The New Symbiote God: Venom World (Comics Explained)

The birth of a new symbiote god is upon us! With Dylan's capture by the life foundation, the Venom symbiote has taken in the boy's self-conscious. Dylan finds himself in "Venom World" and must learn the truth behind his birth, and take down his own demons... starting with his own father, Eddie Brock!
▸ Venom is the title of several American comic book series published by Marvel Comics focusing on the various heroic and villainous incarnations of the character Venom, which have usually consisted of a human host and amorphous alien being called a symbiote. The first incarnation of the character was the one created by the third and current human host to the symbiote (the first two being Spider-Man and Tel-Kar), Eddie Brock, and-since 2011-its fifth host, Flash Thompson. Beginning with Venom: Lethal Protector, eighteen limited series following Brock's adventures were published monthly between February 1993 and January 1998. A monthly Venom series began publication in 2003, following a new character, Patricia Robertson, and a clone of the original symbiote. The series concluded in 2004 after 18 issues. In 2011 another monthly series, following the adventures of Flash Thompson, was launched. The series resumed with vol. 3, vol. 4, and vol. 5 from 2016 to present.
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[@smaug6015]

Eddie Brock a man who was in peter parkers shadow as a reporter hero. His development from villian to vigilante to hero is one of my favorites and I believe the fact that made Eddie have a son made it 10x better

[@grantpowell4135]

His run with knull was amazing

[@310ladarius]

@@grantpowell4135 The entire “Venom 2018” comic is perfect

[@grantpowell4135]

@Ladarius Love Rob got my loving Donnie Cates (hope I spelled his name right ). The way he blended father son relations with knull being the father of all symboites was very beautiful touch plus venom with the enigma force!!!!!!!

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

As long as no one resets him to being a villain, we’re good.

[@linkholder]

Marvel: Back to Formula?

[@DonShotta24]

They already did.

[@brandonmatthews4223]

We want Knull back anyway

[@emmarod8746]

I really do hate Marvel regressing characters after such great character development. Same thing with Doc Ock after his character development as the Superior Spider-Man.

[@nightfaro]

@@DonShotta24 it’s mind control

[@JKLauderdale]

10:44 This is what I've been wondering about regarding Knull, the symbiotes and if Moon Knight ever got one. Can you imagine the fractured personalities of Marc Spector were attached to a symbiote? All of his SpecOps training, his subterfuge, his $$$ COMBINED with a symbiote's abilities... OUCH!!!

[@BigBingusBoy]

I wonder if the symbiote would heal his broken mind while he's wearing it

[@JKLauderdale]

@@BigBingusBoy Unlikely - If you think about it, it would be just one more "voice" in his head alongside Khonshu and the occasional leaked memories of/from his other personalities. Besides, if the symbiote WERE to "fix" Spector, it would take away much of the mystery and interest of the character.

[@BigBingusBoy]

@@JKLauderdale has it been confirmed that Konshu is real?

[@JKLauderdale]

@@BigBingusBoy Yeah, he's real. There's also a "Left Hand" of Khonshu who came hunting Moon Knight for his disloyalty - This was fairly recent, past 12-18months. Not awake yet, not enough coffee in my bloodstream

[@hahajenkins]

That’s so dope ‘cause the original design for the symbiote costume from the dude who drew it as a concept and sent it to Marvel and was bought from them for Secret Wars, the white parts and the symbol of the black suit were red

[@lordoftheabyssknull8280]

I have a feeling that Knull has a part to play In Dylan’s and or Eddies story. Eddie becomes Meridius and there is a form beyond meridius. And now Dylan is taking a resemblance to Knull more and more. Plus Donny cates stated himself that Knull isn’t dead and that he can’t truly die.

[@mr.mimikyu2342]

Yeah I'm worrying that myself hopefully that doesn't happen don't get me wrong Knull was amazing but I don't wanna see Dylan become Knull 2.0

[@protalghulnist4126]

That's basically already what happened with the original codex though, he was a mini knull. I doubt they're gonna do it again

[@lordoftheabyssknull8280]

@@mr.mimikyu2342 I can agree but, I could see them later on saying something like Dylan went back in time to way before the multiverse the same way Eddie is currently doing and somehow how he becomes twisted and corrupted and becomes the original Knull we saw in King in Black. Which then could explain why Knull was so obsessed with Dylan in the first place. Like seriously Dylan’s entire appearance as codex looks entirely like a younger Knull with a face mask even his hair is similar to knulls. Maybe it is to signify he will become on par to Knull and or how Knull still has a lasting impact on Dylan’s entire mindscape. But, I hope they don’t go this route however, it would be entertaining nonetheless.

[@lordoftheabyssknull8280]

@@protalghulnist4126 Right in that alternate reality but, Codex entire appreance just screams Younger Knull form the chest to the hair. Maybe it was to just show how powerful Dylan would get or how much Knull had a lasting impact on Dylan. I could just be looking into it to much lmao

[@protalghulnist4126]

@@lordoftheabyssknull8280 it's called continuity, Dylan was destined to become codex so he became codex, the old codex design looked like knull because the power came from knull, Dylan looks like that because that's what he looked like in that universe, it's no more deep than his name being codex like it was before

[@mrgold1760]

Eddie Brock went from broke journalist that lost everything to the literal god of symbiotes. From villain to anti hero to villain again to hero. Now that's character development.

[@THEYCANTSTOPME]

A God ain't a hero. A God is a God. Venom can now kill Kratos

[@ihateithere9298]

I can it fan service, but I like it.

[@LimeGreenRaze]

@@THEYCANTSTOPMEvenom can’t even lick kratos’ boots

[@guatavocruzmarques4125]

​Uh....Yes it can Kratos fanboy 😂😂😂

[@takeruneverborn4740]

My favorite Symobite is Sleeper just for the amount of Transporter and Darkman sheniagans he pulled on the life foundation and my favorite King in Black is Codex(616 Dylan Brock) coming into his own as Venom and something beyond and hopefully he can save eddie or aid him into ascending past his merdius stage bypassing the Evil Venom to become the True Venom the 7th King

[@pickleoh5454]

Love Rob catching up on the Venom story! I’ve heard other channels that have covered it but it’s never as contextual or understandable as how Rob makes it.

[@an0mie1]

Sleeper is seriously so awesome. It's gonna be sad when he turns evil or whatever

[@nemesisastraea6659]

He'll be thrown in the background with Toxin, Agent Anti-Venom, and Silence.

[@FIDDLESHORTS]

He'll go evil if Dylan does I bet. The other side of that would be him trying to make him not evil anymore.

[@JD3DOESIT]

Dylan looks like "Codex" from that temporary reality... same red and black suit. Super dope tho.

[@mitchthe3518]

That was also Dylan

[@JD3DOESIT]

@@mitchthe3518 you also have to consider they said its not the *same* characters... as they were from a *temporary* "sliding" timeline... i also remember his hair looking older grey or lighter like it took time to venomize the planet. Its still dope tho.

[@Sentient.A.I.]

The problem i see here is if Dylan bonds with symbiotes tearing them from the hive Eddie brock will run out of symbiotes in his hive to move within. Which is why i think there is only the manifestations of eddie brock at the end of time/meridius' garden

[@xspence2404]

Cool! Thank you rob!

[@jaredronemus9601]

616 Dylan picking up Codex is pretty cool. Also good for his key books

[@skramblz1]

Great vid! thanks for the entertainment, man!

[@areonsflame4285]

Awesome new upload

[@theambitious0ne451]

Rob, this Venom run has me pacing back and forth sounding like you. My GF can't deal with me screaming "LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING" 😭

[@damianstarks3338]

I am always here for this venom content.

[@juniort4207]

Yooo!! Venom!!! One of my favs! Thank you bro for this video

[@TheLingeringWill]

Very coool love it

[@youtubeisrunbyamonkey]

This has been a great story. I look forward to more venom stories

[@jonathan__g]

Damn Venom gave Dylan amazing hair after merging.

[@pizzeria_mayhem8736]

Venom is just living Pantene

[@michaeljones5209]

Love the venom content!! Also are you still covering smashtronaut as well? issue 11 dropped today

[@erichaegele2835]

I absolutely love it. Love what they are doing.

[@harmonicartist]

Beyond Omega Level: Rob’s Hype

[@TheOnlyCatana]

Cool video

[@jackieanderson9408]

Awesome 👍😎

[@WraithlingRavenchild]

14:00 love the doctor who riff in the background. You have a knack for setting an acoustical scene.

[@thewall154]

Dude i know we've said it a billion times but you're the greatest story teller who's ever lived! Such a great video

[@philipcassler9064]

Most definitely similar to Levithan scene from Hellraiser! Well played Rob... Obscure horror reference on point.

[@jammbbs1688]

Sleeper is the best symbiote and I feel has the best chance to be way better then ever befor

[@marvellkrypton]

@10:16 The form Venom has here reminds me of a Spiderman 2099 design.

[@nemesisastraea6659]

People sleep on Sleeper. He's my new favorite symbiote and I wish they would do so much more with him.

[@notheresir]

Dark Web and the current Spider-Man run is so bad, but I'll watch the videos to support you Rob! You make it worth it!

[@trevonh4139]

Dylan's new form reminds me of The Darkness.

[@kingshadow8782]

Nice

[@johnfranklin87]

I remember a Thunderbolts cover art where Venom was part of the team and his spider was red as well. It's definitely a subtle yet amazing change

[@kyzwarrior461]

"No one can stand against this guy... Wrong. WRONG!" 😂🤣

[@Mimic_Gaming]

You HAVE to cover gold goblin once it wraps up, it’s one of the best stories coming from marvel right now

[@JimmiezD]

Venom and anything X-Men has been good lately with Marvel.

[@Jaigantic97]

11:43 love the Dave Chappelle reference 😂😂😂😂

[@kingshadow8782]

Cool

[@fornax4676]

10:27 I kinda wish they had made the eyes red as well. The sleeper suit looks good.

[@Rommas.]

Dylan literally turning into Knull

[@thecollector616]

I love sleeper too and he's a cat double awesome

[@notchomomma239]

I LOVED when Eddie became something new, a king in black and white.

[@BoyKwentoOfficial]

I never expected it dylan as the new knull but love the new design

[@BijuuStressful]

Finally 🤯

[@jason5600]

Sleeper is the perfet son of Venom . Not to mention Sleeper is Dylan's brother but he doesn't realised it yet . Sleeper was pissed off .

[@strikermodel]

I'm willing to bet the entire thing with the place at the end of time, is that it is simply the point where the entirety of the symbiote hive has gone quiet enough for Eddie to find himself again. His realization of time and space being one meant that his mind could control any symbiote at any point in time remotely. However he didn't have the understanding of time to control it. That's why we saw him fall through time. It was his inexperienced mind drifting until he finally arrived at the quietist point. This is reinforced by the fact that Dylan's mind was in Venom out of his body. That was literally what Eddie was doing this entire time. I bet you that the glowing red eyed symbiote that killed those pirates at the beginning was the final evolution of Eddie. He probably saw a timeline where their roles were reversed, and something terrible would happen if Dylan was the one to fall into this timeline hopping shenanigans (Dylan probably becomes the original knull or something). Thus, he had to create this entire scenario of scaring himself and honing himself to protect his son. Somehow killing those pirates was the last thing he needed to do. We just gotta sit and find out why. Since Aku-Eddie used Red-Eddie to push Dylan to become stronger, he probably knew this would lead to him becoming codex. However, why Dylan needs to become Codex idk. Probably to prepare him to be able to fight knull.

[@vergilrules1616]

Beyond omega level: the divine creator. Also I really want to see an agent venom story using sleeper instead of venom. It would be amazing!

[@BluesManLeFever]

Let’s go!

[@formerlyknownasmousecopp4367]

Good time for me to be new to comics and hoping for more Venom stuff lmao

[@dominikRS21]

My prediction is that Codex is just Null in the same way Brock is Bedlum and those other versions of himself. If time is kind of like a circle, then all of Nulls past could still be intact but Dylan was Null the entire time because the Symbiots kept his mind alive through time and space

[@Holy_Venom]

Read the first issue of Dark Web and I am not disappointed no spoilers but a classic someone makes an epic come back to where he was when he was first introduced 😁😁😁

[@johnwright9049]

The red and black new look for venom is good. But the white and black look for venom is iconic.

[@patrickdudley3431]

Need more Venom please 🙏

[@jensatzema4909]

I hope dylan stays good man

[@MikeNoMichael]

He’s a God. Never would have thought my guy would become that.

[@LordSesshomaru86]

Rob, need to do Venom: The End

[@morganlemke]

Baron Mordo explained please!

[@davidv1640]

Looks like knull Dylan King in black

[@VentusRider88]

Correct me if I’m wrong But wasn’t the big red spider the OG design from the fan who created the black suit/symbiote?

[@Tremori_A]

I've never had money for comics. Is there like a list of venom comics I. Should read in order or something

[@nellisswanepoel7014]

He has finally become codex

[@jason5600]

Venom finally said Dylan is his son too . Not to mention literally he is their son .

[@HissoriRenda]

Dylan is destined to be Knull in the next instantiation of the marvel universe like Galen becoming Galactus

[@buddha_xx-8220]

🙌🏾🔥

[@prestonarmbrust]

Sleeper is definitely an Umbreon variant

[@PureGoldNeverCorrodes]

10:31 yeah, that was how the fan who thought of Black-Suited Spider-Man originally intended it.

[@seth1184]

Son! let me tell you something Son!! Son!! Those shirts are awesome!!!!! I only wish I could afford them!

[@michaelreaves7534]

I love Venom!

[@damianstarks3338]

Me too !

[@kingshadow8782]

Venom loves you both too😆🤣

[@damianstarks3338]

@@kingshadow8782 lol I am sure he does awesome profile picture and name by the way.

[@WickedClownCarnival]

You should cover Nick Spencer's Spider-Man run.

[@drjubi276]

Ah crap, Dylans going to be Null with time travel stuff

[@CorbCorbin]

Ed Illusion! 🤣

[@aryferreira2375]

Sleeper need to find he own host to time with Dylan because should be a great teacher to Dylan

[@Holy_Venom]

So Dylan eventually becomes Knull just as Iron Lad and Franklin Richards becomes Kang ?!?!??! That was a twist I didn't see coming!!!! Holy Crap!!!! Can't wait to see what happens next !!!

[@SnalezDrt]

Yo I’m seeing a lotta links but don’t see the playlist

[@superjumpbros64]

Yep

[@OblivionDxDGod]

Codex look kinda reminds me of jakie from the darkness comics

[@KryyssTV]

So we've got Kang explaining timeline constants, future Eddie teaching himself to fully understand the symbiotes potential, a flashback to Knull and Dylan finally becoming Codex. Since we know Knull survived the destruction of the last universe but never had his origin explained it would appear that Dylan Brock is always destined to become Knull.

[@NeterRafi77]

Sleeper is a badass

[@youssoufmoussa3874]

Hi, Rob so I'm still going on about the great darkness thing to this day and I'm still making connections. Did you know that in Justice by Jim Krueger and Alex Ross, when the villains launched an attack to incapacitate or kill the League, Sinestro banishes Hal Jordan using a boom tube to the farthest reaches of reality where he was surrounded by darkness similar to how Thanos was seen suspended beyond the omniverse? Then Hal was rescued by the Phantom Stranger.

[@THEYCANTSTOPME]

The only thing left is to make Peter the spider God. Makes sense only Peter will be spiderman.

[@HaZe_Da_PiTBuLL]

10:31 he looks like knull

[@D3athW1ng]

Huh .. red ... Like Knull huh? 🤔 interesting

[@lennoxshepherd3905]

how did the life foundation get ahold of dylan? last we saw of him he was getting attacked by bedlam

[@SurvivalSpec]

I know the comments are saying it but Eddie’s development is AMAZING

[@PopularNobody]

Am I tripping or is there background music? Have i always missed this?

[@j_v159]

Is Codex like a Knull jr?

[@matthewdetterbeck9603]

Why's he got that Franklin beard!?

[@TristanOliver]

Codex!!!

[@KhalidAskar]

Rob , please make a video on just timelines. (as impossible as it sounds ) just so everyone knows where all these videos take place in somewhat of an timeline order . (I know it's an impossibly tall order , but if anyone can do it for us dummies, it's you)

[@jg5004]

Isn’t it crazy how Venom went from more or less street level to probably stronger than all the Avengers combined?

[@mnsega]

Catch up Spiderman VENOM IS ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL

[@mrjoeyb717]

Venom Wolfpack huh lol.

[@rocky_Sullivan_69]

Eddie brock's character revolution development be like: 🫡🫡🫡🫡🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@Heavenlyhadouken]

Codex ❤

[@tpdetonio]

I don't see the link where Dylan became codex

[@svartfrasr9755]

Carson really got spanked by a shadow clone.

[@xXLiLJokerXx]

This story is building up to the revelation that Dylan is the Franklin Richards of the symbiotes IMHO