Venomverse Reborn #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeVenomverse Reborn #4 serves as the capstone of a four-issue anthology that collectively expanded the symbiote multiverse with bold new character concepts, and this finale delivers the highest concentration of first appearances in the run. The issue introduces the Venomized Squadron Supreme of Earth-1938 — an alternate-universe analogue of the Justice League infected by B.A.N.E., a symbiote offshoots-laced drug — and simultaneously marks the first full reveal of the King in Crimson, an apotheosized Carnage entity named as the existential threat looming over the entire Venomverse. Al Ewing uses his 'Five Questions' framing device here to pivot the anthology's cosmic scaffolding from worldbuilding into active plot, transforming four issues of multiverse tourism into a setup for a larger symbiote conflict — a notable structural move for an anthology format. The issue also presents an alternate symbiote-bonded Wakanda through Justina Ireland's 'Queens of Wakanda' segment, reimagining one of Marvel's most culturally significant nations through the lens of the symbiote mythos.
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Venomverse Reborn is a four-issue limited series (June–September 2024) conceived as a direct successor to the 2023 Extreme Venomverse anthology, with Al Ewing — then the ongoing Venom series writer — anchoring each issue with a framing sequence starring the Eventuality, a cosmic far-future version of Eddie Brock introduced in his ongoing run. Issue #4 brought in Dan Slott (pencilled by Stephen Byrne), Justina Ireland (pencilled by Ken Lashley), and Ryan North as additional writers alongside Ewing and artist Danilo S. Beyruth, making it the most densely staffed chapter of the series. The cover was by Tony Daniel, with variant covers by Leinil Francis Yu, Ken Lashley, and Derrick Chew. Editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski and editor Jordan D. White oversaw the series.
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- Released September 11, 2024 (cover-dated November 2024); the final issue of the four-part Venomverse Reborn limited series.
- Contains the story 'Five Questions, Part 4' by Al Ewing (art: Danilo S. Beyruth), which introduces the King in Crimson — an ultimate apotheosis of Carnage — as the coming villain for the Venomverse, named and foreshadowed for the first time.
- Dan Slott and artist Stephen Byrne contribute the Earth-1938 story, featuring the first appearance of that universe's Venomized Nighthawk (whose symbiote is designated B.A.N.E.) and the first appearance of the Venomized Squadron/Legion Supreme as a group infected by B.A.N.E. offshoots.
- The Earth-1938 segment is a deliberate DC Comics homage: Hyperion stands in for Superman, Nighthawk mirrors Batman, and the Laughing Cat pastiches the Joker; the story ends with the entire Squadron Supreme Venomized and their world doomed.
- Justina Ireland and Ken Lashley deliver 'Queens of Wakanda,' exploring an alternate-universe Wakanda built on symbiote biology rather than vibranium, with Okoye appearing as Queen bonded to the Venom symbiote.
- Ryan North is credited as an additional writer on the issue alongside Ewing, Ireland, and Slott.
- The Eventuality — Eddie Brock's apotheosized multiversal final form introduced in Ewing's ongoing Venom run — serves as host/narrator throughout all four issues; in #4 he explicitly identifies the King in Crimson as Carnage's ultimate evolution and the enemy coming for all Venoms.
- The issue also revisits the Earth-76452 setting (home of Venomsaurus Rex / Eddie Brockiosaurus) via the framing sequence, with the Eventuality noting a time loop in effect there as a plot thread for future stories.
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Reprinted in Venomverse Reborn #[nn] (2024), Venomverse Reborn - Les cinq questions #[nn] (2025)
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