Extreme Carnage: Phage #1 is a fun third chapter in the Extreme Carnage event. Seeing classic Symbiotes like Phage get a central focus is great fun and the inclusion of Flash Thompson feels earned given his history. Extreme Carnage: Phage is good white-knuckle fight comics. Read Full Review

Extreme Carnage: Phage #1 is another impressive chapter of Extreme Carnage. The energy, the violence, and the brilliant characters crossover no matter who the writer and artists are. But it feels like the title is wrong, as it creates the assumption that Phage will be the central figure. Especially considering how Screams tie-in almost entirely revolved around her. This does not detract from the overall impact the comic has on the reader, and fans of the Symbiotes will enjoy the showdown. Read Full Review

Fans of Venom and Carnage will still enjoy this comic, but I feel like others might wait for a collection so they can get the whole story at once. Read Full Review

Surprisingly okay for Steve Orlando. It was pretty good, as long as you turn your brain off. And it's not only symbiote shit, it's Carnage shit, so that's basically a pre-requisite.

I really expected some better

This series so far isnt going to change your life but, it really isnt bad. I cant put my finger on why but, its very entertaining and I am never bored reading it. This one was similar in quality to the others.

Flash Thompson races to help Andi Benton at Alchemax, but Phage gets to her first, with more dramatic consequences. I was pleasantly surprised by how tightly this connected to the last event issue, and I'm getting invested in the big-picture story. The storytelling here didn't thrill me, though. Steve Orlando and Gerardo Sandoval aren't going to appear on my "favorite creators" roster anytime soon, and if this outing didn't push my opinions of them down further, it also didn't raise them any.

Neither art nor history appealed to me, everything felt bad. Aaargh why ???

Disappointing.