The marketing material for "Venom: The Last Dance" has already teased one of Marvel's most powerful villains, and the movie's final trailer confirms that he is indeed coming. Marvel's Knull makes his very first live-action appearance in the trailer, threatening Earth in general and Venom (Tom Hardy) in particular.

This is a significant villain upgrade for the "Venom" franchise. The first two movies' major antagonists Riot (Riz Ahmed), Carnage (Woody Harrelson), and Shriek (Naomie Harris) are effectively just Venom's fellow symbiotes with different power sets. While they all have their place in the untold truth of Venom, Knull is cut from a different cloth. As Venom fearfully tells Eddie Brock (Hardy) in the trailer, Knull is the one who created the symbiotes in the first place, which makes him a threat that's far beyond anything "Venom" movie fans have seen so far.

What, exactly, makes Knull so absurdly powerful in the comics, and how might he translate to live action? Here's a closer look at the God of Symbiotes and the significant threat he poses.