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Warning : Contains spoilers forFree Comic Book Day 2022 Spider - Man / Venom
Marvel Comics is about to change the traditional knowledge surroundingVenomonce again . After the big convulsion that the arrival of the King in Black and its backwash caused , theFree Comic Book Day 2022Spider - military personnel / Venomissue rally a new future for Eddie Brock , who is apparently going to become one of the most powerful magicians in the Marvel Universe .
Venom ’s original lore connected the theatrical role to Spider - Man in a very tight way . Peter Parker was the first to find the Venom symbioteon Battleworld during the originalSecret Warsand the beast later mirrored Spider - Man ’s force and appearance when it bonded with Eddie Brock . The most late Venom relaunch , however , really modernize the character ’s own lore , expanding the chronicle of the symbiotes and retconning their origin as the servants of the primeval god Knull , the King in Black . It was a major redevelopment for Venom , and Eddie Brock ended up becoming the Modern King in Black , a space god of sorts who is now the link of the symbiote hive mind , giving him powers that transcend space and time . However , Eddie ’s situation in the Marvel Universe is about to commute again .
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TheFree Comic Book Day 2022Spider - Man / Venomissue contains a Venom story , written by Ram V and Al Ewing with nontextual matter by Stefano Raffaele and Alex Sinclair , that gives reviewer a glimpse of what is in storage for Venom . Eddie Brock is presently trappedafter his human consistence was put down by a mysterious grouping and he was reincarnated as a symbiote meg of years in the future . He make the " heart of the hive , " the engine room of the King in Black , where a mysterious vocalism that probably represents the nucleus of the symbiote beehive tell him that he is walking " the path of the magician . " He will have to choose between two path : " white magic , " which tries to remake the humanity by staying by from it , and " disastrous magic,“that the voice defines as " that which works in the world and for the globe . " WhenEddie answer that he is no wizard , the voice replies that this is true only harmonize to his own time ’s rigid definition .
This is a totally new mindset for the character , who has not been at any prison term connected to the " mystic arts , " as magic is called in the Marvel Universe . According to the vox , Eddie is actually already a magician even if he does n’t see himself as one , which is a pretty big retcon of the whole symbiote lore . The story also refer the word " qlippoth , " which is a reference to the Qliphoth , a concept taken from the Kabbalah representing evil ghostlike forces in Jewish mysticism . Qlippothappeared inImmortal Hulkbefore , a series also write by Al Ewing and powerfully influenced by mysticism . This could intend thatVenomwill also delve deep into the realm of magic , as this story seems to predict . Considering that Eddie Brock already became one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe after taking the cape of King in Black , abide by " the path of the conjurer " could get him to novel , untold top . Practitioners of magic in the Marvel Universe can control dread major power , as establish by the feats of the Sorcerer Supreme .
Eddie will need all the power he can get to defeatMeridius , the mysterious clip - trip King in Blackwho is creditworthy for his reincarnation in the future . This young centering on magic could bring interesting developments for the fictitious character , but it is also true that Venom ’s lore has already gone through some drastic changes over the past few years . The role started as a Spider - Man scoundrel but necessitate on a life of its own due to its incredible achiever with the fans , so Marvel should be careful to not change the character ’s lore too often . It will be interesting to see where these fresh exciting development will bringVenomand Eddie Brock .
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