If Knull thought that being the King in Black made him untouchable in the Marvel Universe, he’s about to search out out that the actuality could be very totally different altogether — particularly now that Hela has taken up her new place as the Queen in Black.
Discussing the new establishment for each Knull and Hela in the Marvel Universe following the reveal of the Queen in Black in this month’s Venom #250, Venom author Al Ewing informed the crowd at the Spider-Man and his Venomous Associates panel at New York Comedian Con 2025 that Hela is utilizing [Knull] like a human battery” to energy her new symbiote-centric place as the Queen in Black. That may, of course, have unintended penalties for each events. “You don’t actually wish to put Knull in a cage. You don’t wish to put the god of the void — one of the final evils — in a cage,” Ewing teased.
We’ll get to see extra of the new dynamic between the two characters in Knull #1, launching in January 2026, co-written by Ewing and Tom Waltz, with artwork from Juanan Ramirez.
“He’s going to get again out [of the cage] and he’s going to get his revenge,” teased editor Jordan D. White about the new collection, with preview artwork proven in the panel of Knull killing some Celestials — in all probability simply to remind himself how enjoyable it’s to be a cosmic menace. “It’s a really darkish ebook, it’s a really violent ebook,” White promised. However possibly some of that violence will likely be directed towards Knull, with Ewing telling the crowd, “he’s going to go up towards a very large Marvel character, and we’ll see if he can take that individual down.”
All of that is main as much as a summer time crossover event referred to as Queen in Black, about which nothing was revealed past the title — however relaxation assured that plot factors will likely be arrange throughout the Knull collection and the wider Marvel line between now and summer time 2026.
Knull #1 will likely be launched January 14, 2026. New York Comedian Con 2025 continues by way of Sunday, October 12.