He's got the whole world in his hands, he's got the whole wide world in his hands...

Venom writer Donny Cates has revealed his official variant cover for the first issue of his and artist Ryan Stegman's upcoming Marvel Comics event series King in Black. The cover depicts a gigantic version of the God of the Symbiotes, Knull, holding the Earth in his hands, a deranged look on his face as his fingers pierce the planet's crust. Meanwhile, numerous Venom-esque faces can be seen in the background. "Hey friends! Here's my variant cover for The King in Black!" Cates wrote on Twitter. "Big thanks to [Megan Hutchison] and [Brian Level] for helping me out on color and making me look way better than I really am! This was fun! Hope you guys like it!"

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While Cates is primarily known as a writer of comics, he has tried his hand at art before, previously creating a variant cover for the first issue of his and Stegman's Absolute Carnage event series. In regard to his new King in Black variant, Cates penned a follow-up tweet, writing, "This cover is dedicated to all the jerks in art school who said I would never be a good enough artist to draw for Marvel. Well... you were all right... But look at me now jerks!" Cates' cover is only the latest in what promises to be a slew of variants released for King in Black's first issue this December.

"After a campaign across the galaxy, Knull's death march arrives to Earth and, worse yet, he hasn't come alone!" the official synopsis for King in Black #1 reads. "With an army of hundreds of thousands of symbiote dragons at his command, the King in Black is a force unlike any Earth's heroes have ever faced. Eddie Brock, aka Venom has seen firsthand the chaos that even one of Knull's symbiotic monsters can wreak -- will he survive an encounter with the God of the Abyss himself? From Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, Frank Martin and VC's Clayton Cowles comes the definitive chapter in their two-year-long Venom saga that changed everything you thought you knew about symbiotes!"

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Written by Donny Cates and illustrated by Ryan Stegman, King in Black #1 goes on sale Dec. 2 from Marvel Comics.

Source: Twitter\@Doncates