Spinning out of the events of Marvel's game-changing "Venom War," the iconic symbiote hero Venom is getting a brand new host, and a brand new gold redesign to match. The main Marvel Universe has heroes fighting to claim the Venom symbiote, but its next mystery host is making a major design change.

There have been many versions of Venom over the years, and after rising to the very heights of the new symbiote heirarchy, Al Ewing and Iban Coello's "Venom War" means Eddie Brock's iconic turn as the Venom host and King in Black is finally coming to an end. What follows is Marvel's All-New Venom series from Ewing and artist Carlos Gomez, and the title says it all. Not only are new details being released about the coming book, but this new Venom is showing off its different style in new variant covers highlighting the stunning gold-and-black suit, heralding that the best days of Venom are yet to come.

What Venom's New Gold Design Means For Marvel's Symbiote

The Many Aspects of Venom

Even with all the different designs Venom has sported through Marvel history, the majority of them have stayed largely the same. It's easy to see why, considering Dylan Brock becoming the most powerful Venom yet, the idea of a solid-gold, upgraded version is guaranteed to get comic readers' attention.

Just as sure to keep Venom fans reading is the mystery of the person inside the new gold suit, narrowed down to a choice between Luke Cage, Madame Masque, Rick Jones, and Robbie Robertson. As Ewing tells Polygon, this shift in design is much more than a surface-level change, signaling a new style and nature for this incarnation of Venom:

"Every page that comes in the inbox looks just fantastic. And I am throwing [out] a lot of new Venom configurations. Part of the “all new” of this All-New Venom is that Venom doesn’t fight like we’ve seen Venom do before. I’m just now writing some pages where Venom does extremely wild shape-shifting, using the gooeyness of the symbiote.

One way the All-New Venom is different is that it has a more heroic-looking Venom. I won’t get into the visuals, I’ll just mention in ing that there is a new look for Venom. But previously, there’s been a lot of gooeyness, a lot of tendrils, a lot of, like, ooze and goop and slime and fangs and teeth. This is maybe a little bit more of a solid Venom. It gives us the advantage that we can pull off all kinds of exciting new tricks and fun new things, right from issue 1."

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Looking beyond the new color scheme on display in these variant covers, it's clear that the book is intended to make good on the name "All-New Venom" in plenty of ways. There is a built-in interest whenever a new person steps up as a new host to the Venom symbiote, no matter where they fall in of morality, fame, or likely duration in the role. But with Ewing citing a more "solid" Venom than before, it's possible this creative shift could have significant impact. After all, the Venom symbiote may be most famously bonded with Eddie Brock, but it has a special love for true heroes (Flash Gordon adored above all others).

To learn who is wielding the oversized tongue, readers will need to follow along as Dylan Brock attempts to uncover the same secret. But it's clear from the candidates, and the not-too-subtle decision to cast the new form in literal gold, that Marvel is setting expectations high with All-New Venom. The creative team has the chops to turn in a special book, let alone one to satisfy Venom fans, so it's only fair that Venom should look as stunning (and "solid") as possible.

All-New Venom #1 is on sale December 4th from Marvel Comics.

Source: Polygon