Summary

• Black Widow: Venomous #1 features the Avenger and her new symbiote on a dangerous mission to recover a sample of a newly created chemical that is highly dangerous to symbiotes – giving characters like Venom and Carnage their own equivalent of Superman's Kryptonite.
• In the issue, Black Widow infiltrates the Alchemax company, which has produced a chemical that forces symbiotes to leave their hosts, causing them intense pain, and even potentially killing them.
• The new anti-symbiote chemical could be crucial in Marvel's Venom War event, changing the symbiote dynamic in the Marvel Universe in a major way just in time for the massive crossover.

Warning! Contains Spoilers For Black Widow: Venomous #1!Early appearances of the Marvel's most dangerous aliens have grown out of most of their weaknesses – until now, as a new addition to symbiote lore provides their equivalent to Superman's Kryptonite.

Black Venom: Venomous #1 – written by Erica Schultz, with art by Luciano Vecchio – makes this major change to Marvel canon, when Black Widow infiltrates Alchemax to steal a chemical capable of forcing a symbiote to leave its host, causing intense pain to the symbiote in the process.

Sliver, Black Widow's symbiote, its that the chemical hurts the symbiote and can easily even kill them. The fear of this new weakness is so great that Sliver even abandons Black Widow in the middle of their mission just to avoid the possibility of this new chemical being used on them.

Black Widow Discovers Marvel's Symbiotes' New Vulnerability

Black Venom: Venomous #1 – Written by Erica Schultz; Art By Luciano Vecchio; Color By David Curiel & Rachelle Rosenberg; Lettering By Ariana Maher

While flame and sonic weapons were the standard, these work against most symbiotes, it doesn't work on all of them...Because of this, people need new ways to take symbiotes down, and it seems Alchemax has stepped up to provide the answer.

Back when symbiotes were a rare occasion, the general population of Earth didn't really need to worry about them too much. The only major symbiotes on Earth were Venom and Carnage, and places like Ravencroft used specialized tools to contain them. After the events of King in Black, the presence of symbiotes became far more common on Earth, with some symbiotes trying to simply blend into human society. This forced the US Government to come up with ways to defeat the symbiotes if they ever became a threat.

While flame and sonic weapons were the standard, these work against most symbiotes, it doesn't work on all of them. Carnage has famously outgrown both of these weaknesses. Because of this, people need new ways to take symbiotes down, and it seems Alchemax has stepped up to provide the answer. Readers were able to see a taste of this earlier in Venom #27. In this issue, a group of soldiers uses a chemical known as K34, which is so painful that Toxic explains it feels like being burned from the inside out.

It is unclear if what Black Widow retrieves from Alchemax is the same as K34, but Black Widow suspects its similar, and the vial is labeled KX.

The New Anti-Symbiote Chemical Could Be Key To Marvel's "Venom War"

Venom War #1 – Written By Al Ewing; Art By Iban Coello; Available Now

It is unclear if what Black Widow retrieves from Alchemax is the same as K34, but Black Widow suspects its similar, and the vial is labeled KX. Having a chemical that immediately forces a symbiote to break its bond with a host is remarkably dangerous. It allows the capture of the host with the utmost ease, and it might just be the key to Marvel's Venom War event. While Dylan Brock, Peter Parker, and Eddie Brock are all fighting over the Venom symbiote, only Black Widow will have the new weakness that could bring down Venom, no matter who ends up with the symbiote.

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