I expected more of a throw down between venom and carnage based on the title, but the art was amazing! the story centered around the birth of the symbiote named toxin, who happens to be carnage's son. it's the first I've heard of toxin, but I've been out of touch with anything related to Spider-Man for a while now.

Basically Toxin's origin story. Seemed a bit rushed and not a fan of computer generated art.

i was not just forced to read carnage calling venom daddy i

Fabulous art by Clayton Crain in this volume detailing the birth of Toxin, spawn of Carnage... grandspawn of Venom. Pat Mulligan, an ex-NY cop hosts the symbiote in this book. Toxin's appearance is basically a half-and-half cut/paste of Venom and Carnage.Somewhat lazy design but still kinda cool.

This is the earliest work from Clayton Crain that I’ve ever read - and seems like the template for many iterations he’s worked on a Carnage comic since, so I’m really paying attention to the details of his panels. Clayton Crain is obviously very skilled at painting - captures the light, the tiny dimples in close-up skin, the anatomy of people in motion. But holy hell does he like drawing Black Cat like she’s in a porno - the close-ups of her nearly-naked boobs in this latest “naughty anti-hero”

Beautiful illustrations, decent story. The text was a little hard to read at times and I wasn't a fan of the ending at all, but ultimately those are minor quibbles to a solid Spider-Man story.

Is it me or are these symbiote stories looking a lot alike? As in the movie "Multiplicity", each installment is about spawning a more imperfect version of its predecessor. Overall storyline has to be less predictable. Illustrations were clever and innovative.

Serves me right for reading the book without reading the blurb but still enjoyed it. It is not the story of Venom or Carnage like I believed but it is of origin of Toxin and his story. To be fair, I didn't even know Carnage's existence of it was a lot of catching up to do, but it was still a great story. Art could have been better, less muscular maybe.

This actually has a story that's far more than "Venom vs Carnage." It actually focuses on a New York cop who becomes the host to Carnage's "son" called Toxin. It would have been nice if it had been longer but I assume Toxin is in more comics, though maybe not necessarily better. The art is interesting, though sometimes it looks kind of strange because it doesn't really try to look as realistic as Alex Ross though it does have more of that painted look.

This book was freaking awesome!!! This is one of the best books I've ever read. Compelling and interesting very interesting and I love love love spider man and venom and carnage. This is the 1st time I've ever seen talk toxin and it was so awesome! A cop with the same power as venom in carnage. Very cool

Spider-Man: Venom vs. Carnage was a startling read that I really did not expect to be as good as it was. Spider-man villain Carnage reproduces a new symbiote offspring; it attaches to a new host and this new host, an honest cop named Pat Mulligan, must deal with hiding the terrible symbiote that is binding to him and to stop the symbiote from influencing him to do terrible things. For a comic book, especially one as short as this, explores a very interesting topic that I haven’t seen very much i...

Venom’s offspring Carnage ends up birthing a new being (in the not-so-typical fashion). Carnage wants to end this new creature’s life. Venom wants the offspring to grow and aid him in his fight against Spider-Man. There is Black Cat too involved somewhere in the plot. Not the best written comic but it is dark and colourful at the same time supported by good art work that gives the chaotic story a right sense of urgency. Can read it once…

WOW! Amazing artwork. Nonstop action. A new symbiote. This was an impulse buy & damn am I pleased with it.

Overt antihero Venom, a ton of usually-scarce Carnage, daddy-issues and pregnancy, and the distinct but questionable stylistic choice that is the hyperdetailed, shiny art makes this a lot to handle. Sometimes it's unsettling in a good way, like the dripping tentacle-y symbionts; sometimes it's a fleshy pregnant belly and it just feels ... weird. Bad weird. All that said, Toxin is an interesting character who compliments the series' ongoing themes of violence, antiheroism, and consenting symbiosi...

There are many comic book fans who look down on stories about Venom and/or Carnage, and consider the characters to be lowest-common-denominator in comics. I am not one of those people. But I think even those people would look at this book and say "Wow, this is so much worse than I imagined it would be."Clayton Crain's art isn't always my style. But he certainly became much better at his craft after this book. Every character has a body from porn, and a face from Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" vi...

Ok, this is a tough one to read. Almost.. impossible.The art isn't innovative, is painful. Even while the story itself was getting worse and worse, it still didn't match with the visuals, as they were the lowest point. Also, I simply couldn't stand looking at what it seemed like a porno version of every character. For real, Black Cat is grotesque. There's literally a panel where her breasts are the same size as her HEAD. Are they all aliens now? Cause I can't be supposed to believe that a guy tr...

There's some interesting ideas in here, such as the symbiotes fighting for the soul of a brand-new one called Toxin, but it's in service of a boring story. It just feels like a marketing strategy to set up "the next big character" without giving a good reason why they're any different from a crop of tortured heroes, and with awful artwork to boot. No thanks.

The illustration was phenomenal but the storyline really didn't resonate with the title of Venom vs Carnage. It seemed to loom more around the birth and origins of Toxin (spawn of Carnage).I enjoyed reading it overall but as most comics go, it ends just as you are really drawn in and aching for more. I do recommend this series.

This story revolves around the strange social dynamics of symbiote reproduction, which echoes the filial infanticide seen in many earth-bound species, whereby a family member tries to eliminate the competition while it can still be readily killed and eaten. There’s a shifting landscape of alliances as a new symbiote is birthed into existence. Besides the titular characters, Venom and Carnage, the story’s other major characters are Toxin (the new symbiote on the block,) as well as Black Cat and S...

This comic has 4 parts in it and doesn’t run very long.The illustrations when reading it were super dark and a bit creepy yet at the same time pretty good. I wasn’t expecting to like it a whole considering a few of the other comics that sound good title wise tend to be a big let down when finished. I wish this one wasn’t so short and kept going with more details. Overall I enjoyed how Venom can’t seem to make up his mind on whether he should save his grandson or destroy him.