Absolute Carnage #1

[cyberghostface]

"And as far as inspiration goes, I've said it before and will say it again; Carnage: Mind Bomb. It's a one-shot by Warren Ellis and Kyle Hotz, and it's the first time that, as a child of the '90s, I read a Carnage story and was genuinely terrified by it. Before that he was like this EXTREME version of Venom. You had the Maximum Carnage video game and all the tie-ins. So it was easy to write him off as this dime-a-dozen psychopath character, but then Ellis got a hold of him in Mind Bomb, and it is the most disturbing look into the mind of a person -- people forget about this -- who was Marvel's greatest serial killer even before he got a symbiote. There's a line in Absolute Carnage #1 that describes his body count as one that only dictators and plagues can hope to achieve." -- Donny Cates

This is 1/3 of a 64 page issue.

Comments

[icon_uk]

Well there's a lot to unpack here, including the Symbiotes now being a sort of organic Phalanx, and I'm not sure we need another of those, but it's ramping up the horror vibe nicely (if only we didn't get Osborn involved)

Oh, and could "Ravenscroft" be ANY more of an Arkham knockoff, even to the style of the signage over the gate?

[cainofdreaming]

Someone should notify Amatsu-Mikaboshi that he's got a squatter in that formless nothing before the universe that he, well, is.

[scelestus]

I liked the little "where's the Sentry when you need him" nod, because honestly, that's what needs to be done to Carnage every time he shows up.

Also Bullseye. Bullseye also needs to be thrown into the sun.

[laughing_tree]

What's with the bicycle handles on his back?

[shadowpsykie]

wow that is creepy... I approve... Carnage SHOULD be horror...