Warning: Contains potential spoilers for All-New Venom #5!

Marvel has officially announced that its latest Venom host will reveal their true identity in April 2025, as the mystery that’s been building since last year is finally coming to its grand finale. Announced back in August 2024, the All-New Venom series spun out of the dramatic symbiote showdown in Venom War and gave the symbiote superhero a brand-new partner that readers have been speculating about for months on end.

All-New Venom #5 – written by Al Ewing, with art by Carlos Gómez – is only about a month away, and the issue will reveal what’s been going on with Venom and its unknown host once and for all. Main cover art teases the human breaking free from underneath the symbiote’s new black-and-gold exterior.

After months of readers theorizing and arguing over who might or should be Venom’s new host after Eddie Brock, the whodunnit is finally coming to a close. Regardless of which option actually takes the title of the All-New Venom, it’s bound to shake up Marvel’s overall symbiote lore.

Venom’s Latest Host Is Finally Revealing Their Big Symbiote Secret This April

All-New Venom #5 – Written By Al Ewing; Art By Carlos Gómez; Cover By Adam Kubert & Laura Martin

There have been many mixed emotions around Venom’s array of suspects becoming its next host moving forward, and as the symbiote’s secret is finally revealed, the reality of a new human host taking up the mantle of Marvel’s current Venom is officially about to settle in. Before the first issue was even released, All-New Venom teased four exciting main suspects: Luke Cage, Madame Masque, Rick Jones, and Robbie Robertson. Over the course of the first few issues, both Cage and Masque have been taken out of the running - which has narrowed the official suspect list down to the latter two.

However, given all the hype around the series and the other characters sprinkled throughout, many fans aren’t convinced that Venom’s new host ever was one of those proposed suspects at all. It seems that the seriously despised character Paul, Mary Jane’s partner, has moved up the ranks for those willing to bet on the new host’s true identity, given many dropped hints and clues. The series has managed to keep readers guessing and second-guessing, but its success will all come down to how the mystery concludes, and if the new host can officially earn superhero status as the new Venom.

As “All-New Venom” Wraps Up Its Mystery, It Officially Ushers In A New Symbiote Status Quo

What’s Next for Venom’s Golden Era?

The whodunnit aspect of All-New Venom was one of the most compelling parts of the series, so it should be interesting to see how the new Venom progresses with all their cards finally on the table. In the series so far, this Venom has already used their powers in new creative ways, and the symbiote’s latest host should keep innovating to define their version of Venom apart from Eddie Brock’s legacy. With Eddie off on his own Carnage adventures, the new host will continue to establish what makes them actually live up to the title of an All-New Venom.

Promising an explosive conclusion, Venom and their mysterious new host could totally blow away both readers and the Marvel Universe’s heroes and villains alike.

Anticipation has been building for quite a while now, and fans are eagerly waiting for it to pay off with the bombshell reveal that’s coming in All-New Venom #5. Whether it’s an old favorite like Rick Jones or Robbie Robertson, one half of the MJ and Paul relationship, or another wild reveal that nobody could even expect, the secret identity finally being exposed will officially solidify a reinvigorated era for the symbiote superhero. Promising an explosive conclusion, Venom and their mysterious new host could totally blow away both readers and the Marvel Universe’s heroes and villains alike.

All-New Venom #5 will be available April 2, 2025 from Marvel Comics!