Venom: Funeral Pyre - Vol 1 - #1 - 1993 - Part One: Turning on the Heat - (NM)

A dark, gritty, and explosive kickoff to one of the most memorable anti-hero crossovers of the early 1990s. Scripted by Marvel veteran Carl Potts and brought to life by the distinct, action-packed pencils of Tom Lyle, Venom: Funeral Pyre #1 takes Eddie Brock out of his usual New York element and drops him into a volatile West Coast street war. This premier issue sets the stage for a tragic, high-stakes narrative, introducing an uneasy clash of ideologies between the "Lethal Protector" and Marvel’s ultimate vigilante, the Punisher.

Eddie Brock travels to Oakland, California, following a deeply personal request from an old acquaintance to find and protect Gray Russell, an idealistic young journalist. Gray has gone dangerously deep undercover with a ruthless, highly organized street gang known as the Jinn, who are terrorizing the local community with high-tech, military-grade hardware.