Warning: Contains SPOILERS forVenom War #4
For decades,Venomand his loyal partner, Eddie Brock, were known as the street-level Lethal Protector. Now, Eddie Brock is the King in Black, the god of all symbiotes, and destined to become the next Anti-All. However, the King in Black is only one piece of a larger cosmic puzzle, and Eddie Brock may have just created a new one.
The King in Black is more than just a title, it isan ordained assignment.To keep the cosmic balance between creation and nothingness, the Celestials created the King in Black toconsume what the Beyonders produce.
However, inVenom War #4- by Al Ewing, Iban Coello, & Frank D-Armata - Eddie Brock just broke the mold to become something the Celestials had never predicted or planned for. Where it was oncethe Beyondersthat were known as the Kings in White,Brock has made his claim for a kingdom all of his own.
Anti-Venom is Marvel’s Next Cosmic God
Venom War #4 -Written by Al Ewing; Art by Iban Coello; Color by Frank D’Armata; Lettering by VC’s Ariana Maher
Whenthe Celestials first introduced creationinto the fledgling multiverse, they created guardians to oversee the natural flow of creation. These are known as the Beyonders, the Kings in White. But to combat the Beyonders’ drive to create, the Celestials createda bottomless void that would consume all in time.These are the Kings in Black. However, to break Meridius’s control over the zombiote hordes, Eddie was made to adopt an old and familiar face while embracing a completely unprecedented new power that opposes everything he has been forged to be.Eddie Brock has once again become the Anti-Venom.
Every Named Symbiote in Marvel Comics History (Ranked Weakest to Strongest)
From Venom to The King in Black, Marvel has created dozens of symbiote Klyntar. But which of these alien weapons could be considered the strongest?
Considering the scope of Marvel’s multiverse, there are less than ten Anti-Venom variants across all realities. Wherethe Symbiote Hive stretches beyond the confines of space and time, the Anti-Symbiote phenomenon that originated in Earth-616 is almost an entirely unique occurrence. The Kings in Black weredesigned to be a cosmic void.Only throughKnull’s creation of the symbioteshave mortals found the power to reverse the Void’s powers. One symbiote alone isn’t enough to change those multiversal powers, but one attached to a King in Black is.
Anti-Venom Is an Anomaly That Changes the Rules of the Multiverse
The Celestials Never Planned For This
Within mere moments of bonding with an Anti-Venom symbiote, Eddie exerted a power over the Symbiote Hive that he had never been able to accomplish prior. Despite his godly status and supposed control over all symbiotes, Eddie Brock could do nothing as the King in Black to stopMeridius and his zombiote horde. But as Anti-Venom, the Anti-King in Black, Eddie is able to project a multiversal-spanning wave of healing and restoration. His divine power even regenerates Flash Thompson’s dead body, something he couldn’t do as the King in Black.
These anomalous beings have rewritten the Celestials’ original plans, creating new powers that exist outside their preordained sacred balance.
Like Carnage, Anti-Venom is an anomaly. A fraction of a sentient cosmic void, warped by the genetics of powerful hosts.Venom’s spawninfused itself with Cletus Kasady’s blood, creating the godly monster destined to become the King in Crimson. The Anti-Venom was first born through fractions of Venom integrating Eddie’s white blood cells into its fold. These anomalous beings haverewritten the Celestials’ original plans, creating new powers that exist outside their preordained sacred balance. While Eddie couldn’t hold this form for long, the presence of a new King still hasmajor implications for the future of Marvel’s cosmology.
The Anti-King in Black Is More Than Creation, It Is Existence
Eddie Brock May Have Created a New Abstract Entity
While the “King in White” title may already be taken by the Beyonders, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they were ever the King in Black’s antithesis. The Beyonders oversee the flow of creation, but the Kings in Black don’t represent destruction. The King in Black is the void,it is nothingness incarnate.Byintroducing the Anti-Venominto the cosmic stream of power that holds the multiverse together,a new power that truly rivals the King in Blackexists. The opposite of nothingness isn’t creation,the opposite of nothingness is existence.While the concepts may be similar, there is a distinction.
Venom’s Ultimate Form Is Revealed - The Eventuality
In the newest issue of Venom, Eddie Brock accepts his new role as the ultimate symbiote god known as the Eventuality, to save his loved ones.
With the conception of anAnti-King in Black, there is a new cosmic champion that inherently defies the concept of nothing. Creation requires a blank slate to work upon, but existence simply is.Marvel’s cosmologyis already filled with beings that represent concepts; Eternity, Death, Order, and Chaos. In a single Hail Mary pass, Eddie Brock has cemented a new power that will echo throughout the multiverse. Marvel’s cosmology is changing rapidly and, as Anti-Venom, Eddie Brock has unintentionally created a force, surpassing the King in Black, whose effects will be felt throughout this multiverse and the next.
Venom War #4is available now from Marvel Comics.
Venom
Venom is a symbiotic alien entity bonded with various human hosts, notably Eddie Brock and later Flash Thompson. It grants superhuman strength, agility, and a shape-shifting black costume. Initially a Spider-Man villain due to its origins, Venom evolved into an antihero, battling both villains and his own dark impulses. The character embodies themes of duality and redemption within the Marvel Universe.
