Donny Cates and Guiu Villanova's Web of Venom: Wraith #1 reveals the truth about the Exolon and Wraith's connection to the symbiote god, Knull.

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Web of Venom: Wraith #1 by Donny Cates, Guiu Villanova, Dean White and VC's Clayton Cowles, on sale now.

The Kree warrior known as Wraith, aka Zak-Del, was once just a regular member of his alien species. However, after getting trapped in another dimension known as the Exoteric Latitude, he was attacked by the Nameless, whoinfected him with the Exolon, mysterious, dark parasites that feed on souls. Because of this, Zak-Del gained special abilities, including immortality, and he was transformed into Wraith.

While there was still much we didn't know about the Exolon, we learned more about the parasites in Cates and Geoff Shaw's 2019's Guardians of the Galaxy #3. In the issue, Wraith joined Eros' Dark Guardians of the Galaxy team when he was promised answers about how to get rid of his curse. Eros revealed the Exolon had a connection to Knull, the ancient god of the symbiotes.

It was only a partial answer but now, the truth about Wraith's connection to Knull is revealed in Web of Venom: Wraith #1.

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When Wraith joined the Dark Guardians of the Galaxy, Eros gave him a teleportation device and a set of coordinates in return. This would lead him on a path to answers about the Exolon, and about how he could potentially free himself from what made him immortal. After taking a trip to his father's old laboratory, Wraith then teleports to the planet Klyntar -- home world of the symbiotes.

Klyntar was destroyed at the end of Cates and Ryan Stegman'sAbsolute Carnage, when Carnage collected all of the symbiote codices and awakened Knull. However, in Web of Venom: Wraith #1, Wraith visits the planet moments before its destruction. When the planet explodes and the god of the symbiotes is freed, Wraith then faces the ancient being, asking for answers.

He calls him the Exolon God, and he blames him for the infection that took him in the Exoteric Latitude. However, Wraith then reveals the truth about this dimension: "I used it as a dumping ground for my failed experiments. I'm sorry, child. You have spent your life thinking you were cursed... I'm afraid it wasn't anything so dramatic... You were born from my trash."

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In Venom, it was revealed that shortly after the birth of the universe, Knull found refuge in the head of a dead Celestial and forged All-Black, the Necrosword -- the first ever symbiote. He would continue to refine his skills and eventually create the symbiotes.

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