Warning! Spoilers for King in Black #5 below!

Defeating the King in Black seemed like an impossible task after the God of Symbiotes enveloped the Earth in darkness and turned some of the greatest heroes and villains into his own army. However, Knull has finally been taken down, as a power upgrade given to Venom made him the most powerful hero on Earth and the only being capable of taking down the ancient cosmic god.

Knull's arrival caused chaos across the Marvel Universe, as the Lord of the Abyss covered the entire Earth in a symbiote dome, while his army of dragons left plenty of destruction in their wake. The King in Black made an early statement by killing the Sentry, Marvel's most powerful hero with ease, while also using his symbiote powers to turn powerhouses such as Captain America, Fin Fang Foom, and even a Celestial, into his own soldiers. It appeared that the God of Symbiotes was unbeatable, but after the Silver Surfer arrived with the Enigma Force, things changed in favor of the heroes.

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In King in Black #5 by Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, and Frank Martin, the heroes band together behind Silver Surfer - who has turned his board into a sword - to take on Knull. As the fight begins, Venom joins the battle, but as a much more powerful being. Powered by the Enigma Force, Venom grabs Surfer's sword and Thor's hammer Mjolnir and combines them into a battle axe. Now the God of Light with a God-killing weapon, Venom makes quick work of the King in Black.

Venom Knull

With his godly powers, Venom slices off the heads of symbiote dragons with a single swing, while he grabs onto Knull's All-Black the Necrosword and dissolves it. After cutting the head off a symbiote Celestial, Venom grabs the King in Black by the throat and pushes his axe through his chest. This strips Knull of his symbiote, but Venom makes sure to really kill the villain. He flies into space with Knull's body and throws it into the sun. Knull dissolves into nothingness. After the Enigma Force leaves his body, Venom becomes the new King in Black.

It's telling how powerful Knull truly was as the only way he could be killed was for another being to get their own god-like power, fuse two of Earth's strongest weapons together, and still have to put up a fight. The King in Black's reign is finally over in the Marvel Universe - but considering how symbiote hosts have come back to life, the door is seemingly always open for his return. If there is a next time, at least Marvel heroes know how to stop him now.

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