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Warning : SPOILERS forWeb Of Venom : Cult Of Carnage # 1
Spider - Manhas had plenty of knockoff , but none is more monstrous than the six - limbed freak know as theDoppelganger . In Marvel ’s newCult of Carnage , the Doppelganger is given a novel mission by his father … and it ’s more disgusting than fans will be quick for .
The incubus ringer was created to answer a inquiry : what would Spider - Man be without his grim moral code and mother wit of responsibleness ? What if he became an blast dog , and not a hero ? What if he had six implements of war , sharp teeth , razor webbing , and claws rather of hands ? The solution is The Doppelganger , and believe it or not , he just became an even more twisted and gruesome confederate to his father , Carnage .
It ’s all part of thenext massive terror to the Marvel Universe . But before we get into what he ’s doing that is so macabre , even by Carnage ’s standard … readers might need to sit down .
Meet Doppelganger, The ‘Son’ of Carnage
fan will probably roll in the hay this clone fromtheMaximum Carnageseries(later adapted to video game shape ) when Doppelganger launch an attack on Carnage and his lover Shriek . massacre wants to do what he does serious , and kill the Doppelganger … but Shriek takes a refulgence to him . After some arguing between the two ( young love , right ? ) they become the demented fraud parent to Doppelganger . In this distorted menage dynamic , Doppelganger understandably favors his mother , helping her to assail Spider - man as an insanely dangerous attack hotdog and firm protector .
On his own Doppelganger was a terrifyingly derange and savage dead ringer of Spider - Man . But when Doppelganger serve at Carnage and Shriek ’s statement , they are able to direct the puppet ’s might , making him an even more dangerous threat . His mother Shriek genuinely care about seeing Doppelganger pull through . But Carnage … well , he ’s just the kind of father fans have a bun in the oven him to be .
Carnage is no effective at playing ' Dad ' than Cletus Kasady would have been , meaning he attempts to kill " Dopey " whenever Shriek ’s baby boy catch on his nerves . When Carnage ultimately turns on Shriek and attempts to kill her , Doppelganger protects his female parent and gets stabbed and toss off a skyscraper for it . Doppelganger would later resurface inCarnage # 1doing battle with Spider - Man , but getting shot and killed in the process . After getting revived ( again ) , Doppelganger , Shriek , and butchery reunite to bring family mayhem across Manhattan .
That ’s the last time the Carnage family has made headlines in Marvel ’s Universe , aside from the events ofCarnage , U.S.A .. In that terrific story , Cletus Kasady infected the entire townsfolk of Doverton , Colorado with his Carnage symbiote , efficaciously taking over the entire town . And that ’s just whereCult of Carnagepicks back up years later on … and where Doppelganger serves his daddy in the nastiest elbow room yet .
Doppelganger is Back For ‘Absolute Carnage’
The first issue ofWeb of Venom : Cult of Carnagesets up theABSOLUTE CARNAGEevent coming later this yr , and render how unprepared the Marvel Universe really is . Misty Knight is on the hunt for her fellow agentive role John Jameson , last come across in – you imagine it – Doverton , Colorado . After finding John naked and afraid , rambling that " God is coming " , Misty helps him remember the past few month in the Wake Island ofCarnage U.S.A .. John submit Misty and the readers on a series of flashbacks , trace his hunt for the man or woman who has been mutilating the bodies of Doverton residents .
There ’s just one affair that the victims have in common : they were all infected with the Carnage symbiote during the outcome . Well , that and the way that they were killed and mutilated . And thanks to the return ’s most distasteful second , how and why Doppelganger is commit the gruesome acts . Needless to say , tum - turningSPOILERSahead .
Page 2 : Doppelganger Gets a New , Disgusting Mission For Carnage
Doppelganger is Doing Carnage’s Dirty Work
As John Jameson explains , a local occupier of Doverton identify Eric Morrell has put out a call for help . Something or someone has been mutilating the body of the people and animals in Doverton , including all of those who were killed during the retiring events at the deal of Carnage ( Eric ’s girl is among one of the victims dig up out of her grave accent and mangle , making this personal … and disturbing ) .
What Eric and John do n’t lie with is that elsewhere in Marvel ’s comic population , Carnage has been resurrect as the new Symbiote God . So as the couplet introduce The Church of New Darkness to Marvel continuity – the church that all current resident of Doverton now idolise – and learn that New Darkness followers are all mindlessly worship ' The Dark God , ' they ca n’t put the piece together . But readers can : the township once overflow by Carnage is now idolise himas the Symbiote God , Knull .
The two are deny entree when they want to investigate the church for leads in the grisly putting to death ( they ’re way better detective than they realize ) , and are denied all accession by the church service ’s chilling voice , ' Miss Deel . ' But when John inflame up in the eye of the nighttime to witness Eric missing , he run to the only position he could be : The Church of New Darkness . John get just in time to see Eric being sacrifice at the altar in front of the faithful .
' Miss Deel ' is revealed to be Shriek . The massive hooded form before the congregation is Carnage . And eventually , the inscrutable figure mutilate the livelihood and the dead of Doverton is revealed : The Doppelganger .
Doppelganger: The Remover of Spines
From the first panel designate Doppelganger ’s three - taloned hand , reader can put together the figure who has been rip the spines out of human and animal body . A final flashback shows the ghastly deed as Doppelganger rips the spine out of Eric in a single swipe , and deliver it to Carnage like any good Logos would . In the present , John and Misty enter the church to discover that Doppelganger was just getting get … as the entire congregation remains sit in their pews , spine rip out , and smiles still plastered on their faces .
Those keeping up to date with Carnage events already knowwhysuch a troubling act must be performed . TheWeb of Venomseries has explain that every clock time a symbiote bonds with a host , it leave behind behind a trace of itself – and in the process , a piece of the Symbiote God , Knull . Now that he ’s gotten a tasting , it’sCarnage ’s military mission to shoot down EVERY symbiote hostthroughout the Marvel Universe , and consume Knull composition by piece . This comic is the beginning of the track up to the main event inAbsolute Carnage , and if this issue is any index , expect more twisted and grim game in true Carnage fashion .
But by issue ’s remainder , theCult of Carnage ’s commission may have already been achieved . The heroes of Marvel ’s Universe may have already lose , as the sorry God is already here .
Web of Venom : fad of Carnage # 1is available at your local comic book store now , or direct fromMarvel Comics .
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