Carnage has never been the most complex of Spider-Man villains, the angsty offspring of Venom rarely rising beyond his obviously murderous inclinations. Rather than try and reinvent the webbed wheel, Gerry Conway and Mike Perkins instead lean into the more horror infused elements of the character. The resulting read is high on tension and even higher on promise, paving the way for what will hopefully be a bloody good time.
Given the rather straight forward nature of the character, Cletus Kasady comes off as a tough character to write. His violence and aggression is almost always at surface level, leaving very little layers to work with. Perhaps realizing this, writer Conway spends the bulk of this first issue working around his many tendriled lead, instead focusing on the ones who drew his ire in the first place. The short list includes fellow symbiote sidecar Eddie Brock, former astronaut John Jameson, and the sole survivor of Kasaday's first murder spree, Manuela Calderon. Said role call initially reads as overly familiar in premise, and it's when things go very, very wrong that the book really gets going.
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Given the rather straight forward nature of the character, Cletus Kasady comes off as a tough character to write. His violence and aggression is almost always at surface level, leaving very little layers to work with. Perhaps realizing this, writer Conway spends the bulk of this first issue working around his many tendriled lead, instead focusing on the ones who drew his ire in the first place. The short list includes fellow symbiote sidecar Eddie Brock, former astronaut John Jameson, and the sole survivor of Kasaday's first murder spree, Manuela Calderon. Said role call initially reads as overly familiar in premise, and it's when things go very, very wrong that the book really gets going.
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