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BARNES ORLANDO BEYRUTH SANDOVAL NAVA ROSENBERG ARCINIEGA

RATED T+ $3.99 US 1 1 3 0 0 8 – DETAILS – INSIDE! 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 6 DIGITAL EDITION DIGITAL 9 5 7 BONUS BONUS KNULL, THE MALICIOUS GOD OF THE SYMBIOTES HAS LAUNCHED AN ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON EARTH, AND A FRACTURED CONTINGENT OF SUPER HEROES STANDS AS THE PLANET’S ONLY DEFENSE. IF THEY CAN’T STOP THE ADVANCE OF KNULL’S FORCES, EARTH WILL BECOME THE...

TANDY BOWEN AND TYRONE JOHNSON MET AS TEENAGE THE SYMBIOTE SPAWN OF CARNAGE WAS ONCE BONDED IN NEW YORK CITY. TO NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICER PATRICK MULLIGAN; TOGETHER THEY FOLLOWED A HEROIC PATH INSPIRED BY PREYED UPON BY CHEMIST SIMON MARSHALL, THEY SPIDER-MAN. WERE FORCED INTO AN EXPERIMENTAL DRUG TRIAL AND GAVE THEM SUPER-POWERS. TANDY DEVELOPED THE AFTER PATRICK’S DEMISE, THE SYMBIOTE BONDED WITH ABILITY TO GENERATE AND MANIPULATE LIGHTFORCE VENOM HOST EDDIE BROCK FOR A BRIEF TIME BEFORE WHILE TYRONE’S BODY BECAME A CONDUIT FOR THE VANISHING. BUT IN THE CHAOS OF KNULL’S INVASION, THE DARKFORCE DIMENSION. THE TWO BANDED TOGETHER CREATURE HAS RESURFACED, BONDED TO A NEW HOST IN TO FIGHT CRIME AS… TEENAGER BREN WATERS. TOGETHER, THEY ARE…

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