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Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Spider-Man #1

Marvel · Series began 2019 · November 2019

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Dates

Cover date: November 2019
On sale: September 4, 2019
In stores: September 4, 2019
Pages: 40

Editions and covers (5)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition

Barcode 75960609522300111
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2nd printing

Second Printing

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

Barcode 75960609522300112
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The Comic Mint NYCC 2019 Mayhew Virgin Variantvirgin

Cover art with no logo or cover text.

Barcode 75960609522300161
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The Comic Mint NYCC 2019 Mayhew Retro Trade Dress Variant

Barcode 75960609522300171
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The Comic Mint NYCC 2019 Mayhew Modern Trade Dress Variant

Barcode 75960609522300151
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Story arc: Absolute Carnage

This is part 8 of 19. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Greg Land, Herb Trimpe, Al Milgrom, Francesco Mobiliinks: Jay Leisten, Vince Colletta, Jim Mooney, Geof Isherwood, Francesco Mobilicolors: Frank D'Armata, A. Kaotic, Bob Sharen, Rain Beredo, Java Tartagliascript: Al Milgrom, Peter David, Devin Lewisletters: Joe Rosen, Diana Albers, Travis Lanham

Stories

Spider on the Spot! [excerpt] · 1 pages
The alien costume escapes from the Baxter Building and bonds to an Indiana tourist.
Breakin'! [excerpt] · 1 pages
The symbiote uses his new host to swing to Peter Parker's apartment.

Publisher’s description

AN UNTOLD TALE OF A SYMBIOTIC HOST FROM YESTERYEAR... During its first visit to New York City, the alien symbiote that would come to be known as Venom bonded to a host that wasn't Spider-Man or Eddie Brock. Face front, True Believers, as this mysterious man meets his destiny... at the hands of CARNAGE!

Characters

Cletus KasadyCarnage

Reprinted in

Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk and Other Tales (2019), Absolute Carnage Omnibus (2020)