Next month, father and son duo Eddie and Dylan Brock go head-to-head and send the world of symbiotes into chaos in the pages of Venom War.
Black Widow, who bonded with her a symbiote last year, will play an active role on the frontlines in an all-new tie-in series - Venom War: Venomous. Following up on the events of the Black Widow: Venomous one-shot which goes on sale later this year, the comic will reunite writer Erica Schultz and artist Luciano Vecchio as they continue Natasha Romanoff’s deadliest evolution yet.
Today, you can check out two new variant covers for Venom War: Venomous #1 by superstar cover artist Derrick Chew and series artist Luciano Vecchio.
Both of these covers spotlight Vecchio's updated design and showcase Natasha fully in tune with her new symbiote abilities...needless to say, if you thought Black Widow was dangerous before, you haven't seen anything yet!
Here's the official series description:
THE VENOMOUS BLACK WIDOW! Black Widow and her newly trained symbiote are jumping into the Venom War and picking a side! Fresh off their new understanding from the BLACK WIDOW: VENOMOUS one-shot, Widow starts looking into horrific experiments Alchemax has been running based on their symbiote program...but she isn't the only one! Natasha's old teammate from her Secret Avengers days, Flash Thompson, now known as Agent Anti-Venom, is also on the case!
"I grow very attached to the characters I work with, so my current favorite is definitely Black Widow," Vecchio explained in a recent interview. "We got to revise and tweak her symbiote design, and I used the chance to link some of my favorite eras of her publishing history."
"[We're] continuing the vibe of her last solo run by Thompson and Casagrande while linking it back to the classic Amazing Spider-Man #86 where Romita introduced her iconic leather jumpsuit," he continued. "That issue connected Black Widow to the Spidey mythos in a way that we don’t usually think about, and now the Symbiote aspect brings everything full circle, thematically and visually."
Natasha Romanoff has been through an awful lot in recent years, including dying at the hands of the brainwashed HYDRA Captain America doppelganger. Now, though, she's the latest Marvel hero to get her own alien costume!
Check out these new Venom War: Venomous #1 covers below.
VENOM WAR: VENOMOUS #1
Written by ERICA SCHULTZ
Art by LUCIANO VECCHIO
Cover by LEIRIX
Variant Cover by LUCIANO VECCHIO
Variant Cover by DERRICK CHEW
On Sale 8/21