Symbiote Spider-Man: King in Black #1

Dates

Cover date

January 2021

On sale

November 18, 2020

In stores

November 18, 2020

Pages

40

Editions and covers (15)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Greg Land Cover

  Barcode 75960609944300111

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• Khary Randolph & Emilio Lopez

  Barcode 75960609944300141

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• 2nd printing

  Second Printing

  Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

  Barcode 75960609944300112

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• Black Blank Cover

  Barcode 75960609944300121

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• Geoff Shaw Cover

  Barcode 75960609944300131

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• Alex Suviak Cover

  Barcode 75960609944300161

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• Scorpion Comics Exclusive - Gabriele Dell'Otto Virgin Artvirgin

  Cover art with no logo or cover text.

  Barcode 75960609944300181

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• Superlog Cover

  Barcode 75960609944300151

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• Illuminati Exclusive - Gerald Parel

  Barcode 75960609944300191

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• Scorpion Comics Exclusive - Gabriele Dell'Otto

  Barcode 75960609944300171

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• Illuminati Exclusive - Gerald Parel Virgin Artvirgin

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  Barcode 75960609944300116

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Story arc: King in Black

This is part 1 of 62. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Symbiote Spider-Man: King In Black #1
2. Atlantis Attacks #5
3. King in Black #1
4. The Union #1
5. King in Black: Namor #1
6. Venom #31
7. Black Cat #1
8. King In Black: Immortal Hulk #1
9. Symbiote Spider-Man: King In Black #2
10. King in Black #2
11. Spider-Woman #7
12. King in Black: Iron Man / Doom #1
13. King in Black: Namor #2
14. Guardians of the Galaxy #10
15. King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #1
16. Spider-Woman #8
17. Symbiote Spider-Man: King In Black #3
18. Venom #32
19. King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #1
20. King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes #1
21. King in Black: Thunderbolts #1
22. The Union #2
23. Black Cat #2
24. King in Black #3
25. Daredevil #26
26. Deadpool #10
27. King in Black: Namor #3
28. Savage Avengers #17
29. King in Black: Black Knight #1
30. King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #2
31. King In Black: Marauders #1
32. King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #2
33. Venom #33
34. Daredevil #27
35. Fantastic Four #29
36. King in Black: Black Panther #1
37. King in Black: Thunderbolts #2
38. S.W.O.R.D. #3
39. King in Black #4
40. King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes #2
41. Miles Morales: Spider-Man #23
42. Savage Avengers #18
43. Black Cat #3
44. King in Black: Namor #4
45. King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #3
46. Symbiote Spider-Man: King In Black #4
47. King in Black: Captain America #1
48. King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #3
49. King in Black: Wiccan and Hulkling #1
50. King in Black: Spider-Man #1
51. S.W.O.R.D. #4
52. King in Black: Scream #1
53. Savage Avengers #19
54. King in Black: Ghost Rider #1
55. King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #4
56. Symbiote Spider-Man: King In Black #5
57. King in Black #5
58. King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes #3
59. Venom #34
60. Fantastic Four #30
61. King in Black: Namor #5
62. Avengers #45

Creators

Stories

• The Sword and the Spirit Part One · 31 pages

Publisher’s description

Knull, the KING IN BLACK, has set his sights on Earth – but as avid Marvelites already know, his hand has been at work at the edge of the Marvel Universe for years! IN THIS SERIES, witness one of Knull’s earliest attempts at birthing life from the darkness of non-creation! From superstar creators PETER DAVID and GREG LAND comes a titanic tie-in tale to this year’s winter epic KING IN BLACK!

Reprinted in

Symbiote Spider-Man: King in Black (2021), King in Black Omnibus (2022), Kang: The Saga of the Once and Future Conqueror (2022), Symbiote Spider-Man by Peter David Omnibus (2025)