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Carnage (Marvel 2010 Series) #1 & 2                  Variant Comics Lot
Featuring the Arthur Adams Variant Cover Art Collection!
Writer: Zeb Wells
Artist: Clayton Crain
Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles
Editors: Alejandro Arbona, Stephen Wacker, Joe Quesada & Axel Alonso
Variant Cover #1 by: Arthur Adams
Variant Cover #2 by: Arthur Adams

Originally created to be a darker version of Venom, Carnage was once a serial killer known as Cletus Kasady who became the deadly killer symbiote after merging with the offspring of the alien symbiote called Venom during a prison breakout. Since the alien symbiote adapts to the host’s personality, the Carnage symbiote is affected by Kasady’s insane mind and lust for destruction… making it even more dangerous. Carnage is usually considered as a “main” enemy of Spider-Man. The character first appeared as Cletus Kasady in The Amazing Spider-Man #344 (March 1991) and then as Carnage in The Amazing Spider-Man #360 (March 1992). Carnage was created by writer David Michelinie and artists Erik Larsen and Mark Bagley, based on elements of the precursor character Venom. Along with Venom, Carnage belongs to a race of amorphous extraterrestrial parasites known as the Symbiotes.

Carnage is widely considered one of the Greatest Comic Book Villains of All Time!

Now, Marvel Comics Presents, Carnage! Exit Cletus Kasady and enter Dr. Tanis Nieves as the new female Carnage. The deadliest foe of Spider-Man is back! Web-Head teams up with Iron Man against a bloodthirsty force of evil and an army of super-powered menaces! The alien symbiote so twisted and murderous that it made Venom look like a choir boy has been brought back from space…but how? And without the without the psychopathic serial killer Cletus Kasady as its host, will Carnage be less dangerous…or more unhinged?! Don’t miss the villainous threat that will test these two Avengers teammates to the limit of their strength – if it doesn’t kill them!

Story/Spoilers
In issue #1, An armored truck is being chased by a sedan with Doppelganger, a duplicate of Spider-Man, following from above. At the same time at a Medical Supply Expo attended by Tony Stark, Michael Hall, a computer manufacturer, shows the crowd a new kind of prosthetic arm that is controlled by a chip that functions by reading thoughts. Stark leaves at the end of the presentation and, wondering how Hall could pull off this technology, calls Pepper Potts and asks her to gather information on all of his companies. Suddenly, he sees Doppelganger and the car chase and changes into his Iron Man armor. Then, he calls Peter Parker, currently trying to enjoy his down time, and tells him to meet him on the West Side Highway. As Iron Man follows after the three of them, Doppelganger lands on top of the armored truck, bringing it to a halt. Iron Man orders him to surrender, but is instead covered in webs, allowing Doppelganger a chance to escape. Spider-Man arrives shortly after and, based on Iron Man’s description of the enemy, realizes that they are after Doppelganger and recalls the mayhem that occurred when he last saw him working with Carnage and other villains, including Shriek, who has the ability to make people form rioting mobs and kill others. Then, a mob attacks and surrounds them and the armored truck. A woman leaves the sedan and tells Doppelganger to stop the truck. As Spider-Man and Iron Man deal with the mob, two men in advanced armor calling themselves Royal Blue and Firebrick trap the crowd with a red webbing. Then, Royal Blue fires an energy blast at Doppelganger as he tries to get the backdoor of the armored truck open, but the woman jumps in front of the blast, blowing off her arm and ripping Doppelganger in half. Iron Man goes to the woman’s side and Spider-Man watches Doppelganger die. The mob is also freed from their mind control. Iron Man asks Royal Blue what was in the armored truck. That night, the armored truck is revealed to be carrying Shriek. She is taken to an unknown location and brought to a room with a giant glass bubble containing the Carnage symbiote and is expected to feed it with her powers.

Limited 1 for 25 Variant Cover by Arthur Adams featuring “Iron Man”. Awesome!!!

Next in issue #2, Witness the violent rebirth of Carnage. Shriek’s psychiatrist, Dr. Tanis Nieves, lost her arm in a friendly fire incident from Hall’s armored security team. With revolutionary prosthetic technology, similar to his men’s biosynthetic armor, Hall had Nieves fitted with an artificial arm… made from a sample of the Carnage Symbiote, which Hall retrieved from space and harvested for his inventions! The symbiote in Tanis’ arm quickly possessed her and turned/transformed Dr. Tanis into an all-new Carnage!

Limited 1 for 25 Variant Cover by Arthur Adams featuring “Spider-Man”. Awesome!!!

…story continues in Carnage (2010 – 2011) Issues #3-5. Marvel Comics

Comics lot contains: Carnage (2010 – 2011) {Variant Arthur Adams Covers} Issues #1-2.  Marvel Comics

Variant Comics are bagged & double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Publication Date: 2010 – 2011
Format per comic: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.5″
UPC: 759606073696

Collectible Entertainment note: Variant Comics 1,2 are in Very Fine to Very Fine + condition.  Beautiful Lot!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Carnage, Venom and/or Spider-Man collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Recommended.

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