In the aftermath of the Venom War, Venom will return to his own title in December — but who exactly is underneath the symbiote?
Writer Al Ewing teased to Polygon that All-New Venom will be a “scaled-down, earthbound continuation” of his Venom series, as Dylan Brock seeks to uncover who the new Venom is, with four suspects — Robbie Robertson of Daily Bugle fame, mob boss Madame Masque, perpetual sidekick Rick Jones and “Mayor Power Man” himself, Luke Cage. Ewing will work with artist Carlos Gómez on the relaunched title.
“If people have a strong hankering for something different from me, this is that. It’s almost more like a Spider-Man-level story,” Ewing told Polygon. “It is set on Earth, very much in the normal New York City. Everywhere we go in the story is a place you could go, or at least the type of place you could go. Obviously, when we go to a warehouse… well, I do have a tendency to look up actual warehouses, and then change them just enough to pass legal. So yeah, everywhere we go in this story is a natural place you can go in New York City.”
Here’s the solicitation text:
WHO IS THE ALL-NEW VENOM? The smiling, swashbuckling spider-hero New York loves to hate to love is back – and more fun-loving than ever! That’s right, it’s… Wait, it’s VENOM?! An all-new host is taking the symbiote in a whole new direction – but who? It could be the Journalist…the Terrorist…the Sidekick… or even the Mayor… We’re giving you all the clues, good believers – but you won’t know until the mask comes off! Writer Al Ewing (VENOM, IMMORTAL THOR) takes Venom in a completely new direction with artist Carlos Gómez (FANTASTIC FOUR, THE AMAZING MARY JANE) bringing the story to gorgeous life!
Take a look at the first issue’s variant covers by Skan, Iban Coello and Humberto Ramos:
All-New Venom arrives in stores Nov. 4. But before it arrives, the Venom War will have to wrap up with its fifth issue, which arrives Nov. 27. Here’s a look at the main cover by Iban Coello, plus a variant by Peach Momoko:
And what would any Marvel crossover be without Jeff? The littlest landshark returns to action in November in Venom War: It’s Jeff #1 by the Eisner-winning team of Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru:
That’s right – the crossover event of the summer finally reaches the real star of Marvel Comics – Jeff the Land Shark! When Jeff’s night of fun is interrupted by the madness of the Venom War, is Marvel’s goodest boy going to be able to keep his cool? Or…will he give in to the symbiote’s temptations and EAT SOMEONE’S BRAINS?!?! The team behind the hit Infinity Comic brings us an oversized all-new tale of the world’s cutest predator!
It comes out Nov. 20.
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