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Making Knull the opposite of The Beyonder. Is this a possible reason why the Venom symbiote was on the patchwork planet that The Beyonder put together in Secret Wars? And as to why the new Spider-Woman, who first wore that black costume look with the King In Black spider/dragon, whose look Peter Parker stole when he[...]

Sorry for the delay and if any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List of the week Not even the King In Black finale or the reveal of the new Phoenix could knock Batman off its weekly chart-topping bestseller position Maybe DC Comics should bring this[...]

All right, well, in the immortal words of the philosopher Alvin Joiner, "it all comes down to this," as the winding and worrisome King in Black crossover comes to an ending with King in Black #5 that is needlessly overwrought and largely unimportant. King In Black #5 Cover Credit: Marvel This final (hopefully) issue posits the possibility that everything that[...]

But even after Absolute Carnage and King in Black, Andi has never had to fight like this — and, worse still, if she can't save her symbiote from whatever unseen force is affecting it, she might have to do it alone… Here's what Chapman had to say about continuing the thrilling saga of Andi Benton: "Extreme[...]

Or something else… It was all leading up to Absolute Carnage and the King in Black which concluded this week With Venom #34, giving us the return of a familiar figure First, dragged from the Hive-Mind and becoming an Anti-Venom Dragon. Then using that very same trick to revive his old rotting body from the grave. And now[...]

Whether that's Phoenix, The King In Black, Moon Knight, or more, the Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Daily LITG: – the ten most-read stories yesterday… Phoenix, King In Black & Moon Knight – The[...]

Today's Venom #34 is a lead-up to both The King In Black #5 and June's Venom #35/200 (yes, you're going to have to wait two months for that one) As we noted, there's one early plot point that seems very important regarding how Eddie Brock is to be viewed by the rest of the Marvel[...]

Today sees the long-awaited finale for The King In Black #5 by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman And, as The God Of Light arrives in the form of Captain Universe, and finds itself a new host, so we see the final assault from Marvel's heroes against Knull and his army of symbiote and dragons. Like that[...]

In The King In Black #2, Blade, hunter of vampires, went searching for allies against Knull and his symbiote army And in Chernobyl, in Ukraine, he found them. King In Black #2 by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman Motivating his own vampire army, courtesy of his own blades – and a certain Lord Dracula. King In Black #2[...]

Even if a few scabs need pulling off first. The Role of Vampires and Dracula in King In Black #5 (Spoilers) The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is Chock Full of Idiot Ball Writing Stunning Legendary Art Coming In Pokémon TCG's Chilling Reign Set Marvel Sends Four More Omnibuses Back To Print In 2021 Locke & Key Season 2: Smiley[...]

The finale of The King In Black is out this week Issue 5 has been delayed for some time, but it is finally here It should be no surprise that Knull and his symbiote slaves will be defeated – a number of comics have been telling of a post-KIB time, though rather shy of detail. The[...]

Yes! King In Black is still going! And because the finale King In Black #5 is delayed, everything else is stretching out a little And some tiles can't wait and have moved on. Queen Cat summarised what went down in Black Cat #5 as the time when "the sky turned black, and the world fell apart."[...]

When previous Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze stripped Ketch of his Spirit of Vengeance and threw him off the Manhattan Bridge, he went to Limbo and fought Belasco's Necrosis, which saw Belasco turned Ketch into his Spirit of Corruption, a new armoured being, who pops up in today's King In Black: Ghost Rider which is mopping[...]

Presumably we'll get a clue as to their identity in the conclusion of King In Black or in Venom #200, but who knows? Our mystery guest will be joining symbiote beings Phage, Scream, Lasher, Riot and Agony in Extreme Carnage time in July Not just any old carnage, no, but only EXXXXTREME Carnage will do[...]

The Satan of the Marvel Universe, Mephisto is the principal figure behind the actions of Kindred in Amazing Spider-Man, and the revival of the One More Day storyline that saw him erase the marriage of Peter Parker and Mary Jane. While also being behind the creation of the Avengers in every time period, and now involved[...]

King In Black is all but over, in the big books The heroes have been freed of Knull's influence, the God Of Light has arrived as Captain Universe, and the big play is about to hit In some books like Union and Daredevil, that has already happened But in books like Savage Avengers and King[...]

All around, as with many other elements of this King in Black crossover, there seems like a lack of coordination that makes S.W.O.R.D #4 a bit like a plate that has been piled too high. S.W.O.R.D #4 Cover Credit: Marvel Comics There are a number of mutants — Cargill, Manifold, and Brand herself — poised to make[...]

The King In Black event is coming to a (late) finale but there are still dribs and drabs across the rest of the Marvel Universe Spider-Man gets his own King In Black one-shot – after all, this whole thing is probably his fault for bringing the black symbiote home from the Secret Wars. King In Black:[...]

Or somesuch. Geiger Begins as King In Black Ends- Thank FOC It's Friday 12th March Traditionally FOC is the date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty A final opportunity for publishers to promote books while orders can still be added A time for credits to be amends,[...]

A month ago, Bleeding Cool reported how The King In Black series finale has been delayed, as have a number of tie-in mini-series and one-shots But what about the crossover titles who dipped in and then dipped back out? They seem to be motoring on… Previous issues of Daredevil saw Typhoid Mary and Matt Murdock: Daredevil[...]

The King In Black finale may be delayed but that gives the chance for all the other books to rush in their final tie-in issues before the big conclusion Some take things very seriously, such as King In Black: Captain America, as Captain America is captured by Knull and a Venom symbiote And gets the[...]

Two weeks ago, Bleeding Cool broke the news that the King In Black finale and its  crossover issues were being delayed Newsarama just noticed a couple fo days ago But does that mean there is a thinning out this week? Not a bit of it Though some of the crossovers may be more crossovery than[...]

Though thanks to DC, Tuesday Titans too.  If any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List of the week Batman/Catwoman artwork Batman/Catwoman tops all the rest of the DC titles, including Future State: Batman, and even The King In Black – though that may have been down[...]

It is at this time in King in Black #4 that, at long last, the long con that lay waiting in the center of this "story" finally becomes apparent and ties things together in a way that almost makes sense. King In Black #4 Cover Credit: Marvel There's no use spoiling the reveal here, but long-time Marvel fans will[...]

Whether that's The King In Black, Rick And Morty, Pokémon GO or more, the Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Daily LITG: King In Black, Rick And Morty, Pokémon GO –  the ten most-read stories[...]

Whether that's The King In Black, Rick And Morty, Pokémon GO or more, the Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Daily LITG: Nicholas Brendon, Joss Whedon, DC Comics –  the ten most-read stories yesterday… The Daily[...]

In Web of Venom: The Wraith we learned of The God Of Light, an opposite of Knull, and one who may defeat him in The King In Black There have been many fun theories, including Franklin Richards, The Sentry, the Silver Surfer and even Star-Lord made a pitch. And Doctor Strange make a last minute bid… In[...]

Or Doctor Donald Cates. Doctor Strange #384 by Donny Cates and Gabriel; Hernandez Walta. But Donny Cates has another comic book out from Marvel today, the big event series The King In Black And as Dylan Brock fights the Great God Knull to free the heroes of the Marvel Universe, currently trapped by symbiote in the Hive,[...]

Is The King In Black like Civil War all over again Remember when the main Civil War comic was later, really late, months late, and as a result, all the completed tie-in comics were also delayed by Marvel Comics so that they wouldn't be published before a certain issue of Civil War and spoiling the[...]

King In Black: Black Panther #1 shows what happens when he sends his apparently endless forces towards Wakanda and Black Panther does his best impersonation of Gritty. King In Black: Black Panther #1 Cover Credit: Marvel The script by Geoffrey Thorne here truly sets this apart Whereas  King In Black Marauder #1  sidestepped the central conflict of the[...]