This isn't the first time former Spider-Man villain Venom has starred in his own ongoing solo series. It's not even the first book to feature Flash Thompson in the lead role. But this new series is certainly unique in that it focuses on the symbiote-powered hero as an intergalactic adventurer rather than a grim and gritty defender of the common man. This shift in focus results in a fun new platform for Flash. But like most of the Guardians of the Galaxy spinoff comics, Venom: Space Knight is a bit lacking in depth.
The one real problem with this new series is that it doesn't have a strong, defined sense of purpose. Other than his desire to answer the question "What is an 'Agent of the Cosmos' and what do they do?", there's not much conflict at play here. Who cares about the different between an Agent of the Cosmos and a Guardian of the Galaxy? Either way, the end result is plenty of punching and shooting and stabbing and swashbuckling. Perhaps it's a flaw in Flash's new status quo that he's no longer in conflict with his symbiote costume (now that it's been purged of its anger) and is thus a pretty straightforward, happy-go-lucky hero. The narration does little to flesh him out as a character, with Robbie Thompson mostly relying on tired football metaphors.
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