FIRST LOOK: Absolute Carnage Omnibus!

Join the Uncanny Omar as he gives us an advance look at the Absolute Carnage Omnibus. The book comes out on September 23rd in the direct market.
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[@gregkoshman9114]

I wonder why they never map the omnibus in the order of how the single issues originally came out. It would be the way it was originally meant to be read.

[@guadalupediaz3796]

True. As someone who's new to collecting and comics it makes my brain hurt trying to keep track of the reading orders

[@addidasabbibi808]

Because the content is first cobbled together and placed in digital files for the individual tpbs. They then take these files and combine them w others for the Omni. I’m guessing that due to cost, the extra effort needed, the probability of making a big mistake, etc- the reading order takes a back seat unfortunately.

[@gregkoshman9114]

@@addidasabbibi808 well it can be done. Look at the AOA omnibus. I remember when the trades first came out. They were by series. Yet with the omnibus, all the issues were put in by chronological order. Thank god. That omnibus would have been a mess if it was put in by series.

[@goldenlantern7938]

@@gregkoshman9114 what’s the AOA omnibus

[@gregkoshman9114]

@@goldenlantern7938 "age of apocalypse"

[@elvaquerovaquero5243]

I always wait to see Omar's videos before making a purchase. He brings the most in depth and knowledge dropping videos when it comes to collected editions (we need to get this man reading single issues again! He would destroy the competition of YT that can't keep their wiki entries straight). I'm sold on this omnibus. It looks phenomenal.

[@brandonbaerga4972]

Omnibus events should always be put in order

[@MisterX867]

I'll be honest, having the issues out of reading order is actually turning me away from buying this one...

[@ryanp8021]

Couldn’t agree more, this is super disappointing

[@Shehzadinthehouse]

been strongly considering to cancel my pre-order don't know why they would map it like this

[@jayrett]

Agreed, I'm gonna grab the rest of the floppies and just get them bound. Disappointed 😞 👎

[@numptyur]

I don’t know an Omnibus collecting an event with tie ins that do present in reading order. Especially since most tie ins are non essential to the story. I have the World War Hulk Omnibus which does the main story then all the tie ins, it’s not hard to know where in the story the tie ins fit and the tie ins don’t present any critical information to the story, mostly just neat side stories. Some of the tie ins are down right useless and I’m glad they aren’t in reading order as it would break up a good story with crap.

[@kevinrowan9162]

numptyur yeah I’ve never seen an event book plus it’s tie ins put together in chronological order ever.

[@Chandasouk]

We need Marvel to release an Absolute Omar-bus. That series is ongoing and currently running for over 100 years 😅

[@lionheart4012]

Nooooo, a romance omnibus needs to be done. The story will talk about how much you love Amanda. Lol

[@lionheart4012]

How about more than one volume for an omnibus.

[@EarthsGeomancer]

No! The order of the issues sucks! They should be in the reading order that Marvel themselves even acknowledged.

[@jcaceres516]

Thats every event omni Marvel releases

[@EarthsGeomancer]

@@jcaceres516 Gonna use tons of post-its to divide the series so I can flip back and forth constantly. What a pain in the ass.

[@johnnyg9223]

I agree the mapping is sad. Bc there are some crucial parts in a couple tie ins that you should really read before some issues of the main event

[@zachokkema3976]

Agreed. I'm not going to double dip on this Omni.

[@Dodomba]

@@zachokkema3976 you think they will do a reworked?

[@blinknl518]

Thank you for the overview! Have this book on preorder for a loooong time, can't wait to crack this open ♥️

[@FatalizedGuitar]

This is my most anticipated omni, I'm not a massive collector but I'm such a huge symbiote fan. Love the folk that out this together. TYSM! As always I loved the in-depth review as well Omar! (I also have it on pre-order for the 23rd! And very excited for king in black)

[@brett5569]

Cannot wait to get my hands on this. Beautiful oversized artwork❤️

[@oxmeatpete]

Absolutely awesome review. Love the new table too. Great job Omar!

[@leoneverest]

I collected the singles and will be upgrading to this Omnibus. Great story and that red spine is dripping with shelf appeal.

[@lionheart4012]

Love how this omnibus looks. The spine is dope. I preordered this omnibus through my LCS. Great story. I have it in singles as well. Omar, great work my dude.

[@KobbeGson]

I’m dissapointed.. Not all of the tie-ins need to be in a ”correct” reading order. But the Absolute Carnage and Venom issues is an absolute must to jump between when you read. Both was written by Cates and was made to be read in a specific order. This omnibus reading experience will be like skipping key chapters in a book left and right. Omar you need to talk with David about this. This has to stop.

[@ericgarza5533]

Stegman has been producing top quality work for years, but he really took it to the next level with this series/Venom run in general. This book design is absolutely gorgeous. Love the blood red dust jacket, spine, and bookend pages... and that wraparound cover printing. Heart eye emoji.

[@thomaswashbourne8840]

Fantastic overview omar, this omnibus looks absolutely amazing, cannot wait to pick this up😃

[@Couick27]

Our first Donny Cates omnibus!! ❤️

[@ReaperXC]

You got it! Looking forward to getting all my preorders. Pandemic and living in Australia causing huge delays. Patience is a virtue.

[@tomaszmis8796]

Looks absolutely amazing!

[@dom020876]

Damn the artwork in this looks unreal. Can't wait for this to be delivered.

[@timcline9689]

I was lucky enough to receive one of those said variant cover absolute carnage. Great overview

[@ericsaye5250]

I pray i get this one tomorrow! I read the entire thing in singles and still have them. Also sent my issue #1 to cgc. I absolutely loved this event! Thanks for keeping that hype train rolling Omar! You are the man.

[@LegitBabySnuts]

Is this a fucking horror story!? I'm in love with this.

[@thisjustincomics]

Loved this series and I hope to see a Carnage omnibus overview

[@lukegonzo1]

I loved this event and I love everything Donny Cates!

[@nick.19]

✋

[@JDG2nd]

Man that art is amazing!

[@jeffynat1583]

Will get this definitely! Donny Cates nailed it!

[@fingerprints2983]

Absolutely amazing looking book!

[@tcore7]

Awesome review! Love seeing it. Thanks!

[@TheWrestlinEra]

Man I just really really love that cover

[@ericl7842]

The colors in the spine are unreal. Love how it will pop on the shelf.

[@NearMintCondition]

Big fan of that design too.

[@carlcain5993]

@@NearMintCondition is the red goblin in this omnibus I'm new to the comic stuff I just love carnage

[@mawinstallation6626]

@@carlcain5993 No, it isn't. The Red Goblin appears in The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5

[@kevinbeatsman6998]

Can't avoid spoilers while flipping through the book. It is what it is.

[@matthewmanghi5765]

I’m super excited for this one!

[@GLEN2K12]

Hi Omar. I’ve been a huge fan of carnage, venom, spidey since they started. I haven’t read the newest books. So I picked up every trade of venom from cates, every ASM trade from spencer, and pre ordered this absolute carnage omnibus. Thanks for the overview, I can’t wait to read it all.

[@metamorphiccrystals8161]

OMG! I want this soooo bad. The first few issues is so well drawn. Reminds me of Joe Madureira. Why is this discontinued already. Geeezzz!!!!

[@FadeToBlood]

It looks amazing!

[@EditsbyAl3x]

Eddie Brock running with his son at the beginning reminds me of the beginning of Akira with the guy trying to help Takashi escape the government

[@NearMintCondition]

I can see that.

[@simian5805]

The art in Absolute Carnage is great.

[@mnm25chango2]

Omar, such a great review, as always - the art in this book looks amazing! Couple of questions: do you think the main story will be collected in a future Cates Omni, or like War of the Realms, separate? And second, you mentioned that you’ll get more out of this if you’ve read Maximum Carnage - is that the one from the 90s?!

[@omnibro879]

My man, I’ve waiting for this since March

[@exodus_gaming5282]

I know right!! Been waiting the same thing!! I even pre ordered it in March I think btw it looks sick looking at the video!!!

[@omnibro879]

Exodus_Gaming I have it know 😁

[@exodus_gaming5282]

Jose Moreira me as well 😊!! But the plastic cover has some scratches and the hardcover 2 small press dots

[@lrabeno]

Man I really need to get this. I just grabbed Donny cates venom hc volume 1 last week and absolute carnage comes right after. Very excited to read this and will definitely be purchasing!

[@davidvelasquez9550]

Definitely picking this book up, the art by Ryan Stegman it’s simply breathtaking! Thx a lot guys for your reviews, I got the Tradd Moore’s Silver Surfer special edition and Mike del Mundo’s Thor vol 4! Keep it coming guys!

[@mattfornes7523]

Definitely looking forward to picking this up and reading it. Shame about the mapping, though. I don’t really get the logic behind mapping it to where you have to jump around within the book. I thought that was a big selling point of the omnibus format was to have a whole story and in the correct reading order. If someone was just interested in reading the main series... they could just read the trade and save their time and $.

[@andrewstephen30]

Collected all the issues and tie-ins in floppies. It is on my to read list but I'll wait for the Omni 😁

[@brandonbaerga4972]

Crazy how all this is leading into the king in black knull was probably the best idea for the venom character

[@williamjackson6705]

Picked up the trade a few months ago because Omnis .as beautiful as they are, I would never have time to read.

[@davidmendez5933]

Have been stoked for the King in Black! The first two issues have not disappointed.

[@NearMintCondition]

They are great.

[@connorcarruthers1024]

I know i'm in the minority, but i actually love the way that this book is layed out! I want to read the 3 issue minis all at once, and not scattered all over the place.

[@sazmurph540]

Another fabulous overview! Can't wait to get my copy! I've heard of quitting things, like smoking, cold turkey. Can't say I've heard about going into something cold turkey. Also not sure why that comment stuck with me.

[@krishnansutewari470]

Thanks so much Uncanny Omar! Can you help me with what to read first? I know nothing about Carnage or even Venom, etc. I really want to get this omni but what else should I get so I understand symbiotes?

[@lionheart4012]

Spine of the year goes to Absolute Carnage Omnibus. Love that spine.

[@shreyankdas4547]

Yess. This is out. Have all of the contents in the omnii been collected in trades?

[@MagicJulienBertone]

Thanks!!

[@planetrellcomics]

Every time I see a omnibus it makes me want a omnibus 😂. Jesus loves y’all 💯

[@delboy3k1]

I have all the individual issues and about 70% of the variants and due to the pandemic I just have not got round to reading it. That's going to change because its spidey. I am intrigued as well if silver surfer is mentioned being as the symbiot also bonded for an issue in asm. Great vid and excelsior omar. Love it :-)

[@stephentheshywarrior2759]

I was going to buy this books even preordered it for over 6 months but had cold feet and changed my mind because i didn't think the tie ins sounded as good.. It looks like a nice book but i think you are right Omar the omnibus does look slightly thinner than normal plus i think i would've preferred them mixing the tie ins with the main event but thats just me.. Instead I brought the panini absolute carnage paperback and the ohc donny Cates venom volume 2 which is out next year. Another great breakdown👍

[@Postscriptom]

In France the book is in a box and the cover is... the one you liked at 9mn !

[@ShiftyShifts]

Bromar my favorite is also Carnage! I bought all the singles but never read them been waiting on this Omni!

[@datboisteve6992]

Do you think these event omnis will cause us to double dip w/ future collected editions of Venom, SM, & MM?

[@xXCigarXx]

Just secured me a copy on the cheapgraphicnovels restock. I'm excited to check it out I've read the first hardcover of Venom by Cates and have read all the old 90s stuff.

[@DanielPereira-ge4uw]

Awesome review as always. But I did not like the fact that the issues are not in chronological order.

[@grrdondon]

If my LCS picks this up - this might be my first omni!

[@Katsudon305]

My eyes are bleeding from all the red. Thank you for the overview. I got my Cates Venom OHC vol 1. I'm ready to purchase this omnibus. I'm still waiting for Nick Spencer's Spider-Man OHC.

[@coyley72]

Hopefully, it will get delivered tomorrow (23rd). The original date was 8th Sept in the UK but clearly, that never happened. Just got to finish off reading Remender's X-Force Omni first!! -- yep, I'm lucky to be reading THAT for the first time :D

[@themetalpig7613]

Might be a bit too much spending for me to get this omni. I'm already reading Venom, so could I just read the 5 issue mini-series? Or do you think that mini-series will find its way into a Venom OHC or its own HC?

[@Dennis-xm8uc]

Awesome video

[@plym06]

marvel are actually getting really good at releasing their events

[@TheYoungDoctor]

This and War of the Realms will be my first proper (not including the Panini Immortal Hulk paoerback ones) omnibus.

[@johnlindsay7301]

It would be great to see a Donny Cates reading order video. He writes so many titles it is confusing where to start and where to go. Only you, Omar, can show us the way.

[@jaiyoung20]

Hi Omar, great vid! But I can't find a copy anywhere... this can't be completely out of print already can it? It's only been about 3 months since release... I'm hoping that cgn or ist will have them stocked again soon?? Also same thing with War of the Realms. Thanks!

[@EmeraldKnight_23]

I haven't read the story been waiting for the omnibus.

[@dacollector4452]

I have it preordered. Not sure when it is shipping. I wonder what volume 2 of Venom will have

[@tateharmon6766]

Preordered this agesss ago, but kinda dissapointed with the mapping, what's the point of these event omnis if im gonna have to go back and forth through the whole thing

[@BIGE2333]

Niceeee , is it in reading order?

[@conetreao]

I need this one so bad, but got to wait for next paycheck 😔

[@xposhboyx]

:-/ so need about five bookmarks to read this book.

[@douglassmith9445]

How do i know what to read?? Should i do the venom omnibus first and then this? If this leads up to king in black, wouldn’t it be best to read the cates venom omnibus up to king in black, stop, then read all of this?

[@Dennis-xm8uc]

U know I gotta get it

[@ShadowLife248]

I really wish they make a OHC out of both Venomized event. It was really fun to read.

[@NearMintCondition]

That would be cool.

[@ShadowLife248]

@@NearMintCondition yes it would and also all the battle world stuff collected together for secret wars companion coz that was a big miss opportunity.

[@iamthomasjudge]

Great. Yet another omnibus I have to break apart and rebind in the right order. :/

[@joeyisabsb1]

Is that hard to do?

[@michaelmyers4943]

@@joeyisabsb1 It's time consuming, and costly unless he plans on doing the binding himself instead of sending it to a bindery.

[@joeyisabsb1]

@@michaelmyers4943 I didn't even know binderies were a thing. That is good to know!

[@iamthomasjudge]

@@joeyisabsb1 @Ricky is right, it's hella expensive and takes a while. I'm doing it with my spiderverse volume.

[@joeyisabsb1]

@@iamthomasjudge I might do it with my xmen volumes. I looked up prices and it is expensive but not as expensive as I thought it would be. Roughly the same price as an official omnibus.

[@logicalvslateral]

i agree with the others, i'm not a fan of how marvel does the mapping for these event omniboo. my logic is that we buy them to read the full story beginning to end, not as a compilation of absolute carnage venom amazing spiderman and then crossover ohc's

[@Apex_Yonko]

Shame about the mapping order. Is the Batman paul dini run any good? Omnibus is coming out soon.

[@ministryofcomics9783]

is it better to read the event before the tie-ins or take them all in the release sequence

[@DuckRoblox917]

Omar, do you think this will be available on IST this week? It’s listed in their revised release schedule as coming out on 10/14.

[@ZachyB98]

That’s what I was wondering... when Omar said this was coming out this week I nearly cried... soooo many books already this week I want and now this. I gotta get these marvel Omnis fast too... they sell out so god damn fast that if you don’t buy day one they’re usually sold out on CGN or instock trades since beginning of this year... those Jim Lee x men reprints are gonna be gone before you can even blink.

[@Abbottaker1]

Hi Omar, so is it essential to read all those cates venom, maximum carnage and red goblin first? Or the least minimum is to purchase Cates Venom 1-15, which leads to this omni to be informed? I have a knoledge who Carnage, Red Goblin etc is. Thank you.

[@NearMintCondition]

At least the Venom Cates for sure.

[@jayrett]

Glad I started getting the floppies way back when. I'm gonna have to grab the others now bc that mapping order is garbage. I'm gonna have to have my own bound.

[@brandon17760]

Hey Omar do you think we'll ever get a reprint of venom by Rick Remender

[@Hazukisam]

Uff they botched the order of isuess, huge letdown for me😔

[@ministryofcomics9783]

dudeeeee!! the restock of this omni came out on ist and was gone in like minutes!! I hope they reprint it. I still have to buy absolute carnage in an oversized format.

[@NearMintCondition]

Did you check CGNv

[@ministryofcomics9783]

@@NearMintCondition yeah. Sadly, it's out of stock there as well 😢

[@fpjones6546]

Men.... I been wondering, when mine is going to arrived in the mail lol 😂

[@whitetiger_ccc]

Cowabunga fam 🤙🤙

[@edwardmiguez6608]

Looking forward to ordering 7 Omnis tomorrow and getting 4 of them when IST tells me they've sold out! :)

[@eliaskomiksatkape6651]

Is the web of venom one shots are included?

[@tristanmaldonado6099]

Cool overview of Absolute Carnage. I already have the Trade paperback version of the event and the miles Morales tie-in book. While looking on barnes and noble I saw that marvel is making a Empyre omnibus. The book costs $125.00 and it's released on May 11,2021

[@NearMintCondition]

Yep, we went over the content a month or two ago of Empyre.

[@tristanmaldonado6099]

@@NearMintCondition Did you like the event

[@NearMintCondition]

It started okay and got better toward the end.

[@reconquista3464]

Is some issues in here also on venom by cates omnibus?

[@MeanwhileInTexas]

Just cancelled my pre order. Was really looking forward to this, and waited for the whole collection to be wrapped in an omni. Not gonna read this if I'm just gonna spoil myself flipping through it. Too bad

[@blacksail3911]

Do you think that the Absolute Carnage miniseries will be collected in the Venom by Cates omnibus ?

[@Sharifuddin_Anwar]

Not much of a Carnage man, but curious as to what the story is about as I missed the whole event. And now that I'm into building my omni library, how can I skip this? Dammit! Omnis are my new kryptonite.

[@kamtekar300]

Do I need Absolute Carnage for Venom by Donny Cates to make sense or can I just stick with his Venom only? Also, any views on what is better - this or War of the Realms omni? I’ve been collecting Thor by Jason Aaron but haven’t read all of it yet.

[@MCU-jf9tx]

Yes it sets up alot of stuff for venom

[@freddiealonsonido]

I know HoX/PoX and Avengers: No Surrender are like this but never seen a red spines Omni before. Is this the first?

[@caesarchaves07]

Is this Necesary to complete the Venom omnibus