Product Description: What's worse than one mayhem-producing symbiote? Two. What's worse than that? Three. That's right: Venom's offspring, Carnage, is about to have a baby itself - a creature of indescribable power and appetites. Question is, who's gonna bring up baby? Quick - someone call Spider-Man! Guest-starring Black Cat!
Excellent read, but title is misleading... ^ Ok, so there really isn't much Venom vs Carnage in this, well at least not them fighting physically like you were probably hoping. But never the less, the story to this is really a great read. And a new symbiote lifeform is born, "Toxin." He's the baby of Carnage. Venom really isn't in this a whole lot. Which I found a little disappointing because he was the reason I bought this. It mainly focuses on Patrick Mulligan, who is the host of Toxin. Spidey pops up in a few panels as well. This isn't really what I was expecting to read when I got it, BUT it still had an excellent story. The art, on the other hand, is not very good, well to me. Too CGI for my liking. And sometimes their faces just look odd. But overall I'd still give this a 5, as it entertained me for an hour or so.
Venom vs. Carnage ^ Great series featuring, Black cat, Spidey, Venom, Carnage and Toxin. Worth a look for any spider-man or venom fan.
Enter Toxin ^ Clayton Crain's artwork and color is just beautiful, even in this setting. Although in some panels incredibly surrealistic I wish all comic books looked this good. Aside from the great (and sometimes weird) artwork I enjoyed the story. Who doesn't want more symbiotes? And the new guy Toxin is a beast. My only criticism (and always a compliment coming from me) I wish there was more. But you can't go wrong with this little book, great artwork and I really liked the story. Would make a great sick animated short.
Carnage Venom ^ This comic introduces Toxin into the comic world as how he came around and who the father is of the symbiote. Very good reading! If you are a fan of the villans in Spider-Man you will love this book.
Ignores previous continuity. ^ This book is all right, but not spectacular. There were just too many goofy continuity errors for me to really be able to enjoy it. The biggest error would be Black Cat not knowing who Carnage was; she was one of the major players in the maximum carnage saga. I don't know how an author could reasonably write a carnage/venom story and not have at least looked at Carnage's biggest story arc.
Also, the whole Carnage having a spawn, and Venom's reaction to it seem kind of off. I mean, Kassady's Carnage manifestation isn't really a symbiote; it's just a part of him, so there's no "we" when he talks. His actual symboiote was destroyed in the first carnage storyline, so I am surprised he would be even be able to spawn, let alone against his wishes.
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