Written by DAVID MICHELINIE Penciled by ERIK LARSEN, MARK BAGLEY, TOD SMITH, LARRY ALEXANDER, PARIS CULLINS & AARON LOPRESTI Cover by ERIK LARSEN When the web-slinger donned a sleek black costume of alien origin, he had no idea it would one day become his deadliest foe: Venom! See the misguided Eddie Brock in some of his earliest adventures as he tries time and again to take down the hated Spider-Man! Featuring the first appearance of Carnage! Plus: the Black Cat, Silver Sable and the Human Torch! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #332-333, #346-347, #361-363 and #374-375; SPIDER-MAN: THE TRIAL OF VENOM - and material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #373, #388 and ANNUAL #25-26; PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #12; and WEB OF SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #8.