Astonishing Spider-Man Vol 7 13

Spider-Man wakes up in Madripoor; he is attacked by a robotic Patch which is destroyed when he leaps out of a window with it. On the street below he learns he is trapped in Arcade’s Murderworld, with three other victims whom he must try to save despite them all being horrible people, plus a little girl. Meanwhile, in a flashback, Deadpoll defeats and kills an assassin called Stinger, and finds on his person a golden ticket to Arcade’s Murderworld. He flies to Madripoor and meets with Arcade, who tells him he is dying and would like to pass Murderworld down to Deadpool, but he must help him kill Spider-Man first. Spider-Man learns the little girl was a robot all along and reluctantly destroys her when she spews gas at him. When Deadpool refuses to help kill Spidey Arcade drops him down into Murderworld too.

Appearing in 2nd story

Reprint of the 1st story from
Edge of Venomverse #5

Featured Characters:

Deadpool / Venompool (Wade Wilson) (First appearance) (Bonds with the Venom Symbiote; joins the Resistance)

Supporting Characters:

Venom Symbiote (First appearance)

Antagonists:

Prehistoric tapeworms (First appearance)
Ripley Diagnostics (First appearance)
- Dr. Scott ( Only appearance; corpse possessed by prehistoric tapeworms)
- Numerous unnamed members (Only appearance; corpse possessed by prehistoric tapeworms)
St. MacReady's Hospital's patients (Only appearance; corpses possessed by prehistoric tapeworms)

Other Characters:

Ferris Bueller (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
St. Macready's Hospital's staff and patients (First appearance)
Patch Adams (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
The Resistance (Unnamed)
- Captain Venom (Steve Rogers)

Races and Species:

Prehistoric tapeworms (First appearance)
Humans
Dinosaurs (Mentioned)
Symbiotes

Locations:

Earth-41715 (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance)
  - United States of America (First appearance)
    - Ripley Diagnostics (First appearance)
    - Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia (Referenced)
    - St. MacReady's General Hospital (First appearance)
- Hell (Invoked)
Earth-22249
- Earth
  - United States of America
    - St. MacReady's General Hospital (First appearance)

Items:

Deadpool's Suit and Katanas (First appearance)
Captain Venom's Shield

Synopsis for 2nd story

Reprint of the 1st story from
Edge of Venomverse #5

A mutated tapeworm bursts from an apple as Deadpool talks to an owl about how scientists discovered prehistoric tapeworms in the feces of a prehistoric shark. Tossing the apple aside as the worm coils around his finger, he infiltrates Ripley Diagnostics, a parasitology lab run by Dr. Scott, who was working on a variety of organ transpants and bioweapons based on augmented biological symbiotics. Examining a tank full of prehistoric tapeworms, Deadpool wonders what Dr. Scott has been up to and reminisces about a bad case of the crabs. Dr. Scott and several other scientists approach, and when Deadpool confronts them they reveal they have been taken over by the tapeworms. Deadpool decapitates them, only for dozens of worms to erupt from their severed necks and reattach their heads. The worms controlling Dr. Scott reveal they are sentient and speech-capable, saying that they were bred to be weaponized, but are now the masters. Deadpool backs away towards the specimen tanks, but Dr. Scott lunges and vomits worms onto him. Deadpool kicks him away, but the other scientists grab him and disgorge worms that try to enter his body. Spotting a tank containing the Venom symbiote, Deadpool recognizes it and smashes the tank. It rebonds to him, throwing back the undead scientists and ripping the worms from his body. Singing a parody of Sound of Silence, Venompool extracts the last remaining worms, the symbiote telling them to stay out of its host. The worms controlling Dr. Scott reveal that Venompool is too late and that they've already been released into the world, but Venompool stomps on them and learns that the worms were sent to MacReady's Hospital. Stopping at a restroom to ensure that all the tapeworms were purged from his system, Venompool makes his way to MacReady's Hospital.

In the operating room, a doctor prepares to transplant a parasite-infused liver - sporting three eyes, tentacles, and a fanged mouth - into a man, and reveals he's already transplanted a heart, lungs, and other organs. Venompool crashes through the window and orders them to stop the operation, but the liver seizes control of its host and attacks him. Realizing the parasites have a hive mind, Venompool breaks the fourth wall only to be tackled by the liver-controlled host, who covers him in tendrils and tells him to join the collective. Venompool refuses and rips the liver out of its host, but it slams him around the room and succeeds in forcing the symbiote off him, insisting that he will be its. Deadpool forces the liver off with a defibrillator, watching as it briefly fights the host-less symbiote before diving back into its host's body and fleeing. Rebonding to the symbiote, Deadpool chases after it only to be confronted by it and three other parasite-controlled patients. The parasites overwhelm Venompool and force the symbiote off his face, implanting worms into Deadpool's body. The worms attack Deadpool's heart, but are themselves attacked by the Venom symbiote, which forces them out of his body. Feeling violated, Deadpool vomits the worms and lets the symbiote cover him, saving a nurse from being attacked by one of the worms. Making short work of the parasites, Venompool states that it feels good to be bonded to the symbiote again, but the nurse he rescued slices his arm off with a surgical saw. Angrily demanding to know why he attacked her when he's one of the good guys — and spraying her in the face with a torrent of blood, sending her fleeing in terror — Venompool notes he may need to work on his public relations and decides to be heroic. Delivering a baby — terrifying the infant's mother, the obstetrician, and the baby in the process — Venompool goes to the children's wing and uses some of the parasitic worms to make balloon animals, frightening the children.

With all the worms destroyed, Venompool proclaims his work is done and jumps out the window. As he plunges towards the ground, a portal opens up and deposits him outside a ruined version of MacReady's Hospital. Landing on his face, Venompool is confronted by Captain Venom and demands to know why he shouldn't rip his head off and eat it. Captain Venom retorts that they have a war to win and need all the help they can get, holding out his hand to help him up, and Venompool takes it and tells Captain Venom to sign him up.

Appearing in "Tales from the Front Lines"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Venomverse: War Stories #1

Featured Characters:

The Resistance (First appearance chronologically)
- Venomized Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (First appearance)
- Captain Venom (Steve Rogers) (First appearance chronologically)

Other Characters:

The Hive (Mentioned) (Unnamed)
- Poison Moon Knight (Mentioned)
Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Marlene Alraune (Mentioned)
Moon Knight's Symbiote (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Venomized Spinneret (Mary Jane Watson-Parker) (Vision or hallucination)
Logan Venom (Vision or hallucination)
Venom (Eddie Brock) (Vision or hallucination)
Venomized T'Challa (Earth-21673)
Venom Rocket Raccoon (Earth-18197)
Mania (Andrea Benton) (Vision or hallucination)
Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned) (Deceased)

Races and Species:

Humans
Symbiotes
Poisons (Mentioned) (Name revealed)
Mutants (Vision or hallucination)
Halfworlders (Vision or hallucination)

Locations:

Multiverse (Mentioned)
- Earth-22249 (First appearance chronologically)
  - Earth (First appearance chronologically)
    - United States of America (First appearance chronologically)
      - New York (First appearance chronologically)
        New York City (First appearance chronologically)
        Manhattan (First appearance)
        Greenwich Village (First appearance)
        Bleecker Street (First appearance)
        Sanctum Sanctorum (First appearance)

Items:

Captain Venom's Shield (First appearance chronologically)
Panther Habit ( First appearance; vision)

Synopsis for "Tales from the Front Lines"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Venomverse: War Stories #1

At the Sanctum Sanctorum, Venomized Doctor Strange is meditating above a magic circle when an exhausted and injured Captain Venom staggers into the room, revealing his squad was ambushed by the Poisons. Strange asks what happened to the others, and Captain Venom reveals he was the sole survivor, and that most of his squad were killed outright but that some were consumed, including Moon Knight. Strange recommends they evacuate since Moon Knight knew the location of their base, and Captain Venom asks if they're the only remaining members of the Resistance. Strange assures him that they are not alone — there are an infinite number of universes in the Multiverse, making for a countless number of Venom symbiotes. Captain Venom laments that despite the statistical advantage they're still running out faster than Strange can summon them, but Strange says he's regained enough strength to attempt another summoning.

Opening a window across the multiverse, Strange shows Captain Venom a number of potential recruits, lamenting that he lacks the power to summon an army. Captain Venom acknowledges that that might give them the power to overwhelm the Poisons by force, but that since the Poisons were able to consume the Hulk and Rhino it's apparent the head-on approach no longer works, suggesting finding Venoms who specialize in stealth and demolitions. Strange states that they need more bodies to throw at the Poisons, but Captain Venom chastises him for suggesting that. Saying that by the time he's done with them they'll be soldiers, Captain Venom tells Strange to show him the next batch of recruits.