Warning: Contains SPOILERS forVenom War #4In recent years, the cosmic significance ofCarnageand his symbiotic species has evolved beyond the constraints of a single universe. Readers learned that Knull was only one of many Kings in Black throughout Marvel’s omniversal history. Originally created to keep the cosmic balance of creation and destruction, the King in Black has transformed from a simple title to a state of being. Meanwhile, a new King has been forged.
As the Venom War nears its climax, the threads of Eddie Brock, Meridius, and Carnage’s independent machinations are reaching the endgame. While Eddie, Dylan, and Meridius feud forthe right to rule as the King in Black, Carnage has been building toward something bigger.
Venom War #4- by Al Ewing, Iban Coello, & Frank D’Armata - brings the greatest powers in the Venom War one step closer to its final chapter whilesilently drip-feeding Carnage’s ultimate path toward power.Carnage has known power, he has known godhood. But when faced with Eventuality, he lacked unity.
Carnage’s Path Toward Godhood Has Reached Eventuality
Venom War #4 -Written by Al Ewing; Art by Iban Coello; Color by Frank D’Armata; Lettering by VC’s Ariana Maher
In nearly all but name, Carnage is a god. From being a herald of Chthon to becoming a herald to Knull, Carnage has used every twisted act of pain, pleasure, and chaos to climb his way up to power. He traversed through the multiverse, consuming the codices of symbiotes possessing unique strengths and resistances. Through his journey of carnal cannibalism, Carnage hasdeveloped an immunity to fire, sonic sound, and anti-symbiote chemicals. He crawled through time and space to burst through the Garden of Time, Meridius’s temporal haven and the seat of power for the Kings in Black.
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With a violent swiftness that Eddie Brock could never have achieved, Carnage brought down Meridius and the Garden of Time. However, despite his achievements and proof of dominant power, Carnage had yet to be considered a true god. The mad symbiote learned that for his kind to reach the divine, they needed their other and that Carnage was without his. But nowCarnage and Cletus are back together, sending shockwaves through the multiverse.At the end of all possibility, where the Eventuality waits for his own birth, the King in Crimson waits for its past to reach its present.
Meridius’s Every Failure Will Soon Become Carnage’s Greatest Asset
Carnage Will Emerge the True Victor of the Venom War
Now that the Venom War is nearing its end, Meridius, the last step before Eddie Brock becomes Eventuality, the Anti-All, desperately throws everything he has to tear down his past self. But in his short-sighted vengefulness, he has allowed a crimson corruption to infest his ranks. Acknowledging is coming failure, Meridius turns toward desperation to make his final stand - Carnage. Bygifting Meridius All-Blood the Necrospear, Carnage’s symbiotic weapon that mirrors Knull’s own all-powerful blade, Carnage has found his in. Carnage is a cannibal who consumes the powers of those he infects andMeridius has given him the final key.
Carnage alone is not destined for Eventuality, but Meridius is. With Meridius soon under the mad symbiote’s control, his fate becomes Carnage’s. The only thing stopping Meridius from his final evolution is his unwillingness to accept it, but Carnage has bigger aspirations. As the Venom War reaches its climax, Carnage is the only player ready to embrace the next step. A being like Knull was small compared to the King in Black’s destiny to become the Anti-All, but the King in Black, Eddie Brock, has fallen. Carnage’s eventuality is on the horizon; the King in Crimson.
Venom War #4is available now from Marvel Comics.
Venom
Venom is a symbiotic alien entity bonded with various human hosts, notably Eddie Brock and later Flash Thompson. It grants superhuman strength, agility, and a shape-shifting black costume. Initially a Spider-Man villain due to its origins, Venom evolved into an antihero, battling both villains and his own dark impulses. The character embodies themes of duality and redemption within the Marvel Universe.
