QUEEN IN BLACK, the new crossover event spinning directly out of Al Ewing and Carlos Gómez’s run of Venom (2025), begins on July 22. Spanning a five-issue series by Ewing and Iban Coello, alongside essential tie-in limited series and issues, the saga follows Marvel’s heroes as they fight to safeguard Earth from an epic cosmic collision between Knull and Hela. Read on to learn more about the event’s final chapters, arriving this September!
Hela has seized Knull’s throne and now commands a legion of deadly symbiotes as the Queen in Black! Meanwhile, Knull has conquered the Lightforce Dimension, claiming terrifying new power for himself as the God of Light! Two of the most powerful evils in the galaxy are at war, and Earth is the final prize!
The newly revealed issues spotlight the long awaited emergence of Venomworld in QUEEN IN BLACK #4-5, a startling development teased since the early days of Ewing’s mind-bending run. As Earth is consumed by symbiotes, current Venom host Mary Jane Watson is forced to make a desperate choice, one that will shape both the fate of the Marvel Universe and her future as a symbiote hero in VENOM #262. Meanwhile, Eddie Brock faces his own pivotal decision that redefines his role as a symbiote host in QUEEN IN BLACK: VENOM UNCHAINED #3. And both new Defenders squads unite for the climactic finale in QUEEN IN BLACK: DEFENDERS OF LIGHT AND DARK #4, and Marvel’s master thief joins the battle to pull off the galaxy’s greatest heist in BLACK CAT #14.
QUEEN IN BLACK #4