{"id":101962,"date":"2025-10-03T23:54:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/101962\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T23:54:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:54:18","slug":"david-dastmalchian-previews-his-venom-black-white-blood-comic-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/101962\/","title":{"rendered":"David Dastmalchian Previews His ‘Venom: Black, White & Blood’ Comic [Exclusive]"},"content":{"rendered":"

With great power there must also come symbiote stories unlike any other!<\/p>\n

Actor David Dastmalchian<\/strong> (Late Night with the Devil, Dune) returns to the world of Marvel Comics in Venom: Black, White & Blood<\/strong> #3, on sale October 29.<\/p>\n

Dastmalchian collaborated with artist Philip Tan<\/strong> to reveal the earliest exploits of Venom as he stalked Spider-Man through New York subways and rooftops, immune to Peter Parker\u2019s Spider-Sense.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was speaking with Mark [Basso, editor] about some of the ways I\u2019d like to explore classic Marvel characters and stories through a more contemporary lens that\u2019s impacted by recent cultural and social changes<\/strong>,\u201d Dastmalchian tells Bloody Disgusting.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of the time I\u2019ve spent thinking about mental health has filled me with so many questions about nature versus nurture, biochemical tendencies and body history. Both Eddie and Peter are excellent characters to follow while exploring those ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

The story is rooted in Marvel history, taking place before Venom\u2019s debut appearance in\u00a0Amazing Spider-Man #299, but Dastmalchian also had a major cinematic influence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI drew massive inspiration from David Fincher\u2019s film Se7en<\/strong>, and I hope you can feel that pulpy, gritty, horrifying sense of compulsion and obsession throughout the story,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

No stranger to the world of superheroes, Dastmalchian has played powerful characters. Could any of them take down Venom?<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that Abner Krill, AKA Polka Dot Man [from The Suicide Squad], could probably incinerate Venom with just a few dots<\/strong>,\u201d Dastmalchian asserts.<\/p>\n

He adds, \u201cI also think Gurathin from \u201cMurderbot<\/strong>\u201d could outsmart Venom. If he runs into any trouble, Gurathin could just call on SecUnit to lend a hand. Being a construct, SecUnit is probably impervious to Venom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Venom: Black, White & Blood #3 marks Dastmalchian\u2019s second time writing for Marvel, following a story he wrote earlier this year in Web of Venomverse: Fresh Brains.<\/p>\n

The issue also includes stories from Carl Potts<\/strong>\u00a0& Damian Couceiro<\/strong>, showing what would happen if a Peter Parker prone to violent solutions for his enemies became Venom, and Takashi Okazaki<\/strong>, who imagines a never-before-seen Venom going up against Carnage in ancient Japan.<\/p>\n

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator\u00a0Kevin Eastman<\/strong>\u00a0designed the main cover, while Okazaki created a samurai-inspired variant.<\/p>\n

Take an exclusive look two of Tan\u2019s pages from Dastmalchian\u2019s story below.<\/p>\n

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Cover by Kevin Eastman<\/p>\n

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Cover by Takashi Okazaki<\/p>\n

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