I definitely want to see where Carnage goes from here and hopefully the Venom series will deal with this new resurrection and threat that has been loosed on the world. Let the carnage begin!!! Read Full Review

If you've got non-comics friends curious about Kasady in the wake of Venom's big-screen debut, this would be a good place to start them " the team perfectly captures what makes him such a compelling and unsettling symbiote villain with an impressive economy of visual space. Read Full Review

So far these one shots feel like a far cry from the cash grab nature of most one shot tie ins, being full of backstory and substance. I couldn't recommend more. Read Full Review

"Web of Venom: Carnage" delivers big on reintroducing one of Marvel's vilest foes, while painting the path ahead of him in deep reds. Read Full Review

Donny Cates has been creating a very unique mythology with these symbiotebooks, and 'Web of Venom: Carnage Born 'is a nice place to start if you haven't checked these out yet. With it's accessible, yet compelling story and unique art, it's one book not to be missed. Read Full Review

It's a dark detective story full of exposition that explores contemporary social and political commentary. Read Full Review

If a reader is totally into this part of the Spider-Verse, then I think this will be a welcome addition to the collection Read Full Review

Web of Venom: Carnage Born is all about the return of Carnage, and when Cletus Kasady does make his new debut in the final act of the issue, it's fantastic. Leading up to that moment however, the book see-saws between being compelling and just too over-the-top to be enjoyed. Read Full Review

The second tie-in one-shot to Donny Cates' current wild run on Venom focuses on one biggest villains in the Marvel Universe and, obviously, Eddie Brock's...Carnage. Yes, Cletus Kasady has, once again, miraculously escaped death (a theme explored in this very issue) because it's comics. Read Full Review

I'm new to comics, so i'm also new to carnage, but after this issue he might just be one of my favourite villains!

Carnage is finally back to semi-normalcy. Add to that, some retconning to tidy up some continuity. A really good issue overall.

Boomerang had a symbiote?!?!?!

Continuing straight from the last scene of Venom #8, a Knull-worshipping cult leader delivers a ground-up portrait of Kletus Casady and Carnage. Then there's a resurrection and a fresh infusion of purpose, and Carnage is ready to dive into grisly new adventures. I can see, even with my minimal Carnage scholarship, that there are some tricksy continuity issues here. I think it works danged well as a self-contained soft reboot, though.

Like many Carnage comics before it, Carnage Born rehashes the history of Cletus Kasady before and after he bonded with his notorious symbiote. And like many Donny Cates comics before it, this one adds to that history to develop the character in ways not seen before. While Cates is usually great at building to a character's history without rewriting aspects of it in ways that will turn away longtime fans, this seems to be a bit of an exception. While it is intriguing as it ties it in with the mythos Cates has built in his Venom series, it is also a bit odd as it ties it in with the mythos Cates has built in his Venom series. There is a lot to be taken away from this issue, as Kasady seems to have more purpose in the big picture than ever before, but, as mentioned before, he is also no longer just the simple psychotic killer he used to be. It will definitely be interesting to see where Cates takes Carnage from here, and anyone who isn't already hooked onto his Venom series should be now as Marvel's most dangerous and deadly villain has been thrown into the mix in a very epic way. more

What's so aggravating about this issue is that if the excessive, overwritten monologues were cut out--this would be a really creepy issue.

Hey, editors? Danilo Beyruth is awesome. Put him on more stuff. He's earned it.