Since he first debuted as the big bad of Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman’s Venom run, Marvel’s been giving symbiote god Knull a bigger spotlight. Between his King in Black event, being a seasonal villain in Marvel Rivals , and his appearance in Venom: The Last Dance , it’s clear the publisher wants to put him in the same tier as Green Goblin or Thanos. Now, in its biggest move to build the baddie up yet, the publisher is giving the gooey baddie a solo story ahead of a larger event on the horizon.
Spinning out of the character’s recent return in Al Ewing and Carlos Gomez’s Venom, Knull #1 from Ewing, co-writer Tom Waltz, and artist Juanan Ramirez sees the villain attempting to “amass new power…in the lead up to a symbiote epic coming in 2026.”
Currently imprisoned, Knul