King in Black

Marvel’s sprawling cosmic horror event explodes in this 2021 limited series, as the dark god Knull unleashes his symbiotic army on Earth. Written primarily by Donny Cates and Gerardo Torres Ruiz, with Ryan Stegman’s visceral art defining the siege, the story forces heroes like Venom and the Avengers into an apocalyptic battle for the planet’s soul. A pivotal chapter in Cates’ larger Venom saga, it reshapes the Marvel Universe’s relationship with the symbiote mythos.