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Superior Carnage #2                       Variant Comic
Featuring the Limited 1 for 25 Variant Cover #2 by Rafa Garres!  Awesome!!
Writer: Kevin Shinick
Artists: Stephen Segovia & Dan Mexia
Inkers: Dennis Chrisostomo, Dan Mexia, & Don Ho
Colorists: Jay David Ramos, Vero Gandini, Rachelle Rosenberg & Rex Lokus
Letterer: Virtual Calligraphy’s Joe Caramagna
Editors: Devin Lewis, Axel Alonso, Sana Amanat, Tom Brennan & Stephen Wacker
Variant Cover #2 by: Rafa Garres

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, Superior Carnage! Locked away in an asylum, Carnage may finally be gone for good – but his fellow inmates have other plans. Can they successfully wake the monster? Or will this hideous experiment create the most powerful, dangerous, maniacal Carnage yet – a Superior Carnage? And lest you think we forgot, it’s the moment you’ve been waiting for: Superior Carnage vs. Superior Spider-Man!!

Story/Spoilers
In issue #2, At the Wizard’s base, Cletus Kasady is chained naked to a rusted operating table. As the Wizard recaps his plan to turn Cletus into his own version of Agent Venom, Klaw asks him how he intends to control Carnage if Cletus is lobotomized, and the Wizard explains that he’ll just recalibrate his helmet to control the symbiote instead of the host. When Klaw points out that he has a picture of the Black Tarantula instead of Agent Venom, the Wizard dismisses him in a fit of paranoia before being interrupted by Karl Malus, the paraplegic surgeon who once specialized in creating supervillains. The Wizard states that Malus is the fourth member of the team and will be in charge of sculpting the new Carnage to his liking, ominously telling Malus that if someone screws with you, you pay it forward. The Wizard has Cletus unchained and recalibrates his helmet, telling Klaw to release the symbiote. Carnage promptly attacks him, forcing Klaw to step in and suppress it despite the Wizard’s protests. Malus tells Klaw that Black Bolt afflicted the Wizard with dementia for trying to take back his son, expressing doubt in the Wizard’s sanity. The Wizard rebukes him and asks that he stay, then says they should try again. Swinging through the nighttime city, Otto Octavius, the Superior Spider-Man, argues with Mayor J. Jonah Jameson about whether to pursue Carnage or finish taking down the Jackal. Inwardly, Otto laments the Wizard’s degrading sanity and the inhumanness of Black Bolt’s punishment leaving him with only months to live. Otto wonders if this attempt to revive the Frightful Four isn’t just a suicide mission on the Wizard’s part, before deciding to take him down. In the Frightful Four’s lair, Malus urges the Wizard to give up after repeated failures to control the Carnage symbiote. The Wizard’s dementia confuses him briefly, and Malus points out that the unlike the Venom symbiote, the Carnage symbiote has integrated itself into Cletus’ bloodstream, making it a part of him and impossible to control unless transferred to someone with a working brain. The Wizard has an epiphany, comparing Malus’ handicap to Flash Thompson’s own, and tells Klaw to prep Malus for infusion. Klaw tells the alarmed Malus that he has indeed noticed the Wizard’s decaying mental state, but that the Wizard has both cloned him and brought him back from the dead to do his bidding, Whispering in Malus’s ear that he is the Wizard’s family, Klaw punches Malus across the face, knocking him to the floor. Ignoring Malus’s pleas, Klaw drags him to an operating table while the Wizard preps a blood transfusion unit. The Wizard attaches a mind control device to Malus’ chest and connects him to Cletus, proclaiming that his son will think he is a god, and announcing himself Malus’ lord and master. Malus’ sclera turn black, his irises red, and a long serpentine tongue protrudes from his mouth as the symbiote is transferred to him.

Featuring the Limited 1 for 25 Variant Cover #2 by Rafa Garres!  Awesome!!

Variant Comic is bagged & triple 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: October 2013
Format: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.5″
UPC: 759606078165

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

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