Absolute Carnage #5

Issue Number 5----Issue Date 01/2020----CGC 9.4 

The issue begins with a brief flashback to the first meeting between Eddie Brock and Cletus Kasady, then switches to a major confrontation between Cletus and Eddie, each enrobed in the power of many many symbiotes. Eddie’s allies are joined by an even more eclectic group of heroes, presumably culled from the various spinoff mini-series that has been running alongside this crossover. Eventually, Eddie is forced to make an impossible choice to save his son Dylan, who is clearly more than he seems.

Writer Donny Cates has had to keep several plates spinning to keep this story moving, and it’s here in this issue that a few of those different story threads begin to pay off. Cates is wise to make the emotional heart of the story, the relationship between Eddie and Dylan, and this issue takes a significant turn because of that relationship.