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Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Cult of Knull (Main story and recap)
- Carnage's Hive
- Will O' The Wisp (Jackson Arvad) (Bonds to the Dark Carnage symbiote and joins team) (Apparent death)
- Conundrum (Bonds to the Dark Carnage symbiote and joins team) (Apparent death)
- Freak (Bonds to the Dark Carnage symbiote and joins team) (Apparent death)
- Carnage (Cletus Kasady)
- Carnage doppelgängers (Ravencroft patients) (Controlled by Carnage) (Main story and recap)
- Carnage / "Cletus Kasady" (Norman Osborn)
- Numerous unnamed cultists (Main story and recap)
- Carnage's Hive
Other Characters:
- Knull (Mentioned)
- Maggia (Referenced)
- Vanna White (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
- Spider-Army (Drawing)
- The Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Drawing)
- Scarlet Spider (Ben Reilly) (Drawing)
- Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy) (Drawing)
- Spider-Woman (Jess Drew) (Drawing)
- Spider-Man (Hobie Brown) (Drawing)
- Spider-Man (Miles Morales) (Drawing)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Drawing)
- Thanos (Drawing)
- Venom (Eddie Brock)
- Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Drawing)
- Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) (Drawing)
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (Poster)
- Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (Statue)
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (Statue)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Statue)
- Avengers (Drawing)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Drawing)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) (Drawing)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Drawing)
- M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton) (Drawing)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Derek Jeter (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
- Charles Bronson (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Rob Leifeld (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
- Cable (Nathan Summers) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Klyntar (Main story and recap)
- Unicorns (Mentioned)
- Mutants (Drawing)
- Titanians (Drawing)
- Human-Kree Hybrids (Drawing)
- Human-Inhuman Hybrids (Drawing)
- Zenn-Lavians (Statue)
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Lower East Side
- The Bowery
- New York City Subway
- The Spire
- New York City Subway
- The Bowery
- Lower East Side
- Deadpool's Safe House & Comic Store (Only appearance; destruction)
- Statue of Liberty, Upper New York Bay (Mentioned)
- Manhattan
- Westchester County (Recap)
- Ravencroft Institute (Destruction in recap)
- New York City
- Colorado (Recap)
- Carrington Cottage (Recap)
- Cleveland, Ohio (Mentioned)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- Hell (Invoked)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- Unidentified reality (Drawing)
Items:
- Dark Carnage Symbiote
- Deadpool's Suit and Katanas (Main story and recap)
- Riot Symbiote (Recap)
- Agony Symbiote (Recap)
- Lasher Symbiote (Recap)
- Phage Symbiote (Recap)
- Wheel of Fortune (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
- Spider-Geddon #2
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- Scarlet Spider's Suit (Drawing)
- Venom Symbiote (Drawing)
- Spider-Woman's Suit (Drawing)
- Web of Life and Destiny (Drawing)
- Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 5) #12
- Thanos Legacy #1
- Infinity Gauntlet (Drawing)
- Infinity Gems (Drawing)
- Venom Annual #1
- Venom Symbiote
- Captain Marvel's Suit (Drawing)
- Ms. Marvel's Suit (Drawing)
- Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool #2
- Ms. Marvel (Vol. 4) #37
- Deadpool Rules #1
- Wolverine Sucks #1
- Adamantium (On Wolverine's claws in drawing)
- Wolverine's Suit (Drawing)
- Punisher's Suit (Drawing)
- Cloak of Levitation (Statue)
- Iron Man Armor (Statue)
- Avengers: Edge of Infinity #1
- Iron Man Armor Model 29 (Extremis Armor) (Drawing)
- Cosmic Cube fragments (Drawing)
- Black Widow's Suit and Gauntlets (Drawing)
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Drawing)
- Captain Marvel: Braver & Mightier #1
- Szechuan Dipping Sauce (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
Vehicles:
- Silver Surfer's Surfboard (Statue)
- Doomsday Chair (Drawing)
Events:
- Spider-Geddon (Drawing)
Synopsis for 1st story
In the Spire, Dark Carnage greets Will O' The Wisp, Conundrum and the Freak - former inmates of Ravencroft Institute who have chosen to join his cult. Bonding them to offshoots of the Dark Carnage symbiote, Dark Carnage welcomes them to the family - though he specifies that it's a more akin to the Maggia and that they'll need to prove themselves. Taking out an autographed photo of Deadpool posing coyly, Dark Carnage tells his newest minions that Deadpool has the codices of four - or five - symbiotes inside him. Ripping out the spine of one of his cultists, Dark Carnage notices his photo is missing, Will O' The Wisp nervously stating that Freak ate it. Laughing, Dark Carnage tells Freak to be sure to cough up the spine if he eats the real thing.
At his comic book store and safehouse, Deadpool arms himself with an assortment of high-caliber weapons, gushing about how much he loves them and regrets ever leaving the house without them. As he makes out with a magnum pistol, his phone rings and he picks it up to find Spider-Man on the other end. As Wade zanily scolds Spider-Man for neglecting their friendship, Spider-Man asks for his help fighting Dark Carnage as he's never bonded to a symbiote before. Deadpool awkwardly tries to tell Spider-Man that he's bonded with multiple symbiotes, but sees Will O' The Wisp, Conundrum, and Freak on his security monitor. Telling Spider-Man that Dark Carnage has sent minions after him, Deadpool prepares to take care of the intruders.
Elsewhere in the city, Spider-Man and Venom fight against a horde of Carnage Doppelgängers, Venom snapping that Spider-Man doesn't need Deadpool when he has them; Spider-Man interjecting and stating that Deadpool probably needs their help.
As Conundrum teleports them inside, Will O' The Wisp marvels at Deadpool's excessive gun collection and conjures several spheres of light. Spotting Deadpool sitting at a chair, Freak attacks and slices off his head, gleefully asking the others if he should take up collecting heads. Conundrum wryly points out that it's a fake, Will O' The Wisp grousing that they were tricked. Spotting a note reading "_____ goes the dynamite!", Conundrum reads it, Freak grumbling that he doesn't get it. The dynamite concealed inside the dummy explodes, leveling the building and ejecting the would-be assassins to the street below.
Waiting for them, Deadpool stabs Conundrum through the chest with his katana, before being impaled from behind by Will O' The Wisp and Freak. As Deadpool laments not growing up to be a fireman proctologist, Will O' The Wisp remarks that he can turn intangible at will, while Freak states that he regurgitated - Will O' The Wisp irritably saying that he meant "regenerated". Whipping out a flamethrower, Wade blasts them with a jet of flames - though Will O' The Wisp turns intangible and Freak regenerates before biting the barrel into pieces. Deadpool pulls out a pair of pistols, but they have no effect; Will O' The Wisp increasing his density and he and Freak take turns slugging Deadpool as he makes raunchy jokes regarding their choice of words. Snaring Deadpool with tendrils, Will O' The Wisp uses his psychic powers to hypnotize Deadpool into cutting out his own spine. Deadpool plays along before stabbing Will O' The Wisp in the heart with a hidden dagger, quipping that his insanity sometimes makes him immune to psychic attacks. Transforming his arms into a mace and an axe, Freak snarls that he's invincible - Deadpool reaching into his bag of holding and asking if they can put that to the test. Freak shrugs off a machine gun and grenade launcher, but as Deadpool pulls increasingly large and powerful weapons out of his bag of holding he starts getting worried. Pulling out one of Cable's ridiculously massive Liefeldian firearms, Deadpool overtaxes Freak's ability to regenerate. Pulling out a water gun, Deadpool gently squirts Freak - causing him to explode into a mess of gore, bones, and organs. As Deadpool grouses about being covered in Freak's innards, tendrils seize him from behind and lift him off the ground - Carnage snarling that he'll take care of this himself. Recognizing Norman Osborn's voice, Deadpool enrages him by questioning his delusion that he's Cletus Kasady.
Solicit Synopsis
CARNAGE’S MOST WANTED!
• Having hosted five separate symbiotes, Deadpool becomes a prime target for codex hunters.
• Dark Carnage puts a big target on Deadpool’s back, and the most dangerous forces in the Marvel Universe are on his trail!
• There’s only one way out…and it will be ABSOLUTE CARNAGE.
Notes
- The solicit mentions Deadpool has bonded to five symbiotes per Deadpool: Back in Black, but an editorial mock-argument between Frank Tieri and Devin Lewis reveals that while that may technically be the case they are not counting Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars or Deadpool: Back in Black.
See Also
- 7 Image(s) from Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool Vol 1 2
- 1 Reprints of Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool Vol 1 2
Footnotes
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- Comics
- Week 37, 2019
- 2019
- 2019, November
- Modern-Age
- Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool Vol 1
- Absolute Carnage
- Parental Advisory (15 and up)
- C.B. Cebulski/Editor-in-Chief
- Tyler Kirkham/Cover Artist
- Arif Prianto/Cover Artist
- Frank Tieri/Writer
- Marcelo Ferreira/Penciler
- Roberto Poggi/Inker
- Andy Owens/Inker
- Rachelle Rosenberg/Colourist
- Joe Sabino/Letterer
- Jake Thomas/Editor
- Lindsey Cohick/Editor
- Wade Wilson (Earth-616)/Quotes
- Wade Wilson (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Peter Parker (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Cult of Knull (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Carnage's Hive (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Jackson Arvad (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Conundrum (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Freak (Vagrant) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Cletus Kasady (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Norman Osborn (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Knull (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Maggia (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Spider-Army (Multiverse)/Minor Appearances
- Peter Parker (Earth-90214)/Minor Appearances
- Benjamin Reilly (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Gwendolyn Stacy (Earth-65)/Minor Appearances
- Jessica Drew (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Hobart Brown (Earth-138)/Minor Appearances
- Miles Morales (Earth-1610)/Minor Appearances
- James Howlett (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Thanos (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Edward Brock (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Carol Danvers (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Kamala Khan (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Piotr Rasputin (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Norrin Radd (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Stephen Strange (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Anthony Stark (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Yahweh (Earth-616)/Invocations
- Charles Bronson (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Rob Liefeld (Earth-1218)/Mentions
- Nathan Summers (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Homo sapiens/Appearances
- Klyntar (Race)/Appearances
- Unicorns/Mentions
- Homo superior/Minor Appearances
- Titans (Eternals)/Minor Appearances
- Human-Kree Hybrids/Minor Appearances
- Human-Inhuman Hybrids/Minor Appearances
- Zenn-Lavians/Minor Appearances
- Earth-616/Appearances
- Earth/Appearances
- United States of America/Appearances
- New York (State)/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- Manhattan/Appearances
- Lower East Side/Appearances
- Bowery/Appearances
- Deadpool's Safe House & Comic Store/Appearances
- Statue of Liberty/Mentions
- Westchester County/Minor Appearances
- Ravencroft Institute/Minor Appearances
- Colorado (State)/Minor Appearances
- Carrington Cottage/Minor Appearances
- Cleveland/Mentions
- Hell/Invocations
- Carnage IV (Klyntar) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Deadpool's Suit/Appearances
- Deadpool's Katanas/Appearances
- Riot (Klyntar) (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Agony (Klyntar) (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Lasher (Klyntar) (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Phage (Klyntar) (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Spider-Man's Suit/Appearances
- Web-Shooters/Appearances
- Scarlet Spider's Suit/Minor Appearances
- Venom (Symbiote) (Earth-65)/Minor Appearances
- Spider-Woman's Suit/Minor Appearances
- Web of Life and Destiny/Minor Appearances
- Infinity Gauntlet (Item)/Minor Appearances
- Infinity Stones/Minor Appearances
- Soul Stone/Minor Appearances
- Space Stone/Minor Appearances
- Mind Stone/Minor Appearances
- Reality Stone/Minor Appearances
- Power Stone/Minor Appearances
- Time Stone/Minor Appearances
- Venom (Klyntar) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Captain Marvel's Suit/Minor Appearances
- Biokinetic Polymer Suit/Minor Appearances
- Adamantium/Minor Appearances
- Wolverine's Suit/Minor Appearances
- Punisher's Suit/Minor Appearances
- Cloak of Levitation/Minor Appearances
- Iron Man Armor/Minor Appearances
- Iron Man Armor Model 29/Minor Appearances
- Cosmic Cube/Minor Appearances
- Black Widow's Suit/Minor Appearances
- Black Widow's Gauntlets/Minor Appearances
- Captain America's Uniform/Minor Appearances
- Captain America's Shield/Minor Appearances
- Silver Surfer's Surfboard/Minor Appearances
- Doomsday Chair/Minor Appearances
- Spider-Geddon/Minor Appearances
- Digital Comic Code included