While the stories are all vastly different, each writer is able to convey the characteristics that make Carnage a unique character. The off-kilter and chaotic energy jumps off of the panels, and any fan of Carnage should be able to find at least one favorite here. Having a limited set of colors to work with may present a challenge for some artists; however, without fail, each colorist uses a variety of shades to create visuals that match, and in some cases exceed, the fantastic writing. Read Full Review

Another solid addition to the growing ranks of color-themed superhero comics from the Big 2, Carnage: Black, White, and Blood #1 is a fun anthology for Carnage fans. Read Full Review

"Carnage Red, White, & Blood" #1 is a fun collection of different Carnage stories that'll keep the readers entertained. Read Full Review

Assuming you have been craving more Carnage stories since Absolute Carnage wrapped up, Black, White & Blood will absolutely scratch that itch and will hopefully continue to do so moving forward. Read Full Review

The basic description of a Carnage anthology should be enough to decide if this comic will appeal to you. If you love Carnage and any excuse to spend more time with the evilest of symbiotes appeals to you then you’ll love this comic. Anthologies of short stories don’t appeal to everyone, but having some real talent involved means most of the stories are above average quality. The choose your own adventure comic is a real highlight. Read Full Review

Carnage: Black, White, and Blood #1 is an interesting comic. If you're a fan of the character, go for it. It's entertaining and has some interesting takes. For those new, there's not enough that really jumps out. It's good one-and-done stories that has some “fun” with a despicable character. Read Full Review

Overall, there was nothing here I could see a non-Carnage fan being interested in. I am a Carnage fan, and I doubt I'll ever think of these stories again. Read Full Review

The problem with one dimensional villains like Carnage is their outdated view of mental health, a human who only focusses on violence needs other characters or background to act as a counter or mirror to the impact of the character. Venom has managed to shrug off this trope but his sociopathic first born is still stuck in the 20th century. Read Full Review

While Ewing's story was the star of this book, I did quite enjoyed the other two. Nothing particularly special, but still a fun read.

That Al Ewing and John McCrea story made the whole issue worth it for me.

The first two stories were okay, but the last story was obviously the most fun. All in all, an okay anthology.

Carnage's latest anthology kicks off with a couple of historical tales and a CYOA adventure. In general, I think Carnage is better suited to this premise than Wolverine, the previous star. There's great art throughout this issue. The scripts are problematic, though; for me, only the Ole West B strip hit the right mix of simplicity and originality.

There are three stories here in this issue.
The first is written by Tini Howard and is boring as hell, the art isn't beautiful either.
The second has amazing pencils and is different. After reading it I am hoping Benjamin Percy decides to write a western series like Jonah Hex.
The third is written by Al Ewing. The art may not be beautiful but Ewing does something different by turning this issue into a role playing game with Carnage as the main character.

Some of these were good and some of them weren’t but my god the gimmick grows more annoying with every colour theme anthology I read.

What saved this? The "choose your own adventure" story - that's what set this book apart from being a mediocre cash grab , that surprisingly DC is just doing better with both "Red & Blue" & "Black & White".
That story aside, this was a bad reminder of how bloated Maximum Carnage was (and how weird the concpet of Carnage's "family" was) & how mucn I don't want to see anyone in the Carnage symbiote, unless it's Casady. I don't think that sort of appreciation for the character is what Marvel was going for while putting this book together.
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Carnage: Black, White & Blood
Issue: 1

Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Tini Howard @tinihoward ; Benjamin Percy @benjamin.percy ; Al Ewing @al_ewing
Artist: Ken Lashley @ledkilla ; Sara Pichelli @sara_pichelli ; John McCrea @mccreaman1
Colors: Juan Fernandez @juan7fernandez ; Mattia Iacono @mattiaiacono_colors_
Letters: Joe Sabino @joesabinoletterer
Cover: Patrick Gleason @patrickgleasonstudio

Three previously unknown stories of Carnage’s past are told by separate creative teams and presented in only black, white and of course, blood red. All three stories are just as bloody, violent and gruesome as one would expect. The first story sees Carnage fighting Earth’s heroes in search of Shriek while retelling a story of his own. The next sees the Carnage symbiote engaged in violent affairs in the old west. Finally, Carnage is given the Agent Venom treatment in a choose your own adventure styled story.

I enjoyed all the works that went into this book but I just wasn’t feeling the stories too much. One thing is for certain, this cover art is absolutely insane! I’ll pick up the second issue because I wasn’t interested in the first issue of Wolverine: Black, White & Blood but I ended up loving that series. So we’ll see what happens.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️ (2/5)
Reviewed by: @meanadam of The Comic Book Club of Instagram!
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The 2nd story was enjoyable but other than that and the cover this was not very good to me. The choose your path was a cool idea but the storys not even that good and the first story was just overall bad in my opinion.

None can handle symbiotes better than Cates.