Issue Description

Spider-Man/Venom team-up! Yes, you’ve read correctly- Spidey and Venom have a temporary team-up to save J. Jonah Jameson from Carnage. But once Carnage is neutralized, will Venom continue his terrorizing ways?

Arrested for his crimes, Eddie Brock aka Venom was locked in a cell with savage killer Cletus Kasady. When he made his escape, the symbiote "gave birth" to a symbiote spawn which possessed Cletus. Altered by being born on Earth, the symbiote became twisted and together they became...CARNAGE! Proving too hard to handle for Spidey alone, he must now seek the help of the most unlikely of allies...Venom!

Plot

Carnage has invaded the offices of the Daily Bugle to strike at the city's greatest crusader for law and order-J. Jonah Jameson! Before he can do the deed, Carnage is interrupted by Robbie Robertson and takes off with Jonah in tow.

Meanwhile, as they race to the Bugle, Spidey ponders over his alliance with Venom, wondering if it's a wise move. They arrive to a less than warm reception by the police talking to Robbie in Jonah's office. It takes some convincing, but the police let them go in the direction Robbie tells them Carnage went citing he needed a bigger audience with which to make his message of chaos heard.

Along the way, Spidey has Venom tell him about Kasady when they find a woman plowed through a wall. One of Carnage's random killings. Spidey has to restrain Venom from beating information out of bystanders when he spots a poster for the perfect venue for Carnage to do his thing. The heroes race to Madison Square Garden where Carnage interrupts a metal concert and preaches his philosophy on how easy it is to kill people.

Before audience members can partake of Carnage's teachings, Spidey and Venom crash the party and get Jonah out of his clutches. They take the battle to him and get him out of the Garden. Carnage beats a hasty retreat for the subway, killing pedestrians in his path as he goes. They pin him in a tunnel only to be struck down by Carnage's moves and weapons. Even a dose of the third rail can't seem to stop him.

Carnage decides to handle his business while he can and returns to the Garden. Venom and Spidey are close behind where they find Jonah captured once again. Carnage attacks, and while Venom keeps him busy Spidey frees Jonah and heads up to the control booth of the stadium. Modifying the PA system, he turns it on to generate the frequency symbiotes hate, taking Carnage down once and for all.

Spidey joins Venom with the speakers still blaring, but Venom's hatred for Spidey gives him the strength to take him down regardless. What he didn't count on was the Human Torch and Mr. Fantastic waiting in the shadows with a new sonic gun, making Venom more convinced than ever that Spidey was never innocent. As Venom is being carted to the Vault in a special holding cell designed by Mr. Fantastic, Jonah takes a jab at Spidey by saying "Captain America would have kept his word." Spidey grabs Jonah and informs him Cap would've found a better way because he's a legend, while Spidey is just a man who has to live with the choices he makes.

Meanwhile in East Germany, two people are about to board a plane that will shake up Peter's life.

The Amazing Spider-Man (1963)

Publisher

Marvel

Volume Description

After the success of Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962) a few months later the same creative team came back to start an ongoing series focusing on the character the two of them created.

The book's run continued until issue number 441 (Nov. 1998) when Marvel relaunched the title as Amazing Spider-Man Volume 2 with a new number 1 in January 1999. After issue #30 (#471) Marvel used a dual numbering system, yet the indicia still stated The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2. On the title's 40th anniversary the numbering was reverted to go from issue 58 to issue 500 (Dec. 2003) as The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1.

This volume ends with #700 and is picked up by the Marvel Now! revolution volume Superior Spider-Man.

Collected EditionsMarvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 (#1-10)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 (#11-19)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 (#20-30)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 4 (#31-40)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 (#41-50)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 (#51-61)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 7 (#62-67)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8 (#68-77)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 9 (#78-87)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 10 (#88-99)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 11 (#100-109)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 12 (#110-120)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 13 (#121-131)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 14 (#132-142)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 15 (#143-155)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 16 (#156-168 and Annual #10)Spider-Man vs. Black Cat (#194-195, 204-205, 226-227.)Spider-Man: Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut (#224-230)Birth of Venom (#252-259, #298-300)The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga Book 1 (#252-258)The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga Book 2 (#259-263)Kraven's Last Hunt (#293-294)The Amazing Spider-Man: Life in the Mad Dog Ward (#295)Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane (#296-329)Sinister Six (#334-339)Powerless (#341-343)Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Round Robin (#351-360)Round Robin (#353-358)Maximum Carnage (#378-380)

Collection of sequentially numbered trades, Amazing Spider-Man.

Spider-Man: Mark of the Tarantula (#231-237)Coming Home (#471-476)Revelations (#477-480)Until the Stars Turn Cold (#481-486)Life and Death of Spiders (#487-491)Unintended Consequences (#492-497)Happy Birthday (#498-502)The Book of Ezekiel (#503-508)Sins Past (#509-514)Skin Deep (#515-518)New Avengers (#519-524)

Individual trades with their own volumes because of sub-titles.

The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Great Power (#1-17)Punisher vs. the Marvel Universe (#161-162)The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Ghosts of the Past (#259-272)The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Return of the Sinister Six (#334-350)Spider-Man: The Gathering of Five (#440-441)The Other (#525-528)The Road to Civil War (#529-531)Civil War (#532-538)Back in Black (#539-543)One More Day (#544-545)Brand New Day Vol 1 (#546-551)Brand New Day Vol 2 (#552-558)Brand New Day Vol 3 (#559-564)Kraven's First Hunt (#565-567)New Ways to Die (#568-573)Crime and Punisher (#574-577)Death and Dating (#578-583)Election Day (#584-588)24/7 (#589-594)American Son (#595-599)Died in Your Arms Tonight (#600-601)Red-Headed Stranger (#602-605)Return of The Black Cat (#606-611)The Gauntlet, Vol 1 (#612-616)The Gauntlet, Vol 2 (#617-621)The Gauntlet, Vol 3 (#622-625)The Gauntlet, Vol 4 (#626-629)The Gauntlet, Vol 5 (#630-633)The Grim Hunt (#634-637)One Moment in Time (#638-641)Origin of the Species (#642-647)Big Time (#648-651)Matters of Life and Death (#652-657)The Fantastic Spider-Man (#658-662)Big Time Ultimate Collection (#648-662)The Return of Anti-Venom (#663-665)Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time - The Complete Collection vol. 2 (#663-676)Spider-Island (#666-673)Flying Blind (#674-677)Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time - The Complete Collection vol. 3 (#677-687 and 679.1)Trouble on the Horizon (#678-681, #679.1)Ends of the Earth (#682-687)No Turning Back (#688-691)Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time - The Complete Collection vol. 4 (#688-697)Danger Zone (#692-697)Dying Wish (#698-700)Amazing Spider-Man: Peter Parker The One And Only (#700.1-700.5)

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