Knull

For other uses, see Knull (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Kull of Atlantis or Null the Living Darkness.

Knull
Knull, as featured on a variant cover from Venom (Vol. 4) #5 (August 22, 2018)
Art by Skan Srisuwan.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThor: God of Thunder #6
(March 2013; identity unrevealed)
Venom vol. 4 #3
(August 2018; full appearance)
Created byDonny Cates
Ryan Stegman
In-story information
SpeciesElder God[1]
Place of originPrimordial void
Team affiliationsSymbiote Imperium
Notable aliasesGod of the Symbiotes
God of the Void
Lord of the Abyss
God-Host
Grendel (avatar)
Exolon God
King in Black
Slicer of Worlds
Abilities
  • Superhuman strength, speed, and durability
  • Matter generation and manipulation
  • Shadow manipulation
  • Symbiote domination
  • Symbiote creation
  • Healing factor
  • Shapeshifting
  • Immortality
  • Flight
  • Skilled hand-to-hand combatant

Knull (/nʌl/) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with Venom and Carnage. He was later retroactively established as an unseen enemy of Thor and the Silver Surfer, as he was behind Gorr the God Butcher's mission to hunt down and kill various deities, in addition to having come into conflict with the Silver Surfer via temporal black hole through time. The character is depicted as an evil deity who created the weapon known as All-Black the Necrosword and the alien races known as the Klyntar/Symbiotes and Exolons. The character would go on to play a more important role in the Marvel Universe.

Knull has been described as one of Marvel's most powerful supervillains.[2][3][4][5][6]

Knull made his cinematic debut in the Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Venom: The Last Dance, portrayed by Andy Serkis.

  1. ^ Spider-Man/Venom Free Comic Book Day #1. Marvel Comics.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Dyce, Andrew (July 25, 2015). "20 Most Powerful Marvel Villains". Screen Rant. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "The 50 Most Powerful Characters In The Marvel Universe, Ranked". Bustle. September 30, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  6. ^ Llewellyn, Michael; Huston, Gabrielle (October 16, 2018). "Venom: The 15 Strongest Symbiotes". TheGamer. Retrieved November 20, 2022.