The following contains major spoilers for Venom #32, on sale now from Marvel Comics.
Eddie Brock and Carnage have reunited for their latest epic confrontation. Only this time, the fight isn’t going to be one-on-one.
Venom #32 opens to the horrifying sight of Dylan Brock strung up by his own Venom symbiote as the latest in Carnage’s long line of victims. Worse still, by coming into contact with Dylan, Carnage has opened the door to the rest of the symbiote’s lifetime, including Meridius’ ethereal Garden. Thankfully, there is still one last line of defense left in Carnage’s way, and it just so happens to be every King in Black still standing.
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Venom #32
- Written by AL EWING
- Art by KEN LASHLEY
- Colorist ROMULO FAJARDO JR.
- Design by ANTHONY GAMBINO
- Letterer VC’s CLAYTON COWLES
- Cover by CAFU
- Variant Cover Artists KEN LASHLEY & FRANK D’ARMATA, ROSE BESCH, STEPHEN MOONEY & ROMULO FAJARDO JR., RYAN STEGMAN & SONIA OBACK, CAFU, and NICK BRADSHAW & RACHELLE ROSENBERG
The mantle of King in Black originally belonged to Knull, the ancient, evil progenitor of all symbiotes. Following Knull’s defeat and subsequent destruction at the hands of Eddie Brock, the latter stepped into the role, taking on a host of new responsibilities to match his near-limitless new powers. Since then, Eddie has uncovered a multitude of future versions of himself, each of whom stands as a King in Black in their own right despite all having distinct personalities and proclivities.
Even before Eddie assumed his role as King in Black and discovered he had ascended to become a new form of human-symbiote hybrid, he and the Venom symbiote had parted ways. While the former continued in his quest to uncover the truth behind his villainous future self, Meridius, the Venom symbiote bonded to the young Dylan Brock. As the child of Eddie and Anne Weying, Dylan was always connected to Marvel’s symbiotes by associating, yet he is inextricably tied to them as the child of Venom. This unique parentage is due to Anne’s bond with the Venom symbiote and her place as part of the greater symbiote Hive, which caused Dylan to be conceived in part via her Codex, the psychological profile and consciousness all hosts leave behind after bonding to a symbiote.
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While Eddie and his family have undergone more than their fair share of drastic shifts, Carnage and Cletus Kasady each embarked on their own respective quest for divinity. In Carnage’s case, this meant aspiring to become the next great God Butcher, whereas Cletus returned to his roots as a serial killer. In recent months, the pair’s latest encounter led to a disturbing merger, as the Carnage symbiote quite literally consumed Cletus’ brain, reclaiming the serial killer’s psyche as part of itself.
Venom #32 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel Comics
Venom
Venom is a sentient alien symbiote from the planet Klyntar that has appeared in the Marvel universe since the mid-1980s. Numerous heroes have played host to Venom over the years.
- Created by
- Todd McFarlane , David Michelinie
- Character(s)
- Spider-Man , Venom , Eddie Brock
- Video Game(s)
- Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety , Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage
