King in Black #5

Dates

Cover date

June 2021

On sale

April 7, 2021

In stores

April 7, 2021

Pages

60

Editions and covers (18)

Copies of #5 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition

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• Variant Edition - 'Sketch' - Ryan Stegman Cover

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• Variant Edition - 'Wraparound' - Brett Booth Cover

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• Variant Edition - 'Spoiler' - Ryan Stegman Cover

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• Variant Edition - Skottie Young Cover

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• Variant Edition - ‘Interlocking’ - Leinil Francis Yu Cover

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• Variant Edition - 'Tattoo' - Ian Bederman Cover

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• Variant Edition - 'Dragon' - Gerardo Sandoval Cover

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• Variant Edition - Comics Illuminati Exclusive - Tyler Kirkham Virgin Cover Bvirgin

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• Variant Edition - Comics Illuminati Exclusive - Tyler Kirkham Virgin Cover Avirgin

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• Variant Edition - Comics Illuminati Exclusive - Tyler Kirkham Cover

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• Variant Edition - Black Flag & KRS Comics Exclusive - Jeehyung Lee Virgin Covervirgin

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• Variant Edition - Black Flag & KRS Comics Exclusive - Jeehyung Lee Cover

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Story arc: King in Black

This is part 57 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

• Dawn · 34 pages

  Bonded with the God of Light, Eddie battles Knull once more. By combining Thor's hammer Mjolnir and Silver Surfer's board into one weapon Eddie gains the advantage and seemingly destroys Knull, leaving Eddie with a new role to fill.

Publisher’s description

WHAT’S A GOD TO A NONBELIEVER?

Characters

Reprinted in

King in Black (2021), King in Black Omnibus (2022), Venomnibus by Cates & Stegman (2022)