{"id":1044,"date":"2009-05-16T18:51:49","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T00:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.delirium.org\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2010-01-25T17:21:12","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T23:21:12","slug":"utimate-spider-man-carnage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delirium.org\/?p=1044","title":{"rendered":"Utimate Spider-Man: Carnage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carnage<\/a> is yet another book I am not sure how to adequately address. Not, this time, because I have mixed feelings about it. Rather, because there are huge turning point spoilers. I can’t say I know how long the consequences will ripple forward[1],but this felt like the single largest event since Peter first came to terms with his powers, or at the very least since the Ultimate Six<\/a> storyline (but really that one was\/will be more of a delayed reaction consequence thing, without the sense of immediacy shown here). Anyway, the story starts off with genetic engineering master-minded by Peter’s very first reformed enemy, Dr. Curt Connors aka Lizard Man[2], and ends up with the Spidey suit having been put away… for good?<\/p>\n

Okay, probably not, but I think I like the idea of that part sticking around for a while. Brief spoiler discussion fodder below the footnotes.<\/p>\n

[1] There’s an Amazon review (which you should avoid reading by all costs, as they are less good about spoilers than I) that implies the consequences are few if any. I’m not sure I can bring myself to believe it, though, since the series has stood out so high above the pack to date. I’ll let you know, though!
\n[2] Lizardman wins![3]
\n[3] I mean, spoiler alert, Lizard Man isn’t even in this book. I’m talking about something else.So, like. You know how the fight between Spider-Man and Carnage was told in flashback? And it was between Spider-Man and a genetic abomination that was trying to steal his DNA to maintain its survival, and that had occasionally emerged in Peter Parker form? I feel like I was being led to believe there’s a possibility that Carnage won, and Pete is in danger somewhere! I kind of suspect that won’t actually be the way the next book turns out, but I certainly wonder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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