Carnage is a fictional character that appears in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #361 (vol. 1, April 1992) and was created by writer David Michelinie and artist Mark Bagley. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bagleys cover for Ultimate Spider-Man #65. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... David Michelinie is an American comic book writer. ... Bagleys cover for Ultimate Spider-Man #65. ... A healing factor is a term used to describe the ability of some characters in fiction to recover from bodily injuries or disease at a superhuman rate. ... A fictional character is any person, persona, identity, or entity whose existence originates from a work of fiction. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and additionally a spin-off television program and a daily newspaper comic strip, all featuring the adventures of the superhero Spider-Man. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... David Michelinie is an American comic book writer. ... Bagleys cover for Ultimate Spider-Man #65. ...

Publication history

According to his introduction in the trade paperback book Spider-Man: Carnage (which reprints Amazing Spider-Man #361-363), David Michelinie created Carnage to be a darker version of Venom. Michelinie intended to have Venom's human alter ego, Eddie Brock, be killed off in Amazing Spider-Man #400 (which he ended up not writing) and have the symbiote continue to bond with a series of hosts. However, as Brock and Venom's popularity grew, Marvel would not allow him to be killed. Thus, Michelinie decided that if he couldn't bond the existing symbiote with a different host, he should instead create a whole new one. He thought of making this new character a total psychopath who unlike Venom had no sense of honor. The character was originally meant to be named "Chaos" ^[1] and then "Ravage" before being settled on "Carnage." Carnage's human component, Cletus Kasady was designed by Erik Larsen and was modeled on the Joker.^[2] Mark Bagley designed Carnage in symbiotic form. Venom is a supervillain and anti-hero that appears in the fictional Marvel Universe. ... Cover to The Savage Dragon (original miniseries) #1. ... The Joker redirects here. ...

Cletus Kasady was introduced in Amazing #344. He didn't appear as Carnage until a small cameo in Amazing #360 (the character appears in issue #359, but remains off-panel and in shadows) and finally; Carnage made his first full appearance in the following issue which started a 3-issue story arc with him as the villain. Carnage's first appearances sold out and he became a fan favorite. Carnage next appeared in what is considered to be his most famous story; the 1993 Spider-Man event "Maximum Carnage," a 14-part storyline crossover that spanned through all the Spider-titles. While highly popular, some fans contend that the storyline dragged on for too long and was nothing but a complete gore-fest with little value story-wise.^[3] Maximum Carnage is a fourteen-part crossover storyline printed in Marvels Spider-Man family of titles in 1993, featuring Spider-Man and Venom again teaming up to face Venoms murderous child. This arc was collected as a trade paperback in September 1994 (ISBN 0-7851-0038-5), and...

In 1996, two one-shot comics centered entirely around Carnage were released, entitled Carnage: Mind Bomb and Carnage: It's A Wonderful Life, both of which expand on his character. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

Fictional character biography

Background

Cletus Kasady was born in Brooklyn, New York. He claims his mother tried to kill him after she caught him torturing her dog. She was apparently beaten to death by Kasady's father, who received no defense from his son during his trial. Kasady seems to care for his mother, digging up her grave in Maximum Carnage, contradicting his prior account in which he took glee in her death. He also claims he killed his grandmother when he was a child, pushing her down a flight of stairs. How much of his childhood is true and how much isn't is up for debate, as he has been known to flatly lie to his doctors, assuming his own insanity even allows him to accurately remember. For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... A man in Shanghai asks for money, holding a monkey with a rope around its neck and missing a limb. ... Maximum Carnage is a fourteen-part crossover storyline printed in Marvels Spider-Man family of titles in 1993, featuring Spider-Man and Venom again teaming up to face Venoms murderous child. This arc was collected as a trade paperback in September 1994 (ISBN 0-7851-0038-5), and...

Now an orphan, Kasady is sent to the St. Estes Home for Boys, where his antisocial behavior makes him the target of abuse from both the other orphans and the staff. Kasady vindicates himself by murdering the disciplinarian administrator and burning down the orphanage. During the events of Carnage: It's A Wonderful Life, images from his own memories play of a failed relationship with an unnamed girl during his teen years. At one time he befriended a boy named Billy Bentine but they drifted apart as Kasady started his serial killing career. By his early twenties, he has been convicted of 11 murders, although he brags about committing dozens more. He eventually shares a cell with Eddie Brock at Ryker's Island prison, awaiting trial for crimes committed as Venom and who had just recently lost his Venom symbiote after a battle against Styx. For other uses, see Orphan (disambiguation). ... Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a mental disorder defined by the American Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual: The essential feature for the diagnosis is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. ... A prison Cell A prison cell or detention cell refers to the accommodation of a prisoner in a prison or jail. ... Venom is a supervillain and anti-hero that appears in the fictional Marvel Universe. ... Rykers Island is a fictional comic book maximum security prison located in the New York City of Marvel Comics Marvel Universe. ... A symbiote, in Marvel Comics fictional universe, is a living, sentient, alien organism that bonds with other living organisms in order to survive. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

"Carnage Unleashed"

When Brock's symbiote returns and bonds with him to form the entity known as Venom, the supervillain unwittingly leaves behind a symbiote spawn, which bonds with Kasady, allowing him to transform into the red and black monster called Carnage.^[4] One night, Kasady murders a guard and escapes prison,^[5] beginning a series of gruesome and seemingly random murders. At the scene of each crime, he writes "Carnage Rules" on the walls with his own blood. He is found by Spider-Man, though the hero proves to be no match for Carnage's powers. Carnage then abducts J. Jonah Jameson. In desperation, Spider-Man makes what is, despite his expectations, only the first of many truces with Venom to fight Carnage.^[6] Carnage is defeated with sonic weaponry, but the symbiote lives on by merging with Kasady's bloodstream.^[7] Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... John Jonah Jameson (also known as J. Jonah Jameson, J.J., Jolly Jonah Jameson, or J.J.J.) is a fictional supporting character featured in various Marvel Comics, most prominently the Spider-Man title. ... Sonic and ultrasonic weapons (USW) are weapons of various types that use sound to injure, incapacitate, or kill an opponent. ... For other uses, see Blood (disambiguation). ...

Cover to Spider-Man (vol. 1) #37. Art by Tom Lyle.

In the Maximum Carnage story arc, Carnage returns and recruits a cadre of psychotic super-villains (consisting of Shriek, Demogoblin, Carrion, and Doppelganger) to overtake New York City, but are driven back by Spider-Man, Venom, Captain America, Black Cat, Nightwatch, Cloak and Dagger, Iron Fist, Deathlok, Morbius, and Firestar. ^[8] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (486x738, 116 KB)Cover to Spider-Man #37 Source: http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (486x738, 116 KB)Cover to Spider-Man #37 Source: http://www. ... Cover to The Comet #1, pencil and ink art by Lyle Thomas Tom Lyle is a comic book artist and penciller. ... For other uses, see Psychosis (disambiguation). ... Shriek is a fictional character, a supervillainess in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Demogoblin is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Carrion is a fictional supervillain in Marvel Comics universe, in which he is an enemy of Spider-Man. ... The Doppelganger, also called the Spider-Doppelganger, is a villain in the Marvel Comics universe. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the original comic book character named Captain America. ... Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) is a Marvel Comics anti-hero and one-time foe and ex-girlfriend of the Spider-Man. ... Nightwatch is a fictional super hero who exists in the Marvel Universe. ... Cloak and Dagger (Tyrone Ty Johnson & Tandy Bowen) are a fictional teenage mutant comic book superhero duo in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Iron Fist (Daniel Rand) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a practitioner of martial arts. ... For the protagonists of the Adult Swim animated series Metalocalypse see Dethklok Deathlok (sometimes also referred to as Deathlok the Demolisher) is a Marvel Comics anti-hero, a cyborg, created by Rich Buckler and Doug Moench. ... Morbius the Living Vampire (Michael Morbius) is a fictional comic book character from the Marvel Comics universe, intended as a tragic anti-hero with vampire-like powers that actually had a biochemical origin. ... For other uses, see Firestar (disambiguation). ...

Despite his defeat and imprisonment, Carnage escapes again and goes against his trend of randomness by actually selecting a specific victim; his old childhood friend Billy Bentine. Spider-Man, this time alone, interferes and battles Carnage. Bentine helps Spider-Man defeat the madman by tricking Kasady into retracting his symbiote into his body, allowing Spider-Man to easily knockout the human Kasady with a simple punch.

Ben Reilly as Spider-Carnage.
The Amazing Spider-Man #410.
Cover art by Mark Bagley.

Kasady, albeit having a stronger bond to his symbiote than Eddie Brock does, has been separated from and re-bonded with the symbiote several times as the symbiote looks for stronger hosts. In the 1996 "Web of Carnage" storyline, the Carnage symbiote escapes from the Ravencroft Institute where Cletus Kasady is incarcerated, seeking a stronger host. It takes over Ben Reilly, who had recently replaced Peter Parker as Spider-Man. Reilly has little previous experience with symbiotes, and is unprepared for an enemy that is immune to his spider-sense. Together, they become Spider-Carnage, and the symbiote attempts to force him, both mentally and physically, to kill a powerless Peter Parker along with other innocent people. Reilly barely escapes the symbiote's control with help from Dr. Ashley Kafka and John Jameson, the administrators of Ravencroft. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (504 × 756 pixel, file size: 219 KB, MIME type: image/gif) http://www. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (504 × 756 pixel, file size: 219 KB, MIME type: image/gif) http://www. ... Art by John Romita Jr. ... The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and additionally a spin-off television program and a daily newspaper comic strip, all featuring the adventures of the superhero Spider-Man. ... Bagleys cover for Ultimate Spider-Man #65. ... The following is a list of prisons, asylums, institutions, planets, and alternate dimensions which have been used to imprison humans, superhumans, and nonhumans in various fictional comic book universes. ... This article is about the fictional character. ... John Jameson (also known by the alises Man-Wolf and Star-God) is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. ...

The symbiote later bonds with the Silver Surfer (who had dropped into Earth to welcome the Fantastic Four back from the Heroes Reborn universe and seen the fight), which created the insane and vastly powerful Cosmic Carnage. In the process, it was revealed that the symbiotes have an instinctive knowledge of the Heralds of Galactus, with the Carnage symbiote initially terrified of the Surfer upon arrival. However, the Surfer and Spider-Man manage to return the symbiote to Kasady, who is subsequently encased by the Silver Surfer in an unbreakable material to spend the rest of his life reflecting on his sins. This article is about the comic book character. ... This article is about the superheroes. ... Heroes Reborn was an event in which Marvel Comics temporarily outsourced the production of several of its most famous comic books to the studios of its popular former employees Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld. ... Galactus is a fictional character, a cosmic entity in the Marvel Universe. ... For other uses, see Sin (disambiguation). ...

However, the material is clearly not as 'unbreakable' as the Surfer believes; when next seen, Kasady has somehow escaped from the material, although he is trapped in a cell specifically designed to contain him and stop him transforming into Carnage. Venom later locates Kasady in prison and re-absorbs his Carnage symbiote into his own body "for good". Without the symbiote, Kasady retains the Carnage persona by costuming himself in red paint and continuing his killing sprees, but does so as a normal human, only for Spider-Man to easily defeat him in a fight (he claimed to still possess some of the symbiote's strength, but if he did, it was clearly not enough to allow him to win in a fight with Spider-Man).

Soon, however, Kasady finds an exact replica of the symbiote in the Negative Zone. How this symbiote is an identical copy, or where it came from, has yet to be explained. However, the issues in which Kasady discovered the replica had references to the Spider-Man Unlimited TV series which had been airing at the time and which featured the Carnage symbiote as one of its villains. In this same issue, Spider-Man himself briefly takes on the costume of the Spider-Man from Unlimited. Somewhere down the line, Cletus got his original symbiote back. It is not explained how he got it back or what happened to the one from the Negative Zone. // The Negative Zone in the Marvel Comics Universe is used as a fictional dimension. ... Title Sequence. ...

Carnage ripped in half in New Avengers #2. Art by David Finch.

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Spawning and apparent death

Carnage stars in the miniseries Venom vs. Carnage in 2004. The Carnage symbiote spawns a "child" symbiote, which he tries to kill without success, acting on the symbiote race's instinctive hatred for their immediate offspring. The "child" later bonds with police officer Patrick Mulligan. Carnage feels nothing but hatred for the young creature and attempts to kill it, while Venom defends it. Venom names the new symbiote Toxin. Mulligan has since attempted to steer his symbiote towards heroism instead of murder. It has been suggested that Parthenogenesis be merged into this article or section. ... Toxin (Patrick Mulligan) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Carnage is one of several supervillains trying to escape from The Raft in New Avengers #1-2. Although Luke Cage, Matt Murdock, and Jessica Drew manage to keep him contained in the lower levels, it is the Sentry who finishes him off, flying Carnage outside the Earth's atmosphere and ripping him apart. He has not appeared since. According to Iron Man's computer, Kasady may not have been inside the symbiote when the Sentry ripped it apart. ^[9] Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ... The Raft is a fictional comic book prison, created to house super-villains and rogue super-heroes in the Marvel Universe. ... The Avengers is a superhero team that appear in the fictional Marvel Universe. ... Luke Cage, born Carl Lucas and also called Power Man, is a fictional superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. ... For other uses, see Daredevil (comics). ... Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) is a superheroine, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... For other comic book characters of the same name, see Sentry (comics). ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ... Atmospheres redirects here. ... This article is about the superhero. ...

Powers and abilities

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The alien symbiote endows Cletus Kasady with enhanced reflexes, stamina, durability and strength (greater than that of Spider-Man and Venom combined). At first the Carnage symbiote's bond with Kasady was strong, merging with his blood and seemed to be actually a part of him, and Kasady was capable of reforming the symbiote, even when it was seemingly destroyed, by a single drop of blood. However, this capability diminished later on as the symbiote could be separated from its host and leave him powerless. Kasady's bond with the symbiote is far more profound than that of Venom's; they have bonded so completely, they refer to themselves as "I" instead of "We". The suit gives Carnage the ability to adhere to most surfaces with his hands and feet; project a web-like substance from any part of his body; form a variety of weapons; shoot tendrils from any part of his body; and plant thoughts into a person's head using a symbiote tendril. Like Venom, the symbiote is undetectable to Spider-Man's spider-sense. Carnage's symbiote originally had the power to "see" from any part of itself and relay the visual information to Kasady, although he appears to have lost this power^[10]. Carnage's symbiote is also vampiric, feeding on and thus endangering his victims by mere touch.^[11] A symbiote, in Marvel Comics fictional universe, is a living, sentient, alien organism that bonds with other living organisms in order to survive. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... Venom is a supervillain and anti-hero that appears in the fictional Marvel Universe. ... In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a threadlike shape that is used by climbing plants for support and attachment, generally by twining around whatever it touches. ... The fateful spider bite that gave Peter Parker his powers. ... Philip Burne-Jones, The Vampire, 1897 Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings that subsist on human and/or animal lifeforce. ...

Personality

Carnage justifies his acts of murder with an absurdist philosophy, based on the idea that the universe is essentially chaotic and that law and order are a perversion. He believes that even the average person can be like him, he just needs guts. According to Kasady, all humans are evil inside, most just won’t admit it. His ultimate goal is for a society based on murderous hedonism, with no law or moral order, and for people to have the freedom to do whatever they want, ^[12] something uncommon among supervillains who mostly desire wealth, power or world domination. Carnage seems to have little interest in these things. He kills mainly for his own pleasure but also sees it as form of “art”. Since becoming Carnage, Kasady's killing methods started becoming more akin to a spree killer or mass murderer than a serial killer. Like many murderers, Kasady takes pride when his actions gain media attention, he notes “I’m not inspired by the media… I inspire the media.” Despite his disdain for Spiderman and believing that he alone should slay the wall-crawler, Carnage looks at every kill as an accomplishment and one person is as good as the next. Still he takes greater pleasure in murdering one of great moral character. Despite that, Carnage has indicated a belief in God, although probably not as a source of worship. He tells Demogoblin in Maximum Carnage that "Life is meaningless! Chaos! The universe has no center! It's creator is a drooling idiot!" Absurdism is a philosophy stating that the efforts of humanity to find meaning in the universe will ultimately fail (and, hence, are absurd) because no such meaning exists, at least in relation to humanity. ... For other uses, see Universe (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Chaos (disambiguation). ... In politics, law and order refers to a political platform which supports a strict criminal justice system, especially in relation to violent crime and property crimes, through harsher criminal penalties. ... This article does not cite any sources. ... Morality (from the Latin manner, character, proper behavior) has three principal meanings. ... A spree killer, also known as a rampage killer, is someone who embarks on a murderous assault on his victims in a short time in multiple locations. ... Mass murder (massacre) is the act of murdering a large number of people, typically at the same time, or over a relatively short period of time. ...

Other versions

Exiles

An alternate, psychotic version of Spider-Man fused with the Carnage symbiote, called the Spider, appears in Exiles as a member of Weapon X. Before he became a member of Weapon X, the Spider was on death row. Spider is eventually killed by Firestar and sent back to his home world, Earth-15, to be buried. The Exiles are a group of fictional comic book characters from Marvel Comics. ... This article is about the reality-jumping Weapon X, for the supersoldier program see Weapon X Weapon X is a team of comic book anti-heroes created by Judd Winick for the comic book Exiles. ...

Inter-company Crossovers

In Spider-Man And Batman #1, Cletus Kasady and the Joker are forced into a procedure in which a behavior modifying chip is placed in their heads, causing them to become sane and timid. Using his symbiote, Kasady removes his and the Joker's chips and the two team-up before a disagreement over killing methods turns the two against each other. After several attempts at killing the Joker fail, Carnage is nearly killed by him in an explosion. Investigating what he believes to be Carnage's body, Batman is captured by him. Proclaiming he will kill Batman to all of Gotham City, Carnage is eventually defeated when Batman knocks him unconscious while he is distracted by the Joker (who has threatened to unleash a killer virus into Gotham if Carnage robbed him of the privilege of murdering Batman). Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... This article is about the fictional place. ...

MC2 Carnage

In the MC2 reality, Spider-Girl accidentally frees the Carnage symbiote from its prison inside a metal ball under the care of S.H.I.E.L.D. The symbiote escapes and takes over one of Spider-Girl's friends, Moose Mansfied, as its new host. The general public believed Carnage dead for 10 years, and although the symbiote is active and in 297 separate pieces, Cletus Kasady has been dead for some time. Oddly enough, he doesn't bypass the spider-sense of either Spider-Man or Spider-Girl, as revealed in Amazing Spider Girl #10, although it is unclear whether the symbiote has lost this ability due to age or because Peter and May's spider-senses operate on a different frequency than the symbiote is used to negating. However, it is interesting to note Spider-Girl can sense Venom as well, presumably because she was never bonded to the Symbiote. Carnage attacks and kidnaps Peter Parker and May's little brother, turning the baby into another Carnage. Eventually, Spider-Girl defeats Carnage by using the ultrasonic weaponry of the villain Reverb to destroy both symbiotes (she mentions earlier that she learned of Carnage's weakness on Wikipedia). For the Marvel Comics character who is the daughter of Spider-Man, see Spider-Girl. ... S.H.I.E.L.D. is a fictional, comic-book counterterrorism and intelligence agency in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Reverb is a supervillain in the MC2 universe, who utilizes a battlesuit with ultrasonic weaponry. ... Wikipedia (IPA: , or ( ) is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization. ...

Ultimate Carnage

The Ultimate Marvel Universe version of Carnage is very different from the Marvel Universe version, although both characters were designed by Mark Bagley. Curt Connors had created a rejuvenating symbiotic suit using the work of Spider-Man's late father Richard Parker: the Venom "suit". After a series of mishaps, the suit went missing, and Connors worried that years of work had been destroyed. However, a new opportunity presented itself. After an injury, Peter Parker sought out Connors' help in treating his wounds, and Connors ended up with a sample of Spider-Man's genetically altered blood. The various characters of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, as seen on the cover of Ultimates (v2) #12. ... This article is about the shared universe setting used by many Marvel Comics titles. ... Bagleys cover for Ultimate Spider-Man #65. ... The Lizard is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, and an enemy of Spider-Man. ... Richard and Mary Parker are fictional characters of Marvel Comics. ... Venom is a supervillain and anti-hero that appears in the fictional Marvel Universe. ...

Using the blood, Connors begins to create a new organism based partly on the Venom project. Using DNA from himself, the Venom project, and Peter, Connors developed a unique, self-regenerating form of life. This blood-red creature grew from a few inches long to the size of a child very rapidly and quickly escaped. The creature drained the fluids from several victims, rapidly increasing its mass and strength. Remembering memories from Peter, the Carnage creature went to the Parker residence. It surprised and killed Gwen Stacy. Soon afterwards, it found itself in combat with Peter Parker. Reasoning that the creature was not actually alive (and alarmed at its gradual resemblance to his own father), Peter tricked it at one point in the fight into jumping into a smokestack, but it grabbed onto Peter's foot, hoping to take Peter with it. However, when its face revealed a look of emotion, it is implied that Carnage has realized that a living being is much more fit to live than some organic monster. Sacrificing itself, it let go of Peter and fell into the flames. Doctor Octopus, in addition to creating several Peter Parker clones in a special program run by the Central Intelligence Agency, also ran a project known as the "Stacy Experiment", a Carnage monster that later took on the form of Gwen Stacy. It is never revealed how this version of Carnage came to be, or whether she was an additional clone of some description. However, the Carnage/Stacy experiment escapes, and in the ensuing chaos, causes the Parker clones, including Spider-Woman (a female clone of Peter) to escape. Carnage eventually has no memory of the lab, and takes the memories of Stacy. "Gwen" is reunited with the Parkers, when an army of Spider-Slayers commanded by Nick Fury surrounded the household, causing stress to revert Stacy back into Carnage. Carnage leaps out of the building and engages both S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Fantastic Four, even managing to fling the Thing through the air into a store. The slayers eventually adapt to Carnage's genetics and blast Carnage, reverting it back to Stacy. Stacy is taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, where Nick Fury orders his staff to "get to work". For the Christian hardcore band, see Gwen Stacy (band). ... This article is about the first Doctor Octopus, Otto Octavius. ... CIA redirects here. ... Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) is a superheroine, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Spider-Slayers are a series of fictional robots in the Marvel Comics universe that were specifically designed to hunt down, capture, and/or kill Spider-Man. ... General Nicholas Joseph Nick Fury is a fictional military officer, Gulf War veteran and spy, featured in Marvel Comics. ... thing, see Thing (disambiguation). ...

A preview for Ultimate Spider-Man #113 shows Norman Osborn a.k.a. Green Goblin cause a massive prison break at the Triskelion. The creature, still in the form of Gwen Stacy, escapes the other side of the building, away from the other prisoners. Whether this creature will return in Peter's life as Gwen or Carnage remains to be seen.

Ultimate Spider-Carnage is created in the Ultimate Spider-Man video game, where Venom particles remaining in Peter's blood overtake his body after a strange injection. Venom eventually absorbs this symbiote after a brief, difficult battle, granting Eddie Brock Jr. full control over the symbiote at last, also giving him the spider-symbol. Ultimate Spider-Man is a video game based on the comic book of the same name by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. ...

The name Cletus Kasady shows up in a list of names when Peter searches for "Cat Burglars" during Cats & Kings; it is unlikely that this will be expanded upon, as it appeared to be a mere homage to the many criminals of the 616 continuity.

What If?

In an issue of What If?, the possibility of what would happen if Cletus Kasady had the Carnage symbiote completely possess the Silver Surfer is shown; driven mad by the symbiote, the Silver Surfer battles Spider-Man, the Avengers, and Firestar. The latter manages to injure the symbiote and allow the Silver Surfer to regain some control of his body; realizing there is only one way to stop the symbiote, the Silver Surfer flies into the sun, destroying himself and the symbiote. ^[13] What If? Vol. ...

In "What If? Spider-Man: The Other", Spider-Man, who has fused with the Venom symbiote and left Mary Jane, uses a portion of the symbiote to bring Gwen Stacy back to life, who becomes an entity nearly identical to Carnage. For the Christian hardcore band, see Gwen Stacy (band). ...

In other media

Popular culture

• In 2002, Universal's Halloween Horror Nights built a haunted maze entitled "Maximum Carnage". The maze was supposed to be a trip through Carnage's hideout and contained all his henchmen. The house was located in "Island under Siege" formerly Marvel's superhero island. Carnage also was the icon chosen to represent that specific island for the event. The event's main icon, "The Caretaker," chose him based on his disregard for life and desire to see total chaos.^[14][15][16]

Film

• Carnage was originally supposed to appear in a Venom film as a villain. The film would have been release by New Line Cinema. However, a script was never written and the rights to Venom switched to Columbia Pictures. In a recent interview, Avi Arad revealed that a Venom spin-off film is in development currently. ^[17] Whether it will be similar to New Line's original Venom project or not is unknown for now.

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Television

Spider-Man: The Animated Series

Carnage in the Spider-Man animated series.

In the Spider-Man animated series, Carnage's creation is orchestrated by the demon Dormammu. The Venom symbiote had previously been launched into space aboard a probe by Spider-Man, but, learning that it is on the verge of asexually reproducing, Dormammu has his agent, Baron Mordo, bring the probe back to Earth. When the recently arrested Cletus Kasady witnesses Brock's reunion with his symbiote, he is soon offered the chance to merge with the symbiote's spawn. Becoming Carnage, he is sent out to capture enough "life energy" from human beings to provide Dormammu the strength to enter Earth. Because of the degree of censorship placed on the show, this version of Carnage was less violent than his appearances in the comics, merely draining life from his victims, which was later restored, rather than killing them outright. He is eventually defeated by Spider-Man and Venom, as he, Venom, and Dormammu are sent hurling through a dimensional vortex. He was voiced by Scott Cleverdon. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about Spider-Man: The Animated Series. ... This article is about Spider-Man: The Animated Series. ... “Fiend” redirects here. ... Dormammu is a fictional character, a supervillian, in the Marvel Comics universe. ... It has been suggested that Parthenogenesis be merged into this article or section. ... Baron Karl Amadeus Mordo was a fictional villain created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, in comic books featuring his opponent Doctor Strange. ... For other uses, see Censor. ... Scott Cleverdon (born July 31, 1969 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish actor best known as the angel Pyriel in the movie The Prophecy 3: The Ascent. ...

In the show's series finale, the Carnage symbiote emerges from a dimensional portal into an alternate reality, and bonded with the extremely emotionally unstable Peter Parker of that world. The resultant merging causes the symbiote and that world's Spider-Man to take on a nearly identical appearance to the comic book incarnation of Spider-Carnage, down to the appearance of Spider-Man's webshooters on the outside of his costume as was the case with Ben Reilly. The reason for this occurrence is never explained. For the Paranoia Agent episode, see Final Episode. ... Parallel universe or alternate reality in science fiction and fantasy is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with our own. ... This article is about the fictional character. ...

Spider-Carnage in the Spider-Man animated series.

As the insane Spider-Carnage, he threatens to destroy all reality and thus all existence using an invention mixing the dimensional warp generator and a huge bomb to destroy every dimension consecutively. The real Peter Parker, assisted by several other Spider-Men from other universes, is eventually able to foil Spider-Carnage's plan, and Spider-Man ultimately convinces him to stop what he is doing and fight the symbiote off. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x903, 151 KB) Summary www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x903, 151 KB) Summary www. ... This article is about Spider-Man: The Animated Series. ...

This is done by bringing in Peter's Uncle Ben from a reality where he was not murdered. Peter knows the symbiote is influencing Spider-Carnage to commit genocide, since they are in fact the same person and Peter could never kill another human being. Uncle Ben convinces Spider-Carnage he could still be a hero as long as he has the courage to reject the symbiote. However, the Carnage symbiote is too powerfully bonded, and despite Spider-Carnage's best efforts, he could not get rid of it. He throws himself into a dangerously unstable warp hole where he is killed. Benjamin Ben Parker, usually called Uncle Ben, was a supporting character in the Marvel Universe’s Spider-Man stories. ... For other uses, see Genocide (disambiguation). ...

One of the show's makers in Spider-Man: The Animated Series confirmed if the show were to have a sixth season before its finale, Carnage would have been Jack the Ripper in a Colonial England as Spider-Man finds Mary Jane, after she falls into a dimensional portal in the third season finale.^[18] Jack the Ripper is the pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area of London, England in the second half of 1888. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Mary Jane Watson-Parker is a fictional supporting character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics, primarily in the Spider-Man titles as a friend, love interest and in some continuities wife of the title character (specifically, his alter-ego, Peter Parker). ...

Spider-Man Unlimited

In Spider-Man: The Animated Series's spin-off, Spider-Man Unlimited, Carnage, voiced by Michael Donovan, appears as a main villain; in this series, Carnage's origin is closer to his comic book one, with Cletus Kasady gaining his symbiote when Venom escapes from imprisonment, with the plotline of Baron Mordo and Dormammu from the previous show being retconned completely. ^[19] Cletus Kasady appears to have completely fused with the symbiote in this series, explaining his more monstrous appearance, being skeletally thin and possessing spikes adorning his body, and new power of being able to change and alter his mass, which he uses to become gigantic or assume a liquid form on several occasions. Title Sequence. ... Title Sequence. ... Michael David Donovan is a voice actor for many TV shows and anime. ...

In the series premier episode "Worlds Apart, Part One", both Venom and Carnage board the Solaris I, a space shuttle piloted by John Jameson which is going to the newly discovered Counter-Earth. Despite Spider-Man's attempts to stop them, the two successfully board the shuttle and leave Earth for Counter-Earth, with an oblivious John Jameson, where the ship crashes. ^[20] Both Carnage and Venom are revealed to have survived the Solaris I crash in "Worlds Apart, Part Two", which has them attacking Spider-Man, who had travelled to Counter-Earth to retrieve the two and John Jameson, and the Human Revolutionaries, for unexplained reasons, only to be repelled by them. ^[21] John Jameson (also known by the alises Man-Wolf and Star-God) is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. ... In the fictional Marvel Universe, the hypothetical planet known as Counter-Earth has thrice been created, each time as a near-duplicate of Earth. ...

In "Where Evil Nests", both Carnage and Venom are revealed to be abducting both human and Bestial inhabitants of Counter-Earth with a green creature known as the Bio-Mass, which also brainwashes its victims. The episode also reveals both Venom and Carnage are following the Synoptic, the originater of the symbiote race which is located in the bowels of Counter-Earth, and, under it's rule, plan to conquer Conter-Earth and remake it into a planet ruled by the symbiotes. With help from the Goblin, Spider-Man manages to destroy the Bio-Mass and save all the people Carnage and Venom have abducted with it. ^[22] Venom and Carnage make a cameo appearance near the end of the episode "Deadly Choices", where they steal canister of powerful mutagen, which has a nuclear charge attached to it, from a Human Revolutionary named Git Hoskins. ^[23] The New Men are a fictional Marvel Comics universe group of hyper-evolved animals created by the High Evolutionary. ... The Green Goblin is a supervillain that appears in the fictional Marvel universe. ...

At the beginning of "One Is The Loneliest Number", both Venom and Carnage are proceeding with another plan of the Synoptic, only to be ambushed by the High Evolutionary's Knights of Wundagore. While Carnage escapes the attacking Knights of Wundagore, Venom fails to and is attacked by a newly developed weapon of their's, which separates the Venom symbiote from Eddie Brock, which the Knights capture. Near the episode's end, Carnage appears to attack Naoko Jones and her son, who Spider-Man had left the comatose and dying Eddie Brock in the care of, while he ventured to the High Evolutionary's Wundagore Castle to retrieve the symbiote, which he planned to have re-fuse with Eddie Brock, so both will not die due to being separated. When Spider-Man gives the symbiote back to Brock, Venom attacks Carnage, wanting to stop him from killing Naoko and her son, who he feels indebted to for their part in saving his life. Venom and Carnage's fight ultimately results in the two apparently killing each other. ^[19] The High Evolutionary (Herbert Edgar Wyndham) is a fictional Marvel Comics character created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. ...

Venom and Carnage are revealed to be alive and well in Spider-Man Unlimited's series finale "Destiny Unleashed", where both are separated from their symbiotes and captured by the High Evolutionary. Despite this, the two still innact their ultimate plan - sending the Synoptic into Counter-Earth's atmosphere, where it unleashes hoardes of symbiotes, which begin overrunning the planet. ^[24] Due to Spider-Man Unlimited's abrupt cancellation, the "Destiny War" story-arc was never completed.

Video games

Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage for Super Nintendo.

• Carnage was an unbeatable foe in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for the Game Boy. He could not be killed or defeated, but had to be avoided at all costs.
• Carnage appeared with the Rhino as a boss in Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge for the Super Nintendo, Game Gear, Game Boy, & the Sega Genesis. He awaited Spider-Man at the end of his second level and had attacks identical to those of Spider-Man himself.
• Carnage appeared in both Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage (for the Sega Genesis and the Super Nintendo) and the sequel, Spider-Man and Venom: Separation Anxiety, as the final boss.
• In the 2000 Spider-Man video game, Carnage was again a final boss. Unusually restrained, he worked with Doctor Octopus to orchestrate an invasion of Earth by symbiotes. Spider-Man put an end to their plan, and fought Doctor Octopus while an altruistic Venom faced Carnage. After Spider-Man intervened and halted Carnage's rampage, the symbiote left Cletus Kasady and bonded to Doctor Octopus. The aptly named "Monster-Ock" then triggered an explosion that destroyed his base. Spider-Man (saved by allies including Venom and Captain America) hauled Octopus off to jail, and the Carnage symbiote and Kasady are apparently killed.
• In the Ultimate Spider-Man video game (which launched on the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and PC platforms) a version of Ultimate Carnage is the final boss for the Venom portion of the game. Spider-Man was captured and injected with a serum that stimulated the inactive Venom-suit particles in his body, turning him into a copy of the original, presumed-dead, Carnage. Venom defeated the creature in single combat and devoured him, assimilating the rest of the Venom suit and freeing Spider-Man. In the DS version of the game, Ultimate Carnage becomes a playable character in multiplayer mode after you reach 80% game completion.
• Carnage was also the final boss in the Japanese-only video game Spider-Man: Lethal Foes. A computer-controlled Venom assists the player in fighting him.
• In Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, there is a secret character called Hyper Venom, a red Venom that moves faster which could be a means of incorporating Carnage without making a new character slot.
• At the end of Spider-Man: Friend or Foe, Nick Fury is seen in a room with the symbiote meteorites and a computer voice asks him what he would like to call the project which the meteorites will be used for. Fury responds with "Project: Carnage". Carnage is also playable on the PSP version of the game, available for purchase at the game's Web Shop after playing in 2-Player Co-Op mode.

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Relatives

• Venom (father)
• Riot (brother)
• Lasher (brother)
• Phage (brother)
• Scream (sister)
• Agony (sister)
• Hybrid (brother)
• Toxin (son)

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Footnotes

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References

• Carnage Rulz-A page of the Marvel World Order site
• Carnage's Profile from the Villains of Marvel Comics site
• Brief bio at Spiderfan.org

External links

• http://marvel.com/universe/Carnage_%28Cletus_Kasady%29