Venom War

*Venom War*
Venom War
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Format	Limited series
Publication date	August 2024
No. of issues	5
Main character(s)	Eddie Brock; Dylan Brock; Black Widow ; Agent Anti-Venom ; Carnage; Spider-Man
Creative team
Written by	Al Ewing
Penciller(s)	Iban Coello

"Venom War" is an Upcoming American comic book crossover event written by Al Ewing with art by Iban Coello, published in 2024 by Marvel Comics. The event involves the showdown between Eddie Brock and his son Dylan to determine the true Venom host.

Publication history[edit]

Marvel released a teaser art by Philip Tan featuring Eddie Brock and Dylan Brock each leading their symbiote armies in a showdown. The artwork featured Agent Anti-Venom, Tyro, Wilde, Bedlam and Meridius on Eddie's side, and Black Widow, Sleeper, Red Goblin and Flexo on Dylan's side.^[1]

Venom War is announced as a five-issue limited series, written by the current Venom scribe Al Ewing, as well as spilling out into tie-in issues and spinoff limited series debuting in August 2024. The event is the fateful confrontation between the father and son realizing only one of them can be Venom after going on separate journeys.^[2]^[3]

Issues involved[edit]

Prelude series[edit]

Title	Issues	Writer	Artist	Colorist	Release Date
Free Comic Book Day 2024: Ultimate Universe/Spider-Man	1	Zeb Wells	Ryan Stegman	Sonia Oback	May 4, 2024
Venom (vol. 5)	35	Al Ewing	CAFU	TBA	June 5, 2024
Carnage (vol. 4)	8	Torunn Grønbekk	Pere Pérez		July 3, 2024
Black Widow: Venomous	1	Erica Schultz	Luciano Vecchio		July 31, 2024

Main series[edit]

Title	Issues	Writer	Artist	Colorist	Debut date	Conclusion date
Venom War	1–5	Al Ewing	Iban Coello	TBA	August 7, 2024	TBA

Tie-in issues[edit]

Limited series[edit]

Title	Issues	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Colorist	Debut date	Conclusion date
Venom War: Spider-Man	1–4	Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing	Greg Land	TBA	August 14, 2024	TBA
Venom War: Venomous	1–3	Erica Schultz	Luciano Vecchio		August 21, 2024
Venom War: Carnage		Torunn Grønbekk	Pere Pérez		August 21, 2024
Venom War: Zombiotes		Cavan Scott	Juan José Ryp		August 28, 2024

Series tie-in[edit]

Title	Issues	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Colorist	Debut date	Conclusion date
Venom	36–	Torunn Grønbekk	CAFU	TBA	August 14, 2024	TBA

References[edit]

^ "Eddie vs. Dylan". February 23, 2024.
^ "'Venom War' Launches a Symbiote Showdown to Be the Last Venom Standing". www.marvel.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
^ "Spider-Man, Black Widow, & More Choose Sides as 'Venom War' Explodes Across the Marvel Universe". www.marvel.com. Retrieved 2024-05-21.

[1] "Eddie vs. Dylan". February 23, 2024.

[2] "'Venom War' Launches a Symbiote Showdown to Be the Last Venom Standing". www.marvel.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.

[3] "Spider-Man, Black Widow, & More Choose Sides as 'Venom War' Explodes Across the Marvel Universe". www.marvel.com. Retrieved 2024-05-21.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e Marvel Comics crossover event publication history
1980s	Contest of Champions (June 1982) Secret Wars (May 1984) Secret Wars II (July 1985) Mutant Massacre (October 1986) The Fall of the Mutants (January 1988) The Evolutionary War (1988) Inferno (October 1988) Atlantis Attacks (1989) Acts of Vengeance (December 1989)
1990s	The Infinity Gauntlet (July 1991) Operation: Galactic Storm (March 1992) The Infinity War (June 1992) The Infinity Crusade (June 1993) Age of Apocalypse (January 1995) DC vs. Marvel (April 1996) Onslaught (May 1996) Heroes Reborn (1996)
2000s	Maximum Security (December 2000) JLA/Avengers (Sept. 2003) Secret War (February 2004) Avengers Disassembled (August 2004) Ultimate Nightmare (October 2004) Ultimate Secret (May 2005) House of M (June 2005) Last Hero Standing (August 2005) Decimation (December 2005) Ultimate Extinction (January 2006) Annihilation (March 2006) Civil War (July 2006) Ultimate Power (December 2006) The Initiative (March 2007) World War Hulk (July 2007) Last Planet Standing (July 2007) Annihilation: Conquest (August 2007) Secret Invasion (June 2008) Dark Reign (December 2008) Ultimatum (January 2009) War of Kings (March 2009) Fall of the Hulks (December 2009)
2010s	Realm of Kings (January 2010) Siege (January 2010) Ultimate Comics: Doomsday (January 2010) World War Hulks (February 2010) The Thanos Imperative (July 2010) Shadowland (September 2010) Chaos War (October 2010) Age of X (January 2011) Fear Itself (March 2011) Spider-Island (June 2011) Ultimate Fallout (July 2011) Avengers vs. X-Men (April 2012) Age of Ultron (March 2013) Infinity (August 2013) Inhumanity (December 2013) Original Sin (May 2014) AXIS (October 2014) Spider-Verse (November 2014) The Black Vortex (February 2015) Secret Wars (May 2015) Avengers: Standoff! (March 2016) Civil War II (June 2016) Inhumans vs. X-Men (November 2016) Monsters Unleashed! (January 2017) Secret Empire (May 2017) Damnation (February 2018) Infinity Countdown (February 2018) Infinity Wars (July 2018) Spider-Geddon (October 2018) The War of the Realms (April 2019) Absolute Carnage (August 2019)
2020s	Iron Man 2020 (January 2020) Empyre (April 2020) Outlawed (October 2020) King in Black (December 2020) Heroes Reborn (May 2021) Infinite Destinies (June 2021) Devil's Reign (December 2021) Reckoning War (February 2022) Judgment Day (July 2022) Dark Web (November 2022) Avengers Assemble (November 2022) Sins of Sinister (January 2023) Ultimate Invasion (June 2023) Contest of Chaos (August 2023) Gang War (December 2023) Blood Hunt (May 2024) Venom War (August 2024)
Launch lines	Ultimate Marvel (2000–2015) Revolution (2000) X-Men: Reload (2004) The Initiative (2007–2008) Dark Reign (2008–2009) Heroic Age (2010–2012) X-Men: Regenesis (2011) Shattered Heroes (2011) Marvel Now! (2012–2015) All-New, All-Different Marvel (2015–2019) ResurrXion (2017) Marvel Legacy (2017–2018) Fresh Start (2018) Dawn of X (2019–2020) Reign of X (2020–2022) Destiny of X (2022–2023) Fall of X (2023–2024) Ultimate Universe (2023–present) X-Men: From the Ashes (2024)