Upon arrival, Eddie notices that there are wanted posters for Venom for the deaths of Lee Price and several inmates at Ryker's Island.

Venom tells the police officers to get Dylan as far away from here as possible while he confronts Dark Carnage where he notices that Cletus' body is bonded to the Grendel symbiote.

Eddie uses the electrical rails of the subway to disable Dark Carnage as it briefly separates to reveal Cletus' corpse.

Elsewhere in Ravencroft, Cletus is walking through the halls as he exposes his ribs to unleash the maggots in order for them to have the inmates be bonded to the Grendel symbiote.

As Venom forms a wrecking ball to make a hole in the wall, Spider-Man wants to save Norman Osborn.

Venom grabs Spider-Man as he carries him up the tower, creates dragon-like wings, and flies him away from Ravencroft.

After defeating Riot, Agony, Phage, and Lasher, Maker contacts Eddie and tells him that Dylan is fine.

In addition, he also states that Anne Weying's body was never exhumed as he advises Venom to kill Dark Carnage before the situation gets worse.

Venom finds that Spider-Man has called in Captain America, Thing, Wolverine, and Bruce Banner.

As Captain America is handed Scorpion whose spine was broken in the attack, Venom is told that Maker fled when they showed up.

As Venom gets fully acquainted with Bruce Banner, Dylan comes in where he has befriended a Sleeper symbiote that has bonded to a cat.

As Dark Carnage stabs Bruce during the bonding process, he is transformed into a venomized version of Hulk whose punch nearly separates the Grendel symbiote from Cletus Kasady.

Dark Carnage senses the power of the One Below All in Hulk where he plans to open it and paint it black like Knull's living abyss.

Using the cannon in the Guardsman gauntlet and charging Captain America's shield with it, Eddie Brock electrocutes the Symbiote on Miles enough to free him from its control.

Afterward, Miles tells Eddie that he needs to get to the Venom Symbiote before Dark Carnage absorbs it and free Knull.

Dark Carnage rips the Venom Symbiote off of Bruce as he assimilates it where he starts to grow horns, sharp spikes on his back, and black pauldrons and arm wraps similar to the ones on Knull.

As Captain America takes back his shield, Thing and Wolverine arrive as the three of them charge towards Dark Carnage.

In the present, while Eddie fights Dark Carnage, Cloak, Dagger, Iron Fist, Firestar, Morbius, Deathlok, Captain Marvel, Deadpool, and Scream arrive to help in the battle.

Choosing to save his son, Eddie creates a Necrosword out of his combined symbiotes to kill Carnage, freeing Knull in the process, who sets off for Earth.

[8] The main storyline received overwhelmingly positive reviews, but the ending was criticized for its rushed pacing.