Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Venom (Eddie Brock) (Loses the Venom symbiote)
Supporting Characters:
- Avengers
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Taken over by a symbiote)
- Hulk (Jen Walters)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark)
- Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
- Fantastic Four
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Cameo)
- Invisible Women (Sue Storm) (Cameo)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Cameo)
- The Thing (Ben Grimm) (Taken over by a symbiote)
- X-Men
- Sentry (Bob Reynolds) (Death) (Loses the Void)
Antagonists:
- Symbiote Hive
- Symbiote Dragons (Death of several)
- Arishem the Judge (Taken over by a symbiote and controlled by Knull)
- Tefral the Surveyor (Taken over by a symbiote and controlled by Knull) (Apparent death)
- Numerous unnamed Celestials (Controlled by Knull)
- Knull (Absorbs the Void and Venom symbiotes)
- Carnage's Hive (Mentioned)
- Dark Carnage (Cletus Kasady) (Mentioned)
- Void (Joins) (Bonds to Knull)
Other Characters:
- Dylan Brock
- Ezekiel Sims (Referenced)
- Doctor Stephen Strange (Taken over by a symbiote)
- Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (Taken over by a symbiote)
- Thor Odinson (Mentioned)
- Gods of Wakanda (Mentioned)
- Luke Cage (Taken over by a symbiote)
- Marvel Girl (Kamala Khan) (Taken over by a symbiote)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Symbiotes
- Cotati (Mentioned)
- Skrulls (Mentioned)
- Mutants
- Gods (Mentioned)
- Celestials
- Alien Gods
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Ezekiel Sims' Bunker
- New York Subway
- The Spire (Destruction)
- Empire State Building
- Manhattan
- New York City
- North America
Items:
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Iron Man Armor Model 70
- Captain Marvel's Suit
- Knull's Symbiote-Armor
- Knull's Necrosword
- Dark Carnage's Throne
Vehicles:
Events:
- Empyre (Referenced)
- Absolute Carnage (Referenced)
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
DARKNESS REIGNS!
After a campaign across the galaxy, Knull’s death march arrives to Earth and, worse yet, he hasn’t come alone! With an army of hundreds of thousands of symbiote dragons at his command, the King in Black is a force unlike any Earth’s heroes have ever faced. Eddie Brock AKA Venom has seen firsthand the chaos that even one of Knull’s symbiotic monsters can wreak – will he survive an encounter with the God of the Abyss himself?
From Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, Frank Martin and VC’s Clayton Cowles comes the definitive chapter in their two-year-long VENOM saga that changed everything you thought you knew about symbiotes!Notes
- A trailer was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this issue:
KING IN BLACK -1 Trailer - Marvel Comics
