Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25192437-20160805221116/@comment-25192437-20160806045318

Ben 1,000,911 wrote: 5.0? We had Brock, Angelo, Scorpion, and Flash. Wouldn't it be 4.0 if it's still Flash?

It would, but the Venom of Vol. 3 is strongly implied to not be Flash.

Ben 1,000,911 wrote: Also it might not be misdirection. The end of Space Knight teases him fighting Spidey, who now knows that Flash is Venom. Perhaps Spidey removes the pair once and for all. Maybe due to Mania's recent involvement she will get the brunt of the Symbiote. Or just a random guy they introduce. The Civil War 2 tie-in has him fight Spider-Man, who the symbiote of course tries to take over for the umpteenth time, but Space Knight ends with him fighting Mania, and the solicit for the final issue mentions that this could be the end of Flash's bond with Venom, so...