A one-note book
Carnage USA continues to plod along at the same pace as the first issue, only occasionally truly whetting your appetite with scenes of Carnage being a weirdo or the vague promises that Venom will show up.
The story, by Zeb Wells, has descended into Spider-Man hiding away from the bad guys. Yeah, you read right. Elsewhere, there's some interesting scenes with some soldiers being bonded with symbiotes ala Project Rebirth 2.0 which is probably the most interesting part of the book.
Let's see, so far I've covered Carnage being weird, the Venom teasing, Spider-Man hiding away and symbiote soldiers. That's it. The whole issue really. It really does feel like a one-note book building to the inevitable Venom vs. Carnage fight which we may not even see by the end. Clayton Crain's art is... well it's Clayton Crain's art. Either you love his style, you hate his style or you're completely indifferent to it. I think his art fits the whole bogus horror tone that Zeb Wells is trying to emulate but I still am adamant that Crain's take on Carnage sucks all the fun out of the character who is just an interesting visual.
It's tough to really review this title because it kind of just feels like a bunch of nothing so far. When the hero of the piece is hiding away in a house for most of the issue, when some of Marvel's strongest heroes are instantly rendered ineffective against Carnage and the most interesting part is a scene starring a bunch of no-name soldiers putting on symbiotes, there really is not a lot to say about a book.
