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AHMED · VICENTINI · ARCINIEGA

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7 5 9 6 0 6 0 9 5 1 7 9 BONUS DIGITAL EDITION – DETAILS INSIDE! YEARS AGO, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WAS BITTEN BY A GENETICALLY ALTERED SPIDER AND GAINED INCREDIBLE ARACHNID- LIKE ABILITIES: THE PROPORTIONAL SPEED, STRENGTH, AND AGILITY OF A SPIDER, ADHESIVE FINGERS AND TOES, THE POWER TO DIRECT A BIO-ELECTRIC CHARGE LIKE A STING, TO CAMOUFLAGE HIMSELF TO THE POINT OF INVISIBILITY, AND TO DETECT APPROACHING DANGER USING HIS PRECOGNITIVE “SPIDER-SENSE.” HE HID THESE ABILITIES AT FIRST, UNTIL A HERO INSPIRED HIM TO USE THEM TO TRY TO MAKE THE WORLD MORE JUST.

PART UNDEAD SERIAL KILLER, PART ALIEN GOD--CARNAGE HAS RETURNED. FOR YEARS, EVERY KLYNTAR THAT BONDED WITH AN EARTHLING LEFT A GENETIC REMNANT--A “CODEX”-- BEHIND. CARNAGE INTENDS TO TAKE THEM ALL.

WHILE TRYING TO PROTECT A MAN WITH A CODEX FROM AN ARMY OF RAVENCROFT INMATES UNDER CARNAGE’S CONTROL, SPIDER-MAN WAS OVERWHELMED. NOW PART OF THE RED FAMILY, MILES WAS DISPATCHED WITH ANOTHER MAN UNDER CARNAGE’S POWER, THE MURDERER HAPPY DAN, TO KILL J. JONAH JAMESON. J.J. WAS IN A MEETING AT VULPE COMMUNICATIONS HEADQUARTERS, GUARDED BY SILVER SABLE, AND AS HAPPY DAN AND MILES’ BODY FOUGHT SABLE, MILES’ MIND REBELLED. HE’D NEARLY BROKEN FREE WHEN THE CARNAGE SLUDGE PUPPETEERING HIM TOOK OVER, AND MILES SUNK HIS FANGS INTO JAMESON.

WARNING: THE EVENTS OF THIS STORY TAKE PLACE AFTER ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #3. IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT YET, PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!

SALADIN AHMED WRITER FEDERICO VICENTINI ARTIST

ERICK ARCINIEGA COLOR ARTIST VC’s CORY PETIT LETTERER

CLAYTON CRAIN COVER ARTIST

KIM JACINTO & RAIN BEREDO [CODEX]; DAVID NAKAYAMA [CONNECTING] VARIANT COVER ARTISTS

JAY BOWEN KATHLEEN WISNESKI DEVIN LEWIS NICK LOWE LOGO DESIGN EDITOR SUPERVISING EDITOR EXECUTIVE EDITOR

C.B. CEBULSKI JOE QUESADA DAN BUCKLEY ALAN FINE EDITOR IN CHIEF CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

SPIDER-MAN CREATED BY STAN LEE & STEVE DITKO

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