Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage
by Tom DeFalco, J. M. DeMatteis, Terry Kavanagh, David Michelinie, Mark Bagley, Sal Buscema, Ron Lim, Tom Lyle, Alex Saviuk

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Book Review: A classic saga, but an average story.
Summary: 3 Stars

The story starts off promisingly with Carnage escaping from his high security pen and going on a murderous rampage through New York with various oddball villains that join him and become part of his twisted little family. This leads to Spiderman having to team up with various good guys, and not so good guys (such as Venom and Morbius) in order to stop the bloodshed. It's an interesting idea, but unfortunately the majority of the 14 issues is simply based on fight after fight with no clear winner and the occasional introduction of a new villain or hero - which doesn't make it any more interesting. Add on a slightly nauseating christian subtext that is anything but subtle and you're left with..well, not much really. However, the interactions between Venom and Carnage with Spiderman stuck in the middle are amusing as always and despite being pretty monotonous it is a major saga of the 90s and worth reading, at least once.

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