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Carnage USA Kindle & comiXology
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherMarvel
- Publication dateDecember 12, 2012
- Grade level8 and up
- File size249.5 MB
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- ASIN : B00DOZOOM8
- Publisher : Marvel (December 12, 2012)
- Publication date : December 12, 2012
- Language : English
- File size : 249.5 MB
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- Print length : 106 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #603,399 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,936 in Marvel Comics & Graphic Novels (Books)
- #6,007 in Superhero Graphic Novels
- #10,982 in Superhero Comics & Graphic Novels
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Customers praise the art quality as incredible and fantastic. They find the book engaging and say it has a good premise with great characters. Opinions differ on the story quality, with some finding it amazing and gritty, while others consider it meh or bleak. There are also mixed views on the detail level, with some finding it detailed and interesting, while others feel it was difficult to draw.
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Customers enjoy the artwork. They find the pictures fantastic and praise the artist's work. The comic is described as beautifully illustrated, though some feel the storyline lacks momentum.
"The detail is second to none. Stunning artwork, interesting storyline. If your a fan of Clayton Crain you must get this comic...." Read more
"...The artistry by Crain at this juncture is fabulous, depicting the heroes as they fall under Carnage’s complete control – fantastic reds with a..." Read more
"Great art." Read more
"Great story arc with beautiful art...." Read more
Customers enjoy the book's readability. They find it engaging from the start and say it's one of the best Spider-Man villains.
"...Splendid work Mr. Crain, Bravo" Read more
"...Fast paced, action-packed and highly gritty – this is good stuff, especially from Crain and lesser so from Wells...." Read more
"It is a great read with great illustrations. I enjoyed every bit. I plan on collecting the hard copies now. Amazing Limited Series" Read more
"It was kinda too small scale for me, but a pretty good read. Spoiler Warning: I enjoyed the Flash Thompson Venom" Read more
Customers have mixed reviews about the story. Some find it a great and gritty continuation of the Carnage story, with beautiful art. Others feel the story is predictable and poorly plotted, with scenes that don't make sense.
"The detail is second to none. Stunning artwork, interesting storyline. If your a fan of Clayton Crain you must get this comic...." Read more
"Great story arc with beautiful art. Carnage story takes another leap forward, Avengers have to reckon with him and you get a gritty story about..." Read more
"...This one is a very dark comic, pictographically (mostly gray scale) throughout the entire work...." Read more
"...The story is there but I personally don't think its as strong as the first carnage. I give this book an even 4/5 stars." Read more
Customers have different views on the book's detail. Some find it detailed and interesting to see, while others say it was difficult to draw and read.
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"A bleak story. It was still enjoyable but not easy to read. Could have made better use of the zoo animals" Read more
"The art work was incredible and the symbiots are always fun and interesting to see but the story line is really predictable and their were a few..." Read more
"Killer artwork! This series could NOT have been easy to draw." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2012The detail is second to none. Stunning artwork, interesting storyline. If your a fan of Clayton Crain you must get this comic. The Carnage character is one of the most dastardly villains in the marvel universe and its nice to see his deranged personality fully displayed. I've seen Spiderman defeated by Carnage numerous times, it was fun to see how he fared against Carnage when the Avengers and Venom had his back. Splendid work Mr. Crain, Bravo
- Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2014I preface this review by mentioning that this is actually a sequel to the also available agglomerated TPB ‘Carnage: Family Feud’. This one is just as good, if not better than ‘Family Feud’.
The story revolves around Kasady taking over the town of Doverton, Colorado. He twists the minds of it’s inhabitants with his symbiote and in come the Avengers: Spider-Man, Hawkeye, Wolverine, Captain America and The Thing. Carnage is able to capture most of them which then firstly leads to ‘The Mercury Team’ and then Venom as allies and recourses of action. The fight rages through the small town until it is leveled and Carnage and Kasady are finally stopped! Fast paced, action-packed and highly gritty – this is good stuff, especially from Crain and lesser so from Wells.
We see, again, per much of the Marvel MO a commonly used task-force scenario. Group of hero’s assembles to take on the villain and his associates, should he have any. Then other, ancillary groups enter the comic as the action progresses and the story unfolds a bit. Nothing unique, but Carnage is a villain worth having the best assemble in a joint effort to take him out. Call in the Avengers… and some non-Avengers also. Zeb Wells takes many good jabs at Ben Grimes ‘Thing’, character.
Crain utilizes grainy textures often and transitioning boldly to the dark reds, indicating the artistically perceptual distinction between good and evil. Most of the pages are done in 5 panel format, with the occasional whole page panel presented at (sometimes) optimal moments.
Again, per tradition, one will find it pretty irritating with the Kindle’s Inability to turn the comic panel sideways, thereby enlarging its detail by expanding the panel across the vertical-turned-horizontal kindle pane. One’s best bet is to read the panes in pop-out mode and then zoom out to whole page and investigate the details from there. For with most of Crain’s work – it shouldn’t be glossed over. A simply fantastic artist.
SPOILERS:
Pt. 1: This Land is MY Land.
Having escaped from their respective holding cells (see Carnage: Family Feud) the symbiote Carnage has again made union with Cletus Kasady. Taking over the small town of Doverton, Colorado Carnage sends a messenger, the message carved in his flesh, which reaches the Emergency Response Center.
Captain America, Wolverine, Hawkeye, Ben Grimes (Thing) and, most naturally Spider-Man assemble and head into Doverton, in efforts to put Kasady down before more civilians fall prey to his bloodlust.
It appears that Kasady has the entire town, 1046 and declining, people under his symbiotic control. Unfortunately, in not much of a battle at all, indicating Carnage’s true, voracious, fighting prowess he overwhelms the entire group of heroes. The artistry by Crain at this juncture is fabulous, depicting the heroes as they fall under Carnage’s complete control – fantastic reds with a completely evil aura about each hero.
The first installation in this 5 part story closes with the pending assembly of another super-team to go in and pick up where our heroes have apparently failed, but many of the names on the first presented list are person’s either MIA or far too unstable to consider having face Carnage.
Pt. 2: Red, White and Die!
With the Avengers, with the exception of Spider-Man, under Carnage’s control, the first fight is on. Spider-Man manages to escape the clutches of Carnage and the symbiote driven Avengers by the miraculous arrival of a search-and-rescue party looking for survivors in Doverton.
Meanwhile, General Duggan has recruited symbiotes in efforts to stop Carnage. Aside from Scorn we encounter ‘The Mercury Team’, a team of elite military trained personnel who can fuse to symbiotes in a way which prevents complete bonding, thereby essentially enhancing their powers but without the ill side effects of total symbiotic bonding. The Mercury team consists of: Lasher, Riot, Agony and Phage. Each has their own unique symbiotic driven talent.
This segment ends with Eric Morrell’s (the survivalist who rescued Spider-Man) wife (Hannah) and two young children aligning with Carnage, becoming his symbiotic puppets, in efforts to ensure Eric is killed. Pretty creepy to see what is just a toddler under Kasady’s wicked control.
Pt. 3: Die Free or Live!
The Mercury team decends upon Doverton. There they initially attack Doppelganger and then are aggressed by the town’s inhabitants, who are all under Carnage’s control. Because they symbiotes are impervious to artillery the group unloads upon the towns-folk (to what avail – we shall see).
Meanwhile Hannah has attracted the attention of Eric, who is then only saved by Spider-Man. However, he is willng to die in order to save Hannah and his children. The preoccupying fear is that now Carnage will decide to kill his wife and young ones due to Spider-Man’s interference.
Lastly, Captain America manages, briefly, to break Carnage’s hold over his body and radios for help. Entering the picture is Eugene ‘Flash’ Thompson, better known as Venom, to assist in ridding Doverton of Carnage.
This one is a very dark comic, pictographically (mostly gray scale) throughout the entire work. Not bad by any means, but certainly not as colorful as previous issues.
Pt. 4: Oh Say Can You Scream!
The fight continues! Spider-Man and Venom tango with Carnage, but because Carnage has so many tools neither one really stands a chance. The Mercury team is doing everything it can to hang in with Carnage and the symbiotic townspeople but they’re faring less well, as their symbiotes are all apparently very young (referenced a few times through the series).
Dr. Nieves, Scorn, enters the fight toward the end of the issue – initially it appeared she was more concerned with her own goings-on but we soon discover she’s found a way, created a device with which to strip the carriers of their symbiotic organisms. At the close of the episode we see Kasady standing over Thompson – he asks him pointedly and rhetorically: ‘where’d your legs go college boy?’ (we know that Thompson was a double amputee, who’s legs functioned only while bound with Venom). It’s looking bad for ‘Flash’.
Pt. 5: The Dawn’s Early Fright!
The symbiotes flee (Carnage & Venom) and turn to inhabit the wild animals inhabiting the Ralsby safe-haven (it was also a private zoo). The heroes arrange for a fly-by burning of Doverton after they’ve isolated the symbiotes, but the Venom symbiote has other ideas – it makes moves to return to ‘Flash’ Thompson. It arrives just in time, as it was ‘Flash’ was strung up on a meat-hook with Kasady preparing to carve out his eyes.
After the town is leveled by the fly-by, Scorn captures the Carnage symbiote, telling it ‘it will only get worse for you’ and Eric Cole would like nothing more than to paint the road with Kasady’s brains. Spider-Man deters him, but Wolverine comments that it may be better to put him down.
In conclusion we see a down decimated, Doverton is inhabitable. Venom has reacquired his symbiote, Scorn has the Carnage symbiote entrapped and Kasady is incarcerated. There appears much room for another story to develop.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2025Great art.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2016Great story arc with beautiful art. Carnage story takes another leap forward, Avengers have to reckon with him and you get a gritty story about Cletus the serial killer. Loved the whole thing
- Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2015It has really fantastic pictures and art and censors the swears so I like but it's not great because it's badly plotted.😜
- Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2020It is a great read with great illustrations. I enjoyed every bit. I plan on collecting the hard copies now. Amazing Limited Series
- Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024It was kinda too small scale for me, but a pretty good read. Spoiler Warning:
I enjoyed the Flash Thompson Venom
- Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2014The art work was incredible and the symbiots are always fun and interesting to see but the story line is really predictable and their were a few scenes that just don't make sense (ie How does Spiderman escape when Carnage clearly has him by the throat and why is an electrified chain link fence able to keep him contained and we're having such a big problem here?) sort of like a Michael Bay movie. But in the end I gave it five stars because I just liked the art work and characters too much to give it a 4.
Top reviews from other countries
- Sabrina BourassaReviewed in Canada on July 14, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
This was such a good book the art is amazing I lo Ed the plot twist at the end !
- Dhananjay KumarReviewed in India on June 2, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book. Really brought me goosebumps in between of the book.😬😬
I gave this rating because the book brought out the carnage and avengers inside me.( I know I cannot bring both out at same tome😂😂😅, nor anyone of them in real!!😅😅.)
- Sega HeadReviewed in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars True Carnage
It's good to see Cletus kasady at his best again, this time he's after more then just Spiderman. Well worth a read and well worth the price
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in India on May 31, 2021
3.0 out of 5 stars Some good visuals but story is average
++Carnage and other symbiotes
As an average person who hasn’t read too many comic stories this comic as a stand-alone comic, felt incomplete.
- Random Kindle CustomerReviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2016
4.0 out of 5 stars A superhero horror film
Great little mini series. Would have awarded five stars but for the script wasting a number of characters. Maybe if this were longer? Still, a little steal at the current price.