User blog comment:Nitsuj77/Venom Vol. 2 Update/@comment-4771624-20120805163811/@comment-3434793-20120805235714

You could also dive right in (like I did) at number 17. The rest will fill itself on the "what has happened so far" page. So far I have been fine in understanding it. ADour is right to though, you could also read that Amazing Spider-Man issue.