The psychopathic serial killer Carnage is following in Wolverine's footsteps with a new Marvel Comics miniseries titled Carnage: Black, White & Blood.
CBR can exclusively reveal the cover and creative team for March 2021's Carnage: Black, White & Blood #1. Writers Donny Cates (Venom, King in Black), Benjamin Percy (X-Force, Wolverine) and Tini Howard (Excalibur, X of Swords) and artists Sara Pichelli (Fantastic Four, Spider-Men II) and Ken Lashley (Friendly-Neighborhood Spider-Man, X-Men Gold) are tackling Cletus Kasady and his alien symbiote in a four-issue miniseries that is not for the faint of heart.
CARNAGE: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD #1 (OF 4)
- DONNY CATES, BENJAMIN PERCY, TINI HOWARD (W)
- SARA PICHELLI, KEN LASHLEY (A) • COVER BY SARA PICHELLI
- CARNAGE RULES!
- Witness the cerebral chaos caused by CARNAGE, brought to life by some of the greatest creators at Marvel!
- But beware, True Believers, true to their titular character’s namesake, these spine-chilling tales are not for the faint of heart and presented in BLACK, WHITE AND BLOOD!
"Carnage is a hell of a character. One of the most terrifying villains in comics. When Marvel reached out to me about contributing to this Black, White, & Blood collection, I couldn't say yes fast enough. My heart is poisonous after all. And my brain is a twisting ball of centipedes. So he's someone readymade for my foul handiwork," Percy told CBR. "I was immediately drawn to the freedom of writing out of continuity. I grew up in the West. I've always been obsessed with westerns. In my former life, I was a professor, and I used to teach a graduate course called (re)Writing the West. So that's where my mind instantly gravitated.... what if Carnage were alive back then? In frontier times? Wouldn't he become an outlaw more infamous even than a Billy the Kid or Jesse James? Indeed, he would. And that was the first dark seed of the story I'll be telling."
Lashley added, "When you get the chance to work on a character like Carnage it's a very fast 'YES' … and this story is a dream come true for any artist. Working with the best writing talent in the biz is a plus as well. I can't wait to show what we have created. It's not what people would expect, it's super exciting."
Marvel announced a Wolverine: Black, White & Blood miniseries in August, which enlisted creators such as Gerry Duggan, Adam Kubert, Matthew Rosenberg, Joshua Cassara and Declan Shalvey. Cates also contributed a story to Wolverine: Black, White & Blood.
Carnage: Black, White & Blood #1 goes on sale in March 2021 from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel