Doverton, Colorado, a typical small
town in America's heartland, until... At the meat packing plant
Cletus Kasady eats all the meat in sight, giving him the power he
needs to unleash Carnage. Soon, Carnage sends a message to the
outside world, carved into the body of the local sheriff: he declares
Doverton the capital of a sovereign symbiotic state, planning to take
over the world. An Avengers team is summoned—Captain America,
Spider-Man, Hawkeye, Wolverine, and the Thing—and dispatched to
Doverton....
When the Avengers arrive they find the
residents standing still and smiling, terrified of disobeying their
new master. Kasady confronts the heroes, suddenly shooting out
tendrils and immediately taking over Cap, Hawkeye, Logan and Ben,
leaving only Spider-Man free....
The US Emergency Response Center sees
the heroes' communicators go dark and prepares to implement their
contingency plan....