Marvel’s Venom War event will soon spin off into an all-new ongoing series led by writer Al Ewing and artist Carlos Gomez. Marvel has shared new details about All-New Venom #1, including ten variant covers that will be available when the issue hits comic book shops this December.

All-New Venom will see the Venom Symbiote bond to a host unlike any other he’s had in history, and the mystery of Venom’s identity will unfold over the course of the new series’ first arc. Marvel promises that “when the secret is finally revealed, it’ll shock readers and Marvel heroes alike”. The solicit for the series teases who the symbiote’s new host may be, with Marvel saying: “It could be the Journalist…the Terrorist…the Sidekick… or even the Mayor… We’re giving you all the clues, good believers – but you won’t know until the mask comes off!” All-New Venom #1 goes on sale Dec. 4.

ALL-NEW VENOM #1

Written by AL EWING Art by CARLOS GOMEZ Cover by ADAM KUBERT Gold Foil Variant Cover by IBAN COELLO Wraparound Variant Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS Connecting Variant Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI Variant Cover by SKAN Variant Cover by STEPHEN PLATT Virgin Variant Cover by STEPHEN PLATT Variant Cover by CHRIS GIARRUSSO Remastered Variant Cover by ERIK LARSEN Marvel vs. Capcom Variant Cover by BENGUS Insignia Variant Cover On Sale Dec. 4

Marvel unveiled ten variant covers that will be coming with the first issue of All-New Venom, including a main cover by Adam Kubert, a gold foil cover by Iban Coello, a special Marvel vs. Capcom variant, a special wraparound cover by Humberto Ramos and the first part of Giuseppe Camuncoli’s connecting cover series. All-New Venom #1 can be pre-ordered at local comic shops now.

Ewing Teases All-New Venom Returns to ‘Old-School’ Comics

In an interview with Polygon, Ewing shared some insight about writing Venom War and the All-New Venom ongoing series, which will narrow Venom’s scope in the Marvel Universe. “[W]e take a swing away from the big cosmic thing,” Ewing said. “The pendulum swings away from that and back into a much more intimate, character-based story, but also has a lot of that ground-level superhero action, where it’s less about cosmic entities battling in each other’s mindscapes, or mysterious zones beyond time, and much more on the street — slinging webs, slinging chains, doing the Venom thing. It’s almost like my return to an old-school sort of superhero comic, but with a couple of twists that we’re gonna have fun bringing in.”

Ewing also touched on some of his inspirations for the mystery aspect of the new series and how the true identity of Venom may be eventually be revealed, saying, “I’ve read my share of [Arthur] Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, as well as more recent things. I’m a big fan of the Knives Out films — I really enjoy what they do, how they tell the story, how they set things up. They never lie to the viewer of those films. That’s an important thing. They don’t reveal everything to begin with, but they never tell a lie.”

All-New Venom #1 goes on sale Dec. 4 from Marvel Comics.

Source: Marvel, Polygon