Marvel's New Venom Makes the Original Look Pathetic
WARNING: Spoilers forVenom #5 ahead!
The next major threat facing Marvel Comics' reformed villain Eddie Brock is a truly horrifying god-like King in Black whose symbiote form makes Venom look like a child. Meridius, a King in Black who acts as ruler of the symbiote-made «Garden of Time,» was first introduced at the end of Venom #1, but it is not until the recent Venom #5 that Meridius' true intentions and disturbing visage are revealed.
The recent run of Venom follows the line-wide crossover event King in Black, which saw the cosmic symbiote god Knull take over Earth and almost kill a number of major heroes. Eventually Eddie Brock's Venom was able to defeat him with the help of his son Dylan Brock, before becoming the next King in Black himself. The first four issues of the new Al Ewing-penned Venom series have seen Eddie allowing the Life Foundation to destroy his physical body, while his mind and consciousness continue to survive within the symbiote hive-mind. His young son Dylan has donned the Venom symbiote, becoming Earth's newest Venom. By the end of Venom #1 it is unclear if Meridius is a new friend or a deadly new foe to the reawakened Eddie. But the most recent issue definitively shows that Meridius is very evil, and potentially even worse than Knull.
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All of the hardships that Eddie and Dylan have gone through, especially Dylan witnessing his father's body being destroyed in front of him, have made this run of Venom one of the character's most emotional storylines. The jealous, holier-than-though Meridius is clearly loving the pain he is causing both of the Brocks. Finally, in Venom #5 — written by Al Ewing with gorgeous art by Bryan
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