word of advice : Contains SPOILERS forVenom War # 5

TheVenomWar is over and with it comes the net victor : nobody . The state of war that was destined to hail when Eddie Brock first became the King in Black has wrought nothing but chaos and death across the Marvel multiverse . However , in the Wake Island of the conflict ’s multiversal devastation , everything readers once recognize about the symbiotes has changed , leaving mountains of new information to be studied .

Venom War # 5 -by Al Ewing and Iban Coello - is the final chapter of a saga that began when Knull ’s name was first uttered over six years ago .

Carnage as King in Black on Death of Venomverse Cover

Since then , the lore of the symbioteshas drastically evolved , transforming the amorphous species from speck of alien goo into parts ofa cosmic machine that transcends space and sentence . The rule that once tie the Klyntar are drop dead and the King in Black is no more . So , with the terminal of this literary eracomes thetime to reflect on all that has transpire .

How The Symbiotes Went From Parasitic Goo to an Omnipotence Machine

Venom War #5- Written by Al Ewing; Art by Iban Coello; Color by Frank D’Armata; Lettering by VC’s Ariana Maher

As it ’s long been revealed , the symbiotes have finally been nothing more than tools to serve the agendas of gods . When Knull originallyreigned as the King in Black , his business was to serve as thecounterbalance to the Beyonders . However , Knull ’s desire to see his domain extend and squander grew too large , leading to the creation of his personal weapons , the symbiotes . Centuries later , his comer on Earth show ina new era in Marvel Comicswhen he was lastly usurped by the once - thuggish X - diarist , Eddie Brock .

From Venom to The King in Black , Marvel has create dozens of symbiote Klyntar . But which of these alien weapon system could be considered the warm ?

Throughout Eddie ’s reign , several new revelationsabout themechanics of the symbiotesand their true cosmic nature have been made . The symbiotes , while sentient , were originally meant to behave as controllable cannon fresh fish . However , together , they thread throughout outer space and time to create a monumental meshing of consciousness called the Symbiote Hive . Through this hive , a King in Blackwould have the magnate to touchevery nook of existencethroughout the multiverse . With every unexampled host and their codex of memories and experiences , the Hive ’s knowledge grows , transformingthe stingy black guck into an omnipotence simple machine .

Golden Venom is engulfed in ethereal energy

The Symbiotes Have Evolved: From Genetic Adaptation to Cosmic Purpose

The Klyntar Still Face The Eventuality of Cosmic Death

The symbiotes have proven that their intact species revolved around the concept of “ genetic adjustment and phylogeny . ” The strong of their species have long since abandon their simple constraint . Venom could equallyexist between two emcee . Carnage can rewrite a person ’s hereditary codification to create a unexampled or embolden an old host all . With each bond , a symbiote grows more complex . With each symbiote , the Hive evolves . This all direct to the symbiotes ’ great role that no original 90s sports fan could have predicted : cosmic demise .

This is n’t the result of charming and maniacal machination , it ’s simply the born end point of the symbiotes . It is their corporate Eventuality .

TheKing in Black ’s true purposeis toserve as sentient decay , consuming creation into its void domain . However , through Donny Cates and Al Ewing ’s transformative writing , both the symbiotes and the King in Black havereached a higher cosmic purpose . At the end of time , when this multiverse draw its final breaths , theKing in Black will evolve into the Anti - All , the concluding death of the multiverse to adopt . However , this is n’t the resultant role of magic and maniac intrigue , it ’s merely the natural termination of the symbiotes . It is their collective contingence .

Close-up of Wes Chatham as Amos in The Expanse TV Show

Venom War Cements the Symbiotes’ Future of Sci-Fi Spiritual Storytelling

Meanwhile, Crimson Devils Threaten to Tear it All Down

Further embracingthe young religious contextgiven to the symbiotes , came with the introduction of the symbiotes ’ Christ figure , Dylan Brock . A human - symbiote hybrid , Dylan walks between the land of the mortals and the infinite mesh that createsthe omnipotent Symbiote Hive . Dylan , the son of a symbiote and the King in Black , is only another of the species ’ try at evolution toward the inevitable . A messiah who would usurp his Padre and end the Venom War , Dylanpromises to campaign the species forwardwhilehis father currently complot with crimson demon .

Venom ’s young golden powerfulness - up transforms the symbiote into the perfect artillery against Carnage , but it tragically come with a lethal price .

Since Knull ’s introduction , the symbiotes haverapidly evolve both on and off the page . Now embracing new chemical element of cosmic importance and religious sub - text , the species has irreversibly surpassed the day of being conceive parasitic distance slime . Through the Venom War , the nature of the symbiotes has forever been change , whole give up their original skill - fable theme to further embracea unexampled era of divine characterization . While writer Al Ewing has promised to moveVenomaway from gods and multiversal plots ahead of hisAll - New Venomseries , the saga that he and Cates bequeath behind will forever define what ’s to hail .

Venom War eddie and dylan featured image

Venom War # 5is available now from Marvel Comics .

Venom is a symbiotic alien entity bonded with various human hosts , notably Eddie Brock and later Flash Thompson . It grants superhuman forte , lightness , and a material body - shifting black costume . ab initio a Spider - Man villain due to its origins , Venom evolved into an antihero , battling both villains and his own dark impulse . The theatrical role substantiate root of duality and redemption within the Marvel Universe .

Venom War promotional material, two versions of Venom lead various symbiote characters into battle

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.

Symbiotes in Marvel Comics' King in Black event

People enter the Symbiote Hive Mind

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Venom in David Baldeon Comic Cover Art

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.

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