—Scarlet SpiderHow many times has he been locked up only to escape and kill again? At a certain point, it's not his fault anymore. He is what he is. He kills because we let him.
Appearing in "Minimum Carnage Omega"
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Antagonists:
- Carnage (Cletus Kasady)
- Venom/Carnage Hybrid Army
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Items:
- Venom Symbiote
- Carnage Symbiote
- Venom/Carnage Hybrid Symbiotes
Synopsis for "Minimum Carnage Omega"
In the Microverse, the Enigma Force pilot their ship close to the spacewalk rift to the Macroverse. Mari gives Flash sonic weapons to use against Carnage, including a powerful disruptor bomb. When Flash asks the Redeemer to explain how to make the symbiote return them to the Macroverse, the Redeemer responds that there's no need to force the symbiote to do anything as it wants to return to the Macroverse as well. Flash, Kaine, and Kathy are warped back to the Macroverse, with Flash guiding them through the path Carnage took using the link forged in the Microverse. As Venom and Kaine start bickering, Kathy alerts them to the fact that they materialized only a few inches tall. Carnage, towering over them, attacks and begins spawning the clone hybrids, quickly overwhelming Kaine and Venom. Before he can crush them, the size disparity wears off and Venom and Kaine quickly begin disposing of the clones. Carnage grows to a massive size, pins Kaine, and grabs Venom in his jaws, stating that he intends to assimilate the Venom symbiote and conquer the universe. As Carnage swallows him, Agent Venom triggers the sonic detonator, stripping Cletus of the symbiote but badly injuring himself. Kaine helps him to his feet, complementing Flash for the first time, then asks what Flash intends to do with the serial killer. Agent Venom says he'll call the Avengers to take Carnage back into custody, but as the Carnage symbiote covers Cletus once more, Kaine extends one of his stingers and stabs Cletus in the eye. Flash berates Kaine, who simply responds that he did what had to be done to keep Carnage from escaping again. Venom states there had to be another way, and Kaine says to let him know what it is before swinging off.
The Avengers dismantle the Prometheus Pit, while Kathy stands in mourning at the galleria in Houston where the final battle took place. Kaine returns to the Four Seasons Hotel looking depressed, while in an undisclosed prison Flash stands in front of a specialized cell containing Cletus. A doctor interrupts his thoughts, stating that while Cletus' external wounds have healed he is now comatose, the Scarlet Spider's stinger having lobotomized him. Agent Venom asks if he's now harmless, but the doctor replies that without Cletus' mind to direct it the Carnage symbiote is now in control and possibly more dangerous than ever, while in his cell Cletus flashes a fanged grin.Appearing in "No Escape, Part Two: Lockdown"
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Antagonists:
- Spider-Slayer (Alistaire Smythe)
- Boomerang (Frederick Myers) (Apparent death)
- Scorpion (MacDonald Gargan)
- Vulture (Adrian Toomes)
Other Characters:
- Lizard (Curtis Connors)
- Marla Jameson (Only in flashback)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Only in flashback)
- Spencer Smythe (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- NYPD (Mentioned)
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Items:
- Spider-Bots
- Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
- Superior Spider-Man's Suit
- Mini-Slayers (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "No Escape, Part Two: Lockdown"
Meanwhile, Spider-Man and Smythe battle, with Otto mocking him by accusing him of being weak in comparison of his late father who was a scientist, in spite of his failures and that he has informed the Avengers for backup, only to Smythe to inform him that he already has his own backup, in the form of Boomerang, Scorpion and Vulture. Otto admits that the mini-slayers were clever but inadvertly reveals that his countermeasures are being powered by the Raft's Power Generators, distracting him at the revelation so Smythe takes the upper hand until he's narrowly shot down by a Raft guard, revealed to be Jameson.
Otto accuses Jonah of leaving the force field but Jameson confronts Spider-Man to tell him he brought him to ensure that Smythe gets executed by any means necessary, implying that he's giving permission to Spider-Man to directly kill him. Otto accepts and tells Jonah to go back to the force field with the others. Meanwhile, the group discuss that the Avengers should be warned of what's happening but Norah replies that before she arrived, the Bugle made a report about them marching into space, as well as commenting that if Spider-Man made sure no one leaves the Raft, no one might get in as well, asking what would happen if they're still alive in the event that the force field's power runs out.
Spider-Man hunts Smythe through his comm system, only to discover that he did the same trick and informed his allies, all heading for a full front assault against Spider-Man, who tries to convince them that Smythe is using them and will take back their enhancements once he's out, but all of them agree that even though that might happen, they'll make the best of the situation against him. Smythe manages to reach the Raft's generators, destroying them to shut down the power in the entire island, allowing the last remaining prisoner, the Lizard, to escape; but once Smythe tries to escape, Otto reminds him about the emergency generators, but Smythe warns Spider-Man that, just like he does with his Spider-Bots, he can see through his Mini-Slayers, catching up on Jameson and the trapped civilians, sending their locations to the group. Scorpion rejects it at first, but is easily convinced once Smythe tells him that one of his targets is Jameson himself. Scorpion heads for Jonah, Vulture aims at the civilians and Boomerang stays to fight against Spider-Man, who stops him by blocking his bomb-a-rangs with his webbing, escaping the resulting blast in the process (and possibly killing Boomerang).
Smythe warns him that he's still caught in a predicament since Scorpion is heading to his personal vengeance against Jameson and Vulture is ready to kill the group of civilians so he must make a choice, only to be surprised when Otto replies that he won't follow any of them, instead determined to complete his mission of slaying the Spider-Slayer.Appearing in "The Man in the Presidential Suite"
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Antagonists:
- Santa Robbers
- Carnage (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Courtney Johnson (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "The Man in the Presidential Suite"
Notes
- This is a UK title that features reprints of American Spider-Man titles.