If you like your villains sick and sadistic, Carnage is for you. This issue sets Carnage on a new path of discovery and growth as he attempts to find a following the only way he knows how: Killing with creativity. There's a good setup here with Anti-Venom on Carnage's trail, but the issue left me wanting more action and more confrontation in its opening salvo. Read Full Review

Carnage #1 is an impressive debut that finds a compelling hook for its protagonist. Read Full Review

Carnage #1 brings the titular character back to his roots with the return of Cletus Kassidy while putting an inventive spin on the duo to push them in a horror-inspired direction. Read Full Review

Carnage #1 is on the cusp of something worthwhile but hasn't fully invested. Read Full Review

Cletus and carnage back together again. Murder and mayhem. With spectacular art. Waiting with anticipation for the next issue. Absolutely love the concept of carnage wanting to become a god

I wasn't sure what to expect from Grønbekk on Carnage. I don't particularly care for Carnage as a character, though the issues I've read (at the time of this writing) of his previous series were good. As for Grønbekk, she writes solid books, though I haven't been incredibly into her issues on the current Venom series with Al Ewing. What we get here is pretty much in line with everything else I've read form her, in that it's a solid story with potential to be more. Hopefully we see that potential realized as the story progresses.

Guess I'm just not a Gronbekk fan. The dialogue here is worse than Steve Orlando's or Tini Howard's in my opinion. Just feels so hit-or-miss. The art is good but doesn't feel right for all the "carnage" and the mood they're trying to set.

I was intrigued when it was announced this new Carnage run from Torunn Grønbekk was receiving a Parental Advisory warning, and the initial setup of the issue asking who would worship a god like Carnage offered a fascinating thesis. However, the issue fails to adequately begin answering that question and instead focuses on the gruesomeness of Carnage’s murderous march to godhood. Some of the most obscene panels veered towards Saw-style torture porn that was off-putting. Pepe Pérez art felt like a traditional Spider-Man comic, but Erck Arciniega’s color palette was too subtle and washed-out to match the tone of the book. There’s plenty of room to craft an interesting story here if the creative team can come together and focus on telling us an interesting story rather than trying to shock us with showing the limitless bounds to Carnage’s brutality. more