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1 | Absolute Carnage / King in Black Chronology Project | |||||||
2 | Compiled by Orion Petitclerc | |||||||
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4 | Welcome to the Absolute Carnage / King in Black Chronology Project! Are you interested in following the Absolute Carnage and King in Black events but don't know where to start or what order to read the various books in? You've come to the right place! Use this project as a guide for reading along with single issues or trade collections. Browse the three sheets tabbed below for your reading preference. Happy reading! | Did you know that Absolute Carnage and King in Black actually began when Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman published their first issue of Venom? The seeds of the event were planted very early on in their run, so I included everything you need to read up to the main event. Certain stories that occur before and during the King in Black are not necessary or recommended to read to enjoy this masterpiece, so I've marked them accordingly. | ||||||
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6 | Download the Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LvVUjnMDsAP3jYd5VCTjCvgGEJQyehaA_U6srJ8OqMQ/export?format=xlsx | |||||||
7 | Cells marked gray are not essential reading. | |||||||
8 | Digital issues found on Kindle Comics (KC) and Marvel Unlimited (MU). | Join the Venomania at www.TheVenomSite.com! | ||||||
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10 | Title | Issue | Date | KC | MU | Location | Notes (Spoilers!) | |
11 | Silver Surfer: Black | 1 | Jun-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Silver Surfer time travels to sometime shortly after the Big Bang and encounters Knull. | ||
12 | Silver Surfer: Black | 2 | Jul-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
13 | Silver Surfer: Black | 3 | Aug-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
14 | Silver Surfer: Black | 4 | Sep-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
15 | Silver Surfer: Black | 5 | Oct-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Norin Radd temporarily becomes Knull's symbiotic Void Knight. | ||
16 | Thor: God of Thunder | 2 | Nov-12 | ✓ | ✓ | First appearance of All-Black the Necrosword, the first symbiote created by Knull, the God-Host. | ||
17 | Thor: God of Thunder | 4 | Jan-13 | ✓ | ✓ | All-Black the Necrosword appearance. | ||
18 | Thor: God of Thunder | 5 | Feb-13 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
19 | Thor: God of Thunder | 6 | Mar-13 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
20 | Thor: God of Thunder | 7 | Apr-13 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
21 | Thor: God of Thunder | 8 | May-13 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
22 | Thor: God of Thunder | 9 | Jun-13 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
23 | Thor: God of Thunder | 10 | Jul-13 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
24 | Thor: God of Thunder | 11 | Aug-13 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
25 | King in Black: Namor | 1 | Dec-20 | ✓ | ✓ | This story takes place simultaneously in the present and the past. Therefore, this issue and others may be placed earlier in the chronology. | ||
26 | King in Black: Namor | 2 | Dec-20 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
27 | King in Black: Namor | 3 | Jan-21 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
28 | King in Black: Namor | 4 | Feb-21 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
29 | King in Black: Namor | 5 | Apr-21 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
30 | Web of Venom: Ve'Nam | 1 | Aug-18 | ✓ | ✓ | Backstory of Rex Strickland's team of symbiote soldiers drawn from the Grendel. | ||
31 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 1 | May-18 | ✓ | ✓ | First appearance of the Grendel symbiote dragon. | ||
32 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 2 | Jun-18 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
33 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 3 | Jun-18 | ✓ | ✓ | First appearance of Knull, the symbiote God-Host. | ||
34 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 4 | Jul-18 | ✓ | ✓ | Knull and the symbiotes' true origins revealed, including All-Black the Necrosword from Thor: God of Thunder. | ||
35 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 5 | Aug-18 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
36 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 6 | Sep-18 | ✓ | ✓ | Rex sacrifices himself to kill the Knull aspect attached to the Grendel. | ||
37 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 7 | Oct-18 | ✓ | ✓ | First appearance of Dylan Brock. | ||
38 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 8 | Nov-18 | ✓ | ✓ | Post-mortem appearance of Flash Thompson. | ||
39 | Web of Venom: Carnage Born | 1 | Nov-18 | ✓ | ✓ | Death(?) of Scorn. Cletus is freed from the Poison and bonded to the Grendel symbiote. | ||
40 | Web of Venom: Unleashed | 1 | Jan-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
41 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 9 | Dec-18 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
42 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 10 | Jan-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
43 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 11 | Feb-19 | ✓ | ✓ | World-shattering revelations regarding Dylan's identity and Eddie's history revealed. | ||
44 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 12 | Mar-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Dylan's parentage revealed. | ||
45 | Web of Venom: Cult of Carnage | 1 | Apr-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
46 | Venom (Vol. 4) | Annual 1 | Oct-18 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
47 | Absolute Carnage: Separation Anxiety | 1 | Aug-19 | ✓ | ✓ | The Hybrid dog from Deadpool vs. Carnage returns. | ||
48 | Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance | 1 | Sep-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
49 | Absolute Carnage: Weapon Plus | 1 | Nov-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Dark Carnage hunts down the codices of the personnel of Weapon V. | ||
50 | Web of Venom: Funeral Pyre | 1 | Jul-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Carnage hunts down Andi Benton, a.k.a. Mania. | ||
51 | Deadpool (Vol. 7) | 14 | Jun-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Includes an Absolute Carnage "Everyone Is A Target" Post-Credit Story. | ||
52 | Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 4) | 24 | Jun-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Includes an Absolute Carnage "Everyone Is A Target" Post-Credit Story. | ||
53 | Fantastic Four (Vol. 6) | 11 | Jun-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Includes an Absolute Carnage "Everyone Is A Target" Post-Credit Story. | ||
54 | Immotal Hulk | 20 | Jul-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Includes an Absolute Carnage "Everyone Is A Target" Post-Credit Story. | ||
55 | Black Cat (Vol. 1) | 2 | Jul-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Includes an Absolute Carnage "Everyone Is A Target" Post-Credit Story. | ||
56 | Invaders (Vol. 3) | 7 | Jul-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Includes an Absolute Carnage "Everyone Is A Target" Post-Credit Story. | ||
57 | Captain Marvel (Vol. 10) | 8 | Jul-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Includes an Absolute Carnage "Everyone Is A Target" Post-Credit Story. | ||
58 | Avengers (Vol. 8) | 22 | Jul-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Includes an Absolute Carnage "Everyone Is A Target" Post-Credit Story. | ||
59 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 16 | Jul-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Emil Gregg/Sin Eater is resurrected by Carnage to torment Eddie. | ||
60 | Spider-Man/Venom (FCBD 2019) | 1 | May-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Includes an Absolute Carnage story. Death of Lee Price. | ||
61 | Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Spider-Man | 1 | Sep-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Flashback appearance of the Venom symbiote. Follows the tale of the symbiote's second human host, Leonard Elkhart (first named appearance; first appeared in Peter Parker, The Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #100). | ||
62 | Absolute Carnage | 1 | Aug-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
63 | Absolute Carnage | 2 | Aug-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
64 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 17 | Aug-19 | ✓ | ✓ | The Life Foundation symbiotes from Absolute Carnage: Separation Anxiety appear. Sleeper returns. | ||
65 | Absolute Carnage: Avengers | 1 | Oct-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
66 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 18 | Sep-19 | ✓ | ✓ | The Maker bonds to the Life Foundation symbiotes to become the new Hybrid. | ||
67 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 19 | Oct-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
68 | Absolute Carnage: Miles Morales | 1 | Aug-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
69 | Absolute Carnage: Miles Morales | 2 | Sep-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
70 | Absolute Carnage: Miles Morales | 3 | Oct-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
71 | Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors | 1 | Aug-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Shriek becomes Demagoblin. | ||
72 | Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors | 2 | Sep-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
73 | Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors | 3 | Oct-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
74 | Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool | 1 | Aug-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
75 | Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool | 2 | Sep-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
76 | Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool | 3 | Oct-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
77 | Absolute Carnage: Scream | 1 | Aug-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Patricia Robertson returns as the new host of the Scream symbiote to hunt Andi Benton. | ||
78 | Absolute Carnage: Scream | 2 | Sep-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
79 | Absolute Carnage: Scream | 3 | Oct-19 | ✓ | ✓ | First appearance of Andi-Benton as Scream. | ||
80 | Absolute Carnage | 3 | Sep-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Venom bonds to the Hulk. | ||
81 | Absolute Carnage: The Immortal Hulk | 1 | Oct-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
82 | Absolute Carnage | 4 | Oct-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
83 | Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) | 30 | Sep-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
84 | Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) | 31 | Oct-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
85 | Absolute Carnage: Captain Marvel | 1 | Nov-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
86 | Absolute Carnage | 5 | Nov-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Cletus Kasady dies. Knull is freed from Klyntar. | ||
87 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 20 | Nov-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Ultimate Venom arrives in the 616 Universe. | ||
88 | Web of Venom: Wraith | 1 | Sep-20 | ✓ | ✓ | The Exolons' origin is revealed. | ||
89 | Incoming | 1 | Dec-19 | ✓ | ✓ | Brief glimpse at Knull invading an alien world after his release at the end of Absolute Carnage. Small cameo by Eddie and Dylan in New York. | ||
90 | Scream: Curse of Carnage | 1 | Nov-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
91 | Scream: Curse of Carnage | 2 | Dec-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
92 | Scream: Curse of Carnage | 3 | Jan-20 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
93 | Scream: Curse of Carnage | 4 | Feb-20 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
94 | Scream: Curse of Carnage | 5 | Mar-20 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
95 | Scream: Curse of Carnage | 6 | Jun-20 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
96 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 21 | Dec-19 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
97 | Web of Venom: The Good Son | 1 | Jan-20 | ✓ | ✓ | Dylan reveals that he salvaged a piece of Norman Osborn's Carnage symbiote. | ||
98 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 22 | Jan-20 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
99 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 23 | Feb-20 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
100 | Venom (Vol. 4) | 24 | Mar-20 | ✓ | ✓ | |||