Venom War #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Prince in Black - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Venom War (Marvel, 2024 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: November 2024
Key date: 2024-11-00
On-sale date: 2024-09-04
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $4.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960620887600211
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Prince in Black - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Iban Coello; inks: Iban Coello; colors: Frank D'Armata	Bedlam, Eddie Brock, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
1	Part 2: To Be the Man, You Gotta Beat the Man	comic story	20	script: Al Ewing; pencils: Iban Coello; inks: Iban Coello; colors: Frank D'Armata; letters: VC's Ariana Maher	Liz Allan, Bedlam, Dylan Brock, Eddie Brock, Carnage, Carlton Drake, Flexo, Crusher Hogan, Cletus Kasady, King in Black, Meridius, Misery, Normie Osborn, Peter Parker
2	-	credits, title page	2	letters: typeset
3	Venom War: Checklist	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
4	Next	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Iban Coello; inks: Iban Coello; colors: Frank D'Armata
5	Venom Horse, Part 2	comic story	1	script: Al Ewing; pencils: Carlos Nieto; inks: Carlos Nieto; colors: Frank D'Armata; letters: VC's Ariana Maher	Venom Horse

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Luciano Vecchio #TeamDylan Cover	barcode 75960620887600251
Clayton Crain Venom Horse Cover	barcode 75960620887600271
Peach Momoko Cover	barcode 75960620887600231
Iban Coello Virgin Cover	barcode 75960620887600216
Luciano Vecchio #TeamEddie Cover	barcode 75960620887600261
Chris Giarrusso Cover	barcode 75960620887600221
Skottie Young Cover	barcode 75960620887600241

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Venom War #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-95869-5	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #12 of 5#3 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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