Warning! Spoilers for Eddie Brock: Carnage #2Carnage may be one of the deadliest symbiotes in the Marvel Universe - even putting Venom to shame with his gruesome kills - but a shocking retcon has weakened him significantly. Despite achieving cosmic levels of power in the past, Carnage now only has two abilities remaining, forcing him to be more dependent on his host than ever before. However, Carnage's newfound powerlessness doesn't mean he's no longer a threat at all.

In Eddie Brock: Carnage #2 by Charles Soule, Jesús Saíz, Matt Hollingsworth, and Joe Sabino, Eddie meets with serial killer Bushwacker and reveals that he's become Carnage's new host, but only because the symbiote has been left powerless in the wake of the groundbreaking Venom War event.

According to Eddie, Carnage can no longer act independently. The Carnage symbiote only has two powers left: he can speak, and he can kill Eddie if...