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Eddie Brock: Carnage Vol. 2: The Killing Muse

Al Ewing · Carlos Gómez · Charles Soule · Jesús Saiz · Juanan Ramírez · Joe Kelly · Ed McGuinness

Story era 13 · Krakoa to the New Ultimate Age

Two character-driven symbiote branches develop the changed hosts after Venom War and reunite in one crossover.

UnownedReading status not recorded112 pages5 full issues

Book 3 of 5 in After Venom War — All-New Venom, Eddie Brock, and Death Spiral · 0 of 5 owned · 880 pages in all

Setup & reading order

2 earlier books in this run come first
  1. After Venom War #5

    Read All-New Venom #1–10 and Eddie Brock: Carnage #1–10 as parallel blocks, then Venom #250–254.

  2. After Venom #254

    Follow the Death Spiral collection’s crossover order through Amazing Spider-Man #23–27 and Venom #255–257, then its Body Count epilogue.

Optional context & path

Path: Venom by Al Ewing. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.

Useful background and earlier stops: Venom by Ewing — road to Venom War.

Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.

About these books · 6 sources

Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.

The books

This book

Eddie Brock: Carnage Vol. 2: The Killing Muse

Trade paperback · 112 pages · Unowned

Book 3 of 5 · Krakoa to the New Ultimate Age

Eddie’s struggle with Carnage reaches Muse and the consequences that precede Death Spiral.

See reading checkpoints
Released 17 Mar 2026 · 112 pages · Jesús Saiz cover9781302962777Planned edition
Eddie Brock: Carnage (2025)#6–10
Earth-616 Primary
Edition sources

Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.

Duplication · Eddie Brock: Carnage Vol. 2: The Killing Muse

These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.

No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.

Things to know
  • Carnage’s body-horror art is stronger than its pacing. These books continue the characters’ stories after Venom War.
  • This sequence ends at Death Spiral; the Venom title continues beyond it.