Necroko

Necroko (Ellie Ellison) is a fictional superhero and magical girl who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Necroko
Venomverse character
First appearance	Extreme Venomverse #4 (July 2023)
First game	Marvel Puzzle Quest
Created by	Alyssa Wong and Ken Niimura
In-universe information
Full name	Ellie Ellison
Gender	Female
Nationality	United States

The character received a generally positive critical reception.

History of publication

Necroko was created by screenwriter Alyssa Wong and cartoonist Ken Niimura, making her first appearance in Extreme Venomverse #4, published in July 2023.^[1][2][3][4]

Fictional Biography

Ellie Ellison was an ordinary student in love with her classmate, Parker Piper, who one day found a magical lasso attached to a symbiote, which gave her powers that she used to fight crime, adopting the identity of Necroko.^[5]

One day, when some monsters attacked the school, Ellie transformed into Necroko to defeat them and devour them through the symbiote, also saving Parker. After this, Piper was very grateful, becoming a big fan of Necroko without knowing that she was actually his girlfriend.^[5]

Some time later, Necroko was forced to fight alongside other symbiotes of Earth-616 against Carnage,^[6] after he began to travel through the multiverse killing alternate versions of Venom in search of absolute power.^[7] Necroko was presumed dead in battle, but Cullen Bunn, the author of the series, confirmed through social media that, in reality, she had survived.^[8]

In other media

Necroko appeared as a playable character in the video game Marvel Puzzle Quest as part of a special event between the 7th and 9 April 2024, during which it was possible to acquire the character.^[9]

Reception

Liam MgGuire, of Looper, praised the story written by Alyssa Wong and Ken Niimura for Ellie and Parker, qualifying Necroko as a character "with something special", and affirming that Marvel should tell more stories about the character.^[1]