Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors by Frank Tieri

Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors Reviews

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  Chad

  One of the better
  Absolute Carnage tie ins. It essentially regathers the heroes that team up to helped Spider-Man back in the 90's during
  Maximum Carnage. It's a cool idea and actually ties in well with what was going on with John Jameson in the main book. Absolute Carnage: Avengers didn't do much for me. It reteams the Avengers involved in
  Carnage U.S.A. to fight a bunch of generic Carnage castoffs.
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  Paul

  Of all the Absolute Carnage tie-ins, Lethal Protectors was one of the ones I enjoyed most, despite it being a shameless tug on our nostalgia for the ‘90s symbiote books (I don’t have much of that anyway, the ‘90s being a pretty low-point for me in comics history).
  
  It didn’t hurt that this featured some of my all-time favourite characters (Iron Fist, Cloak & Dagger) and the artwork by Flaviano was really nice.
  
  Also collected here is the Avengers tie-in one-shot, which was OK, but felt a little inessential.
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  Dimitrios

  Another weak Absolute Carnage tie-in. Totally skipable. Except...for completist nerds like me who like seeing how all the pieces fit together.
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  Chris Lemmerman

  It took me a minute to realise what the point of this mini-series is; it reunites the supporting cast of Maximum Carnage, namely Iron Fist, Morbius, Cloak & Dagger, and Firestar as they attempt to rescue Misty Knight from the Cult Of Carnage.
  
  Of all the tie-in mini-series, I think this the one that deserves the most attention. Frank Tieri uses parts of the Cult of Carnage that haven’t been touched on, as well as leaning into the dark magic aspect of it all to craft a new villain that I’d like to see again that also pays homage to Maximum Carnage while being a truly horrifying design. Add in some good character work for John Jameson, and some really claustrophobic artwork from Flaviano that helps enhance the hopelessness that Misty Knight feels, this is just great from start to finish. Oh, and the end of this directly leads into the characters’ appearance in the main Absolute Carnage series too, which is nice.
  
  The token one-shot here is Absolute Carnage: Avengers, which unfortunately isn’t very good. It checks in on the Avengers that were involved in Carnage USA and pits them against hordes of monsters, but it never elevates itself above ‘okay’, and there are some logistical issues with how Hawkeye manages to get across the country in like 30 minutes without a Quinjet. There were a lot of creative changes in the background of this one-shot, and it shows in the overall quality.
  
  Easily my favourite mini-series tie-in, coupled with my least favourite one-shot. This gets a 4 star rating, but that one-shot isn’t doing the collection any favours.
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  AJ Kallas

  It’s a tie-in. What’d you expect? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  Still fun to see these characters tho.
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  Craig

  Absolutely non-essential...
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  Kris Ritchie

  Probably the weakest of the tie-ins for Absolute Carnage. It's like the writers remembered all these extra characters they'd have to include because of the symbiote codex, and shuffled them off into one book.
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  Dimitris Papastergiou

  Well, that sucked. That sucked real nice.
  
  I blame the one-dimensional-boring-ass-dumb-insignificant-yet-more-venomized characters that are a chore to read about in these events.
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  Adam Fisher

  3.5 Stars.
  Diving into two parts, this graphic novel covers another aspect of the Absolute Carnage crossover story. Highlights:
  - Misty Knight gets up close and personal with Carnage in his Sewer lair.
  - Sacrificing Shriek to Knull, Demagoblin is revived and teams up with John Jameson (Man-Wolf) to track down an escaping Misty
  - Misty has called Iron Fist, who gathers Morbius, Cloak and Dagger, and Deathlok to save her. In the process, they are able to release John from Knull's influence.
  - In the second story, Cap, Wolverine, Spider-Man and The Thing team up to take out one of Carnage's beacons, which helps him assimilate more and more people to the cause which helps him find more of those who have a Codex. Alternately, Hawkeye takes down the beacon out in San Francisco.
  
  The last of the crossover Volumes for me to read (I think LOL). The overall story is good, and this Volume is just one facet of it. If I ever find it, I'd like to read an omnibus of the whole Absolute Carnage story in order.
  Recommend, though obviously not as much as the main storyline.
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  Rocky Sunico

  These Absolute Carnage tie-in books have been sitting unread in my virtual queue for a while because...well the main book wasn't exactly all that. Lethal Protectors explores more side stories including the effort to bring back Demo/Demagoblin and a cross-country Avengers effort to fight the rise of the symbiotes (not to be confused with The Rise of the Symbiotes).
  
  The book was decent but nothing to write home about, really. Some strong character moments here and there but the overall tone of the book (and the event) just felt rather muddy.
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  Michael Rivas

  It’s a part of the story as to how these particular characters fought to get to where they will end up. We know where they end up because it’s already given to us in absolute carnage. The art is so so and the lines are very Boy Scout/ ra ra go team. There are plenty of characters interacting with each other which is why I didn’t deem it a one. Consistent action but choppy. But ultimately a waste of time.
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  Quentin Wallace

  3.5 Stars
  
  I don't know that this volume is any more relevant than any of the other crossover volumes, but I personally liked this one slightly more. It was interesting to see the original Maximum Carnage team back together again (Cloak and Dagger, Iron Fist, Morbius, Firestar, Deathlok) and also interesting to see Man-Wolf in the mix. The Avengers appearance didn't really add much, but at least we got to see Captain America and Wolverine.
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  Crazed8J8

  The best part of the event so far! This run brings together the players from Maximum Carnage (Iron Fist, Cloak and Dagger, Deathlok, etc) to face off against Carnage's minions, including the newly made Demagoblin.
  The Avengers stand alone was okay, but not as epic as the Lethal Protectors run.
  Onto the next chapters...
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  Brian Garthoff

  I actually liked this tie in set more than some of the others for Absolute Carnage, but ultimately it is just like a videogame side quest that filters you back into the main storyline. The Avengers issue is actually probably the weakest of the bunch.
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  Arbi

  It was a very boring one nothing happens except when the demogoblin appears.
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  Santiago Fedorowicz

  3