>QUEEN IN BLACK, an upcoming crossover event spinning directly out of Al Ewing and Carlos Gómez’s run of Venom (2025) as well as the new Knull (2026) limited series by Ewing, Tom Waltz, Juanan Ramirez, kicks off this July. The event will be told across a main five-issue series by Ewing and Iban Coello, along with key tie-in limited series and issues. Today, fans can see the cover of QUEEN IN BLACK #2, arriving on July 29, and learn about the recently announced tie-ins.>Hela has seized Knull’s throne and commands a legion of deadly symbiotes as the Queen in Black! Meanwhile, Knull has conquered the Lightforce Dimension, claiming a new power and army as the God of the Void! Two of the most powerful evils in the galaxy are at war, and Earth is the final prize!>"One of the joys of QUEEN IN BLACK is going big and weird with symbiotes and aliens... and they don't come much bigger and weirder than the Symbiote Intelligence!" Ewing teased.>In QUEEN IN BLACK #2, Tony Stark races against time, assembling powerful twin teams—Defenders of Light and Defenders of Dark—to battle Hela and Knull amidst the cosmic void. As their clash shakes the stars, Hela unleashes her devastating assault on Earth, forcing the Avengers into action for humanity’s survival. But chaos doesn’t end there: the monstrous Symbiote Intelligence descends upon New York City, igniting a fierce confrontation as Venom and the Fantastic Four leap into battle! Will heroes unite and overcome the tide of darkness threatening the universe?
>Essential event tie-ins include QUEEN IN BLACK: DEFENDERS OF LIGHT AND DARK, a limited series following two groups of heroes specifically assembled by Iron Man and Beta Ray Bill to take down Hela and Knull; QUEEN IN BLACK: HELA and QUEEN IN BLACK: THOR, dual one-shots centered around Asgard that reveal how Hela overthrew Knull and bring Thor into the battle; QUEEN IN BLACK: VENOM UNCHAINED, a limited series starring Eddie Brock who must escape prison before joining the fight against Hela; and upcoming issues of VENOM, packed with key insights into the developments Venom, Dylan Brock, and Mary Jane will undergo in the saga and prepare them for an uncertain future…
QUEEN IN BLACK: DEFENDERS OF LIGHT AND DARK #1Written by TOM WALTZArt by ZÉ CARLOSCover by DAVID MARQUEZOn Sale 7/8>UNLEASH THE HEROES! Beta Ray Bill is the only hero in Midgard who remembers Hela, the Goddess of Death... but does that mean he and his team can counter a Queen in Black? Meanwhile, Tony Stark’s all-new Black Metal Armor is the ultimate weapon against Knull, God of the Void... but does he have command of his own defense squad? This all leads to the mission that’ll decide the outcome of the Queen in Black saga!
QUEEN IN BLACK: VENOM UNCHAINED #1Written by CHARLES SOULEArt by JUANAN RAMÍREZCover by LEINIL FRANCIS YUOn Sale 7/15>EDDIE BROCK, IMPRISONED! Eddie Brock is in prison after a failed bond with Carnage, and the Queen in Black is coming! Eddie wants to get back to Venom. But without a symbiote, how will he escape?!
>>153126951seems rather restrained from a tie-in perspective.wonder how many Armageddons will have >Ewing is writing three separate tie-in seriesHe does love to write tie-ins that man
QUEEN IN BLACK: HELA #1Written by AL EWINGArt by CARLOS MAGNOCover by PASQUAL FERRYOn Sale 7/8>THE QUEEN TAKES HER THRONE! All the secrets of the Queen in Black—revealed! Why were Hela and Tyr in Midgard when the Rainbow Bridge fell? How did she cage Knull, God of the Void? And which Thor tried to stop her? Balder the Brave seeks the answers from Karnilla of the Norns... but will he live to tell anyone else?QUEEN IN BLACK: THOR #1Written by AL EWINGArt by SERGIO DAVILACover by PASQUAL FERRYOn Sale 8/5>A TRUE KING RISES! As Beta Ray Bill battles Hela at the edge of space, he considers his role as the heir of Thor's story... little dreaming that the story continues with Sigurd Jarlson or that the Death-Goddess has plans for the Mortal Thor. Somewhere in the city, a man with a hammer is about to face the ultimate test.
VENOM #260Written by AL EWINGArt and Cover by CARLOS GÓMEZOn Sale 7/8>THE LEGACY OF THE LETHAL PROTECTOR REVEALED! Months ago, Dylan Brock was killed by Carnage—and granted an audience with the Eventuality, the ultimate iteration of his father. He asked five questions and he was given five answers – hints at a dark future waiting for him. Now that future is here...>Check out the covers and stay tuned in the weeks ahead for more QUEEN IN BLACK news, including the reveal of more exclusive QUEEN IN BLACK #1 True Believers Blind Bag Covers!SOURCE:https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/queen-in-black-2-variant-covers-event-tie-in-issues-july-2026
>>153126951How can you read this? There's no tie-ins featuring Wolverine or Deadpool that add nothing to the plot!
>>153127004That's an embarrassing pair of covers.
>>153127087Ferry is a better interior artist than he is a cover artist
Sounds like shit
>>153126940Does Marvel not realize having two “super epic nothing will ever be the same!!!!” events running congruently just lessens the impact of both events?
>>153127211But events = big sales!?!?!??
>>153127211Different editorial offices. The is by Jordan White.
>>153127247but these offices do have a meeting with each other on a regular basis so just saying a different office made this event a bit of a cop-out.
>>153127211Where are the Armageddon tie-ins by the waySeems awfully suspicious that there has not been any info about them yet
>>153126962Still unreasonably upset that this is called DefendersWhy couldn’t they have just made up a new team name? Why confuse randos with actual Defenders even further?
>>153126962>>UNLEASH THE HEROES! Beta Ray Bill is the only hero in Midgard who remembers Hela, the Goddess of DeathNo, Dani also remembersWhere is Dani
>>153128006You already have Darkstar and Sunfire. If you add another mutant, it becomes a mutant book. Rule of three.
>>153126962Sex with Dagger Monica Hela and that random other blonde
>>153127016Surprised Ewing hasn't dumped Gomez for being a chud
>>153127016looks like eddie is going to become venom again so much for for being bond to symbiote *phew* Iam glad that is over.
>>153128209Al Ewing is an anti-Semite himself.
>>153128223I meant MJ of course.
>>153128238In what way? The guy basically wanks off Gnosticism every chance he gets
>>153128347Gnosticism is not Judaism, and Al Ewing is a goy jealous of the actual wisdom of the Talmud, which he refuses to study, and instead seeks a cheap shortcut outside it in secular kabbalah horseshit for goth girls. I'm going to have him as a slave some day, I'll make him mow my lawn in Haifa.
>>153128493But how does that make him anti-Semitic?
>>153128512You don't get to just take the stuff you like from Judaism to use as you wish, least of all when you're a fucking goy.
>>153128535So are all Christians just anti-Semitic? since the Old Testament is just the Torah after all.
Marvel is really in the shit house
>>153126940Nice ass on Sue.
Kill all mutants and symbiotes.
It surprises me Spider-Man and VenoMJ are not involved here.
>>153130481They are unless you mean in the larger cosmological sense of Peter being the true King in Black and expecting some develop with Marvel playing at MJ being the Queen in Black
>>153130481Because VenoMJ is trash and it should've been Carol
>>153130668Eddie is the true Onyx King according to Ewing at least.
>>153126940I generally love Al Ewing, but the symbiote corner of the MU has been dogshit since Remender left, and you couldn't get me to read knullshit at knifepoint.
>>153127004Thor would be better if it was just Bill forever and everyone forgot about the blond failure.
>>153130481Both are in this event. It's just a matter of whether or not MJ's going to potentially split off from Venom with her own symbiote like some are saying might happen. Dylan's apparently the focus of #260, which is the start of QiB.
>>153127016whoa spoilers
>marywhorekek ditches peter for most of the current death spiral issue to babysit eddierofl
>>153132019Post the leak please.
>>153132060https://comicsheatingup.net/2026/04/08/spoilers-amazing-spider-man-26-death-spiral-part-7/
>>153132083hey! Thanks!
>>153132083Hm, Ricardo is there at FEAST...
>Thinks about power couples and immediately goes to FeliciaCat stays 1st like aways.
>>153132195Why would Torment contribute anything to the name? Venom is called Venom regardless of host.
>>153127211House of Ideas
>>153132195Do you know what a spat is? 1st only when a BND writer like joe kelly is on the book. who also write and draw MJ as a miserable cunt
>>153132195Spider-Mans banter is pretty cringe here.
>>153132300When was Spider-Man's last good bant?
>>153132300Is Peters no kill rule so severe he can just end the monster Serial Killer? There comes a point when it is neither heroic or good to keep something like this alive.
>>153132083there seems to be a bit of drama with eddie and venom which is good. Hopefully it will payoff in QIB.
>>153132261Cat is and always will be the superior girl.
>>153132300>breaking the neck of a symbiote userYou know for a fact that's about as bad as getting a splinter, Pete
>>153132343That was the point of Maximum Carnage. He is unwilling to kill even in cases his dead police captain friends would say it would be the correct option.
>>153132300I guess x person is getting injured here and causing peter to get mad enough to bond with carnage. idk who tho.
MJ is the absolute worst Venom
>>153130905Kys dograper
>>153132300Imagine Richard Parker looking down from heaven and shaking his head since he probably put dozens of people in the ground in the name of national security.
>>153132608Terrible.Peter's dodging a bullet.
>>153132390Right my point exactly, a shitty panel, made to glaze BC and drag MJ from the shitty beyond arc.
>>153132019>>153132195>>153132390>yeah I don’t read comics but MJ sucks okay!!!Kill yourself
>>153132655This why turning his parents into robots was stupid. Conflict in morality could have a great source of drama for people trying to reconnect with thier son.
>>153132795If they weren't dead, then he wouldn't be raised by his aunt and uncle.
>>153132608Peter is the same way, but I think MJ is changing.
>>153132795no killing isn’t about morality anymore, it’s about selling action figures
>>153132894>Deadpool and Wolverine kill, they sell action figures>Spider-Man doesn't kill, he sells action figuresI doubt it.
>>153132300Are they having sex? I dont read comcs, can anti-venom 1v1 carnage?
>>153132835Being capture and unable to communicate with the outside world was feasible.
>>153126940Johnny shaved?
>>153132910It’s about selling supervillain action heroes, and synergy from adaptations. Wolverine doesn’t kill Sabretooth or any of his sociopathic rogues. Even a 90s washout like fucking Cyber was resurrected TWICE.
>>153132911Carnage is always absurdly powerful, in his series he beat the shit out of Anti-Venom, and on multiple occasions absorbs Anti-Venom or Anti-Carnage symbiotes to nullify their impact on him. The gold accents on Venom are actually a variation of this, mixed with Asgardian god metal and chaos magic. And this is a weakened Carnage.
Potential asm 1k spoilersI'm guessing this is the build up for am 1k uncle Ben bastard child
>>153133177Will he have a name like Ken, Jen, or Sven?
There's 0 chemistry between Peter and MJ, I hope folks already accepted the fact #258 isn't bringing them back together, it would be out of fucking nowhere.
>>153132608Horrible design and Gomez was not the right artist for it
>>153133358Kelly really hates writing mj and you can tell.
>>153132019Chcę uprawiać seks ze zwłokami Paul Rabin i z Gwenschizo w tym samymczasie! Chcę wypełnić ich oboje moją spermą
>>153132060Gwenschizo to mój mały, spragniony spermy chłopczyk, który pije mój mocz z kubeczka niekapka
>>153133358Chcesz razem ze mną opłakiwać Paula, ty niepiśmienny kretynie? Może to powstrzyma cię przed kręceniem się po placach zabaw.
>>153133358>>153133398MJ is right though, do you third worlders even read the text of these comics
>>153133358MJ is the absolute worst, hope she gets torn limb from limb in QiB.
>>153133556samefag
>>153133358She is talking to Eddie and not peter. Do you understand that?
>>153133556Paul nie żyje, Gwen nie żyje, teraz twoja kolej, Gwenschizo! Dołącz do swoich bohaterów!!
>>153133787>>153133453>>153133423>>153133410Im British not poland retard..I don’t speak gibberish
PeterFel fans are gonna love and hate the new issue.
>>153133398The problem is the artist, depicting her with no sense of pity or empathy. So she comes off angry and unlikable despite being correct with her words. They clearly dont want people to like her.
>>153133787How dare you imply I give a shit about Gwen Stacy
>>153133828Why?
>>153133838
>>153133859And then...
>>153133830You clearly have no idea what you're talking about lol lolol
>>153133830Eddie’s mistakes have repeatedly gotten large numbers of innocents murdered. Why should she have pity or empathy for him? Are you retarded?
>>153133871The new black cat giving peter fel marriage 2 pages before taking it away is almost comedic. Wonder if this is leading to kelly getting black cat back in asm as a love interest.
>>153133883Because he's a hero who saved the entire world and she's a complete fuckup by comparison
>>153133859Gwen is such a happy cuck!
>>153133893He's an addict. One doesn't fix the other.
>>153133893>cateslop The Uni-Power saved the world, Eddie just helped. Why can’t you refute the massive amounts of deaths he’s caused through the Venom War and Torment?
>>153133871Then she snaps out of it because being a tradwife wasn't her thing.
>>153133877Kys>>153133883Im talking about the artist depicting her in this manner. She has been portrayed as angry and unlikable through out death spiral even when talking to and trying to comfort peter early on.
>>153130806Peter being the true KiB is according to Ewing.Eddie being the true King is in terms of how reality plays out. But Peter was the intended King, the perfect vessel, meant to be the perfect King in Black. The universe just always fucks that up by making him Spider-Man.Eddie is the back-up King, but since Pete is always gonna be Spidey, that leaves Eddie as the one true King.
>>153133923There is also an unnecessary dig at peter.
>>153134027I think Eventuality may have been gaslighting Eddie about Peter, we only have his word and a single Peter variant to go on. We know Eventuality isn’t infallible, either, because depowered Knull is going to BTFO the Illuminated, that even stronger Eventuality variant.
>>153134067From Venom
>>153134086Thats fair. I can totally see that being the case. Using Peter to push Eddie towards his fate as the KiB.I actually prefer something like that. We already have the stupid Totem shit. Don't need to tie cosmic symbiote deity shit into Pete, too..
>>153133859Why is MJ's Uncle still officiating the wedding? Also...why is Anna there?
>>153134101You are correct. First venom say I and then he says WE.
>>153134295Is gwen there?
>>153134411Yeah, she is. Why is Gwen there? Felicia didn't even know Gwen!
>>153132608MJ is making a great effort at being the worst everything ever.
>>153134835yeah keep replying to yourself, it’s really organic and not obvious at all
>>153133859tradwife Felicia
>>153134927
>>153134934time-travel shenanigans i guess
>>153132390still argue she told him a secret here they'll eventually reveal.>>153133897gwen is safe with flash. norman is the cuck.
>>153134973*
>>153132608The thing is I think this is just a symptom of a bigger thing. The writers are clearly trying to permanently move MJ from being the stay at home need to be rescued lady like all other "empowering" moves Marvel made over the years with female characters. I guarantee you as soon as MJ loses Venom, she will get some other super power or tech not long after.
>>153134973Must be quite the reveal to make you wake up from a comma
>>153133859Should have done a whole arc out of this. Or better yet, the entire mini.
>>153135015I doubt it. This was just one more attempt in a long line of them, even though just writing her out is obviously the best one
>>153133859>>153134934they're testing the waters, uh??
>>153127340they're in my ass, where they belong
>>153133859KINO
>>153133859this is going to make that one Peter/Fel hater really upset
>>153135015>The writers are clearly trying to permanently move MJ from being the stay at home need to be rescued lady like all other "empowering" moves Marvel made over the years with female characters.Was MJ ever like that?Even back in the 80's and 90's she was coming out swinging or somehow got the upper hand and escaped on her own.It feels like something the Raimi movies introduced and everyone just takes those as canon to her comic mythos.
>>153126940>>153126951>>153126962>>153126981>>153127004>>153127016This event sounds even more awful than Armageddon. And I say it as someone who likes edgy powerlevel stuff. Symbioteshit just sucks.
>>153134980Does willow understand she never knew gwen? It looks like she living out one of MJs lives.
>>153136283It dropped her into an AU that would be years before Black Cat's first appearance. So if Peter has whined about Gwen enough, she probably learned blonde hair+hairband has a specific name.
>>153136283She knows about Gwen from MJ.
>>153136283Gwen is with Flash apparently.
>>153136036No, Ewing just sucks at writing symbiotes
ok anons:Do you prefer crossover and events to be put in your ongoing a la civil war 2006 or you would rather have tie-ins like queen in black is doing?
>>153138345I hate Civil War and this doesn't sound good, so killing events entirely sounds like the way to go.
>>153138345Preferably none, but tie-ins are infinitely better
Man I'm so fucking done with symbiotes.
The Gwenpiggy is getting fried again
>>153137492Which is really weird because while she dated him once she hated his personality. Same with MJ.
>>153126940What's next, Jack in Black?
