Hela casts her shadow over Venom, Thor and more of Marvel’s heroes!
After his failed bond with Carnage, Eddie Brock is languishing in a jail cell as Hela begins her assault on Earth. Eddie desperately wants to get back to Venom — but without a symbiote, how will he escape?! Meanwhile, Beta Ray Bill is the only hero in Midgard who even remembers Hela as the Goddess of Death — but does that mean he can help his team to counter a Queen in Black? And Tony Stark dons his new Black Metal Armor as the ultimate weapon against Knull, God of the Void — but does he have command of his own squad? The fate of the world hangs in the balance between the Defenders of light and dark! But while the world has forgotten the original God of Thunder, Hela has plans for Sigurd Jarlson, the very mortal Thor!
COLLECTING: Queen in Black: Venom Unchained (2026) #1-3, Queen in Black: Defenders of Light and Dark (2026) #1-3, Queen in Black: Thor (2026) #1
Written by: Charles Soule, Tom Waltz & Al Ewing
Penciled by: Juanan Ramírez, Zé Carlos & Sergio Dávila
Based in Brooklyn, New York, Charles Soule has written novels, comics, screenplays and stories of all types. Also a musician and an attorney, Soule somehow finds time to be one of the busiest writers in comics. Among his Marvel credits are Thunderbolts, She-Hulk and the landmark Death of Wolverine, as well as its immediate follow-up (Wolverines) and its eventual sequel (Return of Wolverine). Soule brought his legal expertise to the pages of Daredevil and assembled a blockbuster squad in Astonishing X-Men. Following solo series starring Darth Vader, Lando Calrissian and Poe Dameron, Soule turned his attention to the iconic rebel crew in a new volume of the flagship Star Wars title, and he was one of the select group of authors chosen to chart the unseen era of the High Republic.
Writer Al Ewing began his career on the British anthology 2000 AD. Since breaking into American comics, he has written Jennifer Blood and spin-off series The Ninjettes for Dynamite Entertainment, and the Age of Ultron tie-in issues of Avengers Assemble for Marvel Comics. Ewing’s novels include the Pax Britannia series as well as The Fictional Man. With artist Greg Land, he relaunched Marvel’s Mighty Avengers; for All-New Marvel NOW!, gave the god of mischief a new assignment in Loki: Agent of Asgard. Ewing then took revamped versions of New Avengers and Ultimates, debuted U.S.Avengers; and joined the writing team for the “No Surrender” storyline in Avengers, which brought the Hulk back from the dead. His subsequent titles include Valkyrie, Guardians of the Galaxy, Defenders, the event series Empyre and the critically revered smash hit Immortal Hulk. Ewing has cemented his place in the Krakoan era of the X-Men titles comics with S.W.O.R.D. and X-Men: Red.
Zé Carlos has made a big splash with his eye-catching work illustrating the high-octane world of Marvel’s wall-crawler in Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Mary Jane, Miles Morales: Spider-Man and other titles.
Hela casts her shadow over Venom, Thor and more of Marvel’s heroes!
After his failed bond with Carnage, Eddie Brock is languishing in a jail cell as Hela begins her assault on Earth. Eddie desperately wants to get back to Venom — but without a symbiote, how will he escape?! Meanwhile, Beta Ray Bill is the only hero in Midgard who even remembers Hela as the Goddess of Death — but does that mean he can help his team to counter a Queen in Black? And Tony Stark dons his new Black Metal Armor as the ultimate weapon against Knull, God of the Void — but does he have command of his own squad? The fate of the world hangs in the balance between the Defenders of light and dark! But while the world has forgotten the original God of Thunder, Hela has plans for Sigurd Jarlson, the very mortal Thor!
COLLECTING: Queen in Black: Venom Unchained (2026) #1-3, Queen in Black: Defenders of Light and Dark (2026) #1-3, Queen in Black: Thor (2026) #1
Written by: Charles Soule, Tom Waltz & Al Ewing
Penciled by: Juanan Ramírez, Zé Carlos & Sergio Dávila
Creators
Based in Brooklyn, New York, Charles Soule has written novels, comics, screenplays and stories of all types. Also a musician and an attorney, Soule somehow finds time to be one of the busiest writers in comics. Among his Marvel credits are Thunderbolts, She-Hulk and the landmark Death of Wolverine, as well as its immediate follow-up (Wolverines) and its eventual sequel (Return of Wolverine). Soule brought his legal expertise to the pages of Daredevil and assembled a blockbuster squad in Astonishing X-Men. Following solo series starring Darth Vader, Lando Calrissian and Poe Dameron, Soule turned his attention to the iconic rebel crew in a new volume of the flagship Star Wars title, and he was one of the select group of authors chosen to chart the unseen era of the High Republic.
Writer Al Ewing began his career on the British anthology 2000 AD. Since breaking into American comics, he has written Jennifer Blood and spin-off series The Ninjettes for Dynamite Entertainment, and the Age of Ultron tie-in issues of Avengers Assemble for Marvel Comics. Ewing’s novels include the Pax Britannia series as well as The Fictional Man. With artist Greg Land, he relaunched Marvel’s Mighty Avengers; for All-New Marvel NOW!, gave the god of mischief a new assignment in Loki: Agent of Asgard. Ewing then took revamped versions of New Avengers and Ultimates, debuted U.S.Avengers; and joined the writing team for the “No Surrender” storyline in Avengers, which brought the Hulk back from the dead. His subsequent titles include Valkyrie, Guardians of the Galaxy, Defenders, the event series Empyre and the critically revered smash hit Immortal Hulk. Ewing has cemented his place in the Krakoan era of the X-Men titles comics with S.W.O.R.D. and X-Men: Red.
Zé Carlos has made a big splash with his eye-catching work illustrating the high-octane world of Marvel’s wall-crawler in Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Mary Jane, Miles Morales: Spider-Man and other titles.
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