Venom is Going Gold and Getting a New Mysterious Meatsuit

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Since 2017, Marvel’s boosted Venom into 1 of its A-list characters and made definite to person him header a comic event each present and then. Right now, Eddie Brock and his lad Dylan are going head-to-head successful the pages of “Venom War,” and erstwhile that wraps, a caller epoch for the quality volition footwear off. The twist? It won’t beryllium either of the Brocks successful the rubric role.

Days ago, Polygon formally announced Al Ewing and Carlos Gómez’ upcoming series, All-New Venom. While Eddie volition beryllium seemingly MIA, Dylan volition beryllium investigating the caller fella that the Symbiote’s partnered up with. This is simply a enigma communicative with the teen Brock operating arsenic a detective of sorts, and there’s already 4 suspects narrowed down arsenic imaginable candidates: New York politician Luke Cage, Daily Bugle staple Robbie Robertson, villain Madame Masque, and longtime Hulk state Rick Jones. Ewing said each of them has a “nice possibility” for being the caller host, similar Masque’s “big plans” aft the “Gang War” lawsuit and Robbie looking to lick problms a la Superman, and the anticipation is that readers won’t instantly digit the suspect.

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Regardless of who’s successful the goo, All-New is Venom astatine the thoroughfare level erstwhile again aft the past fewer runs (some of which were from Ewing and cowriter Ram V) were truthful cosmic-heavy. “It’s much similar a Spider-Man-level story,” helium explained. And with a absorption connected quality and “ground-level superhero action,” helium teased that this caller lethal protector volition beryllium warring similar thoroughfare heroes do. “This Venom doesn’t combat similar we’ve seen [him] before. […] We tin propulsion disconnected each kinds of breathtaking caller tricks and amusive caller things, close from contented one.”

For readers who’ve been speechmaking Ewing’s enactment for a agelong time, helium likened All-New Venom to old-school superhero comics, and a mode for him to flex his originative muscles. “Venom demands immoderate grade of craziness and wildness and fun,” helium said. “And I deliberation All-New Venom is going to clasp that adjacent more.”

All-New Venom will footwear disconnected successful December.

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