Last week, we witnessed the epic finale of Cullen Bunn and Gerardo Sandoval's Death of the Venomverse limited series as well as the final chapter of acclaimed manga creator Taigami's Kid Venom story.
Told across backup stories throughout the series, Kid Venom's introductory saga was a hit with fans and we've learned that the Marvel Universe's newest symbiote superstar will headline his own comic book this January: Kid Venom: Origins #1. The one-shot will collect all four chapters of Kid Venom's story from Death of the Venomverse, along with behind-the-scenes content including the original work that led to Taigami's exciting journey with Marvel Comics.
That doesn't sound overly exciting, right? Well, in addition, the comic is going to reveal Taigami's future plans for the character as both Kintaro and his symbiote Clinter "prepare to make the leap to bigger things later next year."
We're hearing the plan is for Kid Venom to headline his own series and hope to bring you official news on that front soon.
Hailing from 10th-century Japan, Kintaro will do anything to protect his village from mysterious symbiote attacks, even if it means bonding to a symbiote of his own! As he attaches himself to a new symbiote entity dubbed Clinter, Kintaro embraces his wild new abilities as Kid Venom! But is he in way over his head when Carnage's fury swings his way?
Talking about introducing this character to the Marvel Universe, Taigami said, "It is an honor. I was a big fan of the Marvel Universe since I was in school, so this feels unreal that the characters and the stories that I came up with are in that Universe, and I still can’t believe it!"
"Kid Venom was based on a one-shot that I sent for a manga contest Shonen Magazine and Marvel held in 2018," he adds. "One of the rules for the contest was [to use a theme or a character from Marvel and write and draw a first episode for a new series] and the theme that I chose was symbiote...This story is a mix of folklore and a historical story from the Heian Era of Japan. So when I mixed Symbiote to the legend of Kintaro, 'Kid Venom' was born."
As for what the future holds in store for Kid Venom, he teased, "The story that I had the chance to work on this time is just a small part of Kintaro and the symbiote in the Heian Era. How Kintaro come to be and what will happen to him? And how will that world and the modern world will be connected?"
"I hope I can have fun working on those stories deeply. And I hope that my story will become a starting point for the people to know and have interest in the Japanese legends and cultures for the people around the world."
We'll see what happens, but for now, you can check out the cover for January's Kid Venom: Origins below.