Extreme Carnage: Lasheris another good issue in a one-shot event well worth checking out. It features all our favorite Symbiotes in a more horror-centric way and isn't pulling any punches. This issue clearly aims to mix things up and develop the Symbiote world and it frankly feels like this side of the Marvel universe needed it. Extreme Carnage continues to be a great injection of horror and action into the colorful world of Symbiotes. Read Full Review

LASHER #1 was a fun read and, although action-packed, does leave me wondering when the stories will link up. With the next issue introducing RIOT to the fray 5 issues into this 8 issue run, my hopes are that the story becomes more centred to avoid the climax feeling rushed. That being said, I still enjoyed my time with this issue and would recommend it to readers who enjoyed previous symbiote events. Read Full Review

The Extreme Carnage event has had a lot of good moments but suffer from a lot of characters that don't always feel necessary at the moment they are introduced. Read Full Review

Extreme Carnage: Lasher #1 has great action but is lacking something special. A lot is going on within the issue, and yet some parts feel stale. More Symbiotes are joining the fray, and that may be the problem. It doesnt feel like each one has been given a distinct voice and personality, so they have begun to be interchangeable. Read Full Review

The only facet of Extreme Carnage that remains interesting is the choice to drag out so many undeveloped and unwanted characters because that is truly inexplicable. Read Full Review

Its probably the weakest issue but still fun enough to read.

Chapman always manages to ruin the symbiotes when he keeps scrambling them and tries to go "deep" with the metaphors and always, always fails, but I like that the pieces are starting to fall in place. This is a pure action book and that makes it just okay, nothing more.

Carnage scores another symbiote, and so does Andi, resurrecting herself in a new form. This issue has a lot of nifty ideas, particularly the chilling premise of the Lasher symbiote riding a dementia patient. The verbal and visual storytelling doesn't fully capitalize on the ideas, though, leaving my rating in the average zone.

I am reading this issue, and I'm just thinking to myself: Am I really going to remember this crossover event?

The art is fine but I don't care about the old man, this event was supposed to be how people who are possessed by symbiotes are being ostracized by society. I am fine with that. But this old guy is Lasher, yet I have no connection because the character writing is bad. Carnage absorbs the old guy's memory, and I'm just asking to myself: What is the point of this event?