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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Kenneth is impaled by Cletus in ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage Omega'', who mocks him for not seeing the double-cross coming. Cletus having bonded Kenneth to an offshoot of the Extrembiote literally comes back to haunt him, as Kenneth's consciousness persists in the Hive as a codex and needles Cletus over being incomplete without the Carnage symbiote.
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[[folder:Detective Jonathan Shayde]]
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Carnage|2022}}'' Vol 3 #1
An NYPD detective obsessed with bringing the serial killer known as the Artist to justice.
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* ContagiousHeroism: When they're stranded in space, "Cletus" delivers a speech about how it and Shayde are the only ones who can stop Carnage, before grousing that Shayde's good nature must be rubbing off on it since the real Cletus Kasady would want nothing more than to watch the world burn.
* CowboyCop: Shayde starts out a ByTheBookCop, but -- through his obsession with catching the Artist and "Cletus" trying to corrupt him into a KillerCop -- becomes more willing to bend or even break the rules to accomplish his goals.
* {{Determinator}}: Shayde ''will'' bring Ken Neely to justice, no matter the risk to his own life or what he has to do to accomplish it.
* HearingVoices: When the Carnage symbiote left a piece of itself with Shayde, it also left a copy of Cletus Kasady's codex in his head. So now he hears the voice of the most dangerous serial killer on Earth in his mind.
* HeroicHost: He's bonded to a piece of the Carnage symbiote, which grants him superhuman strength, speed, and durability; a HealingFactor, all while leaving in a copy of Cletus Kasady's codex in his mind. The fact that he's still remotely sane and in control is a testament to his will, typically just ''looking'' into Cletus's mind causes sever MindRape.
* LivingOnBorrowedTime: Jon's body was shredded on a quantum level by the energy vortex emitted by Hydro-Man's death throes, and had Carnage not bonded him to a piece of itself he would've disintegrated.
* MarriedToTheJob: Shayde notes to himself that his job is his life, and that without it he has nothing but an apartment that's empty save for beer bottles and pizza boxes.
* SaveTheVillain: After being dropped off in Niffleheim, [[spoiler:his symbiote tries to goad him into killing Malekith. Shayde can't bring himself to do so even when made aware of the warlord's laundry list of atrocities, instead freeing Malekith and trying to help him escape from Hel and Carnage]].
* SuperCop: Like Patrick Mulligan, Jon Shayde is a symbiote-enhanced police officer. Unfortunately, that symbiote happens to be a piece of Carnage.
* TakenOffTheCase: Shayde is taken off the Artist case when he reveals a symbiote -- and not just ''any'' symbiote, but Carnage -- is involved, and goes AWOL out of frustration.
* WorthyOpponent: Carnage sees him as something of a kindred spirit, and saves his life as a test to see how far he's willing to go to bring Ken Neely to justice. [[spoiler:Although he regrets his decision after Shayde saves Malekith, disrupting Carnage's plan]].
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[[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage (Character)]] ([[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady Cletus Kasady]]) | [[Characters/MarvelComicsToxin Toxin (Character)]] | [[Characters/MarvelComicsScream Scream (Character)]]\\

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For more information on him, please refer to '''[[Characters/CarnageCletusKasady his page]]''', and the adjoining '''[[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage symbiote]]''' page.

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[[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]] is a ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' villain and the first spawn of ComicBook/{{Venom}}. The symbiote has bonded to a number of hosts over the years, and like Venom has accumulated a number of alternate-universe counterparts.

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[[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]] is a ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' villain and the first spawn of ComicBook/{{Venom}}. The symbiote has bonded to a number of hosts over the years, and like Venom has accumulated a number of alternate-universe counterparts.
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* HeelRealization: Neely is {{MindRape|mind-rape}}d by Rosvelg, a god tasked with making those damned to Hel relive their sins, and comes to the realization that he was never an artist or making people beautiful by killing them.

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* AscendedFanboy: Neely idolizes Carnage, and while the symbiote rejected him as its new host it did take him along on its journey of self-discovery and improvement.

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* AdmiringTheAbomination: While offput by Cletus' initial refusal to stop Carnage from becoming a god of destruction, Kenneth is nonetheless awestruck by Cletus' capacity for bloodshed once his BatmanGambit pays off.
* AscendedFanboy: Neely idolizes Carnage, and while the symbiote rejected him as its new host it did take him along on its journey of self-discovery and improvement. He later meets Cletus Kasady, and despite almost ending up being scraped from existence the two of them get along relatively well.



* PsychoSupporter: Neely is a serial killer who both idolizes the late, great Cletus Kasady, and literally worships Knull, accompanies the Carnage symbiote as it tries to educate him on the finer points of murder.

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* PsychoSupporter: Neely is a serial killer who both idolizes the late, great Cletus Kasady, and literally worships Knull, accompanies accompanying the Carnage symbiote as it tries to educate him on the finer points of murder.
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[[folder:Doctor Jenner]]
!!Doctor Jenner
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Superior Carnage Annual'' #1

--> ''"You don't have to keep holding on. Carnage has no hold on you. You're your own man now. You can die a man's death. Doesn't that sound fine? After all... what good are you without the symbiote? Hmm? And the way you are right now... so weak... so pitiful... why would Carnage want you? Carnage wants a worthy host... not some bed-ridden has-been. I know it's coming... I know you can sense it. And when it gets here... it will find me waiting... and you--dead! Don't worry, Cletus. I'll take good care of Carnage."''

A therapist working at Kramer Penitentiary, Dr. Jenner requested to work with spree killer Cletus Kasady, who had been separated from the Carnage symbiote by the Superior Spider-Man. Under his guidance, Cletus was admitted into the general populace and finally seemed ready to sever his psychological ties with the symbiote. However, Jenner secretly desired to become the symbiote's new host and hired an inmate to shank Cletus, smothering him when he learned the symbiote was on its way. When it reached the prison, Jenner offered himself to it, but it vehemently rejected him and resuscitated Cletus, who proceeded to kill Jenner along with the rest of the prisoners.

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!!Doctor Jenner
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[[folder:Alice Gleason]]
!!Alice Gleason
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Superior Carnage Annual'' ''Axis: Carnage'' #1

--> ''"You don't have '''Alice:''' What are you doing?!\\
'''Carnage:''' Taking a victory lap, babe! You can't rob a bank if burn it down first!\\
'''Alice:''' What are you thinking? You've made everything worse! Put out the fire!\\
'''Carnage:''' Jeez, okay, chill out, gawd...

A beautiful but unscrupulously ambitious reporter who found herself in the crosshairs of the spectral Sin-Eater. Rescued by the inverted Carnage, she begrudgingly attempted
to keep holding on. coach him on how to be a hero -- while actually trying to get a promotion-winning scoop out of it. After Carnage has no hold on you. You're your own man now. You can die a man's death. Doesn't defeated the Sin-Eater, Alice was disgusted that sound fine? After all... what good are you without he'd developed feelings for her and revealed her deception before fleeing to the symbiote? Hmm? And the way you are right now... so weak... so pitiful... why would Carnage want you? Carnage wants a worthy host... not some bed-ridden has-been. I know it's coming... I know you can sense it. And when it gets here... it will find me waiting... and you--dead! Don't worry, Cletus. I'll take good care of Carnage."''

A therapist working at Kramer Penitentiary, Dr. Jenner requested to work with spree killer Cletus Kasady, who had been separated from the Carnage symbiote by the Superior Spider-Man. Under his guidance, Cletus was admitted into the general populace and finally seemed ready to sever his psychological ties with the symbiote. However, Jenner secretly desired to become the symbiote's new host and hired an inmate to shank Cletus, smothering him when he learned the symbiote was on its way. When it reached the prison, Jenner offered himself to it, but it vehemently rejected him and resuscitated Cletus, who proceeded to kill Jenner along with the rest of the prisoners.
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* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Pun aside, when face-to-face with the symbiote he gushes about how he's dreamed of becoming its host. The symbiote is not amused.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He kills Cletus Kasady in an effort to convince the symbiote to take him as its next host. It doesn't work.
* PsychoPsychologist: He only agreed to be Cletus' shrink to become the next incarnation of Carnage, and had Cletus murdered when the opportunity presented itself.
* TheShrink: He was a therapist at the Kramer Penitentiary.

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* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Pun aside, AmbitionIsEvil: She is an attractive but unscrupulous reporter who wants to take over the position of her deceased colleague ASAP.
* BerserkButton: Does not like the hair being mussed, as she indignantly yells at both Carnage and the Sin-Eater.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She pretended to be distraught over her co-worker's deaths,
when face-to-face in fact she, as the Sin Eater put it, reeks of "sin, vainglory, selfishness and hubris".
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Has to continually reel in the overzealous Carnage.
* KarmaHoudini: Presumably got rich and famous from the events of ''AXIS''.
* MoralityChain: Cletus latched onto her in much the same way Eddie Brock once latched onto Jenna Cole. Unfortunately for him, she proves to be a less-than-upstanding individual.
* NervesOfSteel: After an initial moment of panic, she seems quite alright hanging out
with a nihilistic serial killer whose soul mate is a carnivorous alien parasite masquerading as a costume.
* ReallyGetsAround: She was sleeping with her co-worker, solicited a police officer who had been sent to guard her after said co-worker's murder, pretended to be interested in Kasady, and seemingly tried to seduce
the symbiote he gushes about how he's dreamed of Sin-Eater ("And I'm totally not wearing any underwear") to save herself even after seeing [[SkullForAHead what's]] under his mask.
* SpiritAdvisor: After being bombarded with missiles, Carnage has near-death experience involving an angelic Alice, who offers him sage wisdom:
--> '''Alice:''' You have great power, yes. And with great power comes great, like all kinds of, I don't know, stuff... so don't be a jerk. You're good now and you've got mad skillz. Be a hero! Save me!
* TagalongReporter: Is abducted by Carnage, who adamantly believes that she can teach him to be good. Alice goes along with it, due to the fame that can entail
becoming its host. The symbiote is not amused.
close to a "cape".
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He kills UngratefulBastard: After Carnage saves her from the Sin Eater, she thanks him by blowing off his head and screaming at the police to finish him off. Cletus Kasady in an effort to convince interprets this as her teaching him that TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She hasn't been seen since
the symbiote end of the ''AXIS: Carnage'' miniseries. Considering that Cletus had been hunting down those aware of his HeelFaceBrainwashing ''and'' she openly admitted to take using him as its next host. It to his face, it doesn't work.
* PsychoPsychologist: He only agreed to be Cletus' shrink to become the next incarnation of Carnage, and had Cletus murdered when the opportunity presented itself.
* TheShrink: He was a therapist at the Kramer Penitentiary.
bode well for her.



[[folder:Sin-Eater I]]
!!Sin-Eater I
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Emil Gregg
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #107

--> '''Sin-Eater:''' I can smell your sin. Like a mountain so massive that merely contemplating it requires madness.
--> '''Carnage:''' I tried confession, but that really didn't work.

A man who contacted Eddie Brock claiming to be the Sin-Eater serial killer, but was seemingly exposed as a compulsive confessor. In the wake of Carnage's morality (or lack thereof) being altered by the events of ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}'', he was found to have died, but returns as a sin-eating demon, and places the symbiote serial killer in his crosshairs after Cletus interferes with his mission to wipe out the press. After becoming Dark Carnage, Cletus used his new symbiote to reanimate Gregg and send him after Eddie Brock.

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[[folder:Manuela Calderon]]
!!Manuela Calderon
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Emil Gregg
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Peter Parker, ''Carnage'' Vol. 2 #1

The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #107

--> '''Sin-Eater:''' I can smell your sin. Like
sole survivor of Cletus' massacre at St. Estes Home for Boys, Manuela Calderon joined the military and was eventually hired as a mountain so massive that merely contemplating it requires madness.
--> '''Carnage:''' I tried confession, but that really didn't work.

A man who contacted
security consultant at Grey Ridge Mine. When the FBI attempted to lure Carnage into a trap, Manuela was recruited into the Anti-Symbiote Task Force alongside John Jameson and Eddie Brock. Befriending Brock claiming to be and developing a romantic affection for Victoria Montesi, Manuela helped stop Carnage from summoning the Sin-Eater serial killer, but was seemingly exposed as a compulsive confessor. In the wake of Carnage's morality (or lack thereof) being altered by the events of ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}'', he was found to have died, but returns as a sin-eating demon, and places the symbiote serial killer in his crosshairs after Cletus interferes with his mission to wipe out the press. After becoming Dark Carnage, Cletus used his new symbiote to reanimate Gregg and send him after Eddie Brock.eldrich god Chthon.



For more information on him, please refer to the Venom '''[[Characters/VenomRoguesGallery Rogues Gallery]]''' page.

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For more information on him, please refer * ActionGirl: She's a soldier who served three tours of duty, and is agile enough to dodge Carnage's tentacles.
* AmbiguouslyBi: While it was implied that she might have had a slight attraction to Eddie Brock, in
the Venom '''[[Characters/VenomRoguesGallery Rogues Gallery]]''' page.end he gets the impression that she's developed a thing for the canonically gay Victoria Montesi.
* BadassNormal: She's an unaugmented human who is capable of keeping up with the likes of Toxin and Man-Wolf.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Victoria Montesi flirts with Manuela after she commiserates with her hellish backstory.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Manny was the SoleSurvivor of Cletus's first killing spree, and he intends to rectify that.
* OnlyAFleshWound: She's set on fire by Gleason but still manages to put up a good enough fight to steal one of the Darkhold's pages ''and'' put the fire out.
* ShipTease: She is sympathetic towards [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], who himself seems to be infatuated with her. However, in the last couple of issues Victoria Montesi begins flirting with her and Manny appears to reciprocate, with Eddie joking that he may as well have been furniture to them.
* TakingYouWithMe: When Carnage is about to eat her, she presses a detonator to blow up a large amount of mining explosives. Toxin shows up in time to shield her from the blast.



[[folder:Alice Gleason]]
!!Alice Gleason
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Axis: Carnage'' #1

--> '''Alice:''' What are you doing?!\\
'''Carnage:''' Taking a victory lap, babe! You can't rob a bank if burn it down first!\\
'''Alice:''' What are you thinking? You've made everything worse! Put out the fire!\\
'''Carnage:''' Jeez, okay, chill out, gawd...

A beautiful but unscrupulously ambitious reporter who found herself in the crosshairs of the spectral Sin-Eater. Rescued by the inverted Carnage, she begrudgingly attempted to coach him on how to be a hero -- while actually trying to get a promotion-winning scoop out of it. After Carnage defeated the Sin-Eater, Alice was disgusted that he'd developed feelings for her and revealed her deception before fleeing to the police.

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!!Alice !!Barry Gleason
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Axis: Carnage'' ''Carnage'' Vol. 2 #1

--> '''Alice:''' What are you doing?!\\
'''Carnage:''' Taking
''"Agent Dixon was a victory lap, babe! You can't rob useful tool, but her usefulness--and yours--is drawing to a bank if burn it down first!\\
'''Alice:''' What are you thinking?
close. We--all of us--stand on the cusp of a new historical era. I'm grateful to you, agents. Your sacrifice, yours and your fellow agents', will make possible a new age. You've made everything worse! Put out brought us the fire!\\
'''Carnage:''' Jeez, okay, chill out, gawd...

A beautiful but unscrupulously ambitious reporter
one who found herself was foreseen in the crosshairs prophecies of [[Characters/WerewolfByNight Aelfric the spectral Sin-Eater. Rescued by Mad Monk]]. At his hands the inverted Carnage, she begrudgingly attempted to coach him on how to forgotten door will be a hero -- while actually trying to get a promotion-winning scoop out of it. After Carnage defeated reopened. Through him, he who sleeps shall wake, and all who live will tremble in the Sin-Eater, Alice was disgusted that he'd developed feelings for her and revealed her deception before fleeing to the police.knowledge of his wrath."''



* AmbitionIsEvil: She is an attractive but unscrupulous reporter who wants to take over the position of her deceased colleague ASAP.
* BerserkButton: Does not like the hair being mussed, as she indignantly yells at both Carnage and the Sin-Eater.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She pretended to be distraught over her co-worker's deaths, when in fact she, as the Sin Eater put it, reeks of "sin, vainglory, selfishness and hubris".
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Has to continually reel in the overzealous Carnage.
* KarmaHoudini: Presumably got rich and famous from the events of ''AXIS''.
* MoralityChain: Cletus latched onto her in much the same way Eddie Brock once latched onto Jenna Cole. Unfortunately for him, she proves to be a less-than-upstanding individual.
* NervesOfSteel: After an initial moment of panic, she seems quite alright hanging out with a nihilistic serial killer whose soul mate is a carnivorous alien parasite masquerading as a costume.
* ReallyGetsAround: She was sleeping with her co-worker, solicited a police officer who had been sent to guard her after said co-worker's murder, pretended to be interested in Kasady, and seemingly tried to seduce the Sin-Eater ("And I'm totally not wearing any underwear") to save herself even after seeing [[SkullForAHead what's]] under his mask.
* SpiritAdvisor: After being bombarded with missiles, Carnage has near-death experience involving an angelic Alice, who offers him sage wisdom:
--> '''Alice:''' You have great power, yes. And with great power comes great, like all kinds of, I don't know, stuff... so don't be a jerk. You're good now and you've got mad skillz. Be a hero! Save me!
* TagalongReporter: Is abducted by Carnage, who adamantly believes that she can teach him to be good. Alice goes along with it, due to the fame that can entail becoming close to a "cape".
* UngratefulBastard: After Carnage saves her from the Sin Eater, she thanks him by blowing off his head and screaming at the police to finish him off. Cletus interprets this as her teaching him that TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She hasn't been seen since the end of the ''AXIS: Carnage'' miniseries. Considering that Cletus had been hunting down those aware of his HeelFaceBrainwashing ''and'' she openly admitted to using him to his face, it doesn't bode well for her.

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* AmbitionIsEvil: She is an attractive but unscrupulous reporter who wants to take over BigBadWannabe: He's the position of her deceased colleague ASAP.
* BerserkButton: Does not like
evil mastermind behind the hair being mussed, as she indignantly yells at both first arc of the 2015-2016 ''Carnage'' Vol. 2 series. He doesn't last long after Carnage and catches him.
* KilledOffscreen: It's not shown exactly what Carnage did to him after/while interrogating him about
the Sin-Eater.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She pretended to be distraught over her co-worker's deaths, when in fact she, as the Sin Eater put it, reeks of "sin, vainglory, selfishness and hubris".
Darkhold, but it wasn't pretty.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Has to continually reel in ObfuscatingStupidity: When the overzealous Carnage.
* KarmaHoudini: Presumably got rich
sonic cannons open up a sinkhole that plunges Carnage and famous from several FBI agents into the events depths of ''AXIS''.
his mine, Gleason protests he had no idea that would happen several times. Turns out he planned it all.
* MoralityChain: Cletus latched onto her in much OneSteveLimit: Despite having the same way Eddie Brock once latched onto Jenna Cole. Unfortunately for him, she proves last name as the manipulative lady reporter in the ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}: Carnage'' miniseries, he's presumably not related to be her.
* PlayingWithFire: He can summon
a less-than-upstanding individual.wall of flames using the Darkhold.
* NervesOfSteel: After an initial moment of panic, she seems quite alright hanging out with a nihilistic serial killer whose soul mate ReligionOfEvil: He is a carnivorous alien parasite masquerading as a costume.
* ReallyGetsAround: She was sleeping with her co-worker, solicited a police officer who had been sent to guard her after said co-worker's murder, pretended to be interested in Kasady, and seemingly tried to seduce the Sin-Eater ("And I'm totally not wearing any underwear") to save herself even after seeing [[SkullForAHead what's]] under his mask.
* SpiritAdvisor: After being bombarded with missiles, Carnage has near-death experience involving an angelic Alice, who offers him sage wisdom:
--> '''Alice:''' You have great power, yes. And with great power comes great, like all kinds of, I don't know, stuff... so don't be a jerk. You're good now and you've got mad skillz. Be a hero! Save me!
* TagalongReporter: Is abducted by Carnage, who adamantly believes that she can teach him to be good. Alice goes along with it, due to the fame that can entail becoming close to a "cape".
* UngratefulBastard: After Carnage saves her from the Sin Eater, she thanks him by blowing off his head and screaming at the police to finish him off. Cletus interprets this as her teaching him that TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She hasn't been seen since the end
member of the ''AXIS: Carnage'' miniseries. Considering Cult of the Darkhold, a cult that Cletus had been hunting down those aware worships an ancient evil entity called Chthon.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: He possesses a copy
of the Darkhold, a tome of dark magic written by the evil deity Chthon.
* AWolfInSheepsClothing: His day job is the manager of a mining corporation, which he uses as cover for
his HeelFaceBrainwashing ''and'' she openly admitted night job is as a cultist to using him to his face, it doesn't bode well for her. an evil deity.



[[folder:Manuela Calderon]]
!!Manuela Calderon
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage'' Vol. 2 #1

The sole survivor of Cletus' massacre at St. Estes Home for Boys, Manuela Calderon joined the military and was eventually hired as a security consultant at Grey Ridge Mine. When the FBI attempted to lure Carnage into a trap, Manuela was recruited into the Anti-Symbiote Task Force alongside John Jameson and Eddie Brock. Befriending Brock and developing a romantic affection for Victoria Montesi, Manuela helped stop Carnage from summoning the eldrich god Chthon.

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!!Manuela Calderon
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!!Cortland Kasady
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Plague
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage'' Vol. 2 ''Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage'' #1

The sole survivor ancestor of Cletus' massacre at St. Estes Home for Boys, Manuela Calderon joined the military Cletus Kasady, Cortland was a 17th century English settler whose lover -- Mary Ravencroft -- was captured by a symbiote-worshipping cult. While attempting to rescue her,[[note]]She rescued herself.[[/note]] Cortland was captured and was eventually hired as a security consultant at Grey Ridge Mine. When the FBI attempted bonded to lure Carnage a symbiote, turning him into a trap, Manuela was recruited into the Anti-Symbiote Task Force alongside John Jameson and Eddie Brock. Befriending Brock and developing a romantic affection for Victoria Montesi, Manuela helped stop Carnage from summoning the eldrich god Chthon.bloodthirsty serial killer.



* ActionGirl: She's a soldier who served three tours of duty, and is agile enough to dodge Carnage's tentacles.
* AmbiguouslyBi: While it was implied that she might have had a slight attraction to Eddie Brock, in the end he gets the impression that she's developed a thing for the canonically gay Victoria Montesi.
* BadassNormal: She's an unaugmented human who is capable of keeping up with the likes of Toxin and Man-Wolf.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Victoria Montesi flirts with Manuela after she commiserates with her hellish backstory.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Manny was the SoleSurvivor of Cletus's first killing spree, and he intends to rectify that.
* OnlyAFleshWound: She's set on fire by Gleason but still manages to put up a good enough fight to steal one of the Darkhold's pages ''and'' put the fire out.
* ShipTease: She is sympathetic towards [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], who himself seems to be infatuated with her. However, in the last couple of issues Victoria Montesi begins flirting with her and Manny appears to reciprocate, with Eddie joking that he may as well have been furniture to them.
* TakingYouWithMe: When Carnage is about to eat her, she presses a detonator to blow up a large amount of mining explosives. Toxin shows up in time to shield her from the blast.

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* ActionGirl: She's a soldier who served three tours of duty, BeardOfEvil: A full red beard and is agile enough after becoming a symbiote worshipper, very evil.
* EvilRedhead: Just like his distant descendant Cletus.
* FaceHeelTurn: Prior
to dodge Carnage's tentacles.
* AmbiguouslyBi: While it was implied that she might have had a slight attraction to Eddie Brock, in the end he gets the impression that she's developed a thing for the canonically gay Victoria Montesi.
* BadassNormal: She's an unaugmented human who is capable of keeping up
his run-in with the likes of Toxin Others, he was an all-around decent person who dearly loved Molly Ravencroft. Afterwards, he became a bloodthirsty symbiote-worshipping cannibal.
* InTheBlood: Cortland being forcibly recruited into the symbiote-worshipping cult is implied to be the reason why his descendants Roscoe
and Man-Wolf.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Victoria Montesi flirts with Manuela after she commiserates with her hellish backstory.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Manny was the SoleSurvivor of Cletus's first killing spree,
Cletus were a violent abuser and he intends to rectify that.
* OnlyAFleshWound: She's set on fire by Gleason but still manages to put up
a good enough fight to steal one serial killer of the Darkhold's pages ''and'' put the fire out.unprecedented bloodlust respectively.
* ShipTease: She LifeDrinker: As Plague, Cortland is sympathetic towards [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]], who himself seems able to be infatuated with her. However, drain the life-force from others.
* RevenantZombie: During ''Planet of the Symbiotes'', [[spoiler:Knull reanimates Cortland
in the last couple same way he did Cletus, bringing him back as symbiote-possessed corpse capable of issues Victoria Montesi begins flirting absorbing the life-force of others]].
* SerialKiller: Cortland became the first American serial killer after being corrupted by the symbiote-worshipping cult.
* WingdingEyes: After being forcibly recruited by the symbiote-worshipping cult, he's shown
with her and Manny appears to reciprocate, with Eddie joking that he may as well have been furniture to them.
* TakingYouWithMe: When Carnage is about to eat her, she presses a detonator to blow up a large amount of mining explosives. Toxin shows up in time to shield her from the blast.
red spirals for irises.



[[folder:Barry Gleason]]
!!Barry Gleason
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage'' Vol. 2 #1

--> ''"Agent Dixon was a useful tool, but her usefulness--and yours--is drawing to a close. We--all of us--stand on the cusp of a new historical era. I'm grateful to you, agents. Your sacrifice, yours and your fellow agents', will make possible a new age. You've brought us the one who was foreseen in the prophecies of [[Characters/WerewolfByNight Aelfric the Mad Monk]]. At his hands the forgotten door will be reopened. Through him, he who sleeps shall wake, and all who live will tremble in the knowledge of his wrath."''

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!!Barry Gleason
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[[folder:The Artist]]
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Kenneth Neely
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage'' Vol. 2 #1

--> ''"Agent Dixon was a useful tool, but her usefulness--and yours--is drawing
''ComicBook/{{Carnage|2022}}'' Vol 3 #1
A serial killer who worships Carnage and desires
to a close. We--all of us--stand on become the cusp of a symbiote's new historical era. I'm grateful to you, agents. Your sacrifice, yours and your fellow agents', will make possible a new age. You've brought us the one who was foreseen in the prophecies of [[Characters/WerewolfByNight Aelfric the Mad Monk]]. At his hands the forgotten door will be reopened. Through him, he who sleeps shall wake, and all who live will tremble in the knowledge of his wrath."''host.



* BigBadWannabe: He's the evil mastermind behind the first arc of the 2015-2016 ''Carnage'' Vol. 2 series. He doesn't last long after Carnage catches him.
* KilledOffscreen: It's not shown exactly what Carnage did to him after/while interrogating him about the Darkhold, but it wasn't pretty.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: When the sonic cannons open up a sinkhole that plunges Carnage and several FBI agents into the depths of his mine, Gleason protests he had no idea that would happen several times. Turns out he planned it all.
* OneSteveLimit: Despite having the same last name as the manipulative lady reporter in the ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}: Carnage'' miniseries, he's presumably not related to her.
* PlayingWithFire: He can summon a wall of flames using the Darkhold.
* ReligionOfEvil: He is a member of the Cult of the Darkhold, a cult that worships an ancient evil entity called Chthon.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: He possesses a copy of the Darkhold, a tome of dark magic written by the evil deity Chthon.
* AWolfInSheepsClothing: His day job is the manager of a mining corporation, which he uses as cover for his night job is as a cultist to an evil deity.

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* BigBadWannabe: He's AnArmAndALeg: Carnage lops off one of Neely's arms with a bladed tentacle when Neely tackles the evil mastermind behind Spot and is dragged into the path of Carnage's attack. It's Neely's first arc big BrokenPedestal moment, leading him to snap at Carnage before being reminded of his place.
* AscendedFanboy: Neely idolizes Carnage, and while
the 2015-2016 symbiote rejected him as its new host it did take him along on its journey of self-discovery and improvement.
* DirtyBusiness: Neely betrays and murders [[spoiler:Zeiste, who had offered to help him escape being Carnage's thrall]], but takes no pleasure in doing so and confesses he found no beauty in it. Had he not done so, Carnage would have killed him.
* HeelRealization: Neely is {{mind-rape}}d by Rosvelg, a god tasked with making those damned to Hel relive their sins, and comes to the realization that he was never an artist or making people beautiful by killing them.
* InadequateInheritor: He wants to become the new Carnage, but the symbiote repeatedly scorns him for not holding a candle to Cletus Kasady's twisted genius for murder.
* KillTheGod: Ken kills a god in
''Carnage'' Vol. 2 series. He doesn't last long #6, [[spoiler:stabbing Rosvelg with a sword on Carnage's orders -- albeit after Carnage catches him.
incapacitated Rosvelg by mind-bombing him]].
* KilledOffscreen: It's not shown exactly what MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Kenneth clearly regrets [[spoiler:betraying Zeiste, calling himself "Judas" and confessing he saw no beauty in killing him]].
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Kenneth starts out as a serial killer who idolizes Cletus Kasady and wants to become the
Carnage did symbiote's new host, but is clearly in over his head when the symbiote decides to drag him after/while interrogating along on its quest for godhood.
* TheLoad: Despite being a notorious serial killer in his own right and ''trying'' to be of assistance to Carnage, Kenneth is in way over his head and thus more hindrance than help to the symbiote's plans -- losing an arm in the process of distracting the Spot, and getting captured by Zeiste the dark elf when tasked with killing him. For its part, Carnage mainly keeps
him about around because it finds his slavish devotion amusing and enjoys mocking him for thinking he's worthy of being its next host.
* LoonyFan: Neely idolizes Carnage and wants nothing more than to be
the Darkhold, symbiote's next host, but it wasn't pretty.Carnage finds him more naive and annoying than anything.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: NightmareFetishist: Ken Neely believes that by mutilating his victims he is making them beautiful.
* SerialKiller: Neely was given the unsub moniker of "The Artist" due to making gruesome "art" out of his victims.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
When the sonic cannons open up a sinkhole that plunges Carnage warps itself and several FBI agents into the depths Neely to Svartalfheim, Neely is increasingly dismayed at being stranded in a fantasy-horror realm full of his mine, Gleason protests he had no idea dark swamps and living nightmares, complaining that would happen several times. Turns out he planned it all.
* OneSteveLimit: Despite having
thought Carnage was just going to take him across the same last name as the manipulative lady reporter border.
* TurnToReligion: Neely dismissed his father's Christian beliefs after he died of leprosy, but
in the ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}: Carnage'' miniseries, he's presumably not related wake of ''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' became a worshipper of Knull, devoting himself in particular to her.
* PlayingWithFire: He can summon a wall of flames using
the Darkhold.
dark god's apostle Carnage.
* ReligionOfEvil: He PsychoSupporter: Neely is a member of serial killer who both idolizes the Cult of the Darkhold, a cult that late, great Cletus Kasady, and literally worships an ancient evil entity called Chthon.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: He possesses a copy of
Knull, accompanies the Darkhold, a tome of dark magic written by Carnage symbiote as it tries to educate him on the evil deity Chthon.
* AWolfInSheepsClothing: His day job is the manager
finer points of a mining corporation, which he uses as cover for his night job is as a cultist to an evil deity.murder.



[[folder:Cortland Kasady]]
!!Cortland Kasady
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Plague
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage'' #1

The ancestor of Cletus Kasady, Cortland was a 17th century English settler whose lover -- Mary Ravencroft -- was captured by a symbiote-worshipping cult. While attempting to rescue her,[[note]]She rescued herself.[[/note]] Cortland was captured and bonded to a symbiote, turning him into a bloodthirsty serial killer.
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* BeardOfEvil: A full red beard and after becoming a symbiote worshipper, very evil.
* EvilRedhead: Just like his distant descendant Cletus.
* FaceHeelTurn: Prior to his run-in with the Others, he was an all-around decent person who dearly loved Molly Ravencroft. Afterwards, he became a bloodthirsty symbiote-worshipping cannibal.
* InTheBlood: Cortland being forcibly recruited into the symbiote-worshipping cult is implied to be the reason why his descendants Roscoe and Cletus were a violent abuser and a serial killer of unprecedented bloodlust respectively.
* LifeDrinker: As Plague, Cortland is able to drain the life-force from others.
* RevenantZombie: During ''Planet of the Symbiotes'', [[spoiler:Knull reanimates Cortland in the same way he did Cletus, bringing him back as symbiote-possessed corpse capable of absorbing the life-force of others]].
* SerialKiller: Cortland became the first American serial killer after being corrupted by the symbiote-worshipping cult.
* WingdingEyes: After being forcibly recruited by the symbiote-worshipping cult, he's shown with red spirals for irises.

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!!Cortland Kasady
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Plague
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage'' #1

The ancestor of Cletus Kasady, Cortland was a 17th century English settler whose lover -- Mary Ravencroft -- was captured by a symbiote-worshipping cult. While attempting to rescue her,[[note]]She rescued herself.[[/note]] Cortland was captured and bonded to a symbiote, turning him into a bloodthirsty serial killer.
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* BeardOfEvil: A full red beard and after becoming a symbiote worshipper, very evil.
* EvilRedhead: Just like his distant descendant Cletus.
* FaceHeelTurn: Prior to his run-in with the Others, he was an all-around decent person who dearly loved Molly Ravencroft. Afterwards, he became a bloodthirsty symbiote-worshipping cannibal.
* InTheBlood: Cortland being forcibly recruited into the symbiote-worshipping cult is implied to be the reason why his descendants Roscoe and Cletus were a violent abuser and a serial killer of unprecedented bloodlust respectively.
* LifeDrinker: As Plague, Cortland is able to drain the life-force from others.
* RevenantZombie: During ''Planet of the Symbiotes'', [[spoiler:Knull reanimates Cortland in the same way he did Cletus, bringing him back as symbiote-possessed corpse capable of absorbing the life-force of others]].
* SerialKiller: Cortland became the first American serial killer after being corrupted by the symbiote-worshipping cult.
* WingdingEyes: After being forcibly recruited by the symbiote-worshipping cult, he's shown with red spirals for irises.
!!Enemies

[[folder:Spider-Man]]
-> See ComicBook/SpiderMan



[[folder:The Artist]]
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Kenneth Neely
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Carnage|2022}}'' Vol 3 #1
A serial killer who worships Carnage and desires to become the symbiote's new host.

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[[folder:The Artist]]
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Kenneth Neely
[[folder:Venom]]
-> See ComicBook/{{Venom}}
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[[folder:Doctor Jenner]]
!!Doctor Jenner
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Carnage|2022}}'' Vol 3 #1
A serial killer who worships
''Superior Carnage Annual'' #1

--> ''"You don't have to keep holding on. Carnage has no hold on you. You're your own man now. You can die a man's death. Doesn't that sound fine? After all... what good are you without the symbiote? Hmm? And the way you are right now... so weak... so pitiful... why would Carnage want you? Carnage wants a worthy host... not some bed-ridden has-been. I know it's coming... I know you can sense it. And when it gets here... it will find me waiting...
and desires you--dead! Don't worry, Cletus. I'll take good care of Carnage."''

A therapist working at Kramer Penitentiary, Dr. Jenner requested to work with spree killer Cletus Kasady, who had been separated from the Carnage symbiote by the Superior Spider-Man. Under his guidance, Cletus was admitted into the general populace and finally seemed ready to sever his psychological ties with the symbiote. However, Jenner secretly desired
to become the symbiote's new host.host and hired an inmate to shank Cletus, smothering him when he learned the symbiote was on its way. When it reached the prison, Jenner offered himself to it, but it vehemently rejected him and resuscitated Cletus, who proceeded to kill Jenner along with the rest of the prisoners.



* AnArmAndALeg: Carnage lops off one of Neely's arms with a bladed tentacle when Neely tackles the Spot and is dragged into the path of Carnage's attack. It's Neely's first big BrokenPedestal moment, leading him to snap at Carnage before being reminded of his place.
* AscendedFanboy: Neely idolizes Carnage, and while the symbiote rejected him as its new host it did take him along on its journey of self-discovery and improvement.
* DirtyBusiness: Neely betrays and murders [[spoiler:Zeiste, who had offered to help him escape being Carnage's thrall]], but takes no pleasure in doing so and confesses he found no beauty in it. Had he not done so, Carnage would have killed him.
* HeelRealization: Neely is {{mind-rape}}d by Rosvelg, a god tasked with making those damned to Hel relive their sins, and comes to the realization that he was never an artist or making people beautiful by killing them.
* InadequateInheritor: He wants to become the new Carnage, but the symbiote repeatedly scorns him for not holding a candle to Cletus Kasady's twisted genius for murder.
* KillTheGod: Ken kills a god in ''Carnage'' #6, [[spoiler:stabbing Rosvelg with a sword on Carnage's orders -- albeit after Carnage incapacitated Rosvelg by mind-bombing him]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Kenneth clearly regrets [[spoiler:betraying Zeiste, calling himself "Judas" and confessing he saw no beauty in killing him]].
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Kenneth starts out as a serial killer who idolizes Cletus Kasady and wants to become the Carnage symbiote's new host, but is clearly in over his head when the symbiote decides to drag him along on its quest for godhood.
* TheLoad: Despite being a notorious serial killer in his own right and ''trying'' to be of assistance to Carnage, Kenneth is in way over his head and thus more hindrance than help to the symbiote's plans -- losing an arm in the process of distracting the Spot, and getting captured by Zeiste the dark elf when tasked with killing him. For its part, Carnage mainly keeps him around because it finds his slavish devotion amusing and enjoys mocking him for thinking he's worthy of being its next host.
* LoonyFan: Neely idolizes Carnage and wants nothing more than to be the symbiote's next host, but Carnage finds him more naive and annoying than anything.
* NightmareFetishist: Ken Neely believes that by mutilating his victims he is making them beautiful.
* SerialKiller: Neely was given the unsub moniker of "The Artist" due to making gruesome "art" out of his victims.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When Carnage warps itself and Neely to Svartalfheim, Neely is increasingly dismayed at being stranded in a fantasy-horror realm full of dark swamps and living nightmares, complaining that he thought Carnage was just going to take him across the border.
* TurnToReligion: Neely dismissed his father's Christian beliefs after he died of leprosy, but in the wake of ''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' became a worshipper of Knull, devoting himself in particular to the dark god's apostle Carnage.
* PsychoSupporter: Neely is a serial killer who both idolizes the late, great Cletus Kasady, and literally worships Knull, accompanies the Carnage symbiote as it tries to educate him on the finer points of murder.

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* AnArmAndALeg: Carnage lops off one of Neely's arms InLoveWithYourCarnage: Pun aside, when face-to-face with a bladed tentacle when Neely tackles the Spot and is dragged into the path of Carnage's attack. It's Neely's first big BrokenPedestal moment, leading him to snap at Carnage before being reminded of his place.
* AscendedFanboy: Neely idolizes Carnage, and while
the symbiote rejected he gushes about how he's dreamed of becoming its host. The symbiote is not amused.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He kills Cletus Kasady in an effort to convince the symbiote to take
him as its new host it did take him along on its journey of self-discovery and improvement.
next host. It doesn't work.
* DirtyBusiness: Neely betrays and murders [[spoiler:Zeiste, who had offered PsychoPsychologist: He only agreed to help him escape being Carnage's thrall]], but takes no pleasure in doing so and confesses he found no beauty in it. Had he not done so, Carnage would have killed him.
* HeelRealization: Neely is {{mind-rape}}d by Rosvelg, a god tasked with making those damned to Hel relive their sins, and comes to the realization that he was never an artist or making people beautiful by killing them.
* InadequateInheritor: He wants
be Cletus' shrink to become the new next incarnation of Carnage, but the symbiote repeatedly scorns him for not holding a candle to and had Cletus Kasady's twisted genius for murder.
* KillTheGod: Ken kills a god in ''Carnage'' #6, [[spoiler:stabbing Rosvelg with a sword on Carnage's orders -- albeit after Carnage incapacitated Rosvelg by mind-bombing him]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Kenneth clearly regrets [[spoiler:betraying Zeiste, calling himself "Judas" and confessing he saw no beauty in killing him]].
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Kenneth starts out as a serial killer who idolizes Cletus Kasady and wants to become the Carnage symbiote's new host, but is clearly in over his head
murdered when the symbiote decides to drag him along on its quest for godhood.
opportunity presented itself.
* TheLoad: Despite being TheShrink: He was a notorious serial killer in his own right and ''trying'' to be of assistance to Carnage, Kenneth is in way over his head and thus more hindrance than help to therapist at the symbiote's plans -- losing an arm in the process of distracting the Spot, and getting captured by Zeiste the dark elf when tasked with killing him. For its part, Carnage mainly keeps him around because it finds his slavish devotion amusing and enjoys mocking him for thinking he's worthy of being its next host.
* LoonyFan: Neely idolizes Carnage and wants nothing more than to be the symbiote's next host, but Carnage finds him more naive and annoying than anything.
* NightmareFetishist: Ken Neely believes that by mutilating his victims he is making them beautiful.
* SerialKiller: Neely was given the unsub moniker of "The Artist" due to making gruesome "art" out of his victims.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When Carnage warps itself and Neely to Svartalfheim, Neely is increasingly dismayed at being stranded in a fantasy-horror realm full of dark swamps and living nightmares, complaining that he thought Carnage was just going to take him across the border.
* TurnToReligion: Neely dismissed his father's Christian beliefs after he died of leprosy, but in the wake of ''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' became a worshipper of Knull, devoting himself in particular to the dark god's apostle Carnage.
* PsychoSupporter: Neely is a serial killer who both idolizes the late, great Cletus Kasady, and literally worships Knull, accompanies the Carnage symbiote as it tries to educate him on the finer points of murder.
Kramer Penitentiary.



!!Enemies

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!!Enemies

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-> See ComicBook/SpiderMan
[[folder:Sin-Eater I]]
!!Sin-Eater I
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Emil Gregg
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #107

--> '''Sin-Eater:''' I can smell your sin. Like a mountain so massive that merely contemplating it requires madness.
--> '''Carnage:''' I tried confession, but that really didn't work.

A man who contacted Eddie Brock claiming to be the Sin-Eater serial killer, but was seemingly exposed as a compulsive confessor. In the wake of Carnage's morality (or lack thereof) being altered by the events of ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}'', he was found to have died, but returns as a sin-eating demon, and places the symbiote serial killer in his crosshairs after Cletus interferes with his mission to wipe out the press. After becoming Dark Carnage, Cletus used his new symbiote to reanimate Gregg and send him after Eddie Brock.
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For more information on him, please refer to the Venom '''[[Characters/VenomRoguesGallery Rogues Gallery]]''' page.



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* CowboyCop: Shayde starts out a ByTheBookCop, but -- through his obsession with catching the Artist and Cletus Kasady trying to corrupt him into a KillerCop -- becomes more willing to bend or even break the rules to accomplish his goals.

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* ContagiousHeroism: When they're stranded in space, "Cletus" delivers a speech about how it and Shayde are the only ones who can stop Carnage, before grousing that Shayde's good nature must be rubbing off on it since the real Cletus Kasady would want nothing more than to watch the world burn.
* CowboyCop: Shayde starts out a ByTheBookCop, but -- through his obsession with catching the Artist and Cletus Kasady "Cletus" trying to corrupt him into a KillerCop -- becomes more willing to bend or even break the rules to accomplish his goals.



* HearingVoices: When the Carnage Symbiote left a piece of it with Shayde, it also left a copy of Cletus Kasady's codex in his head. So now he hears the voice of the most dangerous serial killer on earth in his mind.
* HeroicHost: He's bonded to a piece of the Carnage symbiote, which grants him superhuman strength, speed, and durability; a HealingFactor, all while leaving in a copy of Cletus Kasady's codex in his mind. The fact that he's still remotely sane and in control is a testament to his will, typically just ''looking'' into Cletus's mind causes sever MindRaped.

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* HearingVoices: When the Carnage Symbiote symbiote left a piece of it itself with Shayde, it also left a copy of Cletus Kasady's codex in his head. So now he hears the voice of the most dangerous serial killer on earth Earth in his mind.
* HeroicHost: He's bonded to a piece of the Carnage symbiote, which grants him superhuman strength, speed, and durability; a HealingFactor, all while leaving in a copy of Cletus Kasady's codex in his mind. The fact that he's still remotely sane and in control is a testament to his will, typically just ''looking'' into Cletus's mind causes sever MindRaped.MindRape.



* SaveTheVillain: After being dropped off in Niffleheim, [[spoiler:his symbiote tries to goad him into killing Malekith. Shayde can't bring himself to do so even when made aware of the warlord's laundry list of atrocities, instead freeing Malekith and trying to help him escape from Hel and Carnage]].



* WorthyOpponent: Carnage sees him as something of a kindred spirit, and saves his life as a test to see how far he's willing to go to bring Ken Neely to justice. [[spoiler: Although he regrets his decision after Shayde saves Malekith, disrupting Carnage's plan]].

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* WorthyOpponent: Carnage sees him as something of a kindred spirit, and saves his life as a test to see how far he's willing to go to bring Ken Neely to justice. [[spoiler: Although [[spoiler:Although he regrets his decision after Shayde saves Malekith, disrupting Carnage's plan]].

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