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"King in Black" is a comic book event written by Donny Cates with art by Ryan Stegman, and was published from 2020 to 2021 by Marvel Comics. It is a continuation to 2019's "Absolute Carnage", also containing fallout from 2020's "Empyre".
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The King in Black, also known as the Onyx King, is the correlative counterpart of the Beyonders, appointed by the Celestials to help maintain the Multiverse. While the Kings in White maintain the Multiverse from Beyond with the light of Concordance, the King in Black is charged with maintaining it from within using the power of Living Abyss. The King in Black is connected to the realm of the Un-Beyond.
The initial King in Black of the current reality was the void-god Knull, who was chosen by the Celestials at the dawn of the Seventh Cosmos; however, Knull rejected his duty and sought to end existence instead, creating the symbiotes and their Hive-Mind. Knull was ultimately destroyed by Eddie Brock, which transferred the rank and power to him.
Unmoored in time after the death of his physical body, as Onyx Kings are not linear like their Ivory King counterparts, Eddie's codex split into numerous offshoots, including the villainous Meridius and the rage-fueled Bedlam, as it travelled back and forth through time before ultimately converging into a singularity called the Eventuality. As the Eventuality, Eddie became a proper King in Black and lived in the true home of the Kings in Black: the Un-Beyond.
1.Venom (Vol. 5) #18
2.Venom (Vol. 4) #4
3.King in Black #5
4.Venom (Vol. 5) #1
The King in Black event’s finale, King in Black #5 (2021), shows the title transfer from Knull to Eddie. It is the culmination of a storyline that journeys from darkness to light.
Oct 27, 2024 · As the Enigma Force leaves him, it's revealed Eddie Brock is the new God of the Symbiotes and King in Black in the Marvel Universe, while Dylan becomes the new Venom. While there's a lot more to the King in Black crossover and its various tie-in issues, the above timeline features the biggest and most important events.
Oct 24, 2024 · King in Black. Lord of the Abyss. God of the Symbiotes. He is Knull, the dark god and progenitor of the symbiotic alien race spawned from the blackness of the Living Abyss: the Klyntar.
After a campaign across the galaxy, Knull’s death march arrives to Earth and, worse yet, he hasn’t come alone! With an army of hundreds of thousands of symbiote dragons at his command, the King in Black is a force unlike any Earth’s heroes have ever faced.
Apr 10, 2023 · Venom: The Last Dance omitted the greatest Thor cameo in ancient literature. Marvel Comics’ latest Venom issue redefines the King in Black. That and other news from this week’s best comics ...
