Comes the Carnage!

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Comes the Carnage!
DateApril – September 2007
No. of issues6
Main characters
Page count137 pages
Publisher Marvel Comics
Creative team
Writers Tom DeFalco [1] [2]
Artists Ron Frenz [3]
Pat Olliffe
Inkers Sal Buscema
Letterers Dave Sharpe
ColoristsGotham
EditorsMolly Lazer
Original publication
Published in The Amazing Spider-Girl
ISBN 978-0-7851-2342-2
Chronology
Preceded by Whatever Happened to the Daughter of Spider-Man?
Followed by Mind Games

Comes the Carnage!, also known as Carnage is Here!, is a graphic novel written by Tom DeFalco, drawn by Ron Frenz and Pat Olliffe, and published by Marvel Comics 2 as the second volume of the American comic book series The Amazing Spider-Girl , a relaunch of Spider-Girl , following Mayday Parker / Spider-Girl, the daughter of Peter Parker / Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson, as she stumbles onto a S.H.I.E.L.D. civil war between Maria Hill and La Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine, before unwittingly freeing Carnage; shaken by her mistake, Spider-Girl must battle the reborn Carnage, who targets both the Parker family and the students and facility of Midtown High. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Part One, Revenge!, was released April 11, 2007; Part Two, The Closet, was released May 9, 2007; Part Three, Specimen 297!, was released June 13, 2007; Part Four, Comes the Carnage!, was released July 11, 2007; Part Five, The Bough Breaks!, was released August 8, 2007; and Part Six, Only The Innocent Must Die!, was released September 12, 2007. Preceded by Whatever Happened to the Daughter of Spider-Man? , it is followed by the story arc Mind Games . [8]

The series received a positive critical reception. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Premise

The series follows Mayday Parker / Spider-Girl, sworn to follow in her father's web-tracks, as she finds herself torn between friendship and justice after one of the Ladyhawks seeks to kill the Hobgoblin for crippling her twin sister, before Spider-Girl stumbles on to a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission and inadvertently sets free the Carnage symbiote, finding herself caught in a war between La Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine and Maria Hill, as the reborn Carnage takes her classmate Moose Mansfield and her younger brother Benjy Parker as host, who target the students and faculty of Midtown High as well as the Parker family, with Spider-Girl teaming up with extended family members Darkdevil and Kaine to help. [10] [11] [16] [17]

Reception

Comes the Carnage! received generally good reviews. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [18] [19]

Prints

Issues

IssueTitlePublication dateEstimated sales (first month)
#7"Revenge!"April 11, 200720,073, ranked 106th in North America [20]
#8"The Closet"May 9, 200719,568, ranked 116th in North America [21]
#9"Specimen 297!"June 13, 200719,130, ranked 105th in North America [22]
#10"Comes the Carnage!"July 11, 200719,087, ranked 118th in North America [23]
#11"The Bough Breaks!"August 8, 200718,724, ranked 130th in North America [24]
#12"Only The Innocent Must Die!"September 12, 200718,671, ranked 116th in North America [25]

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBN
The Amazing Spider-Girl: Comes the Carnage! The Amazing Spider-Girl (vol. 1) #7–12November 14, 2007 [26] 978-0-7851-2342-2

References

  1. ↑ Grand, Alex (October 21, 2019). "Tom DeFalco Interview, Consummate Professional by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson". Comic Book Historians. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ Rich, Jesse, & Iverson (March 9, 2010). "Weekly Buyer's Guide – March 9, 2010". IGN . Retrieved June 14, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Grand, Alex (April 1, 2020). "Ron Frenz Interview, Marvelous Comic Artist by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson". Comic Book Historians. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ IGN Staff (July 12, 2006). "Spider-Girl Continues to Amaze". IGN . Retrieved July 12, 2006.
  5. ↑ Carole (September 13, 2025). "May "Mayday" Parker Reading Order (Spider-Girl/Spider-Woman from Earth-982)". Comic Book Treasury. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
  6. ↑ DeArmitt, Grant (July 22, 2024). "Marvel had a comic book "that would not die" for more than a decade thanks to its loyal fanbase, according to the editor who ran it". The PopVerse. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  7. ↑ Panetta, Kevin (November 14, 2007). "This Week's New Releases and Recommendations". ComicsAlliance . Retrieved November 14, 2007.
  8. 1 2 3 Reed, Lee (March 7, 2023). "Spider-Girl & MC2 – Collected Editions Reviews". Omniverse Comics. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  9. 1 2 Harrison, Will (April 11, 2007). "Review: The Amazing Spider-Girl (Vol. 1) #7". Spider-Fan. Retrieved April 11, 2007.
  10. 1 2 3 Tate, Ray (April 14, 2007). "The Amazing Spider-Girl #7 Review". Comics Bulletin. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
  11. 1 2 3 Joiner, Zach (October 15, 2022). "Make Mine Madam Episode 37: Amazing Spider-Girl #9–12". Spidey-Dude. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  12. 1 2 Tate, Ray (June 16, 2007). "The Amazing Spider-Girl #8 Review". Comics Bulletin. Retrieved June 16, 2007.
  13. 1 2 Harrison, Will (May 9, 2007). "Review: The Amazing Spider-Girl (Vol. 1) #8". Spider-Fan. Retrieved May 9, 2007.
  14. 1 2 Harrison, Will (June 13, 2007). "Review: The Amazing Spider-Girl (Vol. 1) #9". Spider-Fan. Retrieved June 13, 2007.
  15. 1 2 Tate, Ray (July 14, 2007). "The Amazing Spider-Girl #10 Review". Comics Bulletin. Retrieved July 14, 2007.
  16. ↑ Herman, Ben (July 4, 2015). "Shannon Carter is living the American Dream". In My Not So Humble Opinion. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  17. ↑ DeFalco, Tom; Frenz, Ron; Olliffe, Pat The Amazing Spider-Girl #7–12 (April–September 2007). Marvel Comics.
  18. ↑ Harrison, Will (August 8, 2007). "Review: The Amazing Spider-Girl (Vol. 1) #11". Spider-Fan. Retrieved August 8, 2007.
  19. ↑ Harrison, Will (September 12, 2007). "Review: The Amazing Spider-Girl (Vol. 1) #12". Spider-Fan. Retrieved September 12, 2007.
  20. ↑ "April 2007 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. Estimated Comics Sold to North American Comics Shops as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors. The Comics Chronicles . Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  21. ↑ "May 2007 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. Estimated Comics Sold to North American Comics Shops as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors. The Comics Chronicles . Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  22. ↑ "June 2007 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. Estimated Comics Sold to North American Comics Shops as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors. The Comics Chronicles . Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  23. ↑ "July 2007 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. Estimated Comics Sold to North American Comics Shops as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors. The Comics Chronicles . Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  24. ↑ "August 2007 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. Estimated Comics Sold to North American Comics Shops as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors. The Comics Chronicles . Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  25. ↑ "September 2007 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. Estimated Comics Sold to North American Comics Shops as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors. The Comics Chronicles . Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  26. ↑ DeFalco, Tom; Frenz, Ron (November 14, 2007). "The Amazing Spider-Girl Volume 2: Comes the Carnage!". Previews World . Retrieved November 14, 2007.
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