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** The [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage symbiote]] is the first known [[AntagonisticOffspring offspring]] of the [[Characters/MarvelComicsVenom Venom symbiote]], and is as much a [[AxCrazy sadistic and bloodthirsty]] nihilist as its premier host, Cletus Kasady. Usually subservient to Cletus, it is complicit in the countless crimes he has committed as Carnage but has been separated from him on numerous occasions, acting independently to wreak havoc. When bonded to individuals other than Cletus, the symbiote attempts to take over their bodies to slaughter everything in its path while mentally torturing them into embracing its bloodlust. Additionally, the symbiote [[ComicBook/{{Carnage}} facilitated Cletus's conquest]] of the town of Doverton, Colorado by taking over the town's populace; cut out the tongues of the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan's soldiers to keep as trophies after being forcibly bonded to Dr. Karl Malus; went on a cross-country killing spree while consuming its interim hosts from the inside-out before returning to Cletus; and [[ComicBook/GoDownSwinging made a pact with Norman Osborn to become the Red Goblin]]--only to later seize control of him and gleefully slaughter an apartment complex. After [[ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage being resurrected by the dark god Knull]], the Carnage symbiote had a falling out with Cletus over their plan to become a god of destruction. Accusing Cletus of having held it back from attaining its true potential, the Carnage symbiote [[ComicBook/Carnage2022 sets out to execute the plan by itself]] while taking pleasure in watching nebbish serial killer Ken "The Artist" Neely--who desires to become its new host--suffer in his attempts to assist it. Briefly taking NYPD officer Jon Shayde as a host to torture and corrupt him, the Carnage symbiote [[ComicBook/DeathOfTheVenomverse travels the multiverse butchering dozens of Venoms]] to absorb their symbiotes, finally killing an incarnation of Knull to apotheosize into a King in Black.

* Examples from video games can be found [[Monster/MarvelVideoGames here]].

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] himself, [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied murderer of Gwen Stacy]] and with all his evil deeds from the original continuity before his death, whose spirit lays dormant within Peter, is revealed to have cloned May Parker and raised either the original May or the clone as a weapon. Returning in Peter's body, he intends to snuff out Peter's heroic spirit and gain his revenge by murdering the Parkers. Gleefully attempting to kill May and all her friends, Norman takes Mary Jane and her [[WouldHurtAChild baby son Benjy]] to the spot where Gwen Stacy died, intending to hurl them to their deaths to traumatize Peter even more. Styling himself the Goblin God and willing to murder anyone in his path, and with the same legacy of death and destruction behind him, Norman shows against why he is Peter's most despicable nemesis, who will not spare even his own grandson should he stand in Norman's way.

** ''[[ComicBook/AntiVenomNewWaysToLive Anti-Venom--New Ways to Live]]'' (featuring ComicBook/ThePunisher), written by Creator/ZebWells: Jorge Valdez is a nasty [[TheCartel cartel]] leader with a personal harem of [[SexSlave drugged-up teenage prostitutes]]. Completely unhinged, [[BadBoss Jorge]] has his own minions massacred for losing him money and forces [[Characters/MarvelComicsEddieBrock Eddie Brock]]'s recovered addict friend Jenna Cole to fall OffTheWagon by injecting her with heroin. Jorge later inducts Jenna into his harem, spites Eddie over the phone by calling him to taunt Eddie how he'll be raping Jenna, and goes as far as to order his henchman to shoot every one of his girls rather than let them run away.

** ''Anti-Venom--New Ways to Live'' (featuring ComicBook/ThePunisher), written by Creator/ZebWells: Jorge Valdez is a nasty [[TheCartel cartel]] leader with a personal harem of [[SexSlave drugged-up teenage prostitutes]]. Completely unhinged, [[BadBoss Jorge]] has his own minions massacred for losing him money and forces [[Characters/MarvelComicsEddieBrock Eddie Brock]]'s recovered addict friend Jenna Cole to fall OffTheWagon by injecting her with heroin. Jorge later inducts Jenna into his harem, spites Eddie over the phone by calling him to taunt Eddie how he'll be raping Jenna, and goes as far as to order his henchman to shoot every one of his girls rather than let them run away.

* ''Series/SpiderManJapan'' can be found [[Monster/LiveActionTVPToZ here]].

* Examples from [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Earth-616]]'s Knull; ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099''; ''[[ComicBook/SpiderManNoir Eyes Without a Face]]''; the [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate Universe]]; the ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' series; and ''ComicBook/Marvel1602'' can be found [[Monster/MarvelComics here]].

[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady I]] know nine million ways to kill a body and I love every single one of them." [[labelnote:Source:]]''ComicBook/{{Carnage}}: Mind Bomb''[[/labelnote]]]]

-->-- '''[[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady Cletus Kasady]], aka [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]]''', ''ComicBook/SpiderManAndBatmanDisorderedMinds''

* Examples from films can be found [[Monster/MarvelFilms here]] (for Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse) and [[Monster/MarvelCinematicUniverse here]] (for ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'').

!![[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Earth-616]] ([[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spidey]] & others)

* [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Carlton Drake]] is a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive wealthy industrialist]] who, paranoid about the end of civilization and wanting to create a utopian New World Order, started the Life Foundation and created an underground bunker for the wealthy elite to shelter in. Seeing everyone other than himself--even his clients--as disposable, Drake had his employees [[PlayingWithSyringes perform unethical experiments]], and threatened them with death if they disappointed him. Intrigued by [[Characters/MarvelComicsSymbiotes symbiotes]], Drake had Venom captured and forced [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote his symbiote]] to spawn five offspring he bonded to a squad of mercenaries. When Spider-Man stopped him from killing [[Characters/VenomEddieBrock Eddie Brock]], Drake self-destructed the bunker and escaped. Diagnosed with cancer, Drake blackmailed a university professor into creating a serum that would cure him and give him spider-powers, intending to weaponize it to make SuperSoldiers. Mutated into a monster, Drake later made a pact with Meridius, the King in Black, to restore his humanity and bring the Life Foundation back from financial ruin. Aiding Meridius in his plans by sending mercenaries to kill Eddie Brock and attack the Venom symbiote and Eddie's teenage son Dylan, Drake made a deal with [[CorruptPolitician Senator Arthur Krane]] to elevate the Life Foundation to a position of political power and continued to perform unethical and tortuous experiments on symbiotes.

** The [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage symbiote]] is the first known [[AntagonisticOffspring offspring]] of the [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote Venom symbiote]], and is as much a [[AxCrazy sadistic and bloodthirsty]] nihilist as its premier host, Cletus Kasady. Usually subservient to Cletus, it is complicit in the countless crimes he has committed as Carnage but has been separated from him on numerous occasions, acting independently to wreak havoc. When bonded to individuals other than Cletus, the symbiote attempts to take over their bodies to slaughter everything in its path while mentally torturing them into embracing its bloodlust. Additionally, the symbiote [[ComicBook/{{Carnage}} facilitated Cletus's conquest]] of the town of Doverton, Colorado by taking over the town's populace; cut out the tongues of the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan's soldiers to keep as trophies after being forcibly bonded to Dr. Karl Malus; went on a cross-country killing spree while consuming its interim hosts from the inside-out before returning to Cletus; and [[ComicBook/GoDownSwinging made a pact with Norman Osborn to become the Red Goblin]]--only to later seize control of him and gleefully slaughter an apartment complex. After [[ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage being resurrected by the dark god Knull]], the Carnage symbiote had a falling out with Cletus over their plan to become a god of destruction. Accusing Cletus of having held it back from attaining its true potential, the Carnage symbiote [[ComicBook/Carnage2022 set out to execute the plan by itself]] while taking pleasure in watching nebbish serial killer Ken "The Artist" Neely--who desires to become its new host--suffer in his attempts to assist it.
** [[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady Cletus Kasady]] was a [[AxCrazy psychopathic]], prolific SerialKiller even before he bonded with the bloodthirsty alien symbiote and took the name of Carnage, after which he accrued a body count in the tens--if not hundreds--of thousands. [[EnfantTerrible As a child]], he killed his grandmother and pet dog; tortured his mother; killed the headmaster of his orphanage before [[BurnTheOrphanage burning the orphanage down]]; and pushed a girl in front of a bus because she rejected him. As Carnage, he became one of the worst enemies of both Spider-Man and Venom. During the ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' event, Carnage created a "family" of fellow super villains, using their powers to drive New York into homicidal insanity, and brutally tortured his "father" Venom. Not even his own "family" was safe from Carnage, as he brutalized his "wife" Shriek and then seemingly murdered their "son" Doppelganger when it tried defending her. Later, Carnage [[ComicBook/Carnage2015 raised the Elder God Chthon]] from his ancient slumber, intent on watching as Chthon slaughtered all of mankind and allowed Carnage to bathe in the blood of billions. Upon [[ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage dedicating himself to the dark god Knull]]--secretly planning to take his power for himself--Carnage hunted those who had bonded to symbiotes to consume their codices, slaughtering civilians to empower himself. Carnage [[SadisticChoice forced Eddie Brock to choose]] between killing Cletus to save his son Dylan or allowing Cletus to kill them both, with either choice unleashing Knull. Posthumously controlling the Carnage symbiote, [[ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage he allied with Arthur Krane]] to sow global chaos while corrupting several of the symbiotes left on Earth in the wake of Knull's invasion into a rival Hive.

* ''[[ComicBook/DaredevilSpiderMan Daredevil/Spider-Man]]'' & ''Daredevil'' [[ComicBook/Daredevil1964 Vol. 1]] issues #124-125: [[FromNobodyToNightmare Copperhead]] started as Lawrence Chesney, who took the mantle of the Copperhead character and enacted his revenge. Copperhead began killing criminals and killed a cop who tried to stop him, but quickly establishes himself as a creepy killer who put pennies on the eyes of the victims he just killed. Copperhead went to Hell after he died and made a DealWithTheDevil, returning to Earth as an [[OurLichesAreDifferent undead lich]]. At this point, Copperhead, fueled by nothing more than a burning hatred of [[Characters/DaredevilMattMurdock Daredevil]], began a [[MobWar violent turf war]] with [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin the Kingpin]], which cost the lives of many people. Copperhead used those deaths as sacrifices to the Devil, gathering power from those deaths and using it to transform part of New York into a version of Hell. Copperhead plans to sacrifice Daredevil and Spider-Man to open a portal to Hell and cause the downfall of mankind.

* ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'' & ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'': [[MadDoctor Dr. Thaddeus Paine]], having lost all tactile sensation from an experimental anesthesia, develops a sick fascination with pain and the limits the human body can be pushed to. Debuting in issue #4 of ''Morbius'', Paine kidnaps dozens of innocents to subject them to [[PlayingWithSyringes horrific experimentation, vivisection, and torture]], all without anesthesia, keeping their hacked-up bodies [[AndIMustScream alive, conscious, and begging for death]] within his laboratory. Paine sees Morbius's physiology as prime fodder for his study, and even [[ForcedToWatch forces Morbius to watch]] him hack up a captive's brain, later musing on how beautiful he is as the enraged Morbius cuts apart his faculty. [[RoguesGalleryTransplant Reestablishing himself]] in Long Island in ''Venom: The Hunger'', Paine continues to experiment on people, including [[Characters/VenomEddieBrock Eddie Brock]], subjecting him to weeks of torture and using him to lure the [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote Venom symbiote]] into his clutches--and when finally defeated by having the phenethylamine sucked out of his brain, ends his run converging on his wounded staff to start devouring their brains in a fit of insanity. Of all of Marvel's minor villains, Paine stands out as one of the most viscerally vile on record, with even Morbius stating "never have I seen a creature which more needed killing than you."

** ''Anti-Venom--New Ways to Live'' (featuring ComicBook/ThePunisher), written by Creator/ZebWells: Jorge Valdez is a nasty [[TheCartel cartel]] leader with a personal harem of [[SexSlave drugged-up teenage prostitutes]]. Completely unhinged, [[BadBoss Jorge]] has his own minions massacred for losing him money and forces [[Characters/VenomEddieBrock Eddie Brock]]'s recovered addict friend Jenna Cole to fall OffTheWagon by injecting her with heroin. Jorge later inducts Jenna into his harem, spites Eddie over the phone by calling him to taunt Eddie how he'll be raping Jenna, and goes as far as to order his henchman to shoot every one of his girls rather than let them run away.

* ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' & ''[[ComicBook/Venom2021 Venom]]'' Vol. 5 issue #2: Arthur Krane is the SerialKiller son of corrupt New York senator Peter Krane, who hides behind a friendly facade and his father's connections. Arthur conspires to assassinate his father and usurp his senatorial seat, collaborating with the [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage symbiote]] when it finds his bloodlust makes him a worthy host. Tricking [[Characters/MarvelComicsFlashThompson Agent Anti-Venom]] into thinking his father is Carnage's host, Arthur and the symbiote murder Peter, Carnage's corrupted symbiotes attacking his supporters at a rally. After being separated from Carnage by Iron Man, Arthur lies and blames the whole event on the symbiote, taking over as New York's new senator. Continuing his father's anti-extraterrestrial policies, Arthur secretly swears fealty to [[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady Carnage]], using his new political position to empower the diabolical Life Foundation as America's top authority on symbiotes and support Mayor [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin Wilson Fisk]]'s criminal activities.

* Issue #4's "Carnage Beyond": The [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage symbiote]] abandons its longtime host, [[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady Cletus Kasady]], when the latter repents of his murderous ways; the symbiote takes over the comatose Dylan Brock to obtain the godlike power he'd possessed as Knull's acolyte Codex. Under Carnage's control, Codex conquers the Earth and massacres everyone save a few he spares only to torture to death--including [[{{Matricide}} his own mother]], Anne Weying. Intent on revenge against the Dylan Brock of another universe, the Carnageized Codex impersonates Anne to ambush him, and tries to assimilate Dylan's Venom symbiote while mocking them for being weak. Dismissed as an absolute monster, the Carnage symbiote is torn from Codex's dying body and utterly destroyed by Dylan's King in Black powers.

*** [[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady Cletus "Carnage" Kasady]], much like his mainstream counterpart, is a [[SerialKiller killing-obsessed lunatic driven by sadism]]. Heavily implied by the narrative to have been the crook who murdered the Wayne parents, Carnage opens the comic being implanted with a microchip alongside the Joker that will "cure" him of his insanity after his latest killing spree. Revealed to have faked his "recovery", Carnage brutally maims several innocents to distract Batman and Spider-Man while he kidnaps the Joker, destroying the clown's microchip and proposing a partnership. This doesn't last long, as Carnage attempts to murder the Joker after a difference of opinion on how to hurt the city of Gotham best. Capturing Batman, Carnage reveals his plan to simply slaughter each and every innocent in Gotham one by one so as to bask in their screams and fear, and attempts to kick off his massacre by killing Batman on live television for all of Gotham to see and despair at. Carnage was utter madman who [[CardCarryingVillain rejoiced in his "black heart" and depravity]], and who wanted nothing more than to [[OmnicidalManiac butcher every thing in sight]].

* Issue #4's "Carnage Beyond": The [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage symbiote]] abandons its longtime host, [[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady Cletus Kasady]], when the latter repenting his murderous ways and takes over the comatose Dylan Brock to obtain the godlike power he'd possessed as Knull's acolyte Codex. Under Carnage's control, Codex conquers the Earth and massacres everyone save a few he spares only to torture to death--including [[{{Matricide}} his own mother]], Anne Weying. Intent on revenge against the Dylan Brock of another universe, the Carnageized Codex impersonates Anne to ambush him, and tries to assimilate Dylan's Venom symbiote while mocking them for being weak. Dismissed as an absolute monster, the Carnage symbiote is torn from Codex's dying body and utterly destroyed by Dylan's King in Black powers.

* ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' & ''[[ComicBook/VenomEwingAndRamV Venom]]'' Vol. 5 issue #2: Arthur Krane is the SerialKiller son of corrupt New York senator Peter Krane, who hides behind a friendly facade and his father's connections. Arthur conspires to assassinate his father and usurp his senatorial seat, collaborating with the [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage symbiote]] when it finds his bloodlust makes him a worthy host. Tricking [[Characters/MarvelComicsFlashThompson Agent Anti-Venom]] into thinking his father is Carnage's host, Arthur and the symbiote murder Peter, Carnage's corrupted symbiotes attacking his supporters at a rally. After being separated from Carnage by Iron Man, Arthur lies and blames the whole event on the symbiote, taking over as New York's new senator. Continuing his father's anti-extraterrestrial policies, Arthur secretly swears fealty to [[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady Carnage]], using his new political position to empower the diabolical Life Foundation as America's top authority on symbiotes and support Mayor [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin Wilson Fisk]]'s criminal activities.

''Franchise/SpiderMan'' has [[LongRunners been around]] since TheSixties, and [[ComicBook/SpiderMan the Web-Slinger]] has faced [[Characters/SpiderManRoguesGallery many foes]]. However, a few members of Spidey's RoguesGallery stand out. Here are the [[CompleteMonster worst villains]] to inhabit the pages of the comic. For each category, examples are published by order of appearance/publication date.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Carnage}}: Black, White & Blood'' (multiple other Earths):
** Issue #1:
*** "End of the Trail": The [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage symbiote]], arriving on Earth at some point during [[TwilightOfTheOldWest the late 19th century]], takes over an unnamed host and gleefully burns down a church in Kansas with the congregation trapped inside. Attacking a Great Northern Railway train in Montana, Carnage kills all the passengers; massacres the entire populace of Saber, New Mexico; burns down a bank for no reason; and kills a group of poker players only to steal their teeth. Holing up in a cave in the Colorado wilderness, Carnage [[DeadGuyOnDisplay decorates its lair with the corpses]] of {{bounty hunter}}s and townsfolk--impaling several on trees to rot. Hunted down by elite U.S. Marshal Seth Strode, Carnage lures him into an ambush and bonds to him, setting out to use him to commit even more atrocities.
*** "You Are Carnage": The [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage symbiote]], captured by the US military, is bonded to an unnamed soldier as a successor to [[Characters/MarvelComicsFlashThompson Agent Venom]]. Should the soldier not possess the willpower to resist its sadistic bloodlust, or choose to give in, the Carnage symbiote takes control of him and gleefully goes on a [[EatsBabies feeding frenzy in the Metro-General Hospital's maternity ward]]; brutally slaughters a trio of Ani-Men committing a bank robbery; and/or [[CopKiller massacres a squadron of NYPD officers]]. Recaptured by the military after a horrifying rampage, the symbiote consumes its host from the inside-out until nothing but bones remain.
** Issue #2's "My Name is Carnage": The [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage symbiote]] arrives in Nunavut, Canada in 1803 via the Halvorson Meteorite. Spending the next two centuries slaughtering and devouring everything it came across, Carnage [[TheDreaded comes to be feared]] as the mythological Qiqion by the local Inuit. Bonding to the Inuit guide Kalik, it uses him to slaughter his companions and then lure in new victims under the pretence of guiding explorers to the meteor. Encountering an expedition sent by H.A.M.M.E.R., Carnage uses Kalik to lure them into the wilderness and picks them off one by one until only Mr. Creary remains. Impressed by Creary's ruthless determination, Carnage tortuously separates from Kalik and bonds to him, murders its former host in cold blood, and declares its intent to use Creary to turn the rest of the world into its hunting grounds.
** Issue #4's "Carnage Beyond": The [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage symbiote]] abandons its longtime host, [[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady Cletus Kasady]], when the latter repenting his murderous ways and takes over the comatose Dylan Brock to obtain the godlike power he'd possessed as Knull's acolyte Codex. Under Carnage's control, Codex conquers the Earth and massacres everyone save a few he spares only to torture to death--including [[{{Matricide}} his own mother]], Anne Weying. Intent on revenge against the Dylan Brock of another universe, the Carnageized Codex impersonates Anne to ambush him, and tries to assimilate Dylan's Venom symbiote while mocking them for being weak. Dismissed as an absolute monster, the Carnage symbiote is torn from Codex's dying body and utterly destroyed by Dylan's King in Black powers.

* "[[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Life_in_the_Mad_Dog_Ward Life in the Mad Dog Ward]]" & "[[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Return_to_the_Mad_Dog_Ward Return to the Mad Dog Ward]]" arcs: [[PsychoPsychologist Dr. Hope]] is the chief of the Pleasant Valley Mental Hospital, which he masquerades as an upstanding facility while truthfully using it for nefarious purposes. On the payroll of [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin the Kingpin]], Hope forcibly commits innocent, sane people to the hospital as a method of "disappearing" them on Kingpin's orders, drugging them into stupors and [[MindRape subjecting them to heinous conditions]]. Hope does this not only out of {{greed}}, but also so he can [[PlayingWithSyringes perform his own horrific experiments]] on the patients to agonizingly transform hundreds of them into raving lunatics that he can sell as killers to Kingpin. One of Hope's "successes" is the creation of Brainstorm, who is sicced onto innocent civilians as a test run by Hope.

''Franchise/SpiderMan'' has [[LongRunners been around]] since TheSixties, and [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker the Web-Slinger]] has faced [[Characters/SpiderManRoguesGallery many foes]]. However, a few members of Spidey's RoguesGallery stand out. Here are the [[CompleteMonster worst villains]] to inhabit the pages of the comic. For each category, examples are published by order of appearance/publication date.

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* [[EvilutionaryBiologist Professor Miles Warren]] is a geneticist and one-time protégé of the High Evolutionary who worked as a professor at Empire State University, where he developed an unhealthy obsession with Gwen Stacy--ostensibly due to her resemblance to his late wife. After [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied Gwen was murdered]] by the [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Green Goblin]], Miles blamed Spider-Man and adopted the persona of the Jackal to torment him. Over the years, Miles has created numerous clones of Gwen Stacy, Peter Parker, as well as himself--to the point where it is rarely clear which Miles is a clone and which is the original. [[ActuallyADoombot Frequently using the clones of himself to fake his own death]], Miles famously [[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga gaslit Peter Parker and Ben Reilly]] into believing the former was the clone and the latter the original Spider-Man. Miles and his clones have also engineered the Carrion Virus--killing thousands--based on the cellular degeneration his creations undergo upon death; caused the global collapse of the honeybee population to amuse himself; [[ComicBook/SpiderIsland helped Adriana Soria infect New York with the "spider-virus"]] before double-crossing her to obtain her DNA; [[ComicBook/DeadNoMoreTheCloneConspiracy tortured Ben Reilly into insanity]] by murdering and re-cloning him dozens of times; and [[ComicBook/GhostSpider2019 kidnapped the Gwen Stacy of Earth-65]] with the intent of raping her.

* ''Life in the Mad Dog Ward'' arc: [[PsychoPsychologist Dr. Hope]] is the chief of the Pleasant Valley Mental Hospital, which he masquerades as an upstanding facility while truthfully using it for nefarious purposes. On the payroll of [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin the Kingpin]], Hope forcibly commits innocent, sane people to the hospital as a method of "disappearing" them on Kingpin's orders, drugging them into stupors and [[MindRape subjecting them to heinous conditions]]. Hope does this not only out of {{greed}}, but also so he can [[PlayingWithSyringes perform his own horrific experiments]] on the patients to agonizingly transform hundreds of them into raving lunatics that he can sell as killers to Kingpin. One of Hope's "successes" is the creation of Brainstorm, who is sicced onto innocent civilians as a test run by Hope.

* ''[[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Miles Morales]]'': [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain The Snatcher]] is an elitist and racist creep who [[WouldHurtAChild enjoys targeting children]]. Using his power of [[MindRape psychic attacks]], Snatcher painfully overrides the minds of dozens of kids to turn them into superpowered slaves that he sells on the BlackMarket to the highest bidder as ChildSoldiers. Getting a sadistic kick from the pain he causes with his powers, the Snatcher fries the brains of any adults that try to stand up to him, and justifies his victim choice by noting their parents are just homeless or immigrant "trash." When Spider-Man and Captain America nearly defeat him, the Snatcher orders all of the children under his thrall to turn their guns on each other in a last-ditch effort to save his own skin.

* ''Spider-Man: India'' (Earth-50101): [[BigBad Nalin Oberoi]], the Earth-50101 incarnation of [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]], is the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive wicked CEO]] of the Oberoi Corporation, ordering a village full of innocent people massacred to the last to steal a powerful amulet with them. Contacting powerful, ancient demons through the power of the amulet, Oberoi happily sells himself into their service, horribly twisting his associate into a monster he calls [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Doctor Octopus]] and trying to have him kill Pavitr Prabhakar, the new Spider-Man, in exchange for his humanity. Oberoi tosses Pavitr's love interest and aunt off a bridge knowing [[SadisticChoice he can only save one]], and when Octopus betrays him, Oberoi furiously murders him instead. Only too eager to hand the world to the demons for the subsequent slaughter of all humanity that will ensue, even his own son, Oberoi repeatedly shows he's no less lacking in the spite and ambition that characterizes his 616 counterpart.

''Franchise/SpiderMan'' has [[LongRunners been around]] since TheSixties, and [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spidey]] has faced [[Characters/SpiderManRoguesGallery many foes]]. However, a few members of Spidey's RoguesGallery stand out. Here are the [[CompleteMonster worst villains]] to inhabit the pages of the comic. For each category, examples are published by order of appearance/publication date.

* [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Carlton Drake]] [[labelnote:Major Appearances]]''Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 1; ''The Arachnis Project''; ''ComicBook/VenomLethalProtector''; ''[[ComicBook/VenomEwingAndRamV Venom]]'' Vol. 5[[/labelnote]] is a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive wealthy industrialist]] who, paranoid about the end of civilization and wanting to create a utopian New World Order, started the Life Foundation and created an underground bunker for the wealthy elite to shelter in. Seeing everyone other than himself--even his clients--as disposable, Drake had his employees [[PlayingWithSyringes perform unethical experiments]], and threatened them with death if they disappointed him. Intrigued by [[Characters/MarvelComicsSymbiotes symbiotes]], Drake had Venom captured and forced [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote his symbiote]] to spawn five offspring he bonded to a squad of mercenaries. When Spider-Man stopped him from killing [[Characters/VenomEddieBrock Eddie Brock]], Drake self-destructed the bunker and escaped. Diagnosed with cancer, Drake blackmailed a university professor into creating a serum that would cure him and give him spider-powers, intending to weaponize it to make SuperSoldiers. Mutated into a monster, Drake later made a pact with Meridius, the King in Black, to restore his humanity and bring the Life Foundation back from financial ruin. Aiding Meridius in his plans by sending mercenaries to kill Eddie Brock and attack the Venom symbiote and Eddie's teenage son Dylan, Drake made a deal with [[CorruptPolitician Senator Arthur Krane]] to elevate the Life Foundation to a position of political power and continued to perform unethical and tortuous experiments on symbiotes.
* ''Characters/{{Carnage}}'':

* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}[=/=]Spider-Man'' & ''Daredevil'' Vol. 1 issues #124-125: [[FromNobodyToNightmare Copperhead]] started as Lawrence Chesney, who took the mantle of the Copperhead character and enacted his revenge. Copperhead began killing criminals and killed a cop who tried to stop him, but quickly establishes himself as a creepy killer who put pennies on the eyes of the victims he just killed. Copperhead went to Hell after he died and made a DealWithTheDevil, returning to Earth as an [[OurLichesAreDifferent undead lich]]. At this point, Copperhead, fueled by nothing more than a burning hatred of Daredevil, began a [[MobWar violent turf war]] with [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin the Kingpin]], which cost the lives of many people. Copperhead used those deaths as sacrifices to the Devil, gathering power from those deaths and using it to transform part of New York into a version of Hell. Copperhead plans to sacrifice Daredevil and Spider-Man to open a portal to Hell and cause the downfall of mankind.

** ''ComicBook/VenomRemenderAndBunn'': [[DiabolicalMastermind Crime Master III]], Bennett Brant, thought to have been killed, was actually taken in by a criminal organization who chose him to become the new [[LegacyCharacter Crime Master]]. Starting his reign of terror by kidnapping a child on Halloween, Crime Master [[TheCorrupter teaches the boy to kill]], convinces him to [[SelfMadeOrphan to kill his parents]], and raises him as his new assassin, Jack O'Lantern V. Desiring to become a crime boss, Crime Master hires a scientist to weaponize some Antarctic Vibranium. When the scientist double-crosses him and uses the Vibranium himself, Crime Master is pleased to see his product in action and to get the free advertising. Crime Master sends Jack to capture the scientist, allowing him to kill innocent bystanders in the process. Believing that promoting chaos is good for [[ArmsDealer his business]], Crime Master wants to repeat scenes of horror such as this across the globe to make a profit. Crime Master has Jack kidnap Betty, the girlfriend of [[Characters/MarvelComicsFlashThompson Flash "Agent Venom" Thompson]]--and Brant's [[BrotherSisterIncest sister]]--and straps her to a bomb, only promising to release her if Venom delivers some Vibranium to him, a promise which he does not plan to keep. After Venom tries to assassinate the Crime Master, the latter orders his underlings to [[RevengeByProxy kill all of Flash's friends and family]].

** ''ComicBook/VenomRemenderAndBunn'': [[DiabolicalMastermind Crime Master III]], Bennett Brant, thought to have been killed, was actually taken in by a criminal organization who chose him to become the new [[LegacyCharacter Crime Master]]. Starting his reign of terror by kidnapping a child on Halloween, Crime Master [[TheCorrupter teaches the boy to kill]], convinces him to [[SelfMadeOrphan to kill his parents]], and raises him as his new assassin, Jack O'Lantern V. Desiring to become a crime boss, Crime Master hires a scientist to weaponize some Antarctic Vibranium. When the scientist double-crosses him and uses the Vibranium himself, Crime Master is pleased to see his product in action and to get the free advertising. Crime Master sends Jack to capture the scientist, allowing him to kill innocent bystanders in the process. Believing that promoting chaos is good for [[ArmsDealer his business]], Crime Master wants to repeat scenes of horror such as this across the globe to make a profit. Crime Master has Jack kidnap Betty, the girlfriend of [[Characters/VenomFlashThompson Flash "Agent Venom" Thompson]]--and Brant's [[BrotherSisterIncest sister]]--and straps her to a bomb, only promising to release her if Venom delivers some Vibranium to him, a promise which he does not plan to keep. After Venom tries to assassinate the Crime Master, the latter orders his underlings to [[RevengeByProxy kill all of Flash's friends and family]].

* ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' & ''[[ComicBook/VenomEwingAndRamV Venom]]'' Vol. 5 issue #2: Arthur Krane is the SerialKiller son of corrupt New York senator Peter Krane, who hides behind a friendly facade and his father's connections. Arthur conspires to assassinate his father and usurp his senatorial seat, collaborating with the [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage symbiote]] when it finds his bloodlust makes him a worthy host. Tricking [[Characters/VenomFlashThompson Agent Anti-Venom]] into thinking his father is Carnage's host, Arthur and the symbiote murder Peter, Carnage's corrupted symbiotes attacking his supporters at a rally. After being separated from Carnage by Iron Man, Arthur lies and blames the whole event on the symbiote, taking over as New York's new senator. Continuing his father's anti-extraterrestrial policies, Arthur secretly swears fealty to [[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady Carnage]], using his new political position to empower the diabolical Life Foundation as America's top authority on symbiotes and support Mayor [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin Wilson Fisk]]'s criminal activities.

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''Franchise/SpiderMan'' has [[LongRunners been around]] since TheSixties, and Spidey has faced [[Characters/SpiderManRoguesGallery many foes]]. However, a few members of Spidey's RoguesGallery stand out. Here are the [[CompleteMonster worst villains]] to inhabit the pages of the comic. For each category, examples are published by order of appearance/publication date.

* Examples from [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Earth-616]]'s Knull; ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099''; ''[[ComicBook/SpiderManNoir Eyes Without a Face]]''; the [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate Universe]]; and the ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' series can be found [[Monster/MarvelComics here]].

* [[EvilutionaryBiologist Professor Miles Warren]] is a geneticist and one-time protégé of the High Evolutionary who worked as a professor at Empire State University, where he developed an unhealthy obsession with Gwen Stacy--ostensibly due to her resemblance to his late wife. After [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied Gwen was murdered]] by the [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Green Goblin]], Miles blamed Spider-Man and adopted the persona of the Jackal to torment him. Over the years, Miles has created numerous clones of Gwen Stacy, Peter Parker, as well as himself--to the point where it is rarely clear which Miles is a clone and which is the original. [[ActuallyADoombot Frequently using the clones of himself to fake his own death]], Miles famously [[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga gaslit Peter Parker and Ben Reilly]] into believing the former was the clone and the latter the original Spider-Man. Miles and his clones have also engineered the Carrion Virus--killing thousands--based on the cellular degeneration his creations undergo upon death; caused the global collapse of the honeybee population to amuse himself; [[ComicBook/SpiderIsland helped Adriana Soria infect New York with the "spider-virus"]] before double-crossing her to obtain her DNA; [[ComicBook/DeadNoMoreTheCloneConspiracy tortured Ben Reilly into insanity]] by murdering and re-cloning him dozens of times; and [[ComicBook/GhostSpider2019 kidnapped the Gwen Stacy of Earth-65]] with the intent of raping her.

* ''ComicBook/ScarletSpider'' Vol. 2: Mr. Moctezuma is a [[HumanTraffickers human trafficker]] with ties to the Aztec gods who wants to murder the reincarnation of Huitzilopochtli in order to start the "[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Sixth Creation]]". Having sold several people either into forced labor or to be experimented on by the Roxxon Corporation, Mr. Moctezuma believes María Aracely Penalba, aka Hummingbird, is the reincarnation, so he attempts to kill her by placing her and several other people in a metal crate and have them roast to death; she's the only survivor of this incident. Mr. Moctezuma later sends the Salamander to [[ManOnFire burn her alive]] in the hospital, endangering several doctors and patients, and later sends Carlos and Esmeralda Lobo to kill her with promises of bringing back Carlos's brother Eduardo back, [[YouHaveFailedMe killing Carlos when he fails]].

-->--'''[[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady Cletus Kasady]], aka [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]]''', ''ComicBook/SpiderManAndBatmanDisorderedMinds''

* Examples from films can be found [[Monster/FilmS here]] (for Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse) and [[Monster/MarvelCinematicUniverse here]] (for ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'').

* [[EvilutionaryBiologist Professor Miles Warren]] is a geneticist and one-time protégé of the High Evolutionary who worked as a professor at Empire State University, where he developed an unhealthy obsession with Gwen Stacy--ostensibly due to her resemblance to his late wife. After [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied Gwen was murdered]] by the [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Green Goblin]], Miles blamed Spider-Man and adopted the persona of the Jackal to torment him. Over the years, Miles has created numerous clones of Gwen Stacy, Peter Parker, as well as himself--to the point where it is rarely clear which Miles is a clone and which is the original. [[ActuallyADoombot Frequently using the clones of himself to fake his own death]], Miles famously [[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga gaslit Peter Parker and Ben Reilly]] into believing the former was the clone and the latter the original Spider-Man. Miles and his clones have also engineered the Carrion Virus--killing thousands--based on the cellular degeneration his creations undergo upon death; caused the global collapse of the honeybee population to amuse himself; [[ComicBook/SpiderIsland helped Adriana Soria infect New York with the "spider-virus"]] before double-crossing her to obtain her DNA; [[ComicBook/DeadNoMoreTheCloneConspiracy tortured Ben Reilly into insanity]] by murdering and re-cloning him dozens of times; and [[ComicBook/GhostSpider2019 kidnapped the Gwen Stacy of Earth-65]] with the intent of raping her.

** ''Anti-Venom--New Ways to Live'' (featuring ComicBook/ThePunisher), written by Creator/ZebWells: Jorge Valdez is a nasty [[TheCartel cartel]] leader with a personal harem of [[SexSlave drugged-up teenage prostitutes]]. Completely unhinged, [[BadBoss Jorge]] has his own minions massacred for losing him money and forces Characters/VenomEddieBrock's recovered addict friend Jenna Cole to fall OffTheWagon by injecting her with heroin. Jorge inducts Jenna in his harem after, spites Eddie over the phone by calling him to taunt Eddie how he'll be raping Jenna, and goes as far as to order his henchman to shoot every one of his girls rather than let them run away.

* ''ComicBook/ScarletSpider'' Vol. 2: Mr. Moctezuma is a [[HumanTraffickers human trafficker]] with ties to the Aztec gods who wants to murder the reincarnation of Huitzilopochtli in order to start the "[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Sixth Creation]]". Having sold several people either into forced labor or to be experimented on by the Roxxon Corporation, Mr. Moctezuma believes María Aracely Penalba, aka Hummingbird, is the reincarnation, so he attempts to kill her by placing her and several other people in a metal crate and have them roast to death; she's the only survivor of this incident. Mr. Moctezuma later sends the Salamander to [[ManOnFire burn her alive]] in the hospital, endangering several doctors and patients, and later sends Carlos and Esmeralda Lobo to kill her with promises of bringing back Carlos's brother Eduardo back, [[YouHaveFailedMe killing Carlos when he fails]].

** ''Anti-Venom--New Ways to Live'' (featuring ComicBook/ThePunisher), written by Creator/ZebWells: Jorge Valdez is a nasty [[TheCartel cartel]] leader with a personal harem of [[SexSlave drugged-up teenage prostitutes]]. Completely unhinged, [[BadBoss Jorge]] has his own minions massacred for losing him money and forces Eddie Brock's recovered addict friend Jenna Cole to fall OffTheWagon by injecting her with heroin. Jorge inducts Jenna in his harem after, spites Eddie over the phone by calling him to taunt Eddie how he'll be raping Jenna, and goes as far as to order his [[TheDragon Dragon]] to shoot every one of his girls rather than let them run away.

[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady I]] know nine million ways to kill a body and I love every single one of them." [[labelnote:Source:]]''Carnage: Mind Bomb''[[/labelnote]]]]

''Franchise/SpiderMan'' has [[LongRunners been around]] since TheSixties, and Spidey has faced [[Characters/SpiderManRoguesGallery many foes]]. However, a few members of Spidey's RoguesGallery stand out. Here are the [[CompleteMonster worst villains]] to inhabit the pages of the comic. For each category, examples are published by order of appearance/publication date (with the exception of Carnage in the first category).

* Examples from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099''; ''[[ComicBook/SpiderManNoir Eyes Without a Face]]''; the [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate Universe]]; and the ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' series can be found [[Monster/MarvelComics here]].

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* [[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady Cletus Kasady]] was a prolific SerialKiller even before he bonded with a bloodthirsty alien symbiote and took the name of [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]]. [[EnfantTerrible As a child]], he killed his grandmother and pet dog; tortured his mother; killed the headmaster of his orphanage with a lead pipe before [[BurnTheOrphanage burning the orphanage down]]; and pushed a girl he had a crush on in front of a bus because she rejected him. As Carnage, he became one of the worst enemies of both Spider-Man and Venom, with only those two preventing him from killing thousands more during his rampages through New York. During the ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' event, Carnage created a "family" of fellow super villains, using their powers to drive New York into homicidal insanity and to capture his "father" Venom, in whose captivity Carnage subjected to horrible torture. Not even his own family was safe from Carnage's psychosis, as he brutalized his "wife" Shriek for ignoring his instructions before murdering their "son" Doppelganger when he tried defending her. Reaching his greatest depth of depravity thus far once the HeelFaceBrainwashing of ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'' wore off, Carnage [[ComicBook/Carnage2015 raises the Elder God Chthon]], from his ancient slumber, intent on watching as Chthon slaughtered all of mankind and allowed Carnage to bathe in the blood of billions. Upon [[ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage dedicating himself to the god Knull]], Carnage hunts those who have bonded to Symbiotes to consume their codexes, slaughtering civilians to empower himself. Corrupting and infecting others, Carnage attempts to free Knull from his prison, forcing Eddie Brock to choose between saving his son or damning the world, to unleash Knull and have the symbiotes consume all life.

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** ''ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates'': [[CivilizationDestroyer Knull]], the [[PhysicalGod God of Symbiotes]], [[AncientEvil predates almost all existence]]. Despising the light of existence, Knull warred with the gods and consumed entire worlds before [[ArchnemesisDad creating the symbiotes]] and loosing them on civilizations to devour them, killing countless billions. Eventually betrayed and sealed off by his own "children", Knull returns and attempts to torture Eddie Brock's symbiote to relieve it of any honor and nobility, intending on recovering his old power and resuming [[OmnicidalManiac his mission]] of devouring all life-starting by consuming everyone and everything on Earth.

* ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web'''s "The Coming of the Thousand" arc: [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Carl King]], a.k.a. [[TheWormThatWalks the Thousand]], is a particularly vicious childhood tormentor of Peter Parker who happened to be at the demonstration where the latter was bitten by the certain radioactive spider. He quickly put two-and-two together and decided to get spider-powers of his own by eating said spider. Instead, he was transformed into [[HiveMind a colony of a thousand oversized spiders]] with the ability to [[BodyHorror crawl into a human body, eat the host's organs, musculature, and bones from the inside out, and wear their skin like a suit]], mimicking both the victim's mannerisms and voice. The first person [[SelfMadeOrphan Carl]] "possessed" in this fashion was his own mother; the second, who he killed intentionally and for no reason, was his father, and the imagery implies that he killed his dad after having sex with him. Since then, he has come to the conclusion that he should have been Spider-Man rather than puny Parker, and has gone through around a dozen bodies every year, several of which were children, in order to become strong enough to overpower Spidey and steal both his body and his life.
* ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski Amazing Spider-Man]]'' Vol. 2's issues #40-42: "Shade", real name Jacob "Jake" Nash, is a criminal who betrayed his cultist cellmate Richard Cranston to steal his ritual that enables access to the Astral Plane. When the ritual was tampered with, Shade gained the abilities of phase shifting and super strength, and began accessing the physical plane by trapping innocents inside the Astral Plane and [[LivingBattery feeding off their life energy]]--most often runaway or homeless [[WouldHurtAChild children]]--and then uses his time on the physical realm to commit crimes and [[PsychoForHire hire himself out to gang members]]. When Spider-Man demands to know why Shade is subjecting hundreds of people to the [[AndIMustScream terrible torment]] of the Astral Plane prison he has constructed, Shade smirks and proclaims "[[ForTheEvulz Just for kicks]]".

* ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'':

** Vol. 1 issue #25's "Drainage System": [[AxCrazy Stoker Collins]] is a jumped-up {{cult}} leader who torched a nightclub full of vampire wannabes because they weren't hardcore enough for his taste. Collins begins brutally killing homeless vagrants and exsanguinates them in a way in a way that implicates Morbius; when the two inevitably butt heads, Collins [[CardCarryingVillain gloats that his soul is "blacker than Mephisto's earwax"]] and that he murdered all the vagrants purely "[[ForTheEvulz for the kicks]]".

* ''Manga/SpiderManTheManga'''s issues #7-9 (Earth-70019): [[ArcVillain Kangaroo]] is a bloodthirsty, brutish American wrestler with super strength that he abuses with [[{{Sadist}} absolute glee]]. After being blacklisted by his home country's wrestling association for the way he'd [[UnnecessaryRoughness horrifically brutalize his opponents]], Kangaroo travels to Japan to extend his special brand of cruelty to the locals. Landing on Spider-Man's radar by brutalizing four Japanese wrestlers, Kangaroo proceeds to cause chaos all over the city by assaulting people, stealing, and inciting panic among the masses. After stealing a canister of highly lethal bacteria with the power to kill thousands of innocent people should it go airborne, Kangaroo uses it as a shield to gain an edge over Spider-Man in combat. Once bested by Spidey, a smug Kangaroo decides to fling the canister to the ground which, had it not been for Spider-Man's intervention, would have condemned thousands to die, purely out of rage and spite towards the masses for hating him. Despite appearing before the comic's infamous DarkerAndEdgier tone shift, Kangaroo stands out as being among the most heinous foes that this incarnation of Spider-Man has fought, even causing Spidey to temporarily quit crime-fighting out of fear of becoming as bad as Kangaroo.

* ''[[ComicBook/MarvelFairyTales Spider-Man: Fairy Tales]]'''s issue #3--"Eclipse" (Earth-71004): The [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} spider demon]] is a sadistic [[{{Youkai}} Tsuchigumo]] living in the forest. He would often trick a human into entering the forest and then use his venom to turn them into a Yokai as well, by having them kill a loved one. When [[TheHero Izumi]] arrives to avenge his parents' death, the Demon mocks him about it and then uses its venom against Izumi. The Demon then kills Izumi's uncle and kidnaps his aunt in order to have Izumi kill her. Even when beaten he tries to goad Izumi into killing him so as to take over his body.

* ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures Spider-Man'' Vol. 1 issue #44's "Evil On a Grander Scale" (Earth-20051): [[SnakesAreSinister Sidewinder]], the leader of the Serpent Society, seeks a "reptilian paradise" of sub-human lizard people to rule over. To this end, Sidewinder kidnaps Curt Connors and forces him to become a ReluctantMadScientist, testing his [[MutagenicGoo Lizard formula]] on innocent people who mutate and go on to wreak havoc. Dissatisfied that the formula wears off before the transformation can become permanent, Sidewinder fixes this flaw, then plans to [[WaterSourceTampering poison New York's water system]] with the formula to [[BalefulPolymorph degrade millions of people into mindless lizards]], forever.

* [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]]: [[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady Cletus Kasady]] was a prolific SerialKiller even before he bonded with a bloodthirsty alien symbiote and took the apt name of Carnage. As a child, he killed his grandmother and [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals pet dog]]; tortured his mother; killed the headmaster of his orphanage with a lead pipe before [[BurnTheOrphanage burning the orphanage down]]; and pushed a girl he had a crush on in front of a bus because she rejected him. As Carnage, he became one of the worst enemies of both Spider-Man and Venom, with only those two preventing him from killing thousands more during his rampages through New York. During the ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' event, Carnage created a "family" of fellow super villains, using their powers to drive New York into homicidal insanity and to capture his "father" Venom, in whose captivity Carnage subjected to horrible torture. Not even his own family was safe from Carnage's psychosis, as he brutalized his "wife" Shriek for ignoring his instructions before murdering their "son" Doppelganger when he tried defending her. Reaching his greatest depth of depravity thus far once the HeelFaceBrainwashing of ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'' wore off, Carnage [[ComicBook/Carnage2015 raises the Elder God Chthon]], from his ancient slumber, intent on watching as Chthon slaughtered all of mankind and allowed Carnage to bathe in the blood of billions. Upon [[ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage dedicating himself to the god Knull]], Carnage hunts those who have bonded to Symbiotes to consume their codexes, slaughtering civilians to empower himself. Corrupting and infecting others, Carnage attempts to free Knull from his prison, [[SadisticChoice forcing Eddie Brock to choose]] between saving his son or damning the world, to unleash Knull and have the symbiotes consume all life.

** ''ComicBook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan'': ComicBook/LexLuthor himself proves to be the most evil version of the character ever seen in the Pre-[[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis]] continuity. Initially content with causing mayhem across Metropolis for the purpose of luring Superman out, Lex eventually allies with ComicBook/DoctorOctopus and teams up to ostensibly threaten the world with a weather machine. Kidnapping Lois Lane and Mary Jane as leverage and hypnotizing a tribesman to act as the unwilling, murderous guardian of his secret lair in the process, Lex finally reveals the absolute depth of his wickedness when he reveals he simply intends to use the weather machine to annihilate the entire planet as the culmination of his “black ambition,” gloating that even after his plan is sabotaged he's still doomed the Atlantic Coast to a tidal wave. [[AdaptationalVillainy Beholden to none of Luthor's more honorable traits here]], Lex ultimately attempts to destroy all humanity out of petty spite for never recognizing his genius, [[EvenEvilHasStandards horrifying even Doc Ock]] with how far he'll sink to hurt Superman.

* ''Spider-Man: India'' (Earth-50101): [[BigBad Nalin Oberoi]], the Earth-50101 incarnation of ComicBook/NormanOsborn, is the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive wicked CEO]] of the Oberoi Corporation, ordering a village full of innocent people massacred to the last to steal a powerful amulet with them. Contacting powerful, ancient demons through the power of the amulet, Oberoi happily sells himself into their service, horribly twisting his associate into a monster he calls ComicBook/DoctorOctopus and trying to have him kill Pavitr Prabhakar, the new Spider-Man, in exchange for his humanity. Oberoi tosses Pavitr's love interest and aunt off a bridge knowing [[SadisticChoice he can only save one]], and when Octopus betrays him, Oberoi furiously murders him instead. Only too eager to hand the world to the demons for the subsequent slaughter of all humanity that will ensue, even his own son, Oberoi repeatedly shows he's no less lacking in the spite and ambition that characterizes his 616 counterpart.

** ComicBook/NormanOsborn himself, [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied murderer of Gwen Stacy]] and with all his evil deeds from the original continuity before his death, whose spirit lays dormant within Peter, is revealed to have cloned May Parker and raised either the original May or the clone as a weapon. Returning in Peter's body, he intends to snuff out Peter's heroic spirit and gain his revenge by murdering the Parkers. Gleefully attempting to kill May and all her friends, Norman takes Mary Jane and her [[WouldHurtAChild baby son Benjy]] to the spot where Gwen Stacy died, intending to hurl them to their deaths to traumatize Peter even more. Styling himself the Goblin God and willing to murder anyone in his path, and with the same legacy of death and destruction behind him, Norman shows against why he is Peter's most despicable nemesis, who will not spare even his own grandson should he stand in Norman's way.

* Examples from the [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate Universe]]; the ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' series; and ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099'' (''ComicBook/Marvel2099'') can be found [[Monster/MarvelComics here]].

* ''ComicBook/SpiderManNoir: Eyes Without a Face'' (Earth-90214):
** [[MadScientist Otto Octavius]], aka ComicBook/DoctorOctopus, stands in stark contrast to his occasionally-noble 616 counterpart. Born a [[EvilCripple cripple]] in South Africa, Otto grew up jealous of the healthy, able-bodied Africans that he grew up around, which developed into [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain a violent hatred for the black race in general]]. Wishing to gain the approval of Heinrich Himmler and the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazi party]], Otto has innocent black people kidnapped off the streets and performs horrifying, inhumane experiments on them. These experiments result in his victims, such as Peter's friend Robbie Robertson, being reduced to drooling, mindless vegetables that are meant to be used for slave labor. And Otto isn't above casual murder, as shown by him brutally stabbing his ally Crime Master to death when he tried to have Otto's victims burnt to cover their tracks, viewing his actions as wasting his research.
** In the power vacuum left behind in the wake of ComicBook/NormanOsborn's death, the enigmatic Crime Master handily takes his place as New York's most fearsome criminal. Far crueler and more brutal than Norman was, Crime Master, real name Sammy, is [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] by having his [[TheBrute hulking lackey]] Sandman kill a mobster who insulted him by crushing his head like a grape. A violent psychopath of the highest order, Crime Master is quick to make an example of people who cross him, such as cutting out the tongue of a stool pigeon who snitched on him and dumping his body on the streets, filling a movie theater with the corpses of his rivals, and [[DomesticAbuse torturing his girlfriend]] Felicia Hardy with a shard of glass for affiliating with Spider-Man. Crime Master also assists Otto Octavius in his heinous experiments by supplying him with innocent black victims he kidnaps off the streets, and when the feds start to close in on them, he heartlessly tries to have them all burnt alive, referring to them as "[[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain livestock]]".

* ''[[ComicBook/JMSSpiderMan Amazing Spider-Man]]'' Vol. 2's issues #40-42: "Shade", real name Jacob "Jake" Nash, is a criminal who betrayed his cultist cellmate Richard Cranston to steal his ritual that enables access to the Astral Plane. When the ritual was tampered with, Shade gained the abilities of phase shifting and super strength, and began accessing the physical plane by trapping innocents inside the Astral Plane and [[LivingBattery feeding off their life energy]]--most often runaway or homeless [[WouldHurtAChild children]]--and then uses his time on the physical realm to commit crimes and [[PsychoForHire hire himself out to gang members]]. When Spider-Man demands to know why Shade is subjecting hundreds of people to the [[AndIMustScream terrible torment]] of the Astral Plane prison he has constructed, Shade smirks and proclaims "[[ForTheEvulz Just for kicks]]".

** ''ComicBook/VenomRemenderAndBunn'': [[DiabolicalMastermind Crime Master III]], Bennett Brant, thought to have been killed in {{UsefulNotes/The Silver Age|OfComicBooks}}, was actually taken in by a criminal organization who chose him to become the new [[LegacyCharacter Crime Master]]. Starting his reign of terror by kidnapping a child on Halloween, Crime Master [[TheCorrupter teaches the boy to kill]], convinces him to [[SelfMadeOrphan to kill his parents]], and raises him as his new assassin, Jack O'Lantern V. Desiring to become a crime boss, Crime Master hires a scientist to weaponize some Antarctic Vibranium. When the scientist double-crosses him and uses the Vibranium himself, Crime Master is pleased to see his product in action and to get the free advertising. Crime Master sends Jack to capture the scientist, allowing him to kill innocent bystanders in the process. Believing that promoting chaos is good for [[ArmsDealer his business]], Crime Master wants to repeat scenes of horror such as this across the globe to make a profit. Crime Master has Jack kidnap Betty, the girlfriend of Flash "Agent Venom" Thompson--and Brant's [[BrotherSisterIncest sister]]--and straps her to a bomb, only promising to release her if Venom delivers some Vibranium to him, a promise which he does not plan to keep. After Venom tries to assassinate the Crime Master, the latter orders his underlings to [[RevengeByProxy kill all of Flash's friends and family]].

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* [[MadDoctor Dr. Thaddeus Paine]], having lost all tactile sensation from an experimental anesthesia, develops a sick fascination with pain and the limits the human body can be pushed to. Debuting in issue #4 of ''Morbius'', Paine kidnaps dozens of innocents to subject them to [[PlayingWithSyringes horrific experimentation, vivisection, and torture]], all without anesthesia, keeping their hacked-up bodies [[AndIMustScream alive, conscious, and begging for death]] within his laboratory. Paine sees Morbius's physiology as prime fodder for his study, and even [[ForcedToWatch forces Morbius to watch]] him hack up a captive's brain, later musing on how beautiful he is as the enraged Morbius cuts apart his faculty. [[RoguesGalleryTransplant Reestablishing himself]] in Long Island in ''Venom: The Hunger'', Paine continues to experiment on people, including [[Characters/VenomEddieBrock Eddie Brock]], subjecting him to weeks of torture and using him to lure the [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote Venom symbiote]] into his clutches--and when finally defeated by having the phenethylamine sucked out of his brain, ends his run converging on his wounded staff to start devouring their brains in a fit of insanity. Of all of Marvel's minor villains, Paine stands out as one of the most viscerally vile on record, with even Morbius stating "never have I seen a creature which more needed killing than you."
* ''Morbius'':

* ''Venom'':

* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}[=/=]Spider-Man'' (& ''Daredevil'' Vol. 1 issues #124-125): [[FromNobodyToNightmare Copperhead]] started as Lawrence Chesney, who took the mantle of the Copperhead character and enacted his revenge. Copperhead began killing criminals and killed a cop who tried to stop him, but quickly establishes himself as a creepy killer who put pennies on the eyes of the victims he just killed. Copperhead went to Hell after he died and made a DealWithTheDevil, returning to Earth as an [[OurLichesAreDifferent undead lich]]. At this point, Copperhead, fueled by nothing more than a burning hatred of Daredevil, began a [[MobWar violent turf war]] with [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin the Kingpin]], which cost the lives of many people. Copperhead used those deaths as sacrifices to the Devil, gathering power from those deaths and using it to transform part of New York into a version of Hell. Copperhead plans to sacrifice Daredevil and Spider-Man to open a portal to Hell and cause the downfall of mankind.
* ''Spider-Man'' Vol. 1's "Perceptions" arc (featuring ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}): [[WouldHurtAChild Krahn]] is a [[KillerCop Chief Inspector]] of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMounties RCMP]], as well as a pedophilic SerialKiller who has abducted, raped, and murdered countless young boys throughout British Columbia. When a benevolent {{Wendigo}} unearths the remains of one of his victims, Krahn blames the beast for the murder and exacerbates hysteria over it by leaking details of the case to the public, sparking panicked riots and misguided acts of vigilantism that result in the death of at least one innocent hunter. To keep the charade going, Krahn kidnaps and kills another boy, letting dogs gnaw on him in order to make it look like the child was mauled by the Wendigo. Later getting together a posse, Krahn sets out to slay the Wendigo, which will calm the public and allow him to resume molesting and killing children under more optimal conditions.

* ''[[ComicBook/JMSSpiderMan Amazing Spider-Man]]'' Vol. 2's issues #40-42 : "Shade", real name Jacob "Jake" Nash, is a criminal who betrayed his cultist cellmate Richard Cranston to steal his ritual that enables access to the Astral Plane. When the ritual was tampered with, Shade gained the abilities of phase shifting and super strength, and began accessing the physical plane by trapping innocents inside the Astral Plane and [[LivingBattery feeding off their life energy]]--most often runaway or homeless [[WouldHurtAChild children]]--and then uses his time on the physical realm to commit crimes and [[PsychoForHire hire himself out to gang members]]. When Spider-Man demands to know why Shade is subjecting hundreds of people to the [[AndIMustScream terrible torment]] of the Astral Plane prison he has constructed, Shade smirks and proclaims "[[ForTheEvulz Just for kicks]]".

* ''[[ComicBook/MarvelFairyTales Spider-Man: Fairy Tales]]'''s issue #3 ("Eclipse") (Earth-71004): The [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} spider demon]] is a sadistic [[{{Youkai}} Tsuchigumo]] living in the forest. He would often trick a human into entering the forest and then use his venom to turn them into a Yokai as well, by having them kill a loved one. When [[TheHero Izumi]] arrives to avenge his parents' death, the Demon mocks him about it and then uses its venom against Izumi. The Demon then kills Izumi's uncle and kidnaps his aunt in order to have Izumi kill her. Even when beaten he tries to goad Izumi into killing him so as to take over his body.