RATHBURN FAIRBAIRN SPENCER SPENCER LGY#832 OTTLEY 31 BONUS DIGITAL EDITION – DETAILS INSIDE! RATED 0 3 1 1 1 $3.99 US T 7 5 9 6 0 6 0 8 9 3 6 9 PETER PARKER was bitten by a radioactive spider and gained the proportional speed, strength and agility of a SPIDER, adhesive fingertips and toes, and the unique precognitive awareness of danger called “SPIDER-SENSE”! After the tragic death of his Uncle Ben, Peter understood that with great power there must also come great responsibility. He became the crimefighting super hero called… Part Two Part undead serial killer, part alien god--Cletus Kasady/CARNAGE has returned. For years, every Klyntar symbiote that bonded with an Earthling left a genetic remnant--a “codex”--behind. Carnage intends to take them all. Spider-Man and Venom (Eddie Brock) shielded Carnage’s most vulnerable targets first--Eddie’s son Dylan, and Normie Osborn, son of Peter’s best friend, Harry--bringing them to Eddie’s safe house, the stage for the heroes’ counteroffensive. When Carnage found them, he brought formidable allies including Norman Osborn, recently a patient at the Ravencroft Institute for the Insane. Though he believes he too is Cletus Kasady, Norman headed straight for his grandson. Spider-Man has fended him off so far, but the battle’s been brutal, and Peter’s mind has started wandering to the past… WARNING! SOME EVENTS IN THIS ISSUE TAKE PLACE AFTER THOSE IN ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #3. CLIFF RATHBURN | inker NATHAN FAIRBAIRN | colorist VC’S JOE CARAMAGNA | letterer NICK SPENCER writer RYAN OTTLEY and NATHAN FAIRBAIRN | cover artists TERRY DODSON and RACHEL DODSON [CODEX]; GREG SMALLWOOD [MARY JANE] | variant cover artists ANTHONY GAMBINO | designer KATHLEEN WISNESKI | assistant editor NICK LOWE | editor RYAN OTTLEY C.B. CEBULSKI | editor in chief JOE QUESADA | chief creative officer penciler DAN BUCKLEY | president ALAN FINE | executive producer SPIDER-MAN created by STAN LEE and STEVE DITKO THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN No. 31, December 2019. Published Twice Monthly by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020. BULK MAIL POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, NY AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. © 2019 MARVEL No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. $3.99 per copy in the U.S. (GST #R127032852) in the direct market; Canadian Agreement #40668537. Printed in the USA. Subscription rate (U.S. dollars) for 12 issues: U.S. $26.99; Canada $42.99; Foreign $42.99. POSTMASTER: SEND ALL ADDRESS CHANGES TO THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, C/O MARVEL SUBSCRIPTIONS P.O. BOX 727 NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040. TELEPHONE # (888) 511-5480. FAX # (347) 537-2649. [email protected]. DAN BUCKLEY, President, Marvel Entertainment; JOHN NEE, Publisher; JOE QUESADA, Chief Creative Officer; DAVID BOGART, Associate Publisher & SVP of Talent Affairs; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID GABRIEL, VP of Print & Digital Publishing; JEFF YOUNGQUIST, VP of Production & Special Projects; DAN CARR, Executive Director of Publishing Technology; ALEX MORALES, Director of Publishing Operations; DAN EDINGTON, Managing Editor; SUSAN CRESPI, Production Manager; STAN LEE, Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in Marvel Comics or on Marvel.com, please contact Vit DeBellis, Custom Solutions & Integrated Advertising Manager, at [email protected]. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 888-511-5480. Manufactured between 09/13/2019 and 09/23/2019 by FRY COMMUNICATIONS, MECHANICSBURG, PA, USA. .