Cullen Bunn and Gerardo Sandoval’s Death of the Venomverse limited series came to an end last week. The five-issue run followed Carnage as he wreaked havoc across the multiverse, and it forced the other symbiotes to come out and try and stop him.
There was a backup story in the series from acclaimed manga artist Taigami which introduced Kid Venom. That character will now headline his own comic book series with Kid Venom: Origins #1, which is a new one-shot and it sets up future adventures for the young symbiote.
Kid Venom is a young man named Kintaro. Hailing from 10th-century Japan, he bonded with the symbiote Clinter in order to protect his village from attack. This could end up being the next big popular Marvel comics character.
Kid Venom: Origins #1 will be a collection all four chapters of Kid Venom’s story from Death of the Venomverse, and it will include behind-the-scenes content including the original work that led to Taigami getting the Marvel gig.
Taigami explains how he created the character, saying: “Kid Venom was based on a one-shot that I sent for a manga contest Shonen Magazine and Marvel held in 2018. One of the rules for the contest was [to use a theme or a character from Marvel and write and draw a first episode for a new series] and the theme that I chose was symbiote.”
When talking about the continuing adventures of Kid Venom, Taigami said: “The story that I had the chance to work on this time is just a small part of Kintaro and the symbiote in the Heian Era. How Kintaro come to be and what will happen to him? And how will that world and the modern world will be connected? I hope I can have fun working on those story deeply. And I hope that my story will become a starting point for the people to know and have interest in the Japanese legends and cultures for the people around the world.”
Kid Venom: Origins #1 will be published by Marvel on January 3, 2024.
