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Remember those beatings... the bruises... the broken bones. Remember the phantom pain... legs itching even though they were gone. Remember what it felt like... being trapped inside... while the symbiote killed. Remember how those things made you die inside... Little by little... Show the hybrids how that feels. Remember who you are. Symbiote.

—Venom to himself

Appearing in "Minimum Carnage, Part 5: Family Bondage"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Venom (Vol. 2) #27

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Synopsis for "Minimum Carnage, Part 5: Family Bondage"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Venom (Vol. 2) #27
On an unzoned planet in the Microverse, Katy Kiernan asks Marquis Radu to verify that he intends to use Carnage to kill the spiritual leader of the Microverse, extinguishing the Enigma Force. Radu replies that he would rekindle the Enigma Force under his own control, and when Katy calls him insane remarks that he has ambitions of conquering the Macroverse as well and wants her to advise him. Katy responds with profanity, so Radu has her imprisoned, stating that her rage will help her cope with the coming conquest.

In the Body Banks, Flash Thompson sees the Symbiote Imperium's attempted conquest of the Microverse via the Venom symbiote's genetic memory, realizing in horror that he and Cletus have helped the parasites finish what they started. The Body Banks extract samples of the Venom and Carnage symbiotes, causing excruciating pain, but Carnage laughs at Flash's screaming and tells him to cowboy up. Venom watches in horror as clones of the Venom and Carnage symbiotes merge together and bond to the mass-produced bodies, consuming them like cancer, to Carnage's delight. The Venom symbiote corrodes through the restraints binding Flash and he lands on an operating table across from Carnage, just as the fused clones break free from their chambers. Carnage explains that the clones are "less offspring and more extensions", and Flash realizes this means Cletus can control them through the original Carnage symbiote. He attacks, but Carnage regenerates and orders the hybrids to attack.

In Radu's prison, Katy reveals she swiped a key from one of the guards, freeing herself and the Enigma Force. In the Body Banks, Carnage taunts Venom over his ability to control the hybrids. Flash realizes he can hear the hybrids through the Venom symbiote, but that its chemical lobotomy inhibits the connection. Deciding that if he wants to stop Carnage he has to think like Cletus, think mean, Venom transforms his left arm into a sword blade and decapitates Carnage. He berates himself for nearly not going through with the attack, but is interrupted by Carnage taunting him by speaking through the clones, regenerating his entire body in a matter of seconds. Just as Carnage is about to deal the finishing blow, Kaine arrives and stabs him from behind. The Redeemer reveals that Carnage is becoming more powerful by consuming the essence of the Microverse, warning that if left unchecked he will destroy both it and the Macroverse.

Elsewhere in the facility, the Enigma Force engages the symbiote clones, despite the danger to themselves. Mari, Bug, and Katy go in search of where the clones are coming from, only to run into Marquis Radu, who is also struggling against the clones. Radu taunts them, stating that he will destroy the Enigma Force and return the Microverse to its natural state of chaos, before vanishing and leaving them to fight the clones.

Flash and Kaine struggle against Carnage, who continues to hold the upper hand. As the Redeemer warns them the Enigma Force is dying, Flash laments that the Venom symbiote is little more than a corpse, as he needs its power to help him fight Carnage. As the hybrids swarm Kaine and the Redeemer, Flash orders the Venom symbiote to awaken and kill the hybrids with a scream containing his and its pain and frustration, like it once did to stop the symbiote invasion of Earth. Carnage exits the Multiverse, either expelled by the Enigma Force of his own volition. In the Macroverse, a man awakens to find his face swarming with the hybrid symbiote clones.

Appearing in "No Escape, Part One: A Lock for Every Key"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Superior Spider-Man #11

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Synopsis for "No Escape, Part One: A Lock for Every Key"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Superior Spider-Man #11
The story starts with Otto listening to a class back at E.S.U. reflecting about how in spite of defeating Peter Parker once and for all, he now has to endure the hardships he faced since he failed to get his doctorate. While conversing with Anna Maria Marconi, Otto receives an alert on his cell phone, prompting his teacher, Don Lamaze to burst into anger because of "Peter's" arrogance. Otto answers the phone call, which was from his direct line with NYC Mayor J. Jonah Jameson who asked Spider-Man to supervise the execution of the Spider-Slayer the following day, believing that Smythe will have an escape plan.

Jameson arrives to the Raft for a final inspection before Smythe's execution, where he's told that all of the Raft's inmates will be transferred once Jameson shuts it down, highlighting the infirmary where Boomerang, Vulture and Scorpion are being attended. Meanwhile, Otto prepares all the tech he has prepared for his supervision, but his arrogance manages to irritate his boss, Max Modell. Otto reflects that while he has become a Superior Spider-Man than Peter Parker, he still has to endure the limitations of his life.

Spider-Man arrives with all of the NYPD Enforcers and a small army of Spider-Bots to prepare the place and then decides to confront Smythe, who tries to taunt him by mentioning Marla Jameson's death, but since he's unaware of the mindswap and that Otto wasn't paying attention due to he remembering his time locked up during his final days as Doctor Octopus, Otto brushes him off.

Jameson, alongside Spider-Man, his assistant Glory Grant and Bugle reporter Norah Winters , watch the procedure of Smythe's execution, while he claims to be a "better person". Otto tries to reply that no one would buy that, only to stop himself once he remembers that HE just pulled that trick, but just as Smythe's execution begins, a swarm of mini Spider-Slayers attack the place, allowing Smythe to move freely, however, they are counteracted by Otto's Spider-Bots.

Smythe attempts to escape, but he finds out that Otto has prepared himself for every method of escape he may try, prompting Smythe to shift his plan to kill Spider-Man for which he was also prepared. The mini Spider-Slayers enter the infirmary where they surround Boomerang, Vulture and Scorpion, only to heal and enhance them, on one request from Smythe: Kill Spider-Man, an offer they accept very much obliged.

Appearing in "Minimum Carnage, Part 4: Kill Carnage"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Scarlet Spider (Vol. 2) #11

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Synopsis for "Minimum Carnage, Part 4: Kill Carnage"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Scarlet Spider (Vol. 2) #11
Flare manages to calm the symbiote, but shortly thereafter Agent Venom and Enigma Force are captured by the men of Marquis Radu who also imprisons Carnage. Radu explains to Katy that long ago the symbiotes had arrived in the Microverse and that they had tried to consume it and to do the same with the god who ruled that dimension, but he had managed to drive them away. Wanting to become the new god, Radu brought the symbiotes back to the Microverse to destroy the old one.

Meanwhile, the Scarlet Spider who had had to abandon the fight with Carnage, to help the Redeemer learns from the latter that the presence of the symbionts could destroy the Microverse and this would also lead to the destruction of his world the Macroverse.

Meanwhile, Flash discovers that Radu wants to create an army of symbionts.

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  • This is a UK title that features reprints of American Spider-Man titles.

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