1 EWING ANDRADE O’HALLORAN

RATED T+ $4.99 US 1 1 1 0 0 6 – DETAILS – INSIDE! 1 2 5 9 0 6 0 6 DIGITAL EDITION DIGITAL 9 5 7 BONUS BONUS NUCLEAR PHYSICIST BRUCE BANNER, AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO A GAMMA BOMB EXPLOSION, BECAME THE INCREDIBLE, IMMORTAL HULK.

CLETUS KASADY, THE SERIAL KILLER BONDED TO THE CARNAGE SYMBIOTE, IS ON THE HUNT FOR SMALL PIECES OF GENETIC MATERIAL—CALLED “CODICES”—LEFT IN THE SPINE OF ANY BEING WHO HAS BONDED WITH A SYMBIOTE. CARNAGE DOES THIS IN AN ATTEMPT TO FREE HIS GOD, KNULL, AND BRING CHAOS TO EARTH.

BUT THE HULK HAS NEVER BEEN BONDED TO A SYMBIOTE…

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

AL EWING WRITER FILIPE ANDRADE ARTIST CHRIS O’HALLORAN COLOR ARTIST VC’s TRAVIS LANHAM LETTERER

KYLE HOTZ & DAN BROWN COVER ARTISTS

DALE KEOWN & JASON KEITH [CODEX]; INHYUK LEE VARIANT COVER ARTISTS

DANNY KHAZEM ASSISTANT EDITOR SARAH BRUNSTAD ASSOCIATE EDITOR DEVIN LEWIS & WIL MOSS EDITORS

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

HULK CREATED BY STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY

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