittered, washed-up journalist met a spurned symbiotic organism from an alien planet, one of Spider-Man's greatest enemies was born: Venom! But is it as simple as that? Discover the true, twisted roots that gave rise to a lifetime of malevolence for Eddie Brock...and the symbiote!"--Back cover.

Contains material originally published in magazine form as Venom: Dark Origin #1-5 in 2009.