Darkness Reigns. Kneel before the lord of the Symbiotes - The King in Black.Darkness reigns in the Marvel Universe! After a campaign of terror across the galaxy, Knull - ancient and malevolent god of symbiotes - reaches Earth with an endless army of symbiote dragons at his command! The King in Black is a force unlike any ever faced by Venom and the rest of the planet's heroes - but now Spider-Man, the Avengers, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, the Sub-Mariner and more must battle an endless wave of darkness! Outgunned and badly outnumbered, can anyone possibly survive Knull's symbiotic onslaught? Or will they all be forced to bow to the King in Black? Featuring every epic chapter in one monstrous, black-hearted volume!COLLECTING: King In Black #1-5; King In Black: Immortal Hulk, Iron Man/Doctor Doom, Black Knight, Marauders, Black Panther, Captain America, Wiccan And Hulkling, Spider-Man, Scream And Ghost Rider; King In Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #1-3; King In Black: Namor #1-5; King In Black: Planet Of The Symbiotes #1-3; King In Black: Return Of The Valkyries #1-4; King In Black: Thunderbolts #1-3; Symbiote Spider-Man: King In Black #1-5; Black Cat (2020) #1-3; Daredevil (2019) #26-27; Deadpool (2019) #10; Fantastic Four (2018) #29-30; Guardians Of The Galaxy (2020) #10; Miles Morales: Spider-Man #23; S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #2-4; Savage Avengers (2019) #17-19; Spider-Woman (2020) #7-8; The Union #1-2; Venom (2018) #31-34; And King In Black Handbook.Written by: Donny Cates, Al Ewing, Christopher Cantwell, Si Spurrier, Gerry Duggan, Geoffrey Thorne, Danny Lore, Tini Howard, Jed MacKay, Clay Mcleod Chapman, Ed Brisson, Seanan McGuire, Kurt Busiek, Jason Aaron, Torunn Grønbekk, Matthew Rosenberg, Peter David, Chip Zdarsky, Kelly Thompson, Dan Slott, Saladin Ahmed, Karla Pacheco, Paul Grist Penciled by: Ryan Stegman, Aaron Kuder, Salvador Larroca, Jesús Saiz, Luke Ross, Germán Peralta, Luciano Vecchio, Michele Bandini, Garry Brown, Juan Frigeri, Flaviano, Benjamin Dewey, Danilo Beyruth, Gerardo Sandoval, Nina Vakueva, Juan Ferreyra, Greg Land, Carlos Villa, Marco Checchetto, Mike Hawthorne, Zé Carlos, Juann Cabal, Carmen Carnero, Valerio Schiti, Kev Walker, Pere Pérez, Andrea Di Vito, Iban Coello
Contributors: (W) Donny Cates; Al Ewing (A) Ryan Stegman; Aaron Kuder (CA) Ryan Stegman
Donny Cates gained industry attention with works including God Country, Buzzkill and Star Trek. Cates quickly established himself at Marvel with a short stint on Captain America and eye-catching runs on Doctor Strange and Thanos, following up the latter with a self-titled limited series for breakout character Cosmic Ghost Rider. Cates masterminded dramatic shake-ups for iconic Marvel characters in Death of the Inhumans and Venom, and returned to the cosmos with Guardians of the Galaxy. He then commenced his next legendary epic in the pages of Thor and offered a suitably incredible new take on Hulk.The pencils of Ryan Stegman first gained rave reviews in the Marvel adaptation of Raymond E. Feist’s Magician Apprentice and Riftwar. The popularity of his work there led to assignments on Incredible Hulk, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Incredible Hercules and She-Hulks. With writer Christopher Yost, he launched a new incarnation of Scarlet Spider; with Dan Slott, he shocked fans with Superior Spider-Man; and with Gerry Conway, he offered a different take on the wall-crawler and his family in Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows. Stegman’s other Marvel credits include Wolverine, Inhuman and Uncanny Avengers as well as his smash-hit run on Venom.