Flash Thompson (Agent Venom) returns to New York.The Superior Spider-Man #22. Marvel Comics. Flash confronts Crime Master, but Otto intervenes. Crime Master is just a common criminal who has purchased the costume from Hobgoblin. Otto then turns on Flash. Flash flees to a hospital, before going to meet Peter Parker. "Peter" invites him in.The Superior Spider-Man #23. Marvel Comics. Otto gleans knowledge about Flash's relationship with Peter during the visit. Otto asks Flash to come to Parker Industries, under the guise of giving him prosthetic legs. Flash doesn't realize Otto intends to remove the Venom symbiote. At the lab, the Venom symbiote attaches itself to Otto. The Venom symbiote soon tries to flee back to Flash, but Otto gains control. Superior Venom dispatches criminality more ruthlessly than ever before. Iron Man carries Flash to confront Superior Venom. Superior Venom is ambushed by Flash in Iron Man's armor. During the mental struggle between the Venom symbiote and Otto, Peter's consciousness separates Otto from the Venom symbiote, letting it to re-bond with Flash.The Superior Spider-Man #25. Marvel Comics. When the Avengers confront Spider-Man about his brutality, Otto lies by saying the Venom symbiote was in control over the past months, and then leaves the Avengers. Meanwhile, the Goblin King sprays Carlie with goblin serum and transforms her into "Monster".The Superior Spider-Man #24. Marvel Comics. The Goblin King and the original Hobgoblin fight for control over NYC; the latter is killed, but Urich discovers that the man was a body double.The Superior Spider-Man #26. Marvel Comics.
