King in Black #1 [Variant Edition - ‘Hidden Gem’ - Alex Horley Cover]
(February 2021)

Marvel, 2021 Series
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Price
5.99 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2020-12-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated T+
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606098637 00191
Printer
Fry Communications, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Editing
Devin Lewis (credited) (editor); Danny Khazem (credited) (assistant editor); Nick Lowe (credited) (executive editor); C. B. Cebulski (credited) (editor in chief); Anthony Gambino (credited) (design)

Issue Notes

1:100 retailer incentive cover.

Issue includes a free code that can be redeemed for a digital version of the issue.
This issue is a variant of King in Black (Marvel, 2021 series) #1. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Venom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Horley (credited) (signed as HORLEY) (painting)
Inks
Alex Horley (credited) (signed as HORLEY) (painting)
Colors
Alex Horley (credited) (signed as HORLEY) (painting)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Venom [Eddie Brock]
Reprints
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Chapter One: Reign (Table of Contents: 2)

Knull / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script
Donny Cates (credited)
Pencils
Ryan Stegman (credited)
Inks
J. P. Mayer (credited as JP Mayer)
Colors
Frank Martin (credited)
Letters
Clayton Cowles of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC's Clayton Cowles)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
He's here.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Dylan Brock; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Jean Grey; Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Knull; Luke Cage; Ms. Marvel [Kamala Khan]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; The Sentry [Robert Reynolds]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Venom [Eddie Brock]; Wolverine [James Howlett]
Synopsis
Despite plans put in place by Eddie and the Avengers, Knull arrives on Earth and starts to kill the light.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
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Indexer Notes

Credits, title and indicia.

Letters to the King in Black (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Heirs to the Throne (Table of Contents: 5)

Knull / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Donny Cates ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
While his focus on Earth is a recent development, Knull has been readying himself for a war against the light and life for eons.
Genre
superhero
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Checklist (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Next: (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Knull / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Venom
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Chapter One: Reign
    Knull
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. Letters to the King in Black
  6. 5. Heirs to the Throne
    Knull
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. Checklist
  9. 8. Next:
    Knull
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  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Eric Rom
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