Spider-Man: Venom vs. Carnage
Posted in Comics Marvel on 29. Jun, 2010
- ISBN13: 9780785115243
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
$5.70
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!
Spider-Man: Venom vs. Carnage
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SPOILERS!!!!
I had high hopes for this one. I love Carnage and Venom and was excited about seeing the new symbiote. However, this just failed to deliver what I wanted: an epic birthing coupled with clever lines and an awesome battle of the symbiotes!
Writer:
I thought the writing was alright but could of been done a lot better. The plot itself was quite intriguing and I liked how Toxin was born. The idea of Spiderman finally having a permanent symbiote friend is also a cool idea. The actual dialogue and lines themselves we’re below par. There were a lot of cheesy and frankly stupid lines. Milligan definitely understands the psyche and thinking of the characters but doesn’t really represent them well. Example. When Venom and Carnage are talking about the arrival of Toxin they take on roles of mom and dad; Carnage would definitely be the mom. However, the delivery of the jokes and dialogue as well as the dialogue itself sucked. Even Spiderman, king of clever lines, falls short. However, I thought Mulligan (Toxin’s human host) did a good job of describing his life and dealing with the monster within. Peter Milligan choosing the name of the Toxin’s host as Pat Mulligan was kind of full of himself too I thought.
Artwork: Clayton Craig
He needs some serious lessons in proportions and anatomy. Venom has never been exactly a perfect replica of the average built human and does have a smaller head than the rest of his body but Craig made this almost satirical. He also overlaps a lot of the eyes to literally bulge out of the symbiotes’ heads like early Looney Toon’s cartoons. There are a couple of scenes where Spiderman looks like he has a football in his mouth under his mask which I just can’t take seriously. Probably the most annoying thing as far as artwork goes is how over the top it all is. He takes so much time and is over the top yet fails in such basic notions such as keeping things proportional. It’s the equivalent of drawing a perfect black and white pencil drawing of the Mona Lisa and then coloring outside the lines. Craig definitely gets better and learned from this mistakes because his Ghost Rider Six-Part ranks among my favorite episodes. However, in this arc he definitely fails.
Toxin:
Toxin’s character design did not wow me at all. I thought he was done very shoddy and could of been fleshed out a lot more. I do not know how much of that is to blame on Craig or Mulligan but he just doesn’t have that OUMPH! like other villains. His color scheme is also pretty lame, maybe if he would of had black eyes and some kind of design on him it could of helped but he basically looked like a Spiderman stuck between a Carnage transformation. That all aside, his personality is interesting and will definitely grow into something unique I think.
Rating: 2 / 5
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
Great series featuring, Black cat, Spidey, Venom, Carnage and Toxin. Worth a look for any spider-man or venom fan.
Rating: 5 / 5
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.
Rating: 4 / 5
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.
Rating: 5 / 5