Marvel's Symbiote God Knull Returns to Face Mary Jane Watson in Venom #250

Easily 1 of the biggest surprises of 2025 successful the satellite of superhero comics came with the uncover of Venom's caller host. After candidates similar Luke Cage and Rick Jones were tossed astir successful the pages of Al Ewing's All-New Venom series, the big turned retired to beryllium nary different than Peter Parker's ex-girlfriend (and budding superhero) Mary Jane Watson.

MJ's latest vocation alteration has surely wreaked havoc connected her idiosyncratic life, driving a caller wedge betwixt her and Peter and prompting her breakup with her caller boyfriend, Paul. But each of that pales successful examination to what lies up for MJ and her symbiote companion. The symbiote deity Knull is returning conscionable successful clip for the milestone contented Venom #250. That contented features a main communicative by Ewing and artists Terry Dodson and Todd Nauck, arsenic good arsenic an Eddie Brock-centric backup communicative by Charles Soule and Carlos Gomez.

To larn much astir what to expect arsenic Knull returns and All-New Venom becomes Venom again, IGN spoke with Ewing via email. Check retired the slideshow assemblage beneath for an exclusive preview of Venom #250, and past work connected to larn more:

On Introducing Mary Jane As the All-New Venom

As mentioned, the uncover that Mary Jane (historically not Venom's biggest fan) has go the symbiote's caller big is easy 1 of the biggest twists successful the comic publication manufacture this year. Naturally, it's 1 that hasn't been without immoderate controversy. We asked Ewing however the scholar effect to the large All-New Venom shake-up has been. Are astir fans consenting to tally with this large shake-up?

"How radical are taking it depends a batch connected however cynical they've been feeling astir comics and beingness successful wide - we're surviving successful absorbing times and a batch of folks are feeling similar the punches are coming from each directions astatine once, including from their superhero comics, truthful I can't truly blasted anyone for being a small speedy to justice based connected what they've heard alternatively than what they've read," Ewing tells IGN. "But astir of those who person gone successful with this chaotic pairing look to truly beryllium enjoying what they spot - Venom arsenic a amusive spider-hero escapade publication does look to beryllium what a batch of the assemblage didn't cognize they wanted."

Recently, All-New Venom #10 stirred up its ain small hornets nest erstwhile MJ made the determination to interruption up with Paul, a quality who has been the taxable of nary tiny magnitude of contention implicit the past fewer years. That said, Ewing makes it wide that Paul's communicative is acold from done. He won't beryllium disappearing from the publication conscionable due to the fact that his narration with MJ has deed a snag.

"Paul isn't going to vanish from the narrative, immoderate much than MJ's vanished from Peter's - for amended oregon worse, they've been portion of each other's lives for rather immoderate time, and astatine the extremity of the time I'm penning the continuing lives of 2 grown adults," Ewing says. "But Paul's going to person little of a portion to play successful the communicative arsenic clip goes by."

Venom #250 marks a cardinal turning constituent for the series. Not lone is this the 250th consecutive contented of the series, but that bequest numbering strategy volition stay successful spot going forward. All-New Venom is becoming, simply, Venom again. Though arsenic Ewing notes, that doesn't truly impact however helium approaches his ongoing story.

"The lone existent alteration is that the All-New Venom isn't All-New anymore," Ewing says. "Readers cognize who's nether the suit, immoderate of the characters bash too, and each of New York's had a accidental to get utilized to the black-and-gold look. So we're going to beryllium continuing a batch of the crippled threads we've been weaving, but astatine the aforesaid time, determination are overmuch darker and much unsafe clouds gathering for Venom and MJ."

The Return of Knull

The different cardinal alteration with Venom #250 involves the instrumentality of Knull, a quality with profound value successful the Venom mythology. This symbiote deity was archetypal introduced successful Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman's 2018 Venom series, earlier going connected to substance crossovers similar 2019's Absolute Carnage and 2020's King successful Black. Knull proved capable of a deed with fans that helium adjacent made his live-action debut successful 2024's Venom: The Last Dance.

King successful Black ended with a triumphant Eddie Brock defeating Knull and claiming his crown arsenic the caller King successful Black. But a batch has changed for the Marvel Universe since past (including Eddie himself switching from the Venom symbiote to Carnage), and present Knull is backmost to endanger each life. Needless to say, he's not impressed by the heir to the Venom mantle.

"The Venom/Knull communicative isn't going to play retired however anyone expects it will, including Venom and Knull themselves," Ewing teases. "MJ's going to person to woody with Knull successful a mode Eddie didn't person to, portion warring disconnected a full different cosmic force too - but that's each the spoilers I'm going to springiness astir that for now."

For Ewing, portion of the entreaty of this caller storyline is the accidental to lend his ain instrumentality connected the quality aft antecedently participating successful the King successful Black crossover.

"I've written Knull before, but past clip was during the King successful Black lawsuit itself, truthful I was perfectly taking cues from Donny and Ryan connected however to grip him," Ewing says. "This time, I'm treating him a small differently, but the halfway of the quality remains the same: he's a unit of implicit evil, implicit darkness, implicit nothingness, and if you deliberation you tin grip him - arsenic an adversary, arsenic an ally, oregon arsenic a substance of the 2 - you've got a large astonishment coming."

In short, fans tin expect immoderate large wheels to beryllium acceptable successful question successful Venom #250, with this contented serving arsenic a pivotal catalyst for what comes adjacent for MJ and the symbiote.

Ewing teases, "Venom #250 does acceptable large things up for the future, that'll play retired successful assorted places - I won't spoil everything we're doing, but I volition accidental that #250 is wherever we yet conscionable MJ's agent."

Venom #250 volition beryllium released connected October 1, 2025.

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