King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #1

Dates

Cover date

March 2021

On sale

January 6, 2021

In stores

January 6, 2021

Pages

32

Editions and covers (8)

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

• Original edition

  Barcode 75960620002300111

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• Artgerm Variant Cover

  Barcode 75960620002300121

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• Todd Nauck Variant Cover

  Barcode 75960620002300131

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• 2nd printing

  Second Printing

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

  Barcode 75960620002300112

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• Mattia De Iulis Design Variant

  Barcode 75960620002300181

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• Skottie Young Variant

  Barcode 75960620002300161

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• Joe Sinnott 'Hidden Gem' Variant

  Barcode 75960620002300141

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• Artgerm Virgin Artvirgin

  Cover art with no logo or cover text.

  Barcode 75960620002300171

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Story arc: King in Black

This is part 15 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

Publisher’s description

JANE FOSTER RETURNS! Once there was an entire army of Valkyries, but now Jane Foster is the only one. When the King in Black comes to Midgard, Jane must rebuild the Valkyries to help stop him -- starting with Hildegarde, a warrior from Asgard’s own hallowed halls, and X-Man Dani Moonstar, a former Valkyrie herself. But what Jane doesn’t know…is that she never was the only Valkyrie after all. Who is the fourth warrior? Jason Aaron and Torunn Grønbekk team up with artist Nina Vakueva for a story that will rock the foundations of the Marvel Universe!

Reprinted in

King in Black: Return of the Valkyries (2021), King in Black Omnibus (2022)