Cult of Carnage: Misery #1 Preview: Monkey Business

Well, folks, gather ’round for another wild ride through the magical world of comic book creativity! Cult of Carnage: Misery #1 is set to hit your local comic stores on Wednesday, May 3rd, and you’re about to see what happens when science meets chaos. Taking on the all-important task of joining the ranks of the plethora of symbiote stories, Cult of Carnage: Misery #1 introduces a mother’s desperate quest to protect her child, all while diving headfirst into the tumultuous world of superpowered insanity. But hey, what’s a Marvel comic without some good ol’ family drama and lab experiments gone awry, am I right?

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Cult of Carnage: Misery #1
by Sabir Pirzada & Francesco Mortarino, cover by Skan
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION RETURN HOME! Liz Allen is the mother of Normie Osborn, who she is blissfully unaware is the all-new and all-deadly RED GOBLIN! But what Liz DOES know is that the Red Goblin has been active and has been seen VERY close to her home. And after her late husband’s father, NORMAN OSBORN (maybe you’ve heard of him?), gets pulled into the chaos and violence swirling around Normie, Liz has no choice but to use the resources at her disposal as the head of ALCHEMAX to take matters into her own hands and become something the Marvel Universe has NEVER SEEN BEFORE!
Marvel | Marvel Universe
6.59″W x 10.18″H x 0.05″D   | 2 oz | 180 per carton
On sale May 03, 2023 | 40 Pages | 75960620568400111
| Rated T+
$4.99
Variants:
75960620568400116 – CULT OF CARNAGE: MISERY 1 LEINIL YU VARIANT – $4.99 US
75960620568400117 – CULT OF CARNAGE: MISERY 1 SKAN VIRGIN VARIANT – $4.99 US
75960620568400121 – CULT OF CARNAGE: MISERY 1 RYAN STEGMAN VENOM THE OTHER VARIANT – $4.99 US
75960620568400131 – CULT OF CARNAGE: MISERY 1 INHYUK LEE VARIANT – $4.99 US
75960620568400141 – CULT OF CARNAGE: MISERY 1 TODD NAUCK WINDOWSHADES VARIANT – $4.99 US

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