New Carnage series.

[Celgress]

And let's not forget that Eddie Brock recently reincarnated himself as basically "a human symbiote" in this post-King in Black run, so that would make sense for Cletus, too.

True, it is the simplest solution although I'd also give Cletus-Carnage mad OP regeneration abilities (a la Majin Buu from Dragon Ball), or maybe an absorption ability. Carnage ALWAYS needs to be freaky OP in one way or another amongst his kind, it is essential to his character lol.

[Huntsman Spider]

True, it is the simplest solution although I'd also give Cletus-Carnage mad OP regeneration abilities (a la Majin Buu from Dragon Ball), or maybe an absorption ability. Carnage ALWAYS needs to be freaky OP in one way or another amongst his kind, it is essential to his character lol.

Oh, yeah, and Majin Buu distilled to his pure essence just wanted to kill and kill and kill until there was no more to kill, so that would fit Cletus as well.

[omegafix]

And let's not forget that Eddie Brock recently reincarnated himself as basically "a human symbiote" in this post-King in Black run, so that would make sense for Cletus, too.

Isn't that what Cletus did in the last run? His Codex merged with the Extremebiote making him a human/symbiote hybrid

[Huntsman Spider]

Isn't that what Cletus did in the last run? His Codex merged with the Extremebiote making him a human/symbiote hybrid

Yeah, technically, though it's more like he hijacked the Extrembiote and used its symbiotic shapeshifting abilities to mimic his old human appearance.

[SturdyMike89]

Carnage works fine as a bad guy who Spidey and Venom team up to fight every few years. He can't carry a book. There is a reason none of his books has ever gone past 25 issues. He is not a character you can root for because he is a truly evil monster with no redeeming qualities. And this whole "make him a god' angle not only does not work, but goes against what has been established about the character for over 30 years. Marvel really needs to stop trying to make fetch happen.

[berserkerclaw]

Yeah I see it ending soon, which is fine I'll have them all

[Huntsman Spider]

Carnage works fine as a bad guy who Spidey and Venom team up to fight every few years. He can't carry a book. There is a reason none of his books has ever gone past 25 issues. He is not a character you can root for because he is a truly evil monster with no redeeming qualities. And this whole "make him a god' angle not only does not work, but goes against what has been established about the character for over 30 years. Marvel really needs to stop trying to make fetch happen.

The one that lasted longest was the one by Gerry Conway, and that was about 15-16 issues. I think that one lasted as long as it did because it was smart enough to put the focus on the heroes trying to stop Carnage, such as they were. Kind of reminds me of how horror movie franchises will be titled after the villain/monster, but the focus in each installment is on those trying to survive against or stop the villain/monster.

[Toxin45]

Carnage works fine as a bad guy who Spidey and Venom team up to fight every few years. He can't carry a book. There is a reason none of his books has ever gone past 25 issues. He is not a character you can root for because he is a truly evil monster with no redeeming qualities. And this whole "make him a god' angle not only does not work, but goes against what has been established about the character for over 30 years. Marvel really needs to stop trying to make fetch happen.

Sorry but carnage is now venom’archenemy these days so that won’t happen anytime soon

[berserkerclaw]

I tried asking the writer on X about May Carnage issue but no response why thier wasnt a solit.

[captainzombie]

I tried asking the writer on X about May Carnage issue but no response why thier wasnt a solit.

I enjoyed the previous run from last year, but this one just feels off to me. Characters like Carnage are so hard to really carry their own book and when he is not written so well it makes the story not that interesting.

[berserkerclaw]

Yeah I agree. I look at it this way if this one ends at leastbill have all issues lol. I just hope the wraps thr murder.plot nicely soon vs Flash

[Mantis-Ray]

I feel Ram V being signed for DC exclusivity completely fucked the Carnage books. He was clearly building up a storyline and it was at least consistent but his sudden leaving of the book mean other people had to pick up the slack and deal with plot-threads they have no interest in.

Like how Grønbekk here completely ignored everything involving Cletus still having the Extrembiote.

[captainzombie]

Yeah I agree. I look at it this way if this one ends at leastbill have all issues lol. I just hope the wraps thr murder.plot nicely soon vs Flash

I feel Ram V being signed for DC exclusivity completely fucked the Carnage books. He was clearly building up a storyline and it was at least consistent but his sudden leaving of the book mean other people had to pick up the slack and deal with plot-threads they have no interest in.

Like how Grønbekk here completely ignored everything involving Cletus still having the Extrembiote.

In the last run, Ram V was doing a hell of a job with Carnage to make the story interesting. I am not sure what Grønbekk is even doing here and the story is just boring. At this point, they should just use Cletus/Carnage to tell stories in ASM/Miles/Venom books, without a good writer his character can't carry a story.

What is even more annoying is that we had the Death of the Venomverse and now we are back to it again with Venomverse Rebirth. Marvel is really starting to lose me with these stupid decisions they continue to make. Nobody is asking for both Edge and Venomverse universes to come back, just end them already and move forward. I wish they would have one mega event for all of these useless Spider characters and kill them all off. Just keep the popular ones and move forward.

[Captain Craig]

..... Just keep the popular ones and move forward.

The issue there is that someone else's minor character is another persons popular character.

[Huntsman Spider]

The issue there is that someone else's minor character is another persons popular character.

Pretty much this. Just because they're not the biggest or best or most important or most popular or whatever doesn't mean they're not someone's favorite.