Ever since the beginning of his Venom run, writer Donny Cates has hinted at the apocalyptic advent of Knull, god of the symbiotes. A new post teased that that arrival is imminent."Knull is coming. Yes. And it will shatter this world to its core. Of that I assure you..." Cates wrote while sharing a piece of art from his frequent co-collaborator, Ryan Stegman. "But at the same time...a single father sits next to his sleeping son. Terrified to awake him to that world he will meet."
Cates added in a follow-up tweet, "this story that Ryan Stegman and I are about to unleash is enormous and insane and game-changing but...I just...didn't want that to get lost in all of this cosmic madness. Because ultimately Venom is a story about love. Because...we're better when we aren't alone."
Knull was freed from his planetary prison during Cates and Stegman's Absolute Carnage event after Brock ripped out Carnage's codex and is currently making his way to Earth. During the conclusion of the "Venom Island" arc, Brock alerted the Avengers to his presence. The symbiote god has also been haunting the dreams of Dylan, Brock's son, who recently learned he can control symbiotes.