Carnage #7
(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A) Pere Perez (CA) Juan Ferreyra
Rated T+
In Shops: May 15, 2024
SRP: $4.99
Liz Allan makes a discovery that changes the symbiote balance of power! Flash and Cletus are both armed with surprising weapons! Carnage’s followers take their fight IRL, but Cletus begins to question his godliness.
It’s a new week and we’re kicking it off with some news and reviews you might have missed from the weekend.
ICv2 – Pantheon to Publish COVID Anthology Edited by Retailer Gabe Fowler – Could be an interesting time capsule of history.
Smash Pages – Nominees announced for the 20th annual Doug Wright Awards – Congrats and good luck to all.
Reviews
CBR – Carnage #6
The Beat – Ruth Asawa – An Artist Takes Shape
Carnage #6
(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A) Pere Perez (CA) Juan Ferreyra
Rated T+
In Shops: Apr 10, 2024
SRP: $4.99
“FLESH AND BLOOD” PART 4!
CARNAGE and CLETUS find they’re not as close as they once were. Meanwhile, there’s still one thing that can kill them…Anti-Venom.
It was new comic book day yesterday! What’d you all get? What did you like? Dislike? Sound off in the comments below. While you think about that here’s some comic related news and comic reviews from around the web to start the day.
ICv2 – Funko Lost $154.1 Million in 2023 – Oof. That’s not good.
Kotaku – One Of The Best Marvel Games In Years Is Coming To PS Plus Soon – Nice.
Kotaku – What The Great Web Leaks Could Tell Us About Future Spider-Man Games – Any of it sound interesting?
Reviews
CBR – Carnage #5
CBR – Dead X-Men #3
Comicbook – Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance #1
Comicbook – I Heart Skull Crusher #1
Carnage #5
(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A) Pere Perez (CA) Juan Ferreyra
Rated T+
In Shops: Mar 13, 2024
SRP: $4.99
“FLESH AND BLOOD” CONTINUES! Following the events of VENOM #31, Carnage has Dylan. But is Dylan just bait for Eddie, the King in Black himself? Time for some bloody brother bonding!
Venom #31
(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A) Ken Lashley (CA) CAFU
Rated T+
In Shops: Mar 06, 2024
SRP: $3.99
“FLESH AND BLOOD” begins here! CARNAGE IS BACK! Born anew in symbiote goo and blood, Cletus Kasady is more dangerous and violent than ever before – and he has his sights dead set on the unsuspecting VENOM! Untested against the might of his symbiotic sibling without his father by his side, will Dylan Brock be able to hold the sadistic serial killer at bay? Or will Carnage live up to its namesake and leave another brutalized symbiote host in its wake?!
Carnage #4
(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A) Pere Perez (CA) Juan Ferreyra
Rated T+
In Shops: Feb 28, 2024
SRP: $4.99
VS. ANTI-VENOM!
Flash Thompson hunts Cletus down, but has Cletus been hunting him all along? It’s an all-out Symbiote slugfest sure to splatter these pages with slaughter.
The family that stays together gets slayed together! Starting next month, enjoy a symbiote bloodbath for the ages as Marvel’s two ongoing symbiote titles, Venom and Carnage, play host to a vicious new saga, “Symbiosis Necrosis.” The four-part crossover will unfold across Venom #31-32 and Carnage #5-6.
Today, fans can see all the major players on superstar artist Ken Lashley’s all-new connecting cover. Gracing all four issues of the crossover, this epic piece spotlights Venom (Eddie Brock) in his new look, Venom (Dylan Brock), Carnage, and the twisted Eddie Brock variant currently tormenting the Brock family—Meridius!
Written by current Venom and Carnage scribes Torunn Grønbekk and Al Ewing and drawn by Ken Lashley and Pere Pérez, “Symbiosis Necrosis” will deliver an action-packed, visceral family drama that kicks off when Carnage, fresh off his latest slaughter spree in Death of the Venomverse, targets Eddie Brock—and how better to get to his mortal enemy then going after Eddie’s son—and fellow Venom—Dylan?!
The Venom father/son pair are currently on interwoven journeys across space and time in the pages of Venom but their paths will collide dramatically when Dylan faces off against Cletus for the first time. The crossover will be packed with explosive developments including a new look for Carnage, a power up for Dylan, a shocking twist to Cletus and Carnage’s bond, and an epic showdown with the only symbiote Carnage truly fears—Anti-Venom!
Check out Lashley’s full connecting piece now and preorder it at your local comic shop today!
Marvel’s two ongoing symbiote titles will play host to a vicious family drama starting next month titled “Symbiosis Necrosis.”
Written by current Venom and Carnage scribes Torunn Grønbekk and Al Ewing and drawn by Ken Lashley and Pere Pérez, this four-part crossover will take over both titles in March and April.
The father/son pair are currently on interwoven journeys across space and time in the pages of Venom but their paths will collide dramatically when Dylan faces off against Cletus for the first time. The saga will be packed with explosive developments including a new look for Carnage that fans can see now in Cafu’s Venom #32 cover, a power up for Dylan, a shocking twist to Cletus and Carnage’s bond, and an epic showdown with the only symbiote Carnage truly fears—Anti-Venom!
It all kicks off in Venom #31 where, born anew in symbiote goo and blood, Cletus Kasady is more dangerous and violent than ever before – and has his sights dead set on the unsuspecting Venom! Untested against the might of his symbiotic sibling without his father by his side, will Dylan Brock be able to hold the sadistic serial killer at bay? Or will Carnage live up to its namesake and leave another brutalized symbiote host in its wake?!
Following the events of Venom #31, Carnage has Dylan in his grasp his Carnage #5. But is Dylan just bait for Eddie, the King in Black himself? Time for some bloody brother bonding!
Then in Venom #32, the crossover takes readers to the greatest depths of space and at the end of existence, within the flowering fauna of the symbiotic Garden of Time. But some carnivorous new species has blossomed there. Something bloodred, with thorns…and an appetite!
As the dust settles on the final battle in Carnage #6, Carnage and Cletus discover they’re not as close as they once were. Meanwhile, there’s still one thing that can kill them…Anti-Venom.
Check out all four of the crossover’s covers now along with a Cafu’s design sheet for Carnage’s new look and preorder all four parts of “Symbiosis Necrosis” at your local comic shop today!
In honor of Women’s History Month, the current class of Marvel’s Stormbreakers will be depicting their favorite women super heroes in March’s batch of Stormbreakers Variant Covers. These action packed covers feature some of today’s most popular comic book icons including She-Hulk, Gamora, Ms. Marvel, Shuri, Ghost-Spider, Ironheart, and Squirrel Girl.
Each month, Marvel’s Stormbreakers bring their incredible talents to your favorite comic series and characters and flex their skills with exciting themed variant cover collections. The current group of artists includes Elena Casagrande, Nic Klein, Jan Bazaldua, Chris Allen, Martin Coccolo, Lucas Werneck, Federico Vicentini, and C.F. Villa.
Each of these artists embody the raw talent and creative potential to shatter the limits of visual storytelling in comics today! As the next evolution of the groundbreaking Marvel’s Young Guns program, Marvel’s Stormbreakers continues the tradition of spotlighting and elevating these powerful artists to showcase their abilities, artwork and prominence in the world of comic books.
Check out all seven covers now and preorder them at your local comic shop today!
