So it was announced that the main symbiotes of Marvel would be getting new hosts - I can live with that. The new Carnage will be a woman and the new Venom will work for the Government.
This is the cover to Carnage #2 and he still looks pretty male... Perhaps that will change at the end of the mini - wouldn't want to give away too many details on a cover. Like boob-size - It might be Power Girl!
No, it wouldn't...
But I'm glad Carnage stayed away for a long time, but is now coming back with a new host. Sentry ripped him apart in space, in New Avengers Volume 1 #1 - New Avengers is now on Volume 2. So he's been gone for long enough, and Cletus' death has stuck - if Cletus was the host at the time... It was never discussed, though the symbiote did seem to have a host at the time.
As for Venom - Mac Gargan is being removed as the host and being returned to villain duty as Scorpion. Strange to make a step-back, but someone clearly has plans. And the fact Venom will be an ongoing written by Rick Remender is a good sign.
Venom as a government agent has been done before. A couple of times. But so has the fact 'the symbiote is bonded to the host at a cellular level - so they can NEVER BE SEPARATED AGAIN.' That's the trouble when your ongoing series is actually a load of miniseries run back-to-back over a period of several years... People don't bother to read them all.
Making him a government black-ops agent is fine with me. The host is usually unwilling and resentful - but if you're changing for someone who WANTS to work for the government...
Originally I thought the new host would be Mr Negative. I still think there's a chance of that. Most people's money is on Flash Thompson though. He's an army-man, so the chance to work for his country - whilst kitted out like his favourite superhero - will appeal and make him want to stick at it, no matter what the symbiote says. And if Mac Gargan is any indication, the symbiote talks incessantly. Probably a habit it picked up from Peter Parker...
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