TALK ABOUT: Carnage (2023) #2

 

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March 2024 Previews

 

WHAT IF?… VENOM #2 (OF 5)
JEREMY HOLT (W) • CHRIS CAMPANA (A) • COVER BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU
DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY TBA
VARIANT COVER BY GERARDO SANDOVAL • VARIANT COVER BY TBA
THEY’RE THE BEST THERE IS AT WHAT THEY DO!
• And what they do is eat the hell out of your brain before slicing you to ribbons with six adamantium claws!
• WOLVERINE! VENOM! ’Nuff said!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #2 (OF 4)
KAARE ANDREWS & RICH DOUEK (W) • BOB QUINN & MORE! (A)
Cover by CHAD HARDIN • VARIANT COVER BY RICKIE YAGAWA
HEADSHOT VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
HEADSHOT SKETCH VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
CHARACTER VARIANT COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS
CHARACTER VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS
HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY PETE WOODS • VARIANT COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS
• Welcome to Spider-High, the most dangerous high school on Earth. Gluemy Miller is the new kid, and things aren’t looking good for him making it through his first year there with the villainous teachers actually trying to kill him. On the bright side, he may have a shot with the cute cheerleader, but who is the mysterious and deadly SPOOKY-MAN?!
• CYBORG SPIDER-MAN returns! The coolest Spider-Suit from the ’90s has gone underused for TOO LONG! Don’t miss the most kick-ass Spider-Character’s star turn!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

 

SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN 2099 #1 (OF 5)
PETER DAVID (W) • ROGÊ ANTÔNIO (A) • Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
VARIANT COVER BY KEN LASHLEY
VARIANT COVER BY GREG LAND
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY GREG LAND
HEADSHOT VARIANT BY TODD NAUCK
MISS MINUTES VARIANT COVER BY SALVADOR LARROCA
DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY ROGÊ ANTÔNIO
PETER DAVID RETURNS TO THE SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN SAGA!
Set your time circuits ahead to the techno-dystopian future of 2099! Comic legend PETER DAVID (THE INCREDIBLE HULK, SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN, SPIDER-MAN 2099) triumphantly returns to pen the next epic chapter in the Symbiote Spider-Man Saga alongside artist ROGÊ ANTÔNIO (CARNAGE).
Set your time circuits ahead to the techno-dystopian future of 2099! Miguel O’Hara, A.K.A. SPIDER-MAN 2099, is facing a hostile takeover – of his own body! Kron Stone, the VENOM of 2099 wages an all-out assault on Alchemax, and the only hope of stopping him lies with the power awakened by a top-secret project gone terribly wrong. What must Miguel sacrifice to seal the bond with his new symbiote – his body? His mind? His very soul?!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

SPIDER-GWEN: SMASH #4 (OF 4)
Melissa Flores (W) • Enid Balám (A)
Cover by David Nakayama
VARIANT COVER BY TERRY DODSON
VARIANT COVER BY Emanuela Luppacchino
This tour was just supposed to be about the music, but when Bruce Banner’s experiments yield shockingly symbiotic results, Gwen will have to finally pick a side in this all-out super-hero smash fest!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

VENOM #31
TORUNN GRØNBEKK (W) • KEN LASHLEY (A) • Cover by CAFU
MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS VARIANT COVER BY SALVADOR LARROCA
VENOM MASTERPIECES III VARIANT COVER BY GREG AND TIM HILDEBRANDT
VENOM MASTERPIECES III VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY GREG AND TIM HILDEBRANDT
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY KEN LASHLEY • VARIANT COVER BY TBA
NEW VENOM/CARNAGE CROSSOVER 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?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CARNAGE #5
TORUNN GRØNBEKK (W) • PERE PÉREZ (A) • COVER BY Juan Ferreyra
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY JAN BAZALDUA • VARIANT COVER BY PHILIP TAN
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY KEN LASHLEY
THE CROSSOVER 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!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory…$4.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #254 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by TOM DEFALCO
Penciled by RICK LEONARDI
Cover by RICK LEONARDI
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
Continuing a facsimile celebration of the early days of Spider-Man’s black costume – before he knew it was an alien symbiote out to bond with him forever! Luckily, the living suit has plenty of tricks and treats in store to help Spidey battle Jack O’Lantern! When the Hobgoblin’s battle wagon is hauled out of the Hudson River, the flaming-pumpkin-headed villain sets his sights on some grand theft auto – but there’s no way that the web-slinger will let one of his most fiendish foes get his hands on the secrets of another! A citywide chase begins, but how long can Jack O’Lantern evade a relentless Spider-Man? It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #254.
32 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

CARNAGE VOL. 1 TPB
Written by RAM V, CHRISTOS GAGE & TORUNN GRØNBEKK
Penciled by FRANCESCO MANNA, ZÉ CARLOS & PERE PÉREZ
Cover by PAULO SIQUEIRA
Carnage shall inherit the Earth! Every symbiote needs a host. And for Carnage, there has only ever been one host who has made it feel whole. It’s time for a reunion. Meanwhile, Flash Thompson has become convinced that a series of increasingly horrifying murders are all connected. As Flash puts the pieces together, get ready for Anti-Venom vs. Carnage – an all-out symbiote slugfest! Plus: While a reborn Cletus Kasady exacts his vengeance on an unsuspecting city, the Carnage symbiote remains adrift among the stars. The symbiote only has a few hurdles left before its glorious ascension to the throne of the King in Black – and the first is named Morlun! Collecting WEB OF CARNAGE #1 and CARNAGE (2023) #1-4.
136 PGS./Parental Advisory …$19.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-95501-4
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16 

MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS: BATTLEWORLD TPB
Written by TOM DEFALCO
Penciled by PAT OLLIFFE
Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Return to Battleworld! Get ready for a new story set during the 1980s classic SECRET WARS! On the Beyonder’s patchwork planet, Spider-Man has just donned his new alien black costume. But as Reed Richards and Captain America work on a plan to get the heroes home, Spidey is whisked off into a further escalation of the Secret War – with new friends and foes alike! Falcon, Iceman and Daredevil join Spider-Man and the Human Torch at the mercy of Baron Zemo – but what mischief does the Hobgoblin have in store? Drawing on dangling threads from the original series, this all-new tale provides further insight into the machinations of the Beyonders – and brings some fan-favorite characters from the classic SECRET WARS toy line into the fray! Collecting MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS: BATTLEWORLD #1-4.
112 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-95084-2
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16

TALK ABOUT: Venom #28

 

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