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Carnage, the spawn of Venom, has assembled an army of Spider-Man's criminally insane adversaries to spread his message of hostility, chaos and wholesale slaughter: Carrion, Demogoblin, Shriek and the Spider-Man Doppelganger! Outmanned and overpowered, the wall-crawler must recruit his own band of super-beings to combat the rising tide of evil.

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13 December 2006
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17.15 x 1.27 x 26.04 cm
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel; 1st edition (13 December 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0785109870
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0785109877
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.15 x 1.27 x 26.04 cm

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Tom DeFalco (born June 26, 1950) is an American comics writer and editor, well known for his association with Marvel Comics and in particular for his work with Spider-Man.

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Shane Mclennan

Great book

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Great collection very nostalgic of comic books of old.

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Phil

Turns it all the way up to 11… but it’s too loud

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 January 2022

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This is often praised as a great spider-man story and I can maybe see why people like it but it wasn’t for me.
For starters it is far too long: there is no justification for 14 issues since it is very repetitive. Carnage causes carnage, heroes appear to stop them but can’t than Carnage leaves, see you next issue.
And it isn’t just the action but the moral as well is repeated far too often; it’s like they don’t trust the reader. I like the central conceit - how can you stop a monster without being a monster but I don’t think it is told very well. Spiderman has the same internal monologue every issue: it’s like Hamlet but with less interesting writing.
I think there is a really good idea here and the potential for a great story but this isn’t it.
By all means it isn’t bad, not at all but it isn’t as good as it’s reputation suggest or as good as the idea allows.
I don’t regret the time spent reading it but it took me longer to get through than some of the better storylines from Marvel.

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Mark Kilkelly

Maximum Carnage - Minimal complaints.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 October 2018

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In terms of story, I don't get all the hate that gets thrown at it. It does have some silly and contrived plot points, sure. But it does a lot with its bare bones premise and makes the most out of a kick ass villian like Carnage. And as far as the morals on life and death go, there are compelling arguments on both sides of the fence, especially between Spiderman and Venom.
The art is good as far as 90's standards go, but it does look pretty dated now. You can expect the embarrassing mullets and over exaggerated and blizzard proportions this era of comic books has become so infamous for, but it's still good.
The story and art is four star worthy. But where it lost the star was for the print of the book itself. I don't know if it's just the copy of the book I have or a common thing, but the print quality was inconsistent. Most pages can be crisp and clean but there were a lot of times where it seemed fuzzy like they were printed in a lower resolution, almost like it was scanned from a copy of a copy of the original. It does spoil the look once you notice it.
3-and-a-half stars would have been my real rating here.

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K. G. A. Alavi

Spider-man at his best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2019

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This is one of my faverite Spider-Man story arcs. It action packed from beginning to end and securely places Spider-Man as one of the big heroes in the Marvel universe. WHERE HE SHOULD BE!!!

As good as the action is there is also a good storyline between Mary Jane Parker and Peter. How he balances his life as Spider-Man and his personal life has to take a back seat in this time of crisis. I think there is a very powerful part in the of the book where Peter is out being the hero, but MJ is home worried and scared.

The other thing that is done really well, is team Carnage is pretty united, the heroes are changing between oppersite points of views on how to deal with Carnage from their two leaders Spider-Man and Venom. You see both sides of the debate.

Then there is how Spider-Man is held in high regard by other heroes and people. There is a great message of not giving up and doing better, which is what Peter Parker/Spider-Man has always been about before Disney devolved his character for me.

Great comic collection, action packed, great story and inspirational the way comics should be.

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Carnage is coming to town

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2013

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Known as the 'Spawn of Venom' Cletus Kasady has returned as Carnage. With the Symbiote itself fused with his own blood Kasady breaks free from the Mental Institute he was taken too with plans to begin a deadly terrorising of the city itself. Breaking out with a love interest named Shriek and teaming up with Carrion, Demogoblin and the Spiderman Doppelganger everyone favourite Psycho is determined to spray chaos wherever he goes. And as the city begins to erupt in violence, riots and looting it looks like he's succeeded.
Knowing how dangerous Carnage truly is Spiderman has no choice but to swing into action against him. But with the death of former Green Goblin Harry Osborn still on his mind and with no choice but to break his promise of not being Spiderman for a while to his beloved wife this maybe one fight that will take a toll on Peter Parker both emotionally and physically.
Things don't get any better when it not just Spidey going after Carnage. Venom returns, hell bent on stopping his own spawn by any means. And he's found allies who agree with him including Morbius the Living Vampire and Black Cat. Then as Captain America, Firestar, Iron Fist and Deathlok join the fight Spiderman must make a tough choice. Will he uphold his beliefs and win the day fair and square, or will he take a dramatic choice and go as far as to kill his enemies for the greater good?

Maximum Carnage has been calle3d a fan-favourite for many years and is among the popular Spiderman titles. I originally owned a copy of Part 6 when I was younger and it looked like a awesome story. Mass Murdering Super Villains with no mercy, Venom leading his own band of mis-matched troops to do things his way and Spiderman caught in the middle. The entire story goes like a typical 90s comic, you get the bad guys, the heroes fight, heroes are uncertain if they can win but ultimately save the day. Its got good drama and a clear message of 'what is the right thing to do?' shown here by Spiderman debating if he should bend the rules for the greater good.
The Rogue Gallery of villains are great, I don't know much about them barring Carnage but they were pretty cool, Demogoblin is one of those types who believes he's saving people from sin by murdering them, Carrion doesn't speak much but when you can cause plague with a tough you know he's trouble, Shriek however I had problems with, she wasn't a psycho on the same level as Carnage. She killed because she had a crummy start in life but rejected help and turned to murdering, a form of 'look at me' syndrome. She's got some history with Cloak and Dagger who play a role in this story which helps near the end. Spiderman-Doppelganger was my favourite, I don't know what it is but seeing a six armed, clawed, razor webbed, fangs showing demonic Spiderman is just fantastic. Sadly its played like more of a wild beast or a pet at times.
Venom on the other hand is his typical self whilst being fused to Eddie Brock, doing his own justice, not really a hero but not really a villain but the last issue where he hunts down Carnage in a full blown fight between the two is awesome. Venom just goes wild and clearly is wanting to tear his own spawn to pieces.
Heroes wise its good to see the likes of Cap, Firestar and Iron Fist in this, crossovers and team-ups are common in comics but its works nicely here.
However this book fails in some areas, for starters the idea of Carnage and Shriek causing total Anarchy and making nearly everyone violent jerks is just silly. I'd get if people were panicking but you can stick to Carnage and Co going around killing and it would still work. Show people being afraid so when they finally grow a pair it shows the villains failed (by the way the way Carnage's team are defeated is just silly). Next I don't think we need a Sub-Plot of Mary Jane worrying over Peter or how he failed to keep a promise bout not being Spiderman. You think by now she'd accept him 100% as the Wall Crawler and plus who argues with their husband like that right when someone as insane as Carnage is on the loose?
Other problems I had were such things as Peter's father (his parents are alive now BTW but that's another story) having a full blown Emo Breakdown and going on about Devils and what not, its stupid basically.
Maximum Carnage is a hit and miss, but look past the flaws and you get a good story, though it didn't need to be 14 issues long I still had a good read from it since Carnage is among my favourite Comic book villains. Its not everyone's cup of tea but its still fun for what it is. Go check it out.

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Oliver Waters

Absolute Carnage!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 January 2019

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Enjoyable though a bit repetitive. It’s beautifully drawn & the narrative is fun, though not very original. Spidey fans who love the symbiote saga will enjoy.

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