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1st appearance of Tel-Kar, Venom's first host. Scorpion Comics NYCC exclusive variant, Clayton Crain cover.
Venom: First Host #1 is the opening chapter of Mike Costa's five-issue Marvel series that reframes Venom's entire origin by introducing Tel-Kar, the Kree warrior who was the symbiote's very first host before it ever bonded with Spider-Man or Eddie Brock. That reveal gives the issue its key-issue status: the first appearance of Tel-Kar. Mark Bagley handled the interior art and the standard cover, but the Scorpion Comics NYCC exclusive variant carries a Clayton Crain cover, a painter whose work has defined some of the most visually striking Venom imagery of the modern era.
This copy is the Scorpion Comics exclusive produced for New York Comic Con 2018. Scorpion Comics debuted two exclusive versions of this cover at NYCC, a standard exclusive and a more limited virgin variant; this listing is for the non-virgin exclusive. Crain's painted style suits the symbiote subject matter, and the cover stands apart from the Bagley standard editions as a distinct collectible from a specific convention moment.
The series shipped August 29, 2018, with a cover date of October 2018. Writer Mike Costa and artist Mark Bagley are credited on the interior. As a raw copy, condition is shown fully in the photos.
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