'Venom War' Tie-in Issues Spotlight the Fight to Be the True Venom, Carnage's Grasp at Godhood, & More

MAXIMUM CARNAGE. ABSOLUTE CARNAGE. KING IN BLACK. Every few years, the wild symbiote corner of the Marvel Universe erupts in a saga oozing with violence, drama, and insanity that only Venom and his kind can deliver. This August, the next milestone symbiote event arrives in Al Ewing and Iban Coello’s VENOM WAR.

Today, fans glimpse ahead at the showdown to come with information on new tie-in issues on sale in October, including all-new limited series and the reveal of the third issue of the main event series! A master at planning out epic storylines, Ewing has been laying the foundation for VENOM WAR since he began his VENOM run in 2021. Limitless in scope, the series has pushed Eddie Brock and his son, Dylan, to their limits on journeys across space and time, with mythos-shattering revelations unraveling every step of the way.

Being a symbiote host has never been more demanding, and after both receive terrifying glimpses of the future, they realize only one of them can be Venom. Their father and son feud will become everyone’s problem as past and present symbiote characters are forced to take a side—while others choose to take advantage of the chaos! 

"It's very difficult to tell a boring Venom story," Ewing told Newsarama in a recent interview. "Even when our run's been at its timey-est and wimey-est, something about the symbiote demands a degree of all-out action, wildness, and weirdness. Venom and his hosts have a degree of inherent unpredictability—not to mention antisociability—that makes for all manner of thrill-power, and also a fair amount of gritty character drama as various humans have to work out their relationships with this alien goo-beast. (And the many other alien goo-beasts he brings along for the ride.)"

Here's what symbiote heads can look forward to in VENOM WAR throughout October!

VENOM WAR #3

VENOM WAR #3 (OF 5)
Written by AL EWING
Art and Cover by IBAN COELLO
On Sale 10/2

A three-way war for the symbiote?! Eddie Brock! Dylan Brock! Peter Parker! Who is the ultimate host for the Venom Symbiote?! If the wrong one wins, it would spell disaster for the world—but which can save us all? The tide of the war turns here as one of the contenders is eliminated!

VENOM WAR: SPIDER-MAN #3

VENOM WAR: SPIDER-MAN #3 (OF 4)
Written by COLLIN KELLY & JACKSON LANZING
Art and Cover by GREG LAND
On Sale 10/2

Peter Parker—King in Black! We’ve seen what happens if Eddie get the symbiote… We’ve seen what happens when Dylan get the symbiote… Clearly, everything would work out if a great guy like Peter held onto it. Right? RIGHT?!?

VENOM #38

VENOM #38
Written by TORUNN GRØNBEKK
Art and Cover by CAFU
On Sale 10/9

Old Man Venom's Time Quest continues! Old man Dylan Brock’s adventure through time to bring an end to the Venom War takes him to one of the darkest places—the realm of Chthon! Can even Doctor Strange help him when confronted with the ultimate temptation of evil?

VENOM WAR: WOLVERINE #2

VENOM WAR: WOLVERINE #2 (OF 3)
Written by TIM SEELEY & TONY FLEECS
Art by KEV WALKER
Cover by KEN LASHLEY
On Sale 10/9

Logan slashes through the Venom War! When Wolverine said he was the best there is, he didn’t mean the best tasting...but that’s not gonna stop zombiotes from trying to take a bite out of him! Plus: There are other, less healing-factor-brandishing people in danger, and Logan is not going to let that stand.

VENOM WAR: DEADPOOL #2

VENOM WAR: DEADPOOL #2 (OF 3)
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art by ROB DI SALVO
Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
On Sale 10/16

Monsters vs. Zombiotes! Deadpool may be trapped in a city full of zombified symbiotes and symbiotized zombies, but he’s always got old friends to call on when he’s against a wall! He’ll face the madness with monstrous allies like Frankenstein(‘s Monster) and Man-Thing—not to mention Silence, Princess…and another surprise guest star you will NOT see coming!

VENOM WAR: VENOMOUS #3

VENOM WAR: VENOMOUS #3 (OF 3)
Written by ERICA SCHULTZ
Art by LUCIANO VECCHIO
Cover by LEIRIX
On Sale 10/16

Black Widow verses her symbiote?! Natasha may be doing everything in her power to rein in the zombiote outbreak and protect the innocent from these horrors…but who is going to protect her when her own symbiote goes bad?

VENOM WAR: CARNAGE #3

VENOM WAR: CARNAGE #3 (OF 3)
Written by TORUNN GRØNBEKK
Art by PERE PÉREZ
Cover by KEN LASHLEY
On Sale 10/23

Carnage vs. Meridius! It has all lead up to this. Like many gods before him, in order to step into his full power, Carnage must destroy his own creator. Who will walk away from this fight? And in what form?

VENOM WAR: LETHAL PROTECTORS #2

VENOM WAR: LETHAL PROTECTORS #2 (OF 3)
Written by SABIR PIRZADA
Art by LUCA MARESCA
Cover by CREEES LEE
On Sale 10/23

Silver Symbiote! The Agony symbiote chooses its next host—Silver Sable! The new Wild Pack becomes a terrifying and lethal Symbiote Squad to stop the monstrous horde of Zombiotes spreading like a plague across NYC—with extreme prejudice! But can Sable and her alien partner still be trusted?! And what dangerous secret rests within their mysterious cargo?

VENOM WAR: FANTASTIC FOUR #1

VENOM WAR: FANTASTIC FOUR #1 (OF 3)
Written by ADAM WARREN
Art by JOEY VAZQUEZ
Cover by DAVID BALDEÓN
On Sale 10/30

Four more dragged into the War! The Fantastic Four may not have much history with Venom—beyond helping Spider-Man capture the symbiote way back when—but when both Doctor Doom and Kang the Conqueror start getting involved in the war… now we’ve got the FF’s attention! It’s a wild battle of mad geniuses that spans thousands of years and also the space of a breath—with stakes that only the Fantastic Four could fathom!

VENOM WAR: ZOMBIOTES #3 

VENOM WAR: ZOMBIOTES #3 (OF 3)
Written by CAVAN SCOTT
Art by JUAN JOSÉ RYP
Cover by JUAN FERREYRA
On Sale 10/30

Keep their teeth off your flesh! The Venom War is making strange bedfellows as hero and villain alike have to fight off the menace of hungry zombiotes, eager to bite and spread onto all—living and dead! She-Hulk, Hellcat, Shocker and more are among those striving to stay alive…and unbonded!

Check out October’s covers now and pick up VENOM WAR #1 at your local comic shop on August 7!

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