Venom #31 (196)

Dates

Cover date

February 2021

On sale

December 9, 2020

In stores

December 9, 2020

Pages

32

Editions and covers (19)

Copies of #31 (196) are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition

  Barcode 75960608997003111

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• Variant Edition - Ryan Stegman Sketch Cover

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• Variant Edition - Ryan Stegman Cover

  Barcode 75960608997003131

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• Knullified Variant - Francisco Herrera Cover

  Barcode 75960608997003141

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• Variant Edition - Frankie's & Golden Apple Comics Exclusive - Skan Srisuwan Virgin Covervirgin

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• Variant Edition - Comic Elite Exclusive - Kyle Hotz Cover

  Barcode 75960608997003116

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• Variant Edition - Comics Illuminati Exclusive - Gabriele Dell'Otto 'Venom' Virgin Covervirgin

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  Barcode 75960608997003132

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• Variant Edition - Comics Illuminati Exclusive - Gabriele Dell'Otto 'Carnage' Virgin Covervirgin

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  Barcode 75960608997003134

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• Variant Edition - Comic Elite Exclusive - Kyle Hotz Virgin Covervirgin

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  Barcode 75960608997003129

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• Variant Edition - Mike Mayhew Studio Exclusive Virgin Covervirgin

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  Barcode 75960608997003118

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• Variant Edition - Yellow Snow Comics & Big Time Collectibles Exclusive - Peach Momoko Virgin Covervirgin

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• Variant Edition - Yellow Snow Comics & Big Time Collectibles Exclusive - Peach Momoko Cover

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• Variant Edition - The Comic Mint Exclusive - Woo Chul Lee Cover

  Barcode 75960608997003191

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• Variant Edition - Mike Mayhew Studio Exclusive Cover

  Barcode 75960608997003117

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• Variant Edition - Frankie's & Golden Apple Comics Exclusive - Skan Srisuwan Cover

  Barcode 75960608997003124

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• Variant Edition - Comics Illuminati Exclusive - Gabriele Dell'Otto 'Venom' Cover

  Barcode 75960608997003130

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• Variant Edition - The Comic Mint Exclusive - Woo Chul Lee Virgin Covervirgin

  Cover art with no logo or cover text.

  Barcode 75960608997003128

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• Variant Edition - Comics Illuminati Exclusive - Gabriele Dell'Otto 'Carnage' Cover

  Barcode 75960608997003133

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• Variant Edition - Yellow Snow Comics & Big Time Collectibles Exclusive - Peach Momoko Virgin Sketch Covervirgin

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Story arc: King in Black

This is part 6 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

• Thirty-Two Seconds · 20 pages

  With Eddie and his symbiote separated by Knull, Venom pleads to be rejoined with Eddie. Meanwhile, Eddie continues to fall and Dylan finally sees the imminent danger his father is in.

Publisher’s description

KING IN BLACK ARRIVES! What happens to Eddie Brock when he finally comes face to face with the lord of the abyss, the KING IN BLACK: KNULL?

Characters

Reprinted in

Venom by Donny Cates (2019), Venom by Donny Cates (2019), King in Black Omnibus (2022), Venomnibus by Cates & Stegman (2022)