Notice! Contains spoilers for Venom War #4!
Character deaths are always an important part of a story, and it looks like Marvel has finally killed off Eddie Brock. Poison. In the next climax of Poison War story, Eddie has to be stopped, and surprisingly, the person who made the choice to finally end Eddie’s time as Venom is none other than his son, Dylan Brock.
Poison War #4 – by Al Ewing and Iban Coello – features the death of the most famous host of the Venom symbiote. In this shocking issue, Eddie Brock takes on the mantle of Anti-Venom once again to destroy the zombie menace plaguing New York City.
Although Eddie is successful, the tactic turns against him when Carnage manages to infect Anti-Venom. Beginning to go mad with homicidal rage, Dylan Brock has no choice but to sacrifice his father, ending the King in Black’s reign.
Dylan Brock had no choice but to kill his father in a devastating “War of Venom” moment
Poison War #4 – Written by Al Ewing; Art by Iban Coello; Color by Frank D’Armata; Ariana Maher Lyrics
Eddie Brock has been Venom for decades and rarely strays from that role. Although there have been times when Eddie and the Venom symbiote have been separated, they have always found a way back to each other. Eddie has been Anti-Venom, the King in Black, Toxin and Venom, but it looks like two of those titles won’t be returning for a long time. With his “death” at the hands of Dylan Brock, Eddie’s time as Venom is overand Marvel has already revealed the next steps that the original Lethal Protector will take.
It’s currently unclear whether the next Venom will be his son Dylan or another character, but one thing is certain: Eddie Brock will no longer be Venom or the King in Black.
The complicated thing about this death is the fact that it is not the death of Eddie Brock, it is simply the death of Eddie Brock as Venom. His decades-long run as the character is finally over, and someone else will take on the mantle. It’s currently unclear whether the next Venom will be his son Dylan or another character, but one thing is certain: Eddie Brock will no longer be Venom or the King in Black. That moment has passed and that is what this death is about. Eddie Brock himself can’t be dead, as Marvel has already revealed that Eddie Brock will become Carnage soon, and this death explains why.
Marvel’s first and greatest poison passes the torch in the most brutal way possible
But there’s more to the Eddie Brock story
Moving forward, Eddie Brock will no longer be the same iconic character he has been for decades. Instead, he will take up the mantle of Carnage next, likely due to the infection that forced his son to “kill” him in Poison War #4. Although fans know Eddie Brock as Poison for decades, it seems the time has finally come for him to put that identity aside, as someone new will take on the title and Eddie Brock will become Marvel’s new Carnage. Although Eddie has had a good run, all kings have to leave their thrones eventually.
Poison War #4 is now available from Marvel Comics!