THE DEAD END!
These past several months, a cavalcade of creators have lent the most sinister of their sensibilities to the symbiote corner of the Marvel Universe, and the final epic installment of CARNAGE: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD is no exception! THIS ISSUE sees the return of two superstars who are no strangers to symbiote business - DECLAN SHALVEY AND RYAN STEGMAN!
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Carnage: Black, White & Blood #4tackles the sinister symbiote's past, present, and future, featuring blood-soaked artwork and unique stories. Fans of the Venom comic, as well as the horror genre, will definitely want to give this series a look. And between this and theExtreme Carnage series, Cletus Kasady is celebrating his 30th anniversary in style. Read Full Review
Carnage: Black, White and Blood #4 brings readers three more stories full of Carnage murder and mayhem. One of the stories will hit better for fans who have been following the current Venom series, while the others are just good on their own that don't require extra reading.The choice of artists work well here as each brings something new to the table when it comes illustrating Carnage. Read Full Review
Black, White & Blood might have reached its low point here with issue #4, but it's still worth picking up if you have enjoyed past installments. Read Full Review
The Carnage Beyond story was odd. I feel like it comes out of nowhere just to give the Cates' Venom run a sad ending, but maybe that's not the intent. I know Ryan Stegman and Donny Cates are very good friends and so Donny almost certainly had input on this story. The Skin Deep story was a very neat elseworlds story, I think it worked pretty well. The last story was the weakest, not a great story to end on.
This was another good issue. I mean its nothing great but ill the stories were pretty cool takes. The first issue sucked and its ends here on not the best but enough to enjoy. I liked the last story best.
The series wraps up with some extra-powerful strips, artistically speaking. The A strip pits Dylan against the Carnage from the "Venom Beyond" arc and raises some provocative questions about the fate of Eddie Brock. The B strip casts Cletus in a bit of a Taxi Driver homage; it's a cool premise but not much of a story. And the final strip dumps Carnage into an extremely generic apocalyptic wasteland; detailed art and a strong hook for continuation make up for the "meh" setting. I'm not disposed to like this series -- neither Carnage nor "gore for the sake of gore" interest me -- but I recognize the talent on display here, especially on the art side.
Final ratings:
1. Dan Slott
2. Ed Brisson
3. Ben Percy
4. Donny Cates
5. Chip Zdarsky
6. Ram V
7. Al Ewing
8. Declan Shalvey
9. Karla Pacheco
10. Tini Howard
11. Ryan Stegman
12. Alyssa Wong
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