WARNING! Potential spoilers ahead for Venom War: Fantastic Four #1
Doctor Doommay have replacedKang the Conqueroras the MCU’s new big bad, but an upcoming comic will feature the two in a dramatic face-off, as part of Marvel’sVenom Warcrossover. The preview forVenom War: Fantastic Fourdetails the war between the two villains, as each chooses their own symbiote to fight on their behalf.
A preview released by CBRforVenom War: Fantastic Four#1 – written by Adam Warren, with art by Joey Vasquez – offers readers their first glimpse ofthe proxy war between Kang and Doom, which offers a sort of blueprint for their unavoidable showdown in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The villains' battle for supremacy finds themenlisting the symbiotes Flexo and Rascal, respectively, to fight for them, as part of the larger ongoingVenom Warevent. While the preview for the issue omits dialogue and narration, the images go a long way in setting readers' expectations for the story.
Cover Artist:
David Baldeón
The Fantastic Four may not have much history with Venom - beyond helping Spider-Man capture the symbiote way back when - but when both Doctor Doom and Kang the Conqueror start getting involved in the war… now we’ve got the FF’s attention! It’s a wild battle of mad geniuses that spans thousands of years and also the space of a breath - with stakes that only the Fantastic Four could fathom!
Doom and Kang waging a secret war over thousands of years should make for an interesting one-shot,as the two villains using the symbiotes Flexo and Rascal in a kind of chess game through the ages.Flexo was a Golden Age hero who has been retconned into being a symbiote, found by the brothers Joel and Joshua Williams, who sculpted it into a crime-fighting robot. Conversely, Rascal spawned from the symbiote Bedlam, who was sent to the early 21st century by Kang. Once there, he bonded with Norman Osborn’s grandson Normie, becomingthe latest version of the Red Goblin.
The concept of the two villains waging a war in secret across the timeline would be very fitting for the MCU.
This is a great wayto bring Doctor Doomand Kang the Conqueror into conflict, and could set a precedent for howDoom will take Kang’s placeas the big bad of the MCU ahead ofAvengers’ sequelsDoomsdayandSecret Wars. Even without symbiotes involved, the concept of the two villains waging a war in secret across the timeline would be very fitting for the MCU. It could make for an exciting plot to follow in a movie, especially if Doom and Kang were using MCU characters throughout history to wage their own proxy war.
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Venom War: Fantastic Four#1 – Available October 30 From Marvel Comics
However things play out inVenom War: Fantastic Four#1, the conflict of Doom and Kang is a tantalizing story thread to follow. Further, the Fantastic Four’s entry into theVenom Warshould continue their renaissance, as they continue a highly-acclaimed comic run in the currentFantastic Fourongoing, and with their very high-profile MCU debut upcoming. Whether or not it provides a look into how the MCU will deal withDoctor DoomandKang the Conqueror,Venom War: Fantastic Four#1 will be a must-read for Marvel Comics fans looking tokeep up with the symbiotes.
Source:CBR
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Venom War: Fantastic Four#1will be available June 28, 2025 from Marvel Comics.
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