The following contains major spoilers for Carnage #13 from DC Comics.
Cletus Kasady explains how Miles Morales accidentally gave his Extrembiote, a symbiotic organism made partially out of Iron Man technology, an apocalyptic upgrade in a CBR exclusive preview of Carnage #13.
Carnage #13 comes from writer Alex Paknadel, artist Fran Galán, color artist Erick Arciniega and letterer VC's Joe Sabino. The CBR exclusive preview of the issue, which is part of the Carnage Reigns crossover event, sees Cletus explain to serial killer Kenneth Neely how his Extrembiote has evolved into something more deadly than ever before following his previous battle with Miles.
CARNAGE #13
- ALEX PAKNADEL (W) • FRANCESCO MANNA (A)
- Cover by KENDRICK “kunkka” LIM • VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN
- VENOM THE OTHER VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN • VARIANT COVER BY SKAN
- CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY TAURIN CLARKE
- “CARNAGE REIGNS” – PART 3!
- Returning to and fortifying his underground stronghold from the days of ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, Cletus Kasady sets his sights on even greater and gorier heights as Extremis demands blood!
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
In the crossover event's opening Carnage Reigns: Alpha one-shot, Miles hit Cletus -- who is currently separated from the Carnage symbiote and instead bonded with the Extrembiote, which is made out of a cosmic symbiote dragon and Iron Man's Extremis Virus -- with a Venom Blast powerful enough to cause a massive explosion that nearly took out an entire city block. While Cletus appeared to be injured at the time, the dangerous villain explains to Kenneth that the explosion actually caused his Extrembiote to become supercharged; at least, up until it essentially overheated.
"When that Morales kid zapped me, he did something to the Iron Man tech inside me," Cletus explains. "He must have fried it somehow. I can...feel it cooking me from the inside out. Like I've got a damn microwave in my chest. Still, when the kid woke the armor up, it was...interesting. For a split second, I was connected. I was in the wires. I used to think the Hive was the best way to remake the world in my image. I was wrong."
Red Goblin Joins Marvel's Carnage/Miles Morales Crossover Event
Following Carnage #13, the Carnage Reigns crossover event continues in Red Goblin #5, which releases on June 7, 2023. The synopsis for the issue reads, "Cletus Kasady is back in New York and more powerful and bloodthirsty than ever! Normie Osborn, meanwhile, is eager to prove himself as the new RED GOBLIN! But when that eagerness puts him on a collision course with Carnage, Normie and his symbiote will emerge from this issue forever changed!"
Carnage #13 features cover art by Kendrick Lim and variant cover art by Skan, Philip Tan, Rachelle Rosenberg, Taurin Clarke, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer and Dave McCaig. The issue releases on May 31, 2023, from Marvel.
Source: Marvel