Eddie Brock and the symbiote from Klyntar. The two go together like peanut butter and jelly, Han Solo and Chewbacca, macaroni ‘n’ cheese.

You can’t really have one without the other… can you? Say what you will about them, but their bond is just as strong as one forged by romance and love. They even have lovers’ quarrels every once in a while.

Yes, sadly, the two “buddies” have been separated several times over the years and it’ll play out again in VENOM #12 from Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman, on sale today. Without the symbiote, Eddie’s just a normal man dying from cancer. Looking for answers, he turns to the Maker, who may be able to help him out of this sticky spot (pun intended).

Before that meeting takes place, however, here are a few times Eddie and his sharp-toothed alien counterpart were removed from one another, either by choice or by circumstance.

SPIDER BEATS SYMBIOTE