Writer Jordan Morris, and artist Luke Ross, the co-creators of April’s Web of Venom one-shot, will reunite on Amazing Venom, a five-issue follow-up starting this September. The comic will continue the story of Fred Myers, aka Boomerang, who became the symbiote Comeback in the one-shot, and see him embark on a journey to the symbiote homeworld Klyntar.
Amazing Venom #1 cover by Stefano Caselli
The official synopsis adds the book will build on the upcoming crossover Queen in Black, where the symbiote god Knull is going to war with Hela. “The last thing he [Fred] wanted was to get caught up in the symbiote nonsense of Hela and Knull’s war over Earth… but the best laid plans of saps and symbiotes often go awry. Now, in the fallout, Fred and his symbiote, Passenger, find themselves on a mission way, way, WAY more complicated than your average Venorang can handle!”
Morris states, “Boomerang has always been one of my favorite Marvel anti-heroes, and sticking him with a hyperactive symbiote in Web of Venom was a bonkers amount of fun. I’m so stoked that we can continue their adventure in The Amazing Venom! Readers are in for a wild slurry of action, comedy and (gasp!) maybe even a little character growth for everyone’s favorite boomerang-hurling scumbag!”
The writer originally explored the idea of a symbiote in Spider-Man’s colors in last year’s Venom #252. There, he and Jesús Saíz shone the spotlight on Eddie Parker, the Venom of Earth-8294, who was originally introduced in Christos Gage and Marcus To‘s Battleworld #3.
Issue #1 will be released on September 16, with covers by Ross, Stefano Caselli, Matteo Lolli, and Erik Larsen, who homages his own cover for 1991’s Amazing Spider-Man #347. In the meantime, Queen in Black will begin on July 22, and the original Venom himself, Eddie Brock, will star in the three-issue tie-in Venom Unchained, starting August 5.
Variant cover by Luke Ross
Homage variant by Erik Larsen
Foil cover by Matteo Lolli
