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If you missed it, Secret Wars’ Battleworld is back, and that’s not all, as a brand new Venom symbiote will be emerging from it.
Red and blue is in this fall
Secret Wars is a name that has, and rightfully so, a ton of import attached to it, as goes the comics world. Originally a plain and simple initiative to push a toy line of the same name, Marvel Comics’ original 80s version of Secret Wars became much more than the sum of its parts. And we say “80s version” because there was a followup much more recently, with 2015’s Secret Wars.
That original event still outshines the sequel, as far as we’re concerned, and the actual storyline is just a part of it. As every fan knows, Secret Wars was just the beginning of a saga that would spill out into Spider-Man comics, and is really still rolling today. Yep, we’re talking about Venom. Spider-Man’s black costume was first introduced in Secret Wars, before it was revealed to be a living, alien symbiote in Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz’ now-classic Amazing Spider-Man #252.
Well, strap in true believer, because everything old is new again, and that includes Secret Wars’ Battleworld and alien symbiotes. The former comes into play this fall, with Marvel’s new Battleworld limited series. And as for the latter? Well, get ready for deja vu, as the new Battleworld will be spawning a new symbiote, and this one’s both familiar and pretty darn different.
BATTLEWORLD, a new limited series by Christos Gage and Marcus To, kicks off in September. The series follows the tradition of both the groundbreaking original Secret Wars and the 2015 Secret Wars event by bringing various heroes from the multiverse together on a patchwork planet for an epic conflict! Last week at San Diego Comic-Con, retailers learned that In BATTLEWORLD #3, one of those chosen heroes is revealed to be an all-new alternate Venom donning a Red and Blue Spidey suit! Created by writer Jordan Morris, who made his Marvel Comics debut earlier this year in Web of Spider-Verse: New Blood #1, and Marvel’s Stormbreaker elite artist and superstar Spider-Verse designer Luciano Vecchio, this mysterious new character will headline his own backup story by Morris and Jesús Saíz in VENOM #252, part of Al Ewing and Paco Medina’s current run. VENOM #252 will also reunite DeFalco and Frenz for a story that ties back to their classic Amazing Spider-Man issue.
In addition to Luciano Vecchio’s design sheet for the new costume, check out the main cover for BATTLEWORLD #3 by Leinil Francis Yu and a Venom Variant Cover by Phillip Tan. Plus, see new variant covers for VENOM #252 by R.B. Silva and Cory Smith that homage the original covers of Secret Wars #7 and Amazing Spider-Man #252. Don’t miss the most shocking costume reveal in 40 years by preordering both issues at your local comic shop today!
Marvel Comics press release
From writer Christos Gage and artist Marcus To, Battleworld #3 will launch into stores this November 26th. And the saga of the new alien costume will continue after that, in the pages of Venom #252 on December 3rd.
